How do I achieve this sound?

[Wasnex]

Maybe someone can give me a hint...

I love the sound of the bass in this track of a great band:

There's a vibe you get with certain vintage(y) speakers as well. The low mids are kind of loose and bloomy, instead of tight and focused like a modern cab, and there's not a lot of deep bass.

It's pretty easy to get this sound if you play a pushed tube amp through some sealed 412 guitar cabs, but you need a bunch of them to get loud. My Greenboy Dually kind of cops the bloomy low mids, but can also put out some serious lows and make your pants flap if you feed it right.

 

[BioDriver]

He uses an AD200b, so unless you want to swap your Markbass for tubes I'd suggest an Earthquaker Devices Monarch or Tech 21 Oxford.

 

[Turbo Sparky]

Maybe someone can give me a hint...

I love the sound of the bass in this track of a great band:



What I have as a basis is a 4-string Yamaha TRBX-504 with Fender Flatwounds and a Markbass Mini CMD 121P.

Any suggestions?

Have no idea as far as gear etc., but thanks! Dig the jams! Going to check them out.

 

[gfen]

Almost sounds Rickenbackery. Just a fat, tube driven bass tone. I don't know how much you can drive your amp, but you might try a tubey sounding drive pedal in front of your amp.

Depending on the bassist playing, I've seen them using both a Rick and a Gibson Eb4-L, but there's no reason you can't do that with any bass.

I suspect you'll go further with a passive and into something a little more vintagey than an active into something like a Markbass, though. But I am out of my element on that.

 

[faulknersj]

Honestly...you could get that tone from almost any bass with a pick, and a liitle EQ...or flat depending on the bass.

If their is a tune in the amp...you could drive the gain a bit on that..

Cool song...very derivative of Black Sabbath imo..

 

[ObsessiveArcher]

I really like these guys. Thank you Spotify . I agree with pretty much everyone else.
- Pick or use the tip/finger nails
- OD Tube amp sound
- Might be tough with Flats?
Sometimes this site is useful:
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[RissKippery]

Such a great tone. Such a great band.

 

[JeezyMcNuggles]

Maybe someone can give me a hint...

I love the sound of the bass in this track of a great band:



What I have as a basis is a 4-string Yamaha TRBX-504 with Fender Flatwounds and a Markbass Mini CMD 121P.

Any suggestions?

P bass, tube amp, flatwounds, maybe played with a pick, but tone turned down. Maybe not, but the way forwardness of the bass makes think so.

 

[packhowitzer]

The number 1 way to get a sound like that is to have a band that stays out of your way sonic-ly. What I mean is- listen to that track- the drums are very spare and the guitar frequencies stay well away from the space that the bass needs to be heard. Once the other instruments are giving the bass some breathing room - you'll be surprised what all once inaudible nuances come to the forefront. just my .02

 

[CapnSev]

The number 1 way to get a sound like that is to have a band that stays out of your way sonic-ly. What I mean is- listen to that track- the drums are very spare and the guitar frequencies stay well away from the space that the bass needs to be heard. Once the other instruments are giving the bass some breathing room - you'll be surprised what all once inaudible nuances come to the forefront. just my .02

What you’re saying is true to an extent. Kadavar mixes their records in a unique manner (that I like), where the bass is panned all the way to one side, and the guitar to the other, while the drums and vocals are mono through out. It creates a nice separation where you can really pick out tone and notes they’re all playing. They specifically mix that way to try to emulate what it would sound like up against a live stage.

 

[djaxup]

The mixing is really interesting, that bass tone is heavily panned to the left. I always thought that was a big no-no, drums and bass have to be dead center. But it actually works good. Cool bass tone, I would use a Rickenbacker and a pick for this.

I really like the Tech21 VT Bass pedals.

 

[GlueKill]

In the live version I could find, he plays one of those Gibson EB-0s that has the pickup mounted more toward the middle of the body rather than right up against the neck.

 

[gfen]

In the live version I could find, he plays one of those Gibson EB-0s that has the pickup mounted more toward the middle of the body rather than right up against the neck.

If you notice it’s a long scale EB4L

 

[Das Jugghead]

Long shot but @ 7:20 pedal board looks like a tuner and a Way Huge?

 

[10cc]

Long shot but @ 7:20 pedal board looks like a tuner and a Way Huge?

Different bassist than in the OP

 

[10cc]

In the live version I could find, he plays one of those Gibson EB-0s that has the pickup mounted more toward the middle of the body rather than right up against the neck.

Different bassist than the OP

 

[10cc]

The bass player in the OP was the bands OG bassist Philipp Lippitz. He left in 2013.

 

[Das Jugghead]

Different bassist than in the OP

I stand corrected.

 

[MJ_Sotti]

Is he wearing yoga pants?

Also I had a question about the band's name..."Kadaver" is that a play on words, as in "cadaver" which is a dead body?

 

[10cc]

Is he wearing yoga pants?

Also I had a question about the band's name..."Kadaver" is that a play on words, as in "cadaver" which is a dead body?

Yes. Kadavar. German rock bands historically like to use “K’s”. Like Kreator