BASS Overdrives/Distortions/Fuzz. need help.

[Bassman817]

I'm looking for that Tim Commerford (Rage Against the Machine) tone, and i am looking for a new distortion pedal to get his tone. anyone got any ideas?

P.S. I know that he hand wound his pickups, hand made his overdrives, and modded his amps out, but i was just trying to get close.

 

[scotch]

Search-a-roo. There's probably 500 threads on this.

 

[southshoreconor]

http://www.talkbass.com/forum/showthread.php?t=265221&highlight=tim+commerford

 

[My name is Mudd]

Boss ODB 3

 

[Matt Dean]

SO from this inteview is really CLEAR that nobody can get ORIGINAL Timmy C. sound :-( its sad information but now many people know that is impossible to get his sound-maybe try to STEAL HIS ORIGINAL RIG

(from the thread referred to...)

no, get your own sound!

 

[Crystalman85]

The mxr bass d.i+ can get you that sound.

 

[scotch]

It's funny, this has all been addressed before soooo many times. Still, I will note, that the Timmy C "sound" isn't just about a pedal. I've been told on many occasions after a show that: "Man your distorted tone was so Rage Against...". The interesting thing is that this happens even after I'm using wildly different pedals and amps from show-to-show! I've gotten the whole Timmy C thing from Fulltone Bass-Drives, Xotic BB's, my EBS Valve Drive, a Mesa V-Twin and even a carefully eq'ed Muf- all of this through either an SVT, Fender 300pro or Mesa Buster amp.

I don't think it's so much about the gear as it is in your hands & Jazz bass. How & what you play is so much more critical!

 

[derridiandrift]

Check out the Fulltone Bass Drive the MXR Bass Fuzz.