Thanks once again for info about Thunderbirds. I formed my impression that they'd be deep mainly from an interview with John Entwhistle I read years ago & then it was really me interpretting what he said. I have seen/heard maybe 2 people playing them but could never really tell that much by the time it came out the mix. (To me the bass is usually mixed too far back- but there could be good reasons).
Not sure I'm a "real" Stranglers fan as I became less keen after Men In Black, but I think Golden Brown is one of their best, one of Hugh's most beautiful solos too & he can do them when he wants.
Silence isn't a skip, you don't have to fill it with rubbish. (Though that never seems to stop me.)
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Some cool bass sou da in this thread.
I had a thunderbird for a while. It never really struck me as deep or clear, more of a lower mid heavy sound that sits well in a busy mix.
Best metal bass tone I've heard for ages:
It's a Dingwall Combustion fanned fret bass with a Fractal Ax-FX that is emulating a Darkglass B7K Preamp.
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Love the Darkglass sound. My B3K was costly, but its such a versatile and great sounding pedal.
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A B7K came up used on Basschat - but I just didn't have the readies, alas.
The Reverend Lord Henry was not one of those new-fangled parsons who carry the principles of their vocation uncomfortably into private life.
HOLY SHIT, THAT IS INCREDIBLE.
Love Periphery. Incredible bass tone... right up there with that Karnivool track.
My name is Connor and I have a GAS problem.
I also have some videos of myself playing guitar. Here they are.
This is the sound Alex Webster (he of Cannibal Corpse fame) gets from a Darkglass pedal:
Particularly from around 0:25 and at 0:58 ish... incredible.
My name is Connor and I have a GAS problem.
I also have some videos of myself playing guitar. Here they are.
My favourite bass tones:
The Smiths - William, it was really nothing
Flea - Pretty much all of his stuff BSSM, and most of his other stuff, too
Muse - Wolstenholmes' finest moment, Hysteria. Fuzzy, synthy awesome.
Next time, find it somehow!
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