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Bassist With Best Distortion Tone
- Thread starter Space-Man
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Chris Wolstenholme and Jesse F. Keeler are my personal favorites. I also love the tone on the Radiohead song "The National Anthem", though Thom Yorke played bass on that song instead of Colin Greenwood.
Eric Wood of Bastard Noise and Man is the Bastard without a doubt!! And don't forget Rob Wright of Nomeansno!!!
Agree on Eric Wood.
First couple of times I saw MITB there was almost nobody watching them. I couldnt believe it, that guy had MOUNTAINS of tone coming out of his amp(s)!
Doug Pinnick and Chris Squire.
Both split their signal chain and use guitar amps as well as bass amps. Just don't ask me which ones
I was reading this thread to make sure someone mentioned Doug Pinnick of King's X. If anyone has not heard him, I recommend a listen!
I always liked John Wetton's tone on LTIA era crimson, especially on Starless, Asbury Park and Providence. When he gets the full tube distortion going on those, it's brilliant.
I also do quite like Squire's distortion tones, but for me the Wetton tone is my overall favourite. It made me spend absolutely hours when I first started playing with my small (and pretty cruddy) practice amp distorting like crazy (I still do sometimes on that amp. It sounds awful, but sometimes that makes it utterly brilliant).
I also do quite like Squire's distortion tones, but for me the Wetton tone is my overall favourite. It made me spend absolutely hours when I first started playing with my small (and pretty cruddy) practice amp distorting like crazy (I still do sometimes on that amp. It sounds awful, but sometimes that makes it utterly brilliant).
How about Rob Grange from Ted Nugent's Amboy Dukes? Listen to his playing and tone on the albums "Call Of The Wild' & "Tooth Fang And Claw". This is before Nugent went commercial. Great P Bass tone and distortion. A must-listen for fans of great Hard Rock bass playing.
Brian Marshall from Alter Bridge (and Creed) has a tone that I absolutely love. Thick, punchy, smooth mids and highs.
Intro to Damage Done
Sadowsky + Blackstar distortion pedal + Ashdown rig
Intro to Damage Done
Sadowsky + Blackstar distortion pedal + Ashdown rig
Geezer is definitely my all-time favorite bassist. I would say he uses more of a slight over-drive than distortion. The most distorted tone he ever got was on the first album, but this was more of an accident since he was forced to use a guitar amp with some blown speakers..due to lack of funds and time. Can you believe that they recorded that album in 6 hours. Amazing.
It took me forever to figure this one out from the first Black Sabbath album but now it's like riding a bike. I'm really proud of myself for sticking it out even though it probably took me about 1000 tries to get through it once correctly..well almost correctly.
* I would have to pick Lemmy as utilizing distortion very well.
It took me forever to figure this one out from the first Black Sabbath album but now it's like riding a bike. I'm really proud of myself for sticking it out even though it probably took me about 1000 tries to get through it once correctly..well almost correctly.
* I would have to pick Lemmy as utilizing distortion very well.
- Jul 8, 2009
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- A&R, Soulless Corporation Records
Vol4 has some pretty narly tones aswell... hole in the sky for example almost sounds like its got a bass wah underneath.
