'Can Anybody Explain This Tone Or Setting'

[mustBmtd]

Can anybody share or explain the tone he's using on this particular song, I'm understanding that he's using an MTD. Not sure if it's in the settings or could it possibly be in the strings as well. Such as piccolo strings?

 

[JonathanPDX]

Maybe he's using an octave up effect? I thought I heard one note in the middle that warbled a little bit.

 

[LightForce104]

Piccolo strings and super low action.

 

[GTHintz]

To me it sounds like it's more in his playing than anything. MTD sounding MTD like but he's got a very solid punchy plucking tone. There's nothing that jumps out at me in terms of gear but definitely low fast setup and sound round wounds. Most likely steel. He's digging in as well so it's going to add some nice biting tone. I'm hearing what sounds like a Markbass amp and those are great for what he's trying to do up there. Between them and GK I think they both suit Tobias/ MTD basses very well.

 

[Bevan777]

To me it sounds like it's more in his playing than anything. MTD sounding MTD like but he's got a very solid punchy plucking tone. There's nothing that jumps out at me in terms of gear but definitely low fast setup and sound round wounds. Most likely steel. He's digging in as well so it's going to add some nice biting tone. I'm hearing what sounds like a Markbass amp and those are great for what he's trying to do up there. Between them and GK I think they both suit Tobias/ MTD basses very well.

Agree with this, typical MTD modern, active, humbucker tone paired with a fairly aggressive plucking technique. Probably a light-ish gauge of strings.

 

[themickster]

New strings, no low end nor mids and highs boosted on the active EQ.

 

[GTHintz]

Agree with this, typical MTD modern, active, humbucker tone paired with a fairly aggressive plucking technique. Probably a light-ish gauge of strings.

And most likely very fresh strings too.

 

[Pirate Captain]

And most likely very fresh strings too.

another vote for strings...very "zingy"

 

[Humabass]

Maybe a 5 string strung with a High C?

 

[frankie5string]

Sounds like Treble boosted, favouring the neck pickup, mids boosted slightly, and bass control rolled back a bit.

 

[Fynn]

This is really messing with my mind. I can't tell if the bass he is playing is a shorter scale length, or if the guy is just super tall. It is either octave up, or piccolo strings, but I'm leaning more towards octave up. But if that is an octave up effect, then the tracking is reaaaally good. The attack of each note sounds natural in my opinion, which would mean it's piccolo strings. But it could very well be just a really good octave up effect.

 

[who]

It's piccolo strings for sure, it's a Wayman Tisdale cover and he was known for playing piccolo bass. Here's another video of the guy from the OP playing the song. I'm pretty sure he's playing a short scale MTD as well.