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I love this bass tone Big Data Dangerous
- Thread starter Ric5
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Does anyone know how he gets that tone? I've watched every video I could find, but i can't see his pedalboard. I should also noe that he uses a different bass and amp on every video I've seen, so his tone must heavily rely on that pedalboard.
Yeah they play that song a lot on Sirius Alt Nation, I like it a lot...
I was wondering if it was doubled by some type of synth to fatten it up, especially on that kind of slidey wub wub part at the end of the chorus.
Need fresh strings, and my basses g# didn't sound right to my ears, sounded better when I tuned my a string a half step down.
I was wondering if it was doubled by some type of synth to fatten it up, especially on that kind of slidey wub wub part at the end of the chorus.
Need fresh strings, and my basses g# didn't sound right to my ears, sounded better when I tuned my a string a half step down.
The "slide wub wub part" is an actual slide I believe. He definitely uses something to fatten the tone though.
so i was able to cop this tone with my B3. i just used the tube screamer with the gain all the way down into a amp sim(Swr,GK,SVT) the SWR and GK sims worked the best.
i also got really close with a rat sim(gain all the way down) into the same amps.
I might post sound clips if i get around to it if anyone is interested.
i also got really close with a rat sim(gain all the way down) into the same amps.
I might post sound clips if i get around to it if anyone is interested.
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I have a strong feeling that this is a lot more simpler than I'm making it out in my mind that it COULD be....
Here's what it sounds like to me.
Fresh rotosound strings, on an active pickups bass.....an amp like a gk-800 with its mid contour button pressed in, bass control at 9 , treble at 2, .....
and through the effects loop--- a stomp-box chorus set with its depth at MAX and its speed at almost-maybe 1- completely zero, if not at zero.
--Or-- a digital delay on the right channel and the raw unaffected bass signal on the left. about a 256 millisecond delay.
Here's what it sounds like to me.
Fresh rotosound strings, on an active pickups bass.....an amp like a gk-800 with its mid contour button pressed in, bass control at 9 , treble at 2, .....
and through the effects loop--- a stomp-box chorus set with its depth at MAX and its speed at almost-maybe 1- completely zero, if not at zero.
--Or-- a digital delay on the right channel and the raw unaffected bass signal on the left. about a 256 millisecond delay.
a pick, roundwound strings, and 2 signals: one clean, one dirty.
sounds like it could be a RAT, but I'd bet it's just a cranked SVT (or a sim)
sounds like it could be a RAT, but I'd bet it's just a cranked SVT (or a sim)
I liked this song on Pandora awhile back. Simple riff, great sound. Going to try & learn it later. Rat pedal eh? Hmmm...
Well, I can see the pedal on Zac Colwell's board during this live performance:
I'm pretty sure it's this pedal - which I recognized, because it's also on my board:
Boss - Overdrive
It produces that sound nicely, but I also use the tube sound on my TCE RH750.
There are various overdrive pedals that would work, though...Fulltone OCD, etc.
I'm pretty sure it's this pedal - which I recognized, because it's also on my board:
Boss - Overdrive
It produces that sound nicely, but I also use the tube sound on my TCE RH750.
There are various overdrive pedals that would work, though...Fulltone OCD, etc.
I heard this song on my iTunes radio, loved the bass sound, googled "Big Data bassist" and ended up here! Awesome thread! My J bass doesn't sound that bright, but I have half rounds on it so of course it wouldn't
