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can i get cliffs sound with the 105q?

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Dec 27, 2011
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#1
i' m not trying to get cliff burton's sound, i'm just wondering can you. i wanna get the 105q. can the 105q make simular sounds as the dual bass wah?

here is a video of the dual bass wah sounding simular to cliff tone: http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=DrA9t6Y-DYo

here is a whom the bell tolls cover with dual bass wah with funk button on: Invalid Link Removed

i haven't found a a cover of whom the bell tolls with the 105q. fyi, rage against the machine's bassist, and wolfegang van halen use the 105q.
 
#2
Cooooool, I thought Trujillo was participating in some kind of farce at first. That dude's a ringer.

I've played that using many wahs, and I really like the 105q in general too though any good wah will do, in my experience.

You also need OD though. I recommend Ibanez PD7 since it has an EQ on it so no matter what your bass/string sound like this combo should get you in the ballpark. Plus it's cheap.
 
#3
I have had the 105q for more than 10 years now and I just love it.

To be honest I don't think it is in the same ballpark as the Morley since it leaves your bass frequencies unaffected, which gives a very unique tonal character, that actually some find very tame.

That said in order to get a similar tone I think what comes before and after the wah is more important. Cliff used a rather mid-heavy tone and also a lot of distortion before the wah. I feel those are more important factors to getting closer to a similar tone.

And by the way Trujillo (and actually everybody on this video) uses the 105q:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uyubYR-K55c
 
#5
You're like obsessed with wahs...

http://www.talkbass.com/forum/f36/105q-cry-baby-bass-wah-w-voodoo-lab-pedal-switcher-975697/
http://www.talkbass.com/forum/f36/105q-feedback-probs-bypass-etc-1005334/
http://www.talkbass.com/forum/f36/bass-wah-1028197/
http://www.talkbass.com/forum/f36/how-does-crybaby-sound-bass-1040726/
http://www.talkbass.com/forum/f36/wah-should-i-get-1044606/
http://www.talkbass.com/forum/f36/switch-touch-wah-1047021/
http://www.talkbass.com/forum/f36/how-do-i-make-wah-pedal-1047108/
http://www.talkbass.com/forum/f36/bass-wah-should-i-get-round-2-a-1046555/
http://www.talkbass.com/forum/f36/n...tter-than-used-ones-should-i-get-wah-1058280/
http://www.talkbass.com/forum/f36/ebs-wah-one-vs-stanley-clarke-1056214/
http://www.talkbass.com/forum/f36/does-wah-sound-like-morley-power-wah-fuzz-1061305/
http://www.talkbass.com/forum/f36/g-lab-bass-wowee-crybaby-105q-w-g-lab-wah-pad-1062305/
http://www.talkbass.com/forum/f36/crybaby-535q-slash-wah-1066686/
 
#8
If ur looking for the same kind of sweep and sound can't beat the power wah boost or even a mark tremonti wah does the trick, I find most other ways give like a farty sort of sound
 
#13
i see bassgod is my number one fan.

uneffected lowend is something i'm interested in a bass wah. at some point i'll own the bass crybaby, morley, and other wahs. i may have two wahs for rhythm and lead, like tm stevens.

@33:40 tm stevens talks about his wahs: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=--ZChaGSY9U

btw, i'm not trying to copycat cliff tone. the 105q is nice, but can be tamed. the morley has it's sound, i feel it's not a deverse wah pedal.
 

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