Posted FNM coz that's one of the first dirty bass tones i heard and tried to emulate.
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Bass Distortion/Overdrive In Interesting Settings
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Posted FNM coz that's one of the first dirty bass tones i heard and tried to emulate.
We play all sorts of tunes. Elevation, Hillsong, Lincoln Brewster, etc
Jan -Jacques Burnel has one of my favorite overdriven sounds
This band has alot to do with why i started playing bass. Its only a bass player and drummer
Always thought he had alot of distortion but its a old peavy super festival 800b with overdriven built in.
Another church bassist - I have 2 different overdrive pedals on my board. Set for a slightly overdriven sound. Use it on a song or two, or if there's only one guitarist, to fill some of the space that a second guitarist would. More useful than you would think.
There are many great examples of overdrive and distortion used on bass. since you're looking for something a little more modern, rooster by alice in chains would be a good start. mike starr uses modulation(I believe it's a flanger) during the verse and pre-chorus parts and in the chorus(2:09), he kicks in some distortion giving it a radical distorted bass sound. here's the Isolated bass track to the song.
I don't know, I don't read the OP asking for overdrive/distortion on bass. He's asking for overdrive/distortion on bass where you wouldn't expect it. The rock/grunge/heavy metal-ish Alice In Chains doesn't seem unexpected. With that said, Rooster (and its chorus) are tasty
Oh...I thought that he was looking for songs where distortion is used. so that he can get an Idea on what sounds he's looking for. Personally I was surprised that mike starr used distortion during the chorus part in rooster. I was also surprised to learn that he used a flanger in the song them bones. even though it's unnoticeable in the song, but in the Isolated bass track you, you can hear it.
So it was a chorus effect he was using for rooster, huh. couldn't tell at first cause some choruses do sound flanger like. still, it sounds pretty cool.
Oh! No, I meant 'chorus' as in song structure, not effect. No, I'm with you 100%, the flanger and Mike Starr's use of effects is great
In my church gig the b3k is on all the time, but I agree with you guys, church is a place where you wont expect to hear a distorted bass.
The first known recording of fuzz bass, Marty Robbins' "Don't Worry".
Fuzz kicks in at 1:25 thereabouts... disappears and comes in again at the end.
Fuzz kicks in at 1:25 thereabouts... disappears and comes in again at the end.
The bass tone in this track is way more aggressive than the rest of the band, but I think it works really well:
Yes it's rock music, but I've always found the fuzz bass on this track to be kind of unexpected and totally awesome.
This example isn't in a typical band setting - just a drummer and a bassist with a looper, but he uses a pretty gnarly tone at 1:48, and then again at 3:35.
There's another country song I've got kickin' round some bass fuzz, can't remember the artist nor title; snippet of a lyric I recall was no help in finding the song online...
The original bassist for Train (Charlie Colin) used a bit of overdrive on some of their tunes. Here's a good example from their Drops of Jupiter album:
And another:
And another:
