Been playing guitar for a while and recently picked up myself a bass of my own. Saves borrowing a friend's while I play fill-in bass for his band. Managed to get a BC Rich Warlock (Platinum Series) with twin split-P pickups and having trouble dialling in the sound I'm after.
As far as bass sounds go, I really love the sounds of Geddy Lee, Chris Squire and John Entwistle. I like that bright, chunky and crisp slightly overdriven sound. Find that it works with just about everything that I play bass on - the black/thrash band I play for, or fooling around on the computer with my doom or grindcore or punk projects.
Currently running stock pickups with a set of flatwounds on, going to restring with some Roto Swing Bass roundwounds next pay. The flatwounds just don't feel right to me, have played roundwounds in the past that agree with me a bit more.
The amp and pedal I'm using are the property of aforementioned friend and he insists on running the amp EQ flat and I'm not allowed to screw with the settings on his MXR Blowtorch - also set fairly flat but a bit of mid scoop. Been trying to introduce my Boss CS-3 Compressor/Sustainer to the rig to try and thicken the bass sound as well but haven't had a lot of time to experiment and get it sounding just right.
Looking for suggestions that aren't going to cost a fortune and give me a much more brighter sound. I'd prefer to stay with passive pickups - control cavity on the Warlock is already pretty tight and I don't want to carve up the body.
Anything and everything is appreciated!
As far as bass sounds go, I really love the sounds of Geddy Lee, Chris Squire and John Entwistle. I like that bright, chunky and crisp slightly overdriven sound. Find that it works with just about everything that I play bass on - the black/thrash band I play for, or fooling around on the computer with my doom or grindcore or punk projects.
Currently running stock pickups with a set of flatwounds on, going to restring with some Roto Swing Bass roundwounds next pay. The flatwounds just don't feel right to me, have played roundwounds in the past that agree with me a bit more.
The amp and pedal I'm using are the property of aforementioned friend and he insists on running the amp EQ flat and I'm not allowed to screw with the settings on his MXR Blowtorch - also set fairly flat but a bit of mid scoop. Been trying to introduce my Boss CS-3 Compressor/Sustainer to the rig to try and thicken the bass sound as well but haven't had a lot of time to experiment and get it sounding just right.
Looking for suggestions that aren't going to cost a fortune and give me a much more brighter sound. I'd prefer to stay with passive pickups - control cavity on the Warlock is already pretty tight and I don't want to carve up the body.
Anything and everything is appreciated!
