Bored. What tone are you? Twangy? Thumpy?

[T-MOST]

Stainless steels & Hi-Fi all the way.

 

[K-Funk]

Stainless rounds that never get changed until I break a string, fingerstyle playing, tube amp with two 15's.

 

[gillento]

J or P 5 string stainless steel pickstyle into tube amp

 

[Eilif]

I said flats and tubes as that's the closest I could find. I don't use flats often, but I do use nice broken in "pure nickle" strings. I like everything nice and round and thumpy. 15 years playing electric bass, and I still have to remind my self to add some mids and highs for the benefit of the mix.

 

[Mystic Michael]

Smooth. Warm. Clean. Modern. Hi-fi - without being harsh, brittle or "clanky".

I favor the sound of wide-spectrum humbuckers, a high-quality onboard preamp, and a neck-through instrument strung low and played with a light touch - fingerstyle or with pick.

High-quality three-way cabinets with multiple 12" sub-woofers, 6" midrange drivers and tweeters. High-end tube preamp and a high-powered SS power amp.

MM

 

[rockstarbassist]

Whatever my MTD w/ Custom MTD Nickels are through a JDI to the board is, that's me!

 

[Ephminus]

My sound is kinda like "GUNGA GUNG GUNG GUNG DIDDA GONG DIDDA GONG"

 

[Surly]

nickel roundwounds and tubes for life.

 

[sarcastro83]

Mine would have to be the tone that Al Cisneros gets on "Dragonaut".

 

[Darkstrike]

All of them, but my main squeeze is heavy guage rounds through overdriving tubes, or a distortion box at the least.

 

[Holy War]

I like fat, bright, mean, growl in my bass tone. So i use rounds on a jazz/p into a mesa BB 750

 

[lowb1970]

I use my fingers with nickelwound strings. I also try to experiment with my hands to get the tone and the attack i'm looking for. I would like to be a better pick player and will surely add that to my arsenal of tones. Tone is subjective and each song could call for a different one. IME I found a string I like and can trust and I try to get my bass tone by how I attack the string and where I play in relation to the pickup. It has worked very well for me so far. I have played piano for years and I strive to have that kind of connection between the notes I play on the bass. Thinking in phrases instead of individual notes

 

[therex]

nickel rounds, pj pups, tube amp
ultimate growly tone!!

 

[Baryonyx]

I like a tone that is either very bright and articulate, or one that is growly and midrangey. I pick basses based on whether they can give me these tones!

 

[Elrend]

I am neither of these, my tone is growly.

 

[GeneralElectric]

I don't fit on your list.

myspace.com/andrewricemusic

 

[DistantTremor]

A good growly twang is good to me.

But I can't live without the warm low end, I'll admit.

 

[TBird1958]

Dr Stainless rounds, a pick, a GK 1001RBII and a Gibson Thunderbird
= Angry Piano

 

[vinxbass]

I use Fender Super Bass 8250s, which are nickelplated steel roundcore/taperwound strings. They very punchy and have very good high end responce. I play with my fingers thru a '08' MIA Fender Jazz V. It's my sound and it works fine.

 

[Atoz]

These days my modus operandi is a Ric with Roto 66s played fingerstyle. Last month, it was a P with Chromes.