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Zoom b3 patch Ideas

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DCruise said:
Has anyone found a good patch for a beatle bass sound?
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Hey, DCruise, this is what I've been trying out for my McCartney/Hofner sound:

Tonight I was feeling my inner McCartney and started fooling around trying to get a good Rubber Soul/Magical Mystery Tour feel, and wound up not too unhappy w/ what I found. I was really trying to get that old woody/hollowbody Hofner rumble without having a ton of low end. So...my Beatles McCartney Hofner patch:

Jazz bass: both pups dimed, tone @ 2-3
Amp EQ fairly flat, bass 2, mid 2.5, treble 2

Position #1: B-Man: gain 52, bass 0, mid -2, 300Hz, treble -1, deep (off), level 60, cab (orgn), mix 100
Position #2: 160Comp: trhsh -22, ratio 4.0, gain 6, knee (hard), level 64
Position #3: ZNR: thrsh 10, detect EfxIn, Level 79

I still need to adjust the comp settings just a little bit, but this overall made me happy. To my ears, I can hear just a little bit of that hollowbody resonance. I'll keep this patch in mind for some of my hollowbody heroes (ie Jack Casady).

I also slipped some foam under the strings. With the EQ flat and tone dialed down you would think that the treble would suffer, but to my ears (again) it sounds pretty right. I need to listen to a couple of the songs a little closer to ascertain with Macca was up to, but I think just lightening up on the compressor and being aware of my right hand attack will get the sufficient highlights out.

Enjoy!
 
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jimmyb said:
Any1 have an idea on how to achieve the bass sound on "hella good" by no doubt on the b3?
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Tony Kanal usually used a Yamaha BB through a Gallien Krueger 800RB and an Ampeg 8x10 with no effects other than maybe some compression his amp settings are treble at 3 o'clock high mid noon, low mid noon, bass 3 o'clock and some mid cut.. I'm not really familiar with too many of their songs but he also plays some synth bass on some songs. Is that one of the songs?
Take care,
Brent
 
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jimmyb said:
I'm sure its a keyboard. I just need to try to come up with something comparable. I've got a zoom b3 on the board and various dirt

No Doubt - Hella Good:
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During the chorus, It's definitely keyboards. like BrentSimons said, tony kanal uses gallien-krueger amps through ampeg svt8x10. you can get his sound easily by using the gk amp model with the ampeg svt 8x10 cab model. but you could try experimenting with one of the synth sounds on the zoom b3 if you like. I think the v-synth might be a good start.
 
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I came up with a couple patches for approximating certain tones I enjoy playing around with. They both start with the 160 Compressor like my others, and I built them to use stompbox mode to turn on and off the effects for specific songs.

First one is "Amusing," for playing Muse tunes - note that there's no real way to ape Wolstenholme's big effects chain in its entirety so I just went with a couple sounds I thought worked well.
1. 160 Comp - set however you like your compressor
2. AWah+Dist - Sense 5, Gain 20, Level 50, Dry 31, Tone 50, Reso 7, Chain Aftr
3. Bit Crush - Bit 16, SMPL 25, Bal 42, Tone 5, Level 75
I use the bit crusher alone for TIRO, and both effects for Hysteria. Swap the order if that sounds too messy with the bit crusher last; I can't decide which order I like better.

And then there's "Tool Time," which should be pretty obvious =0)
1. 160 Comp
2. Bass Driver (SABDDI model) - Bass -4, Trebl -4, Prese 1, Gain 75, Blend 94, Level 30, Mid 5
3. VinFlngr (MXR Flanger model) - Depth 55, Rate 30, Reso 4, PreD 5, Mix 80, Level 90, LoCut 60Hz
The BDDI sets the overall feel of the patch (I used Sober to dial it in, it isn't perfect still), then add the Flanger for 46&2, etc.

Hope these are enjoyable!
 
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Here's a new patch idea I came up with. this patch is an updated version of a patch I've previously posted on here that was inspired by a friend's rig at a new years eve party. this patch has a warm distorted bass sound that has some punch and crunch.

Beast driver

Section 1: exciter: bass: 2, treble: 5, level: 90

Section 2: overdrive: gain: 5, tone: 70, level: 90, balance: 40

Section 3: super b: bass: 3, mid: 4, treble: 5, midfq: 250hz, gain: 25, level: 100, presence: 8, cab: swr4x10, mix: 50
 
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hey @Crystalman85 or anybody else -

What's a good ZNR setting to simply kill the single-coil hum when turning down one J pickup, without impacting the sound of the rest of a patch? And do you put the ZNR at the start or end? Thanks!
 
