need djent bass tone.

[Alex O]

Maybe the wrong thread, but what's a djent? Is it like a stoner doom?

It's literally an onomatopoeia describing the riffs of this style of metal, so think complex rhythms with aggressive riffs.

To be fair the genre has changed a lot and has had a lot of innovators. If you're feeling open minded check out...
-Meshuggah who pioneered the sound in the 90s/00's
-Periphery who are probably the most mainstream Djent band at the moment
-Animals as Leaders who basically pushed the genre to a point where it's more jazz than metal.

As much as people rag on the sub-genre, I'd argue no style of metal has had as much influence on main stream music since the 80's thrash hay-day. It's not for everyone obviously, but it's certainly not to be dismissed.

 

[Alex O]

soooooooo im trying to get bass tone for djent like messuggah, volumes,hackivist,periphery. i have an ibanez srff805 and spector legend 5 neck thru and a ibanez btb405. my current head is a gallien kurger goldline and a 412 peavy cab. i also have an eleven rack but i have it on my tech death stuff and its broken so i have trouble doing most thing on them.

Find yourself a modest OD and a Comp and you'll be able to dial in a pretty effective Djent sound with the help of your band. I'd use that Spector too, as it's naturally aggressive.

A lot of these Djent guys have beautiful gear, but you can accomplish pretty much the same thing with much more modest means.

 

[flam]

Ugh, how about we don't Djent and make the world a better place.

How many more sub-genres of metal are going to be "invented" so that guitarists have an excuse to constantly shred solos?

To be fair, Djent isn't particularly known for it's shredding guitar solos.

Tone wise, I'd use the Spector and dial in a lot of high mids on the amp. play hard with a pick, and if you feel the need for distortion, a b7k would fit the bill perfect.

 

[ole Jason]

Bass with stainless rounds:
Dingwall
Warwick
Spector

Effects:
DG B7k
POD X3 (yes, really)

Amp:
Anything loud and modern will work

 

[gregmon79]

Darkglass B7K

For sure. B7K Ultra. Djent all day and night.

 

[Dug2]

Dont forget the Warwick bass to go with it

 

[dgrizzly]

soooooooo im trying to get bass tone for djent like messuggah, volumes,hackivist,periphery. i have an ibanez srff805 and spector legend 5 neck thru and a ibanez btb405. my current head is a gallien kurger goldline and a 412 peavy cab. i also have an eleven rack but i have it on my tech death stuff and its broken so i have trouble doing most thing on them.

I feel like you're pretty much there. That Spector with fresh stainless steel rounds should do the trick. I don't know much about the Goldline head, but GK is known for their aggressive mids (which you definitely want). One thing to check - is your cab inherently mid-scooped? If it is, you may need to dial in more than a little bit of mids to compensate; and peel the bass and even a bit of treble back on the head. With that said...

Seems to me like the only missing piece is a little extra overdrive. As mentioned, Darkglass is THE way to go. I would give a +1 on the B7K if you're looking for a pedal because you'll probably keep it on all the time and the extra EQ should be helpful. If you're more into upgrading your amp, consider the new Darkglass Microtubes 900 head. Small, light, tons of power and has the B3K circuit built-in to the head.

 

[KickingBass]

Ugh, how about we don't Djent and make the world a better place.

How many more sub-genres of metal are going to be "invented" so that guitarists have an excuse to constantly shred solos?

Bruh... Do you even djent? In all seriousness, I'm not sure who you listen to for djent but I'm not sure they're know for their "shredding solos". Djent is about playing some crazy time signature and/or super technical stuff typically. Who would've thought that a bunch of 0000s could be so hard to play?

 

[InhumanResource]

Bruh... Do you even djent? In all seriousness, I'm not sure who you listen to for djent but I'm not sure they're know for their "shredding solos". Djent is about playing some crazy time signature and/or super technical stuff typically. Who would've thought that a bunch of 0000s could be so hard to play?

He's probably talking about post-djent djentcore.

 

[KickingBass]

He's probably talking about post-djent djentcore.

Oh well in that case, yeah I feel you.

 

[BassLover668]

Tun
Tutun
Tututun
Tutuntu

LOL

 

[Skybone]

But is it good for metal?

 

[Nephilymbass]

soooooooo im trying to get bass tone for djent like messuggah, volumes,hackivist,periphery. i have an ibanez srff805 and spector legend 5 neck thru and a ibanez btb405. my current head is a gallien kurger goldline and a 412 peavy cab. i also have an eleven rack but i have it on my tech death stuff and its broken so i have trouble doing most thing on them.

Seems like the common things I see with bands like that are dingwall basses and the darkglass b7k. Meshuggah is different (Warwick and axe fx) but actually doesn't tune that low. In fact Dicks main tuning is drop A# so his e, a, d, and g strings are all actually tuned up a half step so the bass is tuned A#, F, A#, D#,G#.

 

[jimfist]

Well, djentlemen must be doing something right to be such a musically polarizing genre. It doesn't really matter why I just don't seem attracted to it, overall musically, or specifically with respect to the bass....long in th tooth...jaded...GET OFF MY LAWN! LOL

 

[NKBassman]

I recently got turned on to Haken by a friend. Love the 80's synth vibe on some tracks.
I scoped out a few live pics... bassist is definitely using a Dingwall.

 

[willsellout]

Dude plays goldline GK, peavey, and low end Spectors and you guys suggest Darkglass and Dingwall LOL. you can literally play djent with what you have. You don't need better gear. Better gear is wasted on that music.

Of course if you just want to buy things....well...dingwall and darkglass.

 

[MDBass]

I didn't know there was a discernible "tone" in djent-style bass. Seriously, I don't even know why there are bassists in these bands with 8 string drop-drop-drop tuned riff-based stuff. You have to go out of your way to tell they exist to begin with. Tone? Optional. Distortion? Mandatory.

It depends entirely on the band and the bassist in question. You can hear the bass loud and clear in bands like Periphery, Tesseract, Gojira, etc.

 

[Phildevoid]

After listening to a few clips posted here, I now know why I have never heard of djent.

 

[MDBass]

Ugh, how about we don't Djent and make the world a better place.

How many more sub-genres of metal are going to be "invented" so that guitarists have an excuse to constantly shred solos?

Sounds like you really don't know the genre.

The jokes are usually of the "00100110" variety, there's actually very minimal soloing

 

[Hounddog409]

Sounds like you really don't know the genre.

The jokes are usually of the "00100110" variety, there's actually very minimal soloing [/

00100110 = 38 in decimal.

Just saying