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Fender Squier P Bass for Metal?

#42
Yeah, it's really a coincidence that bass was heard well on the first metallica album. It had exactly zero things to do with the fact Cliff favored rickenbacker bridge pickup, right? When I talk of P, I really mean the bass with P pickup in P position solo'd. As long as you have some sort of a bridge pickup you'll be able to cut through the mix. The fact that Alex recorded first two CC albums on a P actually helps my argument, if you've ever listened to those albums >.> Compare that to kill em all and you will hear what I mean. While true that productions are completely different, in one case (metallica) you have little punch and bass on guitars, so even a P could work. In the case of CC, you have guitars with more low mids and bass so the P gets unfortunately buried, where, if it had a higher voicing it'd be heard (even mixed at the same level!). Blacktop Ps are great because the neck pickup has a tone similar to P just with way more balance, and the bridge pickup is pretty nifty.
 
#46
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Dixie from Weedeater uses a Squier Affinity P. Cannot argue with him being metal.
 
#54
If what you have to say wouldn't be suited for network TV, don't post it here.
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"****" isn't suitable? Okay, fixed the post above. Gonna make a drug discussion thread now, since that's okay on this site. And remember kids, whenever you swear a little kitty dies. You don't want kittens to die, right? Don't swear!!! Better take drugs, that's just fine.
 
#56
Heh, I am actually trying to get banned from this site since I've already got a terrible reputation here, I don't actually hate anyone or anything or mean harm to anyone or anything :D I am just flaming everyone and everything and burning bridges for no reason, just to change my mind in minutes. Bipolar disorder is a real crappy thing to live with though, I'm sorry for any harm I've done.

Probably about time this thread got back on topic.
 
#57
Hamlet7768 said:
It depends on the production. Pantera, for example, had pretty bad production in my opinion. All sounds very thin with little bass presence.

Kill 'Em All, on the other hand, had bass at a very nice volume (helped by Cliff using a relatively clean tone and heavy flatwounds). Mastodon albums also have good production, particularly their more recent efforts Crack the Skye and The Hunter. You might need to listen to an isolated track to get the bass sound, but once you get it you can pick it out pretty well.

EDIT: On that note, Troy often uses a Precision Deluxe.
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The only Pantera album I've heard that sounds really thin is Cowboys From Hell. Great album but not very good production methinks. I don't remember how the stuff after that sounds. I should give some of that a listen.

Yeah Kill 'Em All actually had audible bass. Probably the only metal album they've ever done with audible bass. I haven't heard St. Anger though.

InternetAlias, don't get banned mang! :cool: It's nice to read something other than "You can play any bass in Metal all basses are equal etc" in threads like this :D
 
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Hamlet7768 said:
Black Album also has reasonably audible bass, but not to the same extent as Kill 'Em All. St. Anger not so much.
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Black Album has a really nice bass tone, but it doesn't cut too much in the low end, instead, Jason helps it cut with a pick and some higher frequencies. With cliff it was mostly some low mids plus some attack (MoP intro for example).

Also +1 for Mastodon, though I'd say they've stretched the definition of 'metal' enough that one shouldn't really consider what works for them, because what they're doing is rather specific.
 

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