Trebley, Clanky and slightly dirty sound needed

[rmorris]

[quote name='Beedster' timestamp='1455142897' post='2976502']
Get a Carlsbro combo
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That's proper funny

[dannybuoy]

[quote name='rmorris' timestamp='1455205833' post='2977046']

That's proper funny
[/quote]

I thought he was being serious!

Cheap knackered beer-soaked amp = Authentic punk tone

[bassmachine2112]

Hiho,Dunlop super bright steels,treble up n bass down a bit and up the gain with a pick.
Sansamp should get you there no problem.Set your amp flat eq or as near as and let the pedal do it,s stuff.

[Guinness21]

Buy a stingray and play it through a cranked valve amp

[synthaside]

Funny, to hear everyone saying dump the rounds but i play this song on a jazz with flats and get a great sound for it .
It does require a little bit of setup to get the sound so i prefer to do it on the set break as i'm not the quickest at changing patches mid set

So here's how I achieve the driving tone through my fairly flat trace, i use a Jazz bass usually fairly flat So before the song starts set the bridge pickup at 9 ish and neck pickup at 2 , dime the tone (cringe a bit as i like a more dubby sound normally)

Then play hard with a pick and be prepared to palm mute for the breakdowns, this is the only song i use a pick for it for and its played with vigor over the bridge pickup.

I use a Tube screamer patch from my zoom B3 , this acts as my mid boost and bit of dirt but you could probably get away with using an amp tweak to raise your mid's and a bit of drive if you dont have access to a multi effects unit but are willing to spend a little to get that tone i hear very good things about these clone tubescreamers

[url="http://www.amazon.co.uk/JOYO-JF-01-Vintage-Overdrive-Guitar/dp/B004FEGXDK/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1456309572&sr=8-1&keywords=Joyo+JF-01"]http://www.amazon.co...ords=Joyo+JF-01[/url]

or in the cheaper behringer flavour

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Behringer-TO800-TO-800-Tube-Overdrive/dp/B000KIRT74/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1456309725&sr=8-1&keywords=BEHRINGER+VINTAGE+TUBE+OVERDRIVE+TO800

Edited February 24, 2016 by synthaside

[colgraff]

I played the song with my gear as below and my Boss ODB3 set at eq: 1/2 low 6/10 high, balance: 3/10 gain: 4/10. Treble on my bass turned up to 3/4 (but is a very bright bass, so treble is normally off).

This also sounds good for Walk on By by the Strangers.