hi, i was wondering, what kind of distortion he´s using on this video? and can you achieve it with an boss OBD-3 overdrive? if so, what would be the right equalization? Invalid Link Removed
thanx
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sheehan´s distortion
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Most of his distortion, before he had started using Ampegs, were from the Pearce Preamps he was using. They are solid state, and had soem very high gain overdrive. I believe his were modified as well with the distortion channel having a lo cut, and the clean channel being padded so it would not clip.
In addition, when soloing, he frequently dropped in an Eventide Harmonizer.
In addition, when soloing, he frequently dropped in an Eventide Harmonizer.
After the Pearce,Sheehan used an Ampeg BSP-SVT, which was his signature. Another example of this is Christian Olde-Wolbers who uses two of them.
I've read that he used his Pearce even when he had his signature preamps made... maybe he still uses them. I don't think these are easy to find...
Ok, he is who he is and that's it. You give him a cheep bass and a crap practice amp , he'd sound great and then he'd destroy them..you can get all of his gear and you'd still sound like yourself..................................
... And there it is! Only five replies before "Tone is all in the hands" surfaces.
The OP asked what Billy uses for distortion.
The OP asked what Billy uses for distortion.
so his effects comes from pre-amps?. theres any pedal´s that could get the same effect?
doesn't say´s anything about distortions =/
i never said that i wanna sound or be him,(that would be ridiculous) or get all his gear, i asked about the effects and distortions that he uses, not the techniques or any other stuff. i just wanna play (my own stuff) with the same or a similar distortion effect.Ok, he is who he is and that's it. You give him a cheep bass and a crap practice amp , he'd sound great and then he'd destroy them..you can get all of his gear and you'd still sound like yourself..................................
Another part of his sound definitely comes from the fact that he runs 2 outputs from his bass into 2 rigs (one for bass and one for treble) so he's still able to get a nice full range and note-definition even with the distortion on.
Right, his distortion comes from his pre. The trick is to have a distorted channel along with a clean channel so that you still have a solid tone and low end. You can do that in your own setup with pedals as well.
edit: what sbass traveller said.
yeah, i guess you´re right his attitude bass have 2 outputs, and i found this "Sheehan also uses two amps to achieve his signature tone (as do Chris Squire of Yes and Doug Pinnick of King's X), one with full distortion and notch filtering to sound more guitar-like for solos, and one super-clean for the low end of the neck pickup" but there´s gotta be a way to get that effect with some pedal´s or something. what you think?
what kind pedals would i need? any E.Q tips? /B]
maybe something like the Source Audio Bass Multiwave distortion, check it out. It affects specific frequencies (which you can choose).
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Dosi could be right about this.
2 NAMMs ago Billy walked up to our booth and told us that he read about our Multiwave Distortion technology, got excited, and then purchased our Multiwave Distortion for Guitar (the only one we had at the time). He said our booth was the first stop of the day, because he wanted to personally thank us for the unique sounds which he had been looking for. (I know this sounds like marketing BS, but it is the honest truth)
When we told him about the Bass version and thought he would get excited, he said that he was already running 2 separate channels (as described above) and could handle the wet/dry mix in this manner.
He gave us this quote, which is on our Billy page: "I have tweaked around with the Multiwave for a while. It's a pretty amazing unit! I'm pleased to see such an innovative approach to distortion unleashed on the public--very cool."
He stopped by to see us multiple times this past NAMM. He is a really, really nice guy in person. We are fans.
Tone is in the hands, How true. And what incredible hands that dude has. His speed and dexterity are seemingly limitless.
wow, that´s awesome, i wish i could meet him too. i guess i´ll have to try it. does anyone own´s one?
As soon as your hands can make the sound of a flanging pitch shifting octave dividing delayed reverbed distorted bass, tone is not all in the hands.
Patching, plugging and knob twiddling by hand here
I own a SVT BSP and seldom run the effects side of it but it has 2 discrete outputs for clean and overdrive.
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I operate it by hand too!
