Hotel352nd Posted March 16, 2018 Share Posted March 16, 2018 So basically. I have heard a sound that I'd like to try and make just because I really like how it sounds. But I don't know exactly what part of the is getting that sound I am looking for. Actually there are 2 sounds. First is Justin Chancellors sound. The best video i could find that isolated the bass is a cover. I know tool use a lot of effects, but what I'm looking for is that tone. What im wondering is where that comes from? Is it the kind of pick-ups, the amp or a peddle getting the sound? The sound i'm talking about I don't know how to describe, but it is that sound at the start. He also uses a pc instead of an amp, but like Justin Chancellor doesn't. I don't think!! The other sound I like is the crunchy (best word I can think for it) sound Marco Hietala gets in Nightwish (And I assume Tarot too but I am less familiar with them!) For the tl;dr how do Justin Chancellor and Marco Hietala get the tone that they do? Basically I'm on a budget and want to get a sound I like as cheap as I can. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daz39 Posted March 16, 2018 Share Posted March 16, 2018 A Wal Bass (lots of mids) is a good start. Check out the Wiki page on him which has loads of info on the effects and bits he uses: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justin_Chancellor Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Fitzmaurice Posted March 16, 2018 Share Posted March 16, 2018 (edited) There's nothing magical about getting that tone. Light gauge round wounds, JBass pickups and a pick, along with lots of practice. A neck through bass with hardwood body helps, but it's not an absolute necessity. Edited March 16, 2018 by Bill Fitzmaurice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fleabag Posted March 16, 2018 Share Posted March 16, 2018 Start by buying one of these, (Washburn Taurus T24 Neck through which the guy in your video is using ) or something similar https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Washburn-T24-Taurus-Bass-Guitar-Natural-Mahogany/122988219466?hash=item1ca2ab4c4a:g:FI8AAOSw3p1ak18Z Set of zingy stainless steels strings. A pick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevie Posted March 16, 2018 Share Posted March 16, 2018 What a damned awful racket that was! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fleabag Posted March 16, 2018 Share Posted March 16, 2018 Thats what my dad said about Pink Floyd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevie Posted March 16, 2018 Share Posted March 16, 2018 And your dad was right! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grangur Posted March 16, 2018 Share Posted March 16, 2018 The other points for getting the tone of the playing in the vid are to turn up the mids. Turn down the bass, and use a pick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandy 5 Posted March 16, 2018 Share Posted March 16, 2018 (edited) Playing closer to the bridge will give you more "twang" (as I think of it sometimes) with either pick or fingers. I didn't realise JC used a pick for ages. (I actually think it took seven or eight months before I realised bassists use them aswell!) He also uses chorus and delay in a lot of tunes, thinking of the bass melody in the grudge as an example. As suggested, try boosting the mids (or cutting the bass/treble) on both amp and guitar Clueless about Nightwish though. Sorry/not sorry about that 😉 Edited March 16, 2018 by Sandy 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Starr Posted March 17, 2018 Share Posted March 17, 2018 19 hours ago, stevie said: What a damned awful racket that was! I had to listen to check. Love the rhythm though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xgsjx Posted March 17, 2018 Share Posted March 17, 2018 8 minutes ago, Phil Starr said: I had to listen to check. Love the rhythm though. Same here & agreed, but I can't help but think that he could do with turning up the bass a bit. I've never listened to the original, but if the drums are a bass lacking as they are in that, then hopefully there's a sub synth a bit later on the track (I only got about 1:30 in). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandy 5 Posted March 17, 2018 Share Posted March 17, 2018 It definitely sounds better off the CD. Accounting for taste obviously, if you think it's a racket it's a racket! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fleabag Posted March 18, 2018 Share Posted March 18, 2018 My dad was wrong 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevie Posted March 18, 2018 Share Posted March 18, 2018 "When I was a boy of fourteen, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be twenty-one, I was astonished at how much he had learned in seven years." Attributed to Mark Twain (but not actually by him). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodinblack Posted March 18, 2018 Share Posted March 18, 2018 On 16/03/2018 at 13:26, Hotel352nd said: First is Justin Chancellors sound. The best video i could find that isolated the bass is a cover. I know tool use a lot of effects, but what I'm looking for is that tone. What im wondering is where that comes from? Is it the kind of pick-ups, the amp or a peddle getting the sound? The sound i'm talking about I don't know how to describe, but it is that sound at the start. He also uses a pc instead of an amp, but like Justin Chancellor doesn't. I don't think!! But you are not listening to his tone there, you are listening to someone playing along with it, although it sounds similar, because it is not that hard a tone to get. But there are actual isolated bass tracks out there like this: Which is obviously easier to work out a tone from, as that really is his isolated bass tone. As far as I can see the only effect in that one is a bass whammy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hellzero Posted March 18, 2018 Share Posted March 18, 2018 Add some distortion, very low action, a Demeter preamp and a Wal and you'll get it ... and you'll loose £5000 GBP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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