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Any Dick Lovgren/Meshuggah fans?

Zarathustra3

Zarathustra3

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Topic. I saw them in Maryland a few months ago. It was awesome. Mr. Lovgren went through about 6 custom shop Warwick Dolphins. Those things are like at least $6000 a piece. He had one with a french ash body and purple heart neck.... Freakin sweet.

Has anybody else seen them this year? He pulled what looked like a Buzzard on bleed. I'm dying to know what that bass was.
 
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It wasn't a buzzard it looked like it though. Maybe a gibson thunderbird(sp)? There is a short video of him playing it on the "Meshuggah in India" DVD that comes with the enhanced edition of Koloss. He only uses it on bleed.
 
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I would love to see what a bass, like the Quake, that was built for a low F tuning sounded like with 8 string guitar. I do love what Meshuggah does with bass but I'm just curious to hear it with the bass even lower. You can't just put a .175 string on a regular scale. The bass needs to be built for it.
 
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So this guy tunes all the way down to F standard tuning... :eek: Is the fundamental note the low F even still within the audible range of human hearing? :confused:

Some of my metal friends seem to hate on Meshuggah (calling them Mechuggah and such) but I think there stuff is solid.
 
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^No he tunes his EADG strings up a half step to FA#D#G# to match the guitar players 8 string guitars tuned down a half step. So the guitar and bass are on the same octave level. I think it sounds awesome, especially on songs like "Stengah" and "Behind the Sun".

Low F is 20hz. which is the last note the human ear can hear. So how low can you go? That's how low lol. If you try to tune a B string down to F or put like a .175 gauge string on there, a regular bass doesnt have enough tension to make it sound like anything let alone not buzz like hell.

Check this bass out though. It's built specifically for dropped tunings below B.

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Meddle said:
So this guy tunes all the way down to F standard tuning... :eek: Is the fundamental note the low F even still within the audible range of human hearing? :confused:

Some of my metal friends seem to hate on Meshuggah (calling them Mechuggah and such) but I think there stuff is solid.
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Meshuggah is a polarizing band. They have a very different approach to the creative process, and it offends some people.

As for myself, I like them, but I don't really care for a lot of their newer music. To my ear, the best bass tone they ever had was with Gustav Hielm on bass, on the album Chaosphere. It was tight, grindy, angry, and above all, audibile.

Like such:

 
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^Meshuggah definately had the best 7 string guitar/ 5 string bass tone i've ever heard, their "Destroy Erase Improve" and "Chaosphere" albums in particular. I am a huge fan of their 8 string work. I know alot of people hate them but I for one don't understand how you cannot enjoy, "Nothing", "Catch 33", "Obzen" and their new album "Koloss" all of which have used 8 string guitars tuned down a step and four string bass tuned up a step.
 

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