SteveXFR

I've just set up an old Squier P bass with the 4 heaviest from a 4 string set and tuned it to drop A#. I had to drill out the bridge for the heavier B string and file the nut. The truss rod needed a tweak as well. The other problem I had was the low string sounded muddier than a very muddy thing. I replaced the pickups with some cheap Tonerider pickups and now it sounds pretty decent.

Demon Cleaner - Kyuss

Black Mass - Electric Wizard

Bird is the word - The Trashmen

Flying Whales - Gojira

Turbot lover - Judas Priest

Wreck of the SS Needle - Cult Of Luna

Burn the witch - Queens Of The Stone Age

Generally a great tone in isolation won't work in a rock or metal mix. If it sounds like fried buttholes in isolation you're probably about right.

Just turning down the middle frequencies in the EQ. Some basses and amps have the mids low even with the EQ set flat.

50 million year trip - Kyuss

One - Metallica

2 become 1 - Spice Girls

46 and 2 - Tool

3's and 7's - Queens Of The Stone Age

Sadly Peter Steele won't put up much of a fight these days unless you believe in ghosts.

Kick out the jams - MC5

Works for all genres including goth metal. Peter Steele used to play his on a chain strap for live shows.

Gravedigger Song - Mark Lanegan

Bombtrack - RATM

Dixie Whiskey - Eyehategod

Debussy Whipped - Butcher Babies

Viva Las Vegas - Dead Kennedys

I'm seeing them at The Fleece in Bristol, great venue and the world's stickiest floor