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Cellphone's Dead

Hello Justin,

I was wondering what effect(s) you have on the bass for Cellphone's Dead when you perform it live? It's a brilliant squelchy acid sound. Also, if you were involved with the bass line on the song off the album I was wondering if it was a similar effect that was used?

Thanks for taking time to look at my question! I really appreciate the resource you have made and have found many of the answers very helpful.

Sydney, Australia,

Timothy
 
Hi Timothy,

Live, I use reverb and a bit of octave, along with some filtering from a Bass Balls. The synth bass runs on tracks simultaneously.

The album version has no electric bass, except in those two percussion breakdown sections.

J