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DDXdesign said:
hey @Crystalman85 or anybody else -

What's a good ZNR setting to simply kill the single-coil hum when turning down one J pickup, without impacting the sound of the rest of a patch? And do you put the ZNR at the start or end? Thanks!
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I find that ZNR is basically adjust-to-taste. Just turn up the threshold (or sensitivity, or however it's labeled) until the unwanted noise stops, and stop before you get to the point where it kills your sustain. If you're only wanting it to squelch the single-coil noise, put it first in the chain. I personally use it to tame the noise from my fuzz and hi-gain amp sims, so I usually have it last.
 
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Here's a new patch idea I came up with. this patch was inspired by a patch demo from the discontinued line 6 pod x3 live. this patch has a warm heavy fuzz distortion sound that would be great for stoner metal bands and drum and bass type bands.

Hazzard

Section 1: splitter: hi: 38, lo: 40, freq: 200hz, level: 90

Section 2: great muff: gain: 75, tone: 70, level: 100, balance: 40

Section 3: agamp: bass: 4, mid: 3, treble: 2, midfq: 300hz, gain: 45, level: 80, char: deep, cab: ag8x10, mix: 50
 
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Here's another patch idea I came up with. this patch is similar to the hazzard patch idea, only with the bass big muff model for a more blended sound. great patch for the big muff enthusiasts.

Hazzard 2

Section 1: splitter: hi: 38, lo: 40, freq: 200hz, level: 90

Section 2: bass muff: gain: 75, tone: 50, level: 100, mode: norm, balance: 40

Section 3: agamp: bass: 4, mid: 3, treble: 2, midfq: 300hz, gain: 45, level: 80, char: deep, cab: ag8x10, mix: 50
 
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Here's another patch idea I came up with. this patch has a warm but digitally heavy sound that's suitable for rock and metal music.

Digimetal bass

Section 1: splitter: hi: 40, lo: 40, freq: 250hz, level: 90

Section 2: overdrive: gain: 70, tone: 25, level: 100, balance: 25

Section 3: fliptop: bass: 4, mid: 3, treble: -2, midfq: 300hz, gain: 45, level: 95, ultra: both, cab: ag8x10, mix: 50
 
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here's another patch idea I came up with. this patch has a tube heavy distortion sound that's great for metal music and bass solos.

Tube metal bass

Section 1: splitter: hi: 40, lo: 40, freq: 250hz, level: 90

Section 2: metalwrld: gain: 50, tone: 40, level: 100, balance: 25

Section 3: fliptop: bass: 4, mid: 3, treble: -2, midfq: 300hz, gain: 45, level: 95, ultra: both, cab: ag8x10, mix: 50
 
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Here's a new patch idea I came up with. this patch closely duplicates a warm low gain sound based on the darkglass vintage microtubes.

VMT light drive

Section 1: m comp: thresh: 20, ratio: 5, level: 100, attack: 7

Section 2: t-scream: gain: 30, tone: 25, level: 100, balance: 25

Section 3: fliptop: bass: 4, mid: 3, treble: -2, midfq: 300hz, gain: 45, level: 95, ultra: low, cab: ag8x10, mix: 50
 
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Here's a new patch idea I came up with. this patch has a warm low gain distortion sound with slightly gritty highs.

Metal dark driving

Section 1: bass bb: gain: 5, bass: 3, treble: -2, blend: 40, level:75

Section 2: metalwrld: gain: 10, tone: 25, level: 100, balance: 25

Section 3: monotone: bass: 4, mid: 3, treble: -2, midfq: 300hz, gain: 45, level: 95, char: flat, cab: ag1x15, mix: 50
 
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Here's another patch idea I came up with. this patch closely duplicates an mxr bass distortion pedal sound on silicon mode. the heaven amp model closely emulates the smooth heavy sounds the the mxr bass distortion has provided.

Emexar bass distortion 1

Section 1: m comp: thresh: 20, ratio: 5, level: 100, attack: 7

Section 2: squeak: gain: 40, tone: 50, level: 100, balance: 25

Section 3: heaven: bass: 4, mid: 3, treble: -2, midfq: 300hz, gain: 45, level: 95, enhc: 2, cab: sb4x12, mix: 50
 
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