Billy Sheehan style fretbuzz

[Exe188]

Hi all,

I just came across a video of billy sheehan talking about his bass setup in which he showed an unique style of fret buzz. Its really hard to explain the kind of sound which i mean.. so here's an example:

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1VjmTQv_KOA[/media] [u]3:43[/u]

You can clearly hear Sheehan having some buzz coming from his bass after hitting the "e" string at [u]3:43 [/u]specifically. Could anyone explain to me how this kind of buzz actually appears and how I can achieve a similar effect? I just can't understand it.

Thanks!

Edited December 9, 2014 by Exe188
Link fixed.

[icastle]

All he's doing is playing the string really hard on a low action setup.

[paul_5]

Yup, just bang 'em!

[chrismuzz]

I'm a big fan of the right amount of fret clank and buzz when you dig in

[hamfist]

[quote name='chrismuzz' timestamp='1418170091' post='2627720']
I'm a big fan of the right amount of fret clank and buzz when you dig in
[/quote]

Yes, yes !

For any rock or rock-influenced style it is the tone and setup to aim for IMO

[Exe188]

Thanks for the comments all! I'm gonna set my bass neck even more straight and put some nice rotosound 66 strings on it. And yeah.. I'll try digging in my strings more .

[chrismuzz]

With a lower action you don't need to dig in as much, best advice I can give is to base your setup on how you play. I play quite hard at times so whereas my action is lowish, it's not as low as it could be.. and I leave a little bit of relief aswell. Experiment!

[Lozz196]

[quote name='chrismuzz' timestamp='1418170091' post='2627720']
I'm a big fan of the right amount of fret clank and buzz when you dig in
[/quote]

Agree Chris, playing some pretty hard punk at present, it`s virtually necessary to have this - imagine it to also be the case with hard rock as well. In a three piece especially, when the guitar starts soloing, dig in and that clank/buzz works like a rhythm guitar to fill in the gaps.