I've got the ussr big muff and the akai deep impact, but i cant get close to this sound, its so massive.
Any ideas?
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So many threads on this, HYSTERIA!!
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I've got the ussr big muff and the akai deep impact, but i cant get close to this sound, its so massive.
Any ideas?
Ok. Thank you for telling me the obvious.
I can play it like he does, so that can't be it
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Is it because he might be running 2 amps?
I can play it like he does, so that can't be it
.Is it because he might be running 2 amps?
bongomania
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If you read through all of those threads, you'd know the answer to your question; and no I don't mean "the obvious". He uses a massive amount of gear, and it all contributes to his tone.
He uses two rigs. one clean, and one dirty. (It has been reported he runs one big muff into another for really thick fuzz.)
So, the massive tone he gets is from two massive marshall bass amps anyway.
On the recording on Absolution (from what I can hear) there are actually 4 lines being played simultaneously, one playin the riff distorted, one playing it clean, one playing just the distorted root notes and letting them ring, and a square wave synth also playing the riff.
The closest I would guess you can get would be some heavy distortion (i.e. your muff) but blended with your clean tone.
I hope my rambling helps!
So, the massive tone he gets is from two massive marshall bass amps anyway.
On the recording on Absolution (from what I can hear) there are actually 4 lines being played simultaneously, one playin the riff distorted, one playing it clean, one playing just the distorted root notes and letting them ring, and a square wave synth also playing the riff.
The closest I would guess you can get would be some heavy distortion (i.e. your muff) but blended with your clean tone.
I hope my rambling helps!
I thought he ran three amps... but maybe just two.
I know he uses a Big Muff and a Human Gear Animato Distortion. He also uses the Deep Impact, and the only song I know for sure he uses it on is, "Time Is Running Out". He also has a Digitech BSW. He used to have a SYB-3, but not anymore. He also uses the Line 6 FM4, Boss OC-2 Octave, Boss DD-3, and a Boss PS-3. He runs a couple of different loops with these. One for Big fat bottom, one for fuzz, one for over the top distortion.
I know he uses a Big Muff and a Human Gear Animato Distortion. He also uses the Deep Impact, and the only song I know for sure he uses it on is, "Time Is Running Out". He also has a Digitech BSW. He used to have a SYB-3, but not anymore. He also uses the Line 6 FM4, Boss OC-2 Octave, Boss DD-3, and a Boss PS-3. He runs a couple of different loops with these. One for Big fat bottom, one for fuzz, one for over the top distortion.
You're absolutely right. Use your hands to turn the knobs on your amps and effects exactly the right way, and - presto - there's the tone!
i don't know this is exactly what he does but this shold be able to get it pretty close
it must be possible with less gear than that. not exactly the same but its gotta possible to get pretty close
get two outputs happening from your bass somewhere along the line
get one and set the deep impact to have a very low almost bubbly tone i dont wanna say farty but oh i just did.. next EQ it to sound like his i'd say make a bit of a scoop of the mids... lots of very deep bass and a bit of mid-high treble
take the other output and feed it into some kind of fuzz set the tone relatively low
get them both to different amps and on the akai one and do a bit more EQing
let me know how it works out
it must be possible with less gear than that. not exactly the same but its gotta possible to get pretty close
get two outputs happening from your bass somewhere along the line
get one and set the deep impact to have a very low almost bubbly tone i dont wanna say farty but oh i just did.. next EQ it to sound like his i'd say make a bit of a scoop of the mids... lots of very deep bass and a bit of mid-high treble
take the other output and feed it into some kind of fuzz set the tone relatively low
get them both to different amps and on the akai one and do a bit more EQing
let me know how it works out
Ok.. interesting proposal. At the moment I don't have the gear to do that, but since I'm not looking to copy his tone, but simply achieving one that is close and can be used in some passages I will try it out at some point.
While it's not necessarily going the same route, a ZVex Woolly Mammoth will handle that buzzy fuzz with no problem.
Even better if you build one yourself, since they are very simple and cost WAAAAAAY too much.
Even better if you build one yourself, since they are very simple and cost WAAAAAAY too much.
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