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For bass fuzz I just love what Robert Sledge does with it.

Actually, rather than link to Ben Folds Five's old stuff, here's two tunes from the reunion album they released last year, which is surprisingly ace throughout:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F7E_mIgD_6w

and for lead stuff (around 2m40):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mEyrfFwf3rI

And for the record I went and saw them on their last tour and my god Robert Sledge is twice the bassist he used to be. He cracked out the upright and the synths as well as his old trusty fuzz bass guitar, really inspirational stuff.

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Actually this is the fuzz-bass sound that got me into using effects in the first place:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EOXlJfJ-OgA

Mark Brydon never gets recognised as being the innovative bass guitarist that he is. I suppose because he's so good at so many other things.

Posted

Although I don't normally use this much nasty dirt myself, this bass sound rocks....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wc18xt5wQnk

Posted (edited)

[quote name='topheteatwo' timestamp='1389303943' post='2332742']
I'm just gonna start this off with a modern dirty bass classic!

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KDdTpVrcNvQ[/media]
[/quote]

Russian Circles FTW!!! :)[size=4] Brian has some cracking sounds on this one[/size]

[size=4]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ONzYMVrhTyk[/size]

[size=4]Not least the OCD/Volume pedal swells on the intro...[/size]

Edited by bakerster135
Posted (edited)

I do enjoy playing this with my Team Awesome Fuzz Machine:

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_4gD8oXJ4I[/media]

And this one with a Boss ODB-3 which is what they use live too:

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=asC24XhcoO8[/media]

Edited by dannybuoy
Posted

[quote name='bakerster135' timestamp='1389356047' post='2333176']
Last one! This has to be included, purely for the chorus which is still my favourite dirty bass sound ever! :)


[/quote]

His distortion is amazing and unique, it's crazy that he just gets that sound from messing with his Ric!

Posted

He uses the Peavey and an Acoustic 450, but THAT sound doesn't come from the Acoustic. John K's example shows that off: [url="http://johnkvintageguitars.homestead.com/Effects/360preamp/360_pedal-01-2.jpg"]http://johnkvintageguitars.homestead.com/Effects/360preamp/360_pedal-01-2.jpg[/url]

I think it must come from a combination of the two, but I've never heard the Peavey so I'd very much like to!...

Posted

here's a few :)

pissed jeans... every track on this album has a killer bass tone!
[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZj-3LhSsno"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZj-3LhSsno[/url]

young widows... RAT all the way!
[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dgdv5JVJhHY"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dgdv5JVJhHY[/url]

bear claw
[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r2nCkGN35gY"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r2nCkGN35gY[/url]

cows
[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4pHLFYuFhI"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4pHLFYuFhI[/url]

the JL
[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z6kTOZ-Kahg"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z6kTOZ-Kahg[/url]

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[quote name='topheteatwo' timestamp='1389364574' post='2333377']
Further rat love, dat tone

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=chYmJEi4Wbk[/media]
[/quote]

haa - great minds and all that - you beat me to it :)

Posted (edited)

[quote name='topheteatwo' timestamp='1389365390' post='2333403']
And one more, I find this band a bit hit or miss, but Nick Beard's tone is punishingly punchy
[/quote]

This is a great sound, and from a modded vintage rat as well! Great track, but the rest of the album's definitely pretty lame...Juturna was good though!

Edited by bakerster135
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[quote name='topheteatwo' timestamp='1389366035' post='2333417']
Never heard of these Bear Claw guys, this is amazing!
[/quote]

the album 'refuse this gift' is amazing - played a festival with them a year or two back, great band.

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