Hmmm, well this was unexpected.
Was playing my '83-'84 Ibanez P-bass today, and was thinking the old crusty rounds were sounding a bit thin.... found a set of Chromes flats in my attic, put them on, and what can I say, color me impressed.
Going through the VT Bass for my "clean" sound, they still have the clanky-clank Geddy Lee tone thats always my base tone, only with more "balls" than the rounds had. So I think in a mix of other sounds, it'll be easier to balance the treble clank and the bass, as theres more inherent bass in the tone. This clank comes in purely from the VT.
Then theres the Ibanez PD7, my go-to overdrive. I've tried to replace this cheap little $40 pedal with probably half dozen boutique overdrives, and none of them hit it where this one does. So it remains on the board, and also sounds badass with the Chromes. See the Honeycomb overdrive back there? Didnt really do anything for me with bass, but on my 6-slinger Telecaster it beefs up the tone, makes the single coils sound more like humbuckers, so I'm holding on to that (I still like twangy singles too, so having more options from one guitar is sweet)
Then theres the Grey Stache, my go-to Muff fuzz. Tried some other funky fuzzes, but the Muff is for me, so I picked the Grey Stache and don't expect to unload it anytime soon. Grey Stache unleashes some wicked awesome feedback when nothing's going through it and the gain's turned up, hope to incorporate some feedback effects into this next project.
Heres the whole get-up as it currently stands, the only thing I'm really GASin to replace is my 4x10 cabs. Had it cranked pretty hefty today since I'm working from home, the clipping light on my SVT3Pro was pretty much solidly on anytime a note was playing, but whatever.
And look what I found in my Dropbox, the high school cafeteria classic, Noods n' Nugs!!! (classy bachelor style, of course)
Was playing my '83-'84 Ibanez P-bass today, and was thinking the old crusty rounds were sounding a bit thin.... found a set of Chromes flats in my attic, put them on, and what can I say, color me impressed.
Going through the VT Bass for my "clean" sound, they still have the clanky-clank Geddy Lee tone thats always my base tone, only with more "balls" than the rounds had. So I think in a mix of other sounds, it'll be easier to balance the treble clank and the bass, as theres more inherent bass in the tone. This clank comes in purely from the VT.
Then theres the Ibanez PD7, my go-to overdrive. I've tried to replace this cheap little $40 pedal with probably half dozen boutique overdrives, and none of them hit it where this one does. So it remains on the board, and also sounds badass with the Chromes. See the Honeycomb overdrive back there? Didnt really do anything for me with bass, but on my 6-slinger Telecaster it beefs up the tone, makes the single coils sound more like humbuckers, so I'm holding on to that (I still like twangy singles too, so having more options from one guitar is sweet)
Then theres the Grey Stache, my go-to Muff fuzz. Tried some other funky fuzzes, but the Muff is for me, so I picked the Grey Stache and don't expect to unload it anytime soon. Grey Stache unleashes some wicked awesome feedback when nothing's going through it and the gain's turned up, hope to incorporate some feedback effects into this next project.
Heres the whole get-up as it currently stands, the only thing I'm really GASin to replace is my 4x10 cabs. Had it cranked pretty hefty today since I'm working from home, the clipping light on my SVT3Pro was pretty much solidly on anytime a note was playing, but whatever.
And look what I found in my Dropbox, the high school cafeteria classic, Noods n' Nugs!!! (classy bachelor style, of course)
