Metal Tone

[joshbassistct]

I know Metal gets a lot of down play here, but I'm curious as to what you guys do as far as tone goes. I use an Ampeg Svt-3 Pro and I'm trying to get a good cut in the mix. I use a Carvin LB75 with an HB-2 humbucker in the bridge. And insight what-so-ever would be greatly appreciated.

 

[CL400Peavey]

I know Metal gets a lot of down play here, but I'm curious as to what you guys do as far as tone goes. I use an Ampeg Svt-3 Pro and I'm trying to get a good cut in the mix. I use a Carvin LB75 with an HB-2 humbucker in the bridge. And insight what-so-ever would be greatly appreciated.

What cab are you using? What kind of EQ settings are you using? Where is your gain set?

 

[zachoff]

Basses:

G&L SB-2
bridge pickup at 2 (barely audible)
neck pickup at full

G&L L-2000
passive
both pickups
series
bass, treble, and volume at full

For distortion:

EHX Mole at 3:00
EXH Metal Muff
vol at 12:00
disto at 12:00

Amp & cab:

MTI-era SVT
mid shift at 800
ultra high and ultra low off
volume at 10:00
bass at 12:00
mid at 2:00
treble at 12:00

MTI-era 810

 

[Technotitclan]

Hook you up with a pic of my amp when i get home.

It really depends on the rest of the band. I find that depending on the band i will stand out more if i punch the high mids or the low mids. with my current band its the low mids. Its like a wall of bass when I turn up the low mid from my preamp on my bass.

 

[Dave W]

Boost mids, cut bass.

 

[Edgar664]

Gallien Krueger Fussion 550 with an Ashdown 4x10 with the gain about 11 or 12 o'clock. I usually cut my bass and boost mi high mids.

 

[zagralin_arf]

Warmoth Jazz w/ Lindy Fralin P pickups and Badass Bridge and Rotosound Flats->Mesa M9 Carbine, Mesa PH212

I have my treble and Bass flat, deep switch on and boost the hell out of my mids, gives me that Steve Harris clank and I can punch through and still fill out the bottom.

 

[grendle]

P/j basses ( Spector) with a svt2 pre and 8x10 do it for me. Frequency 4 on the mid selector is where it's at for me. My tone is something in between AIC, Pantara, and Tool.

 

[tooley]

Fender MIA p bass with seymour duncan spb-4.
Tech 21 bass chorus
Tech 21 bass driver thingy
Dunlop 105q bass wah
Marshall jcm800 bass series
Ampeg 6x10hlf with the horn turned off
with my eq i set it to 12oclock & boost the mids.

 

[Stevosimpson]

Sansamp RBI combined with a Darkglass B3K, sounds like heaven to my ears!

 

[joshbassistct]

I'm using a Carvin 810

 

[chaosMK]

I think a Sansamp works wonders for metal tone through an Ampeg rig (add some extra mids though). A "harsh" midrangey sound when you are solo'd will sound just right (mellowed out, but present) in the mix usually.

Playing style has a *lot* to do with it.

Big cabs help too if you just need more thunda.

 

[griffhk]

I use a Mesa head with a Ampeg cab. Sounds great and I can develop my own sound that can carry over the drums and not get lost in the mix. I used to use Ampeg heads, but found them to dry and all sounding the same. Mesa has more attack and punch.

 

[lowendmetal]

Schecter stilleto 5 with Duncan blackouts and a Duncan two band eq, running into a Genz Benz shuttle 9 pushing a mesa powerhouse 1000. There the cabs that are a mixed 115 with 4 10's that everyone seems to dislike here, but I'm telling ya, put the Genz low end boost on, you can shut a door from across the room

 

[lyes4string]

it truly all depends on what metal tone you want. how many different metal bass tones are out there?! theres just heavy bass riffs and theres prog rock bass full of mids and treble, and then thers the bass that follows the guitar and is just metal dropped tuned bass. i run all warwick all ampeg... thumb bass through svt 5pro through either pr810 or pr410. with plenty of eq and a lil dirt doesnt hurt.

 

[AdamR]

I find the dirtier I try and make my tone the more lost in the mix it gets. Theres one guitarist in my band and we only tune to Eb. I boost the crap out of my mids. GK800RB, Ampeg 810. Spector basses.