Songs with bass 'chorus' effect.

[vox.jubilante]

Some tracks (like the two above) have the chorus as being really obvious. Maybe it is just my ears, but I feel as though I can hear some chorus on his other lines/parts as well. I could be wrong, perhaps I should make my statement a little less definitive.

Ah, yes - forgot about 24 Hours. As for Insight, I do hear chorus pretty clearly on that Peel sessions version, but when I listen to the Unknown Pleasures version, it's not as clear that I'm hearing chorusing vs multi-tracking or some other studio effect.

There's so much subtle atmospherics in the Martin Hannett produced studio recordings that there may be more chorus than I typically hear because it's so nuanced and doesn't scream "BOSS CE-2 WITH RATE AND DEPTH AT 11"... the droning may also confuse my ear on this point as well.

 

[vox.jubilante]

...Chris Squier in Roundabout...

I believe that it's pretty well documented that the effect on Roundabout is Chris Squire doubling the bass line on Steve Howe's ES-175.

 

[blindrabbit]

Ah, yes - forgot about 24 Hours. As for Insight, I do hear chorus pretty clearly on that Peel sessions version, but when I listen to the Unknown Pleasures version, it's not as clear that I'm hearing chorusing vs multi-tracking or some other studio effect.

There's so much subtle atmospherics in the Martin Hannett produced studio recordings that there may be more chorus than I typically hear because it's so nuanced and doesn't scream "BOSS CE-2 WITH RATE AND DEPTH AT 11"... the droning may also confuse my ear on this point as well.

Yes, I think you've hit on it there. If you were to play a Hooky Joy Division riff with a "clean" bass tone, it would seem like something is missing, but when you throw on a touch of icy chorus - boom, there it is.

To get my Hooky tones, I use a vintage Clone Theory clone set relatively subtle, and it seems to do the trick.

 

[AngelCrusher]

Given that "Roundabout" was recorded in 1971, and commercial digital delays with internal LFOs modulating their delay time weren't available until 1975, and the first dedicated chorus pedal (the BOSS CE-1) wasn't invented until 1976, I'm going to humbly suggest you're hearing something other than chorusing on the "Roundabout" bass track.

Actually the obvious chorus part I am thinking of is a bass part from a different song, the more I think about it. It's at the end of a breakdown and is a slow meoldic, pentatonic upper octave fill. Can't think of the tune or band- may be a Yes tune. It will come to me.

 

[AngelCrusher]

I believe that it's pretty well documented that the effect on Roundabout is Chris Squire doubling the bass line on Steve Howe's ES-175.

Yes, which is essentially what a chorus effect is. It is a subtle doubling, but it sounded like a chorus to me. It's the old school way, before the actual effect existed.

 

[vox.jubilante]

Actually the obvious chorus part I am thinking of is a bass part from a different song, the more I think about it. It's at the end of a breakdown and is a slow meoldic, pentatonic upper octave fill. Can't think of the tune or band- may be a Yes tune. It will come to me.

Maybe you're thinking of that subtle chorus/vibrato on the bass at the beginning of Starship Trooper? I've wondered what that was, whether it was chorusing through multitracking or use of a leslie speaker or the like...

 

[AngelCrusher]

Maybe you're thinking of that subtle chorus/vibrato on the bass at the beginning of Starship Trooper? I've wondered what that was, whether it was chorusing through multitracking or use of a leslie speaker or the like...

It's going to drive me nuts, but it will come to me and I will update the thread.

 

[vox.jubilante]

Yes, which is essentially what a chorus effect is. It is a subtle doubling, but it sounded like a chorus to me. It's the old school way, before the actual effect existed.

Sure, I get that, although the end result in this particular instance sounds less like chorus to me and more like a gritty, clavinet kind of sound...

 

[winterburn69]

Anything guns and roses. Not much chorus. But some.
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I've always thought GN'R had some pretty heavy chorus.

Pretty Tied Up, Sweet Child O Mine, My Michelle, Rocket Queen, So Fine, Coma and You Could be Mine all have what I'd classify as a heavy chorus effect.

Sting. With the Police. Synchronicty II.

Listening to Synchronicity II now, funny I used to play this in a band and never noticed. Listening with good headphones now, I think it'd sound cool with a touch of an Aguilar Octamizer too. I bought today from another TB'er so I can try it out.

I know a lot of Police/Sting tunes, pretty much the only reason I pull out the cheap fretless. Good music.

Sting used chorus a lot on the Syncronicity album.

Actually, Sting double tracked his bass parts on Synchronicity with 2 different basses. But the bass parts sound pretty spot on when played with a chorus pedal (which has to do for those of us without an extra bassist/four arms)

Just about all songs by The Cure use it don't they? (it's been a good while since I listened to them)

Yeah, pretty much. Lots of flanger on Cure songs as well.

Type O Negative.

Peter steel -type o negative always had chorus in his distortion sound and clean as well.

IYDKMIGTHTKY is definitely worth mentioning. Amazing bass tone and a real lesson for all of us in mixing distortion and chorus.

 

[jallenbass]

Old Man Kensey - R.E.M.

 

[Watchootognbout]

I actually saw Siouxie & Co back in '87. They were my favorite band from that whole scene. 'Cept for maybe these guys...



...but I don't think that Dali's Car was really a "band" per se.

There's chorus on this, right?

Yes!Chorus.
With the Late Great Mick Karn on fretless bass.

 

[Watchootognbout]

Actually the obvious chorus part I am thinking of is a bass part from a different song, the more I think about it. It's at the end of a breakdown and is a slow meoldic, pentatonic upper octave fill. Can't think of the tune or band- may be a Yes tune. It will come to me.

Are you thinking of"Starship Trooper"?
I think that's a tremolo effect.
All through the tune.

 

[Freekmagnet]

Yes!Chorus.
With the Late Great Mick Karn on fretless bass.

Yeah, Mick Karn was a beast.

I would say Dali's Car was my fave, but it seems like they were more of a short lived studio project than a band. Siouxie has had a pretty long career with tons of albums.

I do have to give Karn and Murphy extra credit for the Captain Beefheart reference.

 

[Txnrcr]

Three Days Grace cover of "You don't get me high anymore"
Is that a chorus effect I'm hearing on bass? Maybe chorus mixed with a distortion?

 

[dannylectro]

That's the one I was going to say. Intro to Sweet Child of Mine is great too.

Yep. I cover this tune. Light chorus totally nails it. Actually, more or less throughout the song. Maybe click off for the heavy part at the end....

 

[dannylectro]

I think the guy from Journey used the classic Boss chorus quite a bit. The album had, Don't Stop Believin" on it if I am not mistaken. Can't remember the album title.

Yes. I have an old Boss CE-2 and it totally nails the sound. Jazz bass, heavy on the bridge P/U, tone full on.

 

[BoogieZK]

Many live songs from Frank Zappa from albums like "You can't do that on stage anymore"

Every songs from Type O Negative. Listen to "Creepy Green light" and "All hallow's eve" intros.

 

[India_Sierra]

Jeff Berlin used a lot of chorus on his post 2000 records. It has a really lush, vibrant sound to it. I don't know which pedal it was though, Jeff didn't name it in the interview in which he told the anecdote about the manufacturer refusing to loan him one at a trade show when he forgot his. I will try and find out what it was though.

 

[winterburn69]

Darryl Jones uses it on the Still Warm record by John Scofield.
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Which songs? I've listened to Still Warm and I don't recall any chorus on the bass.

Amazing bass tone though. I assume it was his '66 Jazz. I don't think he gets nearly enough credit as a jazz bassist probably due to his more mainstream fame with the Stones.

For years I thought: "why does the guy that replaced Bill Wyman have a Lākland signature?" lol. How nïave I was.

 

[Nephilymbass]

Guns and roses and Alice In Chains have several songs with chorus on bass. Alice In Chains bass player even used a chorus pedal on they MTV unplugged.