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Tonocracy amp and effects modeler is now free! https://tonocracy.com/ It uses Atomic's amp modeling. I haven't tested Tonocracy, but I've owned Atomic hardware modelers, and they sound and feel great.

New cover! One of the absolute top bass riffs in rock history, and I'll fight anyone who disagrees (disclaimer: I won't actually fight anyone)

Much appreciated. Yeah, I'm really enjoying pretending to play synth bass; it makes for some interesting tones and challenges.

Throught I'd just gather up all my bass covers and playthroughs in a single thread. I make these mostly for my own amusement, and to document where I'm at in terms of playing and ability. They might also serve as resources if I find myself wanting a gig and the band leader needs to see a sample of what I can do, who knows? Here's my channel link where all my videos get posted: https://www.youtube.com/@eskilseter I'll post new videos as they're uploaded, but here are some current highlights

My Cherry Sunburst and Tobacco Sunburst axes. Love burst finishes

Not free on their site as far as I can see. Is there a code or special URL? Edit: Found it: https://www.instagram.com/p/CyOZ0OfIRUF/

Absolutely Stainless steel strings (DR Lo-Riders in my case) give me the high end zing I want. In addition, I keep my action fairly low and smack the crap out of my strings to get that real throaty attack. You can hear in the middle section from about 2:52 into the video how the aggressive attack completely goes away when I pick lightly. Cab IR is the Shiftline Mesa RR215 from their free bass IR pack. Best IR I've ever tried for my tones. Here's the Photon settings for my drive preset that you hear in the video. Drive set to full Alpha side, distortion mode 1, about 60% drive and blend. Most importantly: Mids are definitely your friend:

I adore the massive, filthy, rhythmically mindbending groove that Jon Stockman (and Steve Judd) lay down in this track Using my Darkglass Alpha Omega Photon to cover the song that sold a million Alpha Omega pedals

Well, scratch all that, I just found what I needed. The Jazz Organ in the Komplete Kontrol freebie pack does what I want, and sounds cool too.

Yeah, tried them both, none of them support a sustain pedal. That's why I'm asking for specific experiences; I really don't want to hunt down every single organ VST to see if I can use a sustain pedal with it. I'll happily use an organ that's part of a bigger keyboards package too; it doesn't have to be a dedicated organ VST. Too bad there's not a B3-ish organ in the LABS collection

Anyone know of a free or inexpensive B3-ish organ VST that supports a sustain pedal? I play a bit of synths and organ with my band, but I need to be able to sustain a chord when transitioning from keys to bass. WIth all my synth tones, I do this by pressing the sustain pedal while I move my hands to the bass and turn the volume knob to get ready for the bass section, but none of the organ VSTs I've found support sustain pedals (or they just map the sustain pedal to the rotary speed).

Dunlop all the way for me as well. The Schallers had a tendency to flip upside down on the strap, and although they still seemed to stay firmly attached I never quite trusted them. The locking mechanism was also a bit more fiddly. I prefer the Dunlop buttons that also double as regular strap buttons, since I don't use strap locks at home (usually), but the ones that sit flush with the instrument are definitely pretty appealing in terms of looks. Before I started using "real" strap locks I used those Dunlop plastic ones, and they worked really well. Really secure, cheap and easy to use.

Probably not. Most bassists that go direct to FoH will not use cab simulation, but once you start adding distortion a lot of players prefer to have a cabinet somewhere in the chain. It's highly doubtful that the sound engineer would have added it for you, although he may have added some EQ and/or HPF/LPF to achieve some of that same filtering Distortion without cabinet simulation (or a real cab, of course) sounds really harsh, and to most ears pretty unpleasant, which is why cab simulation is becoming more and more common on direct signals now.

My bass/synth board. Complete rundown posted here:

Fender Engine Room LvL5 under the board. Two outputs combined to power the Stomp.