kidman007 Posted June 28, 2010 Share Posted June 28, 2010 Hi all this is my first post here. I usually think that bass shouldnt be altered or anything but the band "White Denim" has the sickest bass sound Ive ever heared and i want to recreate it. here is a link to the song: [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7eYwkkujr5Y"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7eYwkkujr5Y[/url]. What pedal should i get to get that sound? and what setting would i use with that pedal. im guessing its a fuzz pedal but i know little about pedals. Thanks in advance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerry_B Posted June 28, 2010 Share Posted June 28, 2010 Sounds like it's compressed quite alot... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deej Posted June 28, 2010 Share Posted June 28, 2010 Theres probably a bit of gritty overdrive in there, but a lot of that is just the Stingray sound and digging in hard with your fingers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
escholl Posted June 28, 2010 Share Posted June 28, 2010 compression, drive, bridge pickup, roll off the bass a bit? Probably a lot of pedals that could get you there, but the first thing that came to mind was the [url="http://www.amtelectronicsusa.com/amtelectronicsusa_slapbass_demo_1.mp3"]AMT Slap Bass[/url]. There is a thread about it [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=35708&hl=amt+slap+bass"]here[/url]. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colledge Posted June 28, 2010 Share Posted June 28, 2010 i'd say a sansamp vt bass pedal will get you pretty close Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alien Posted June 28, 2010 Share Posted June 28, 2010 [quote name='kidman007' post='880412' date='Jun 28 2010, 10:01 PM']Hi all this is my first post here. I usually think that bass shouldnt be altered or anything but the band "White Denim" has the sickest bass sound Ive ever heared and i want to recreate it. here is a link to the song: [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7eYwkkujr5Y"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7eYwkkujr5Y[/url]. What pedal should i get to get that sound? and what setting would i use with that pedal. im guessing its a fuzz pedal but i know little about pedals. Thanks in advance.[/quote] It would help to know what bass and amp you're using, to give people a rough idea of where you're starting from. For example, you'll never, ever, sound like Marcus Miller if you're playing an EB-0 through an Ashdown combo. A Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kidman007 Posted June 28, 2010 Author Share Posted June 28, 2010 [quote name='Alien' post='880532' date='Jun 28 2010, 05:59 PM']It would help to know what bass and amp you're using, to give people a rough idea of where you're starting from. For example, you'll never, ever, sound like Marcus Miller if you're playing an EB-0 through an Ashdown combo. A[/quote] well most of the time i use a crate amp that my friend gave me but play at lots of different frieds houses and sometimes live when i go to school. I really liked the slap pedal though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kongo Posted June 28, 2010 Share Posted June 28, 2010 HELL of a lot of compression hehe...Also sounds like he's digging in a lot with a hint of overdrive, more natural sounding than artificial tho. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
holio.cornolio Posted June 30, 2010 Share Posted June 30, 2010 [quote name='kidman007' post='880412' date='Jun 28 2010, 10:01 PM']Hi all this is my first post here. I usually think that bass shouldnt be altered or anything but the band "White Denim" has the sickest bass sound Ive ever heared and i want to recreate it. here is a link to the song: [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7eYwkkujr5Y"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7eYwkkujr5Y[/url]. What pedal should i get to get that sound? and what setting would i use with that pedal. im guessing its a fuzz pedal but i know little about pedals. Thanks in advance.[/quote] First up, what a cool song, and what a tasty bass tone. Cheers for the link. Being an oldster, I'd not heard of these, so thanks for the intro. As far as tone's concerned I'd agree with what pretty much everyone else has said. You really need a 'Ray for that sound, and secondly, unless your amp is super, hifi clean, just digging in hard will get you close. If your amp is clean and your budget won't stretch to the sansamp I'll risk a flaming by suggesting the Boss ODB-3, on a lightish overdrive setting with plenty of treble. There's plenty of people out there that wouldn't piss on a flaming ODB-3, but I reckon they actually have some pretty tasty sounds in them, including something quite close to that one.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krispn Posted July 2, 2010 Share Posted July 2, 2010 Tube amp pushed, compression, MM SR, and hit it like you love it but its gone done you wrong! