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Thats very interesting. What do you think he did to get that sound? Thanks for the information!

He definitely used the neck pickup for fuzz. Stands to reason then that he used the other clean for bottom end.

Have you tried putting the neck pickup through the amp and using the bridge pickup for the bass? I have a feeling that Mr Squire might have done this, contrary to what would be Logical. Obviously playing near the bridge and using a rickenbacker is pretty important too!?, As well as compressing the h...

I just found this quote from Eddie Offord, from the book "Mixing, recording and profuction techniques of the pros": "For the well known Chris Squire bass sound that helped give Yes much of its distinctive sound in the early seventies, we put the bass through more of a guitar amp setup...

Thanks for the info! Thats a lovely photo of Chris that ive never seen before.
Maybe that Guitar player 1973 article has the lowdown on his rig and routing. His sound on Topographic oceans was pretty good!

Hi all, i´m a musician (guitar, bass, keys, drums and vocals!) thats looking to emulate as closely as posible the classic Chris Squire sound as heard particularly on “Close to the Edge”. His tone is especially magical on that album. (I know he used a few basses to record it at advision) To help in d...