whats this effect?

[SiReZ]

in th bass entry on "would?" by AiC, is mike starr using an effect??the bass sorta sounds swollen, if he is what kind of effect is that?

 

[bongomania]

Link to a clip or vid of it plz.

 

[SiReZ]

sorry i 4get not everyone listens to the music i listen to lol

 

[Thorsoundcore]

always sounded like clean bass to me.you can tell it's just very specter-esque,un-effected tone.if you had asked about angry chair's intro,then totally different story.

 

[SiReZ]

well whats in angry chair??i thought it was a delay pedal

 

[b4nny]

In Would? I believe the bass sound comes a spector played with a pick through an overdriven amp.. if you want to get close with a pedal, maybe an overdrive pedal with actual tubes in it on a moderate to low gain would work. I have no experience with any pedal like that so don't take my word for it.

Oh, and in Angry chair, the intro is drums and guitar, not bass.

 

[bongomania]

Yeah, pick playing through overdriven tube amp. There are lots of pedals that attempt to cop the amp sound--popular ones right now include the Tech21/Sansamp product line, and the Catalinbread SFT.

 

[nad]

I remember playing that riff with the pick turned a bit sideways. This is what my 13-year-old self always assumed was the proper technique to achieve said sound. But back then I also thought that the tone of distorted guitars came from using a metal pick. Apparently I was a believer in technique over gear at that time in my life.

Wow, this is the first time I might have had something right back then as opposed to now. We really do get dumber as time goes on!

 

[sonic assassin]

scratchy heavy pick work, a little dirt, and maybe a chorus. theres always chorus on the bass in AiC songs.

kinda neck pickup-y. with some of the highs added back. its a fat, aggressive tone for sure. not as hi-fi as id expect a spector to be.

 

[NS2A]

It's mostly the Spector getting that sound. Similiar to Eddie's sound on Mindcrime. Looks like a NS2A with EMG's in the video anyway - not that that means anything.