Heavy metal bass

[brisonic]

I still think Spector has the best metal sound. Check out Rex from Pantera and Eddie from Queensryche (Empire). These will give you two separate sounds of the Spector but, both are very clear sounding. Thats my pick. Good Luck with your search.

I saw Queensryche last year, pretty sure he was playin a Mike Lull.

 

[rarefish]

The shape is killer though

Killer in the sense that with so many random pointy edges and styled sharp horns, a few mortal injuries are bound to occur somewhere down the road.

 

[da axeman]

Killer in the sense that with so many random pointy edges and styled sharp horns, a few mortal injuries are bound to occur somewhere down the road.

lol, that to

 

[Levin Hannaford]

I was in your position bout 6mos. ago,
I have a Stingray 4 now and I love it, however as mentioned before your rig is gonna shape your tone. I would get a comfortable bass, something you can stand to play night after night, then get yourself a monster rig!!

hope that helps!!
-Lev

 

[da axeman]

What the difference between MM stingray and sterling basses?

 

[da axeman]

Anyone

 

[ROON]

What the difference between MM stingray and sterling basses?

The Sterling is a lighter, smaller version of the Stingray. Smaller body meaning it is a bit lighter, and I'm pretty sure the neck is a bit thinner. Sound wise, I'm unsure, never played a Sterling.

 

[Levin Hannaford]

yeah and the sterling has a pickup selector switch on it too,
I believe its good for a few more tone options, I dont know a whole lot more than that, also check out the 'HH' versions of either, they have a neck pick-up as well as a bridge pick-up

 

[da axeman]

kk

 

[da axeman]

.....I'll ask this again for the hell of it, what is the price of MM stingrays and sterlings?

 

[ROON]

.....I'll ask this again for the hell of it, what is the price of MM stingrays and sterlings?

For us folks down here (AU and NZ) they are usually around the $2500-$3000 range.

Here are some AU prices.

http://www.basscentre.com.au/index....9652406-8274&parentContent=1122956557562-5234

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EDIT: Sorry! They are around the $2000-$4000 range now... Just remembered... I got my Stingray last month on special for $2500

 

[da axeman]

Well, better start saving up then

 

[da axeman]

what about warwicks, are they around the same price range as EB MM basses?

 

[jaco666]

spectors are the best and are you sure you want to sound like the bassist form disturbed?

 

[BenFiglio]

T-Birds are awsome if u ever listen to dethklok william murderface places one and it sounds awsome.

 

[jimmyjames77]

Anyone else got any opinions ?

I think spectors with humuckers sounds good for metal but it has a TON to do with your amps settings and speaker choice IMO. I also think that you can get any bass to sound metal, well almost any bass...

 

[Fontaine]

bc rich warlock...duh

 

[Jismy]

Get an Ibanez SR505 (or sr500/506 if you want a 4/6 string). I love the fast neck, mahogany body(and it's thin and light too) and bartolini pickups.

 

[Armaz]

If by "tone for heavy metal" you mean an old sounding, 80s metal tone, I'd personally say go for a P bass. After all, it was the bass that kindof defined the sound.

 

[Obsidious]

You can make almost any bass sound metal, depending on what you want to accomplish. Lenny from Motorhead and Joey Dimao both use Rickenbakers and get different sounds out of them: the former very warm and grinding, the latter very bright and vibrant. Martin Eric Ain from Celtic Frost uses a jazz bass with very heavy distortion. As mentioned before, Steve Harris uses a p-bass with flat round strings (he has his own signature strings) to achieve a punchy but not too bright sound. I.C.S. Vortex from Dimmu Borgir uses a BC Rich neck-thru Beast with twin p-bass pickups. Going to a lot of metal shows, the most common basses I see are traditional p-basses and j-basses. Less often I see mm, j/m combos (like mine) or p/j combos. I've never seen a metal player use a violin bass (though I am a metal player and I have one that I use on a couple of songs) or an upright (though the aforementioned I.C.S. Vortex from Dimmu Borgir props his Beast up and plays it like an upright).

I think your best bet is to get a mm/j or p/j combo and play around with it until you find out which pickups you favor. if you don't favor either and play them both consistently, then you've already got your bass. If you favor the mm, j or p pickups on your bass, then the next bass you get you will know what you like and you've still got the old bass around for out of the ordinary songs.