"THAT" Chris Wolstenholme Sound

[Hot Tub]

OK, I know it's probably not possible to emulate with a single pedal (or rig, for that matter), but what ONE pedal would get reasonably close to CW's sound?

This isn't for a Muse tribute or anything like that. It's just a little project where that sound - or something close-ish - would be ideal. And I'm on a very limited budget at the moment.

In a nutshell, I need something with variable filth/grit but no loss of bottom end. In fact a little low end boost would be wonderful.

Edited January 7, 2017 by Hot Tub

[Dood]

My 'go to' drive & clean pedal is the EBS Billy Sheehan Deluxe pedal. The beauty of this one is that it has two effects loops on it too and a compressor. You can say add octave and chorus on the clean side but have just envelope filter on the distortion side, then mix it all together for one big sound going in to a fat EQ section. That'd be my suggestion anyway!

[elephantgrey]

Zoom B1on with 5 muffs in a row? =P

[danweb22]

Animato with a blend pedal (boss ls2) would do quite a few of his signature sounds

[Hot Tub]

[quote name='dood' timestamp='1483830161' post='3210536']
My 'go to' drive & clean pedal is the EBS Billy Sheehan Deluxe pedal.
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I like the sound of that - could be what I'm looking for. Thank you!

[Hot Tub]

[quote name='elephantgrey' timestamp='1483830950' post='3210540']
Zoom B1on with 5 muffs in a row? =P
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LOL!

[Dood]

[quote name='Hot Tub' timestamp='1483865522' post='3210633']
I like the sound of that - could be what I'm looking for. Thank you!
[/quote]

No problem! I prefer the Deluxe version out of the two available models, it has a gain boost foot switch for extra sizzle should you need it part way through a song.

[JapanAxe]

[quote name='elephantgrey' timestamp='1483830950' post='3210540']
... 5 muffs in a row? =P
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Please don't Google that while you are at work!

[Hot Tub]

[quote name='JapanAxe' timestamp='1483869730' post='3210673']
Please don't Google that while you are at work!
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Erm... aksherly....

[skidder652003]

[quote name='danweb22' timestamp='1483834621' post='3210561']
Animato with a blend pedal (boss ls2) would do quite a few of his signature sounds
[/quote]
because he's on a budget!

[danweb22]

[quote name='skidder652003' timestamp='1483988242' post='3211762']

because he's on a budget!
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Animato clone would do (£90 in the FS section) which I'm selling lol!

[skidder652003]

[quote name='danweb22' timestamp='1483989187' post='3211778']
Animato clone would do (£90 in the FS section) which I'm selling lol!
[/quote]
shameless!

[Defo]

I use a tube screamer with a bit of chorus, sounds right to me.

[vasek666]

im selling one... http://basschat.co.uk/topic/299343-human-gear-animato-sn-ad-142-chris-wolstenholme-muse/page__p__3225342__hl__animato__fromsearch__1#entry3225342

[Low End Bee]

The Tech 21 Bass Fly Rig has a Muse pre-set in the manual. It sounds like an angry 10 foot bee with a headcold. Not sure how close that is to the Muse bass sound as I'm not an officianado.

[GisserD]

source audio manta

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MlBbDO4lLcU

[operative451]

I use a variant on this:

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

With a quite scooped fuzz. Its close enough... I wouldn't be at all surprised if while he's tap dancing on stage, his bass tech runs the big muff into a sansamp and gives the FOH bod a DI, and leaves it at that...