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Faith No More - EPIC

#6
It's not a Ray. Billy used some strange off brand of bass-someone on TB knows-my guess
if memory serves, is Aria Pro, Washburn or Tune, something LIKE that. He also played through
Peavey amps....and lots of em'
 
#7
Looks like an Aria Pro to me...

I think i read once that he used one rig for his clean sound and another for the dirty stuff both through Peavey cabs and for songs like this he ran both rigs simultaneously, of course i could be wrong.
 
#9
NOVAX said:
It's not a Ray. Billy used some strange off brand of bass-someone on TB knows-my guess
if memory serves, is Aria Pro, Washburn or Tune, something LIKE that. He also played through
Peavey amps....and lots of em'
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It is an Aria Pro. And CRANKED Peavey amps. Gould said he loved Peavey stuff because it broke up so nicely when pushed hard.

He switched to Zons later, I believe for the King For a Day, Fool for A Lifetime album and onward.

One of my favorite bassists.
 
#11
Bill.jpg


BILL-CST.jpg
 
#13
Confirmation. FWIW I love Peavey stuff period. People who poo poo
it are just ignorant in the truest sense of the word: ignoring the
bold face fact that Peavey gear is durable, economical,
and musically colorful in a genuine rock and roll way.
FROM SKYNYRD TO SOUNDGARDEN!
 
#16
Steve! said:
I thought he was slapping
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Honestly, it sounds like it. I guess I got sucked in by that first post.

The video sort of looks like he's picking. On that part, the video never shows him clearly. The best you get is at about 1:15, but his back's to the camera. At the very end, he's obviously not picking, but he

Dunno... I take it back... He probably is slapping very hard near the bridge.

Also, it sounds like he probably has a bit of phase shifter or something like that going during the song, and certainly at the end.
 
#17
Yeah, Billy definitely PICKS on Epic, except for the very end, during the outro...I think the sound is achieved by picking real hard at the P pickup (he used a P/J config in those days) or between the P pup and the neck. And it was an Aria Pro II SB-Integra for the album version, but the Chile '91 video was a later model Integra, pictured a few posts above. I have both of these basses and they definitely sound different from each other...
I can't wait to see Billy playing the song live again!
 

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