How Is He Getting This Tone?

[bassplayer7768521]

Hey guys,

There's a video of a Battery cover by Metallica, and in it, the guy's tone is awesome! Can anyone recognize the effects he's using, if any, or is it just the Rickenbacker?

VIDEO:

 

[Unrepresented]

He definitely has some dirt in his signal. It sounds tubescreamer based to me, but the sound quality isn't particularly good.

 

[bassplayer7768521]

Yeah, it's really low qual. I just dig the bite it has

 

[JanusZarate]

According to the YouTube posts, the bassist in the video said he used a "Boss Overdrive/Distortion" pedal.

Probably a Boss ODB-3 (Bass Overdrive).

Interesting rendition of this song... while he's playing it differently, he has some serious speed!

 

[bassplayer7768521]

According to the YouTube posts, the bassist in the video said he used a "Boss Overdrive/Distortion" pedal.

Probably a Boss ODB-3 (Bass Overdrive).

Interesting rendition of this song... while he's playing it differently, he has some serious speed!

Thanks so much! I'll look into Boss pedals and products.

And as far as his interpretation of the bass part, it's very interesting. I myself play the triplets too when I play the song, but he does it so effortlessly.

EDIT: I checked out that boss pedal, thing's sick! Thanks a lot Mystic

 

[Jared Lash]

According to the YouTube posts, the bassist in the video said he used a "Boss Overdrive/Distortion" pedal.

Probably a Boss ODB-3 (Bass Overdrive).

Interesting rendition of this song... while he's playing it differently, he has some serious speed!

It's hard to tell with the sound quality, but that doesn't sound like an ODB-3 to me. And again, it might just be the video quality/YouTube compression, but it seems to be cutting lows so I wonder if he's not using a BOSS OS-2

 

[M.Wrenn]

Id go with the Boss ODB-3, seems its adding just a little to the signal, but that could also be the crappy quality, a lot of that is just the classic bitin ric growl!

 

[bassplayer7768521]

Id go with the Boss ODB-3, seems its adding just a little to the signal, but that could also be the crappy quality, a lot of that is just the classic bitin ric growl!

Ha ha, reminds me a lot of Cliff Burton when he played his Rick on 'Ride the Lightning'

 

[M.Wrenn]

Ha ha, reminds me a lot of Cliff Burton when he played his Rick on 'Ride the Lightning'

oh yeah man, gotta love that tone!

 

[bassplayer7768521]

oh yeah man, gotta love that tone!

You know it man, Cliff was such a monster, who knows what he would have gone on to do?

If you hear any of the bass master tracks from Kill 'Em All, Ride the Lightning, or Master of Puppets, they're so impressive

 

[redielg]

awesome dirty and fast, nice.

 

[M.Wrenn]

You know it man, Cliff was such a monster, who knows what he would have gone on to do?

If you hear any of the bass master tracks from Kill 'Em All, Ride the Lightning, or Master of Puppets, they're so impressive

yeah man ive heard em, theyre pretty awesome. I cant even imagine how insanely amazing metallica would be right now if they still had cliff

 

[bassplayer7768521]

yeah man ive heard em, theyre pretty awesome. I cant even imagine how insanely amazing metallica would be right now if they still had cliff

Word man, rock on.

 

[Ric5]

That is not a Rickenbacker in that video. That is a lawsuit copy.

 

[Smurf-o-Deth]

Aka a "Fakenbacker."

 

[bassplayer7768521]

That is not a Rickenbacker in that video. That is a lawsuit copy.

Are you kidding me? Lol that's hilarious. Had me fooled. Then again I don't know a lot about Ricks.