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modern rock tone?
- Thread starter steve_man
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Get whatever bass looks the coolest and turn your amp all the way down. 
Modern rock seems to often use basses with active electronics, and stainless steel strings. Probably GK amps with the lows boosted a bit or similar. So probably some names that have already been mentioned here, like Warwick, Spector, Sadowsky, and I'd say MusicMan as well.
Modern rock seems to often use basses with active electronics, and stainless steel strings. Probably GK amps with the lows boosted a bit or similar. So probably some names that have already been mentioned here, like Warwick, Spector, Sadowsky, and I'd say MusicMan as well.
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It's funny because I think there were many different types of basses that were used in a "modern rock" context. I saw a 90's vid of The Cocteau Twins bassist Simon Raymonde playing a P-bass with a J pu where the P would normally be. (most likely passive, but I don't have facts to back that up) Kubicki Factors were also characteristically modern sounding in John Taylor's hands. (active humbucker-type pu's) I agree with previous posts that it's mostly eq related.
Holy thread dredge, Bassdude15!
I thought the rock zeitgeist was all about passive P basses. Active basses in rock are so 2001.
I thought the rock zeitgeist was all about passive P basses. Active basses in rock are so 2001.
Funny about flats and P bass.
Must...resist...change....
'Modern' but not indie?
Indie is more about old school sound.
'Modern' is Spector, Warwick, MTD, Ibanez, perhaps Yamaha.
Anything active with perhaps EMGs. Something other than bottom burp undefined bass frequency mush.
I think 'Modern' is more 'Prog' - the bass tone from Neon Trees is great
http://www.premierguitar.com/articles/Rig_Rundown_Neon_Trees_Chris_Allen_And_Branden_Campbell
P bass, Ric - the standards.
Must...resist...change....
'Modern' but not indie?
Indie is more about old school sound.
'Modern' is Spector, Warwick, MTD, Ibanez, perhaps Yamaha.
Anything active with perhaps EMGs. Something other than bottom burp undefined bass frequency mush.
I think 'Modern' is more 'Prog' - the bass tone from Neon Trees is great
http://www.premierguitar.com/articles/Rig_Rundown_Neon_Trees_Chris_Allen_And_Branden_Campbell
P bass, Ric - the standards.
Get whatever bass looks the coolest and turn your amp all the way down.
Modern rock seems to often use basses with active electronics, and stainless steel strings. Probably GK amps with the lows boosted a bit or similar. So probably some names that have already been mentioned here, like Warwick, Spector, Sadowsky, and I'd say MusicMan as well.
Haha exactly
Get whatever bass looks the coolest and turn your amp all the way down.
Modern rock seems to often use basses with active electronics, and stainless steel strings. Probably GK amps with the lows boosted a bit or similar. So probably some names that have already been mentioned here, like Warwick, Spector, Sadowsky, and I'd say MusicMan as well.
Also treble cut and midboost
Or j-basses, for that matterHoly thread dredge, Bassdude15!
I thought the rock zeitgeist was all about passive P basses. Active basses in rock are so 2001.
Fender Precision.
I think you mean a '70's P with bright, icky sounding round-wounds!
Old school sound is bass on full, treble flat, mids flat, and flat wounds. Atleast in my experience
Depends on which old school you're talking about, really. There were more different bass sounds in the days of yore than people on here often seem to believe.
Hey, Precision, Jazz, neck-thru 6 with actives, vintage hollowbody with 50 year old flats...doesn't matter. If I use it today, it's modern.
Modern Player Jazz bass is what I use but I boost mids and highs. I think Tool when I think Modern Rock bass
I played modern rock for about the last 8 years or so, and Fender Jazz(in series), EBMM 5ers, thru Mesa amps and cabs worked pretty well for me...
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My Ibanez SRX300 fits that bill. Dual humbuckers, active EQ that's easy to use-just a bass and treble boost/cut-not 10 different knobs. You can find them cheap, too. With a GK amp, it's awesome. The fender modern jazz might work too.
