Strings And Tone....

[quickfix]

A musician's tone and style are two different things. Don't confuse the two. An individual musician's style is always recognizable. Tone...not so much. Especially on a different set up from their own

 

[Gorn]

Hobbyist shmobbyist. There isn't a bass I own that anybody here could walk in and produce a tone on it that I couldn't get myself.

This is so wrong it makes me sad for you.

 

[smeet]

A musician's tone and style are two different things. Don't confuse the two. An individual musician's style is always recognizable. Tone...not so much. Especially on a different set up from their own

This is the truth. Both sides on this argument get so extreme it's ridiculous. Most people (musicians included) hear the total sound of someone playing, which includes tone AND style. Your style won't change from one bass to another. Your tone will. Fingers are part of the tone equation, and all of the style equation.

 

[twinjet]

HERE'S WHERE MY TONE COMES FROM

1 - First I run into an equalizer

2 - Then I split the signal into 4 parallel signals with a rolls mixer.

3 - I run one of the parallel lines into the Line6 bass pod where I model an acoustic 360 with a rat or big muff distortion pedal. I use this to get a retro growlly distorted sound. Or I also model an Ampeg fliptop with the Rat Distortion pedal. And I also Model an old Marshall amp. With the bass pod I can get a wide range of clean or dirty sounds and various effects and model different amps and speaker cabinets.

4 - The second parallel signal goes into a MXR bass di+. I use this pedal to get a clean modern sound. It also has a distortion button that can give a moderate to extreme amount of modern distortion.

5 - The third parallel signal goes into a Marshall Guv'nor. This gives me an old 60s marshall stack sound. This can go from a small amount of distortion to an over the top marshall sound. This effect can give you a the classic Jack Bruce Cream tone.

6 - The fourth parallel signal goes into a Tech21 VT Bass pedal. With this effect I get a slightly dirty Ampeg SVT bass amp sound with a tube like growl.

7 - Then I remix the 4 signals back together and run it into a bass amp, or pa, or studio mixer. Because the signals are parallel I can mix clean and overdriven sounds together and still get effect and a sound that punches through the mix.

Schematic diagram of my effects.

That was an interesting read. Thanks for sharing!

 

[jd56hawk]

When I pick up a bass I don't merely play it, I become the bass.

 

[Yahboy]

Could i say : " Pickup is Preset Tone, String is Preset EQ, Capacitor is Filter, Finger is your Signature Tone maker."