How to get that typical Chris Squire sound?

iamthebassman · Post by **iamthebassman** » Wed Dec 28, 2005 7:42 am

I started with the SVT setting in the manual and tweaked from there, a bit more PRESENCE and DRIVE, a little less BASS.

phlemmy · Post by **phlemmy** » Wed Dec 28, 2005 9:32 am

my original post was done tongue in cheek...sort of like being john malkovich.

anoukane · Post by **anoukane** » Wed Dec 28, 2005 9:57 am

pekka · Post by **pekka** » Wed Dec 28, 2005 10:11 am

I still think that he used both pickups and both going to their own channels and bridge pickup channel used with the effects (wah, tremolo etc.). Listen to the "Perpetual Change" for example: the riff he plays at 0:52 he uses only the neck PU, when he plays the same little riff at 6:48 he