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dannybuoy Posted July 4, 2010 Share Posted July 4, 2010 Sounds pretty scooped and grindy, I say Sansamp BDDI or VT Bass, or Behringer BDI21 if you're on a budget. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Musky Posted July 10, 2010 Share Posted July 10, 2010 [quote name='holio.cornolio' post='882480' date='Jun 30 2010, 09:35 PM']First up, what a cool song, and what a tasty bass tone. Cheers for the link. Being an oldster, I'd not heard of these, so thanks for the intro. As far as tone's concerned I'd agree with what pretty much everyone else has said. You really need a 'Ray for that sound, and secondly, unless your amp is super, hifi clean, just digging in hard will get you close. If your amp is clean and your budget won't stretch to the sansamp I'll risk a flaming by suggesting the Boss ODB-3, on a lightish overdrive setting with plenty of treble. There's plenty of people out there that wouldn't piss on a flaming ODB-3, but I reckon they actually have some pretty tasty sounds in them, including something quite close to that one....[/quote] +1 I really enjoyed that as well. Two thoughts occurred to me about his sound: 1) he's really digging in (plenty of fret buzz in evidence) 2) There's not a great deal of deep bass in there. The second point might be explained by this picture - not really sure the 'Ray is entirely necessary! The pedal in evidence seems to be a Zvex Mastotron, though god knows what he's using here (it's a boss tuner on the right, no idea about the other two). [url="http://www.flickr.com/photos/wmshropshire/4103910670/"]http://www.flickr.com/photos/wmshropshire/4103910670/[/url] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dumelow Posted July 13, 2010 Share Posted July 13, 2010 [quote name='Musky' post='891172' date='Jul 10 2010, 11:04 AM'][/quote] [i]Thats[/i] a male???? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deej Posted July 13, 2010 Share Posted July 13, 2010 He'll be hitting puberty any time soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kidman007 Posted July 14, 2010 Author Share Posted July 14, 2010 Well regardless that he looks like an infant, he makes sweet tunes for sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
derrenleepoole Posted July 14, 2010 Share Posted July 14, 2010 Defo a Stingray bass with roundwound strings, not flat's. And I'm guessing probably a valve amp of some sort used in the recording that has been mic'd up rather than DI'd. The tone reminds me a lot of the bassist I saw with the Mighty Boosh Live, and he had a Yamaha Attitude bass with Mesa Boogie rig - the best bass rig I've ever heard! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harvey1-8 Posted July 14, 2010 Share Posted July 14, 2010 That video does sounds like digging in + valve amp [url="http://www.brooklynvegan.com/img/music/whitedenim/mercury/05.jpg"]http://www.brooklynvegan.com/img/music/whi.../mercury/05.jpg[/url] There's another shot of him. He's defo bopping a woolly mammoth there. Is the other one a sansamp with tuner on the parallel out? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
socrates Posted August 10, 2010 Share Posted August 10, 2010 I'm surprised more people aren't raving about Steve Terebecki on Basschat - great band, amazing songs and a bass tone that makes you glad to be a bass player!! I think he is one of the few people aroudn doing genuinely new things with the bass guitar (controversial!!) all I know is that he plays through SVTs but the real beauty of it for me is that the Ricky really sounds like a Ricky and the Musicman really sounds like a Musicman . . i think the monster tone is all in the recording, because every element of that band sounds fantastic on the CD too, particularly the drums (and my god what a drummer . . .). I've been playing along to 'Fits' a lot lately and the lines a deceptively simple - lots of pentatonic stuff - but whats really clever for me is that he gets relly 'natural' sounds out of the bass that really complement each bit of the song, a bit like a guitar player would use ghost notes, fret noise and distortion rumble as part of the "sonic landscape" . . . the bass parts really only sound right if you jump around like he does their website says they are working on a new album (and they have put up a nice pic of an old Moog too): [url="http://whitedenimmusic.com/"]http://whitedenimmusic.com/[/url] nct time they tour i will definitely try and see them if any fellow Basschatters fancy coming along . . . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fraff Posted August 10, 2010 Share Posted August 10, 2010 +1 on these guys as a rhythm section - they're phenominal live, I've seen them a handful of times. Each time I've seen them I think he's used a ricky throughout the set. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deej Posted August 11, 2010 Share Posted August 11, 2010 I like that he's doing something different, but I really dont like his tone, sounds like a broken toy. I prefer a bit of meat on my bass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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