How do I achieve this sound?

[Blaze Barlow]

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?

seriously..it could be anything..what it sounds like live....on a CD..or on a laptop computer..is all going to be different..also different instrument and amp and processing gear is another brick in the wall..dont try and copy..throw your own sound out there on it..to copy means that you couldnt make it sound any better..there in itself is limitations..

 

[Guitalia]

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.

That's how the original vinyl release of the first Ramones record was mixed---bass in one channel, guitar in the other channel, Tommy and Joey in the middle.

I suspect that they were influenced by the mixes on the early Beatles stereo releases, which were recorded back when Abbey Road's boards didn't have panning, only Left/Both/Right switches.

Whoever mixed the later CD releases of the Ramone's first album used standard panning, unfortunately.

 

[CapnSev]

Yeah, it’s a really, really cool way to mix an album; I love it. I’d probably do it that way myself if I ever made a stripped-down rock album. You can really have a lot of sonic space to play with that way.

My only complaint with the way Kadavar does it, is hat the guitar can be a little thin as opposed the the giant, fat bass tone. With a thicker guitar sound, their albums would sound massive.

 

[Mister Mo]

So, folks, thanks for your help. On saturday, I bought a "Tech 21 SansAmp Character VT Bass DI", and it pretty much does the trick.... though I have to say it's really expensive.

 

[Robertron]

Ahh the classic VT. Enjoy it!