"Effected" bass players

[Faithless]

So, there's about 4 months, or something, since I have Line6 XT Live in my arsenal, buuuut, I'm a bit lack of imagination, where could I use such effects, as Reverb, Chorus, [[i]apart[/i] from solo sections], give a decent drive, etc etc... and, more importantly, how'd they [i]sound[/i]..

I'm mainly about rocky, or, well, at least funky stuff...

I was trying to listen to some Rush stuff, but it didn't sweep me along..


So, I'd say, let's share about a bit 'effected' bass players

[escholl]

the guy from Kings Of Leon uses some stuff like tremolo, etc

[JJTee]

Duff McKagen's use of chorus is pretty good with GnR. Slightly cheesy rock song, but I love the sound of his chorus-y bass line in You Could Be Mine:
[url="http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=ZoJOl1C_1cQ"]http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=ZoJOl1C_1cQ[/url]

[1976fenderhead]

[quote name='JJTee' post='293985' date='Sep 28 2008, 04:47 PM']Duff McKagen's use of chorus is pretty good with GnR. Slightly cheesy rock song, but I love the sound of his chorus-y bass line in You Could Be Mine:
[url="http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=ZoJOl1C_1cQ"]http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=ZoJOl1C_1cQ[/url][/quote]

For wah and distortion:
Rage Against the Machine and Audioslave
Albums "Weight" and "The End of Silence" by Rollins Band

For distortion:
Queens of the Stone Age and Kyuss

For synth:
Muse

For filter:
Red hot Chili Peppers
Jamiroquai

For chorus:
Tool

For everything:
Anything with Les Claypool

[bobbass4k]

[quote name='1976fenderhead' post='294099' date='Sep 28 2008, 07:38 PM']For distortion:
Queens of the Stone Age and Kyuss[/quote]

which kyuss basslines would you say use distortion?

(sorry to go off topic, but i'm a kyuss fanboy)

Edited September 29, 2008 by bobbass4k

[Hamster]

[quote name='1976fenderhead' post='294099' date='Sep 28 2008, 07:38 PM']For everything:
Anything with Les Claypool[/quote]

I remember going to a Doug Wimbish clinic where he had a floor full of pedals all connected to a rack full of effects! - Don't ask me what he had though!

[Sibob]

Check out some Justin Meldal-Johnsen with Beck, Ima Robot & Macy Gray

Si

[foal30]

Pick with Phaser
try Anthony Jackson
O'Jays "for the love of money" and "give the people what they want".

also some stuff of him with Al di Meola

I like the envelope filter/wah on Rose Royce "Car Wash".

It's probably best to check out a lot of Bootsy Collins too. especially if a rocky funk vibe is your go.
Warner Brothers have a best of that is worth getting for a cross-section of his post JB stuff.

[Toasted]

Listen to some Incubus with Dirk Lance

Metallica - Burton / Newsted.

[thumbo]

[quote name='bobbass4k' post='294276' date='Sep 29 2008, 01:11 AM']which kyuss basslines would you say use distortion?

(sorry to go off topic, but i'm a kyuss fanboy)[/quote]

In reference to Nick Oliveri, he just uses a 70's Ampeg V4 cranked up with a P-Bass that's had the volume pot taken out, going straight into an Ernie Ball volume pedal. From what I gather, that's pretty much all he's ever used.

[thumbo]

[quote name='1976fenderhead' post='294099' date='Sep 28 2008, 07:38 PM']For chorus:
Tool[/quote]

Is it a chorus pedal on quite a deep setting or a flanger pedal on a mellow setting that he uses for tunes like 46 & 2? I've never been able to figure that one out... sounds good either way though

[1976fenderhead]

[quote name='thumbo' post='294331' date='Sep 29 2008, 09:22 AM']Is it a chorus pedal on quite a deep setting or a flanger pedal on a mellow setting that he uses for tunes like 46 & 2? I've never been able to figure that one out... sounds good either way though [/quote]

Sounds usually like a chorus to me, but sometimes it's a bit flangey... not sure.

Just remembered "My Friend of Misery" by Metallica ha a good chorus sound too...

And Death From Above 1979 for distortion +wah at times, how could I forget :-)

[1976fenderhead]

[quote name='bobbass4k' post='294276' date='Sep 29 2008, 01:11 AM']which kyuss basslines would you say use distortion?

(sorry to go off topic, but i'm a kyuss fanboy)[/quote]

Will try to listen tonight and say names of some...

[Muse_Cubed]

[quote name='1976fenderhead' post='294392' date='Sep 29 2008, 10:49 AM']Sounds usually like a chorus to me, but sometimes it's a bit flangey... not sure.

Just remembered "My Friend of Misery" by Metallica ha a good chorus sound too...

And Death From Above 1979 for distortion +wah at times, how could I forget :-)[/quote]

Actually, 46 & 2 sounds like flanger + detune setting on a Whammy. I was playing around with it and I'm pretty damn sure that's it.

[1976fenderhead]

[quote name='Muse_Cubed' post='294419' date='Sep 29 2008, 11:34 AM']Actually, 46 & 2 sounds like flanger + detune setting on a Whammy. I was playing around with it and I'm pretty damn sure that's it.[/quote]

Maybe, but I used to replicate that pretty well with a chorus if set on a strong setting...

Why the whammy? I used to play that on the D and G strings and it sounded fine... Mind you, it was a long time ago so I may be talking nonsense...

[Faithless]

Well, Metallica is well known to me, gotta say...


What about Kyuss - their [former?] bassist, Scott Reeder, whom Metallica auditioned in 2003, has his solo album, called TunnelVision Brilliance.. As far, as I remember, almost whole album is has a 'distorted' bass..

[cheddatom]

My whammy XP-100 does a good Tool chorus sound on the detune setting.

I would agree with Les Claypool and Dirk Lance - both very much influenced my use of effects.

Obviously the bassist from Muse, and from RATM also.

[lemmywinks]

Billy Gould from Faith No More. Was my favourite bass player for ages.
Check out Live At The Brixton Academy. Some cool distortion on War Pigs and massive phaser/flanger style sweeps on Epic

[vegas_hooker]

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[Faithless]

WTF is this?

[ahpook]

steve severin almost always uses heavy chorus, and most other moldulation fx quite a bit too.

[chrkelly]

Check out some Squarepusher, the Ultravisitor album has quite a lot of effected live bass on it.

And anything by Lightning Bolt!

Edited September 30, 2008 by chrkelly

[mr pablo]

peter hook (from joydivision and various others) apparently he never turns of his eh chorus

[Protium]

[quote name='thumbo' post='294328' date='Sep 29 2008, 09:19 AM']In reference to Nick Oliveri, he just uses a 70's Ampeg V4 cranked up with a P-Bass that's had the volume pot taken out, going straight into an Ernie Ball volume pedal. From what I gather, that's pretty much all he's ever used.[/quote]

And tuned down to C, that affects the tone substantially too.

[thumbo]

[quote name='Protium' post='295951' date='Sep 30 2008, 10:08 PM']And tuned down to C, that affects the tone substantially too.[/quote]

Good point! Especially with P-basses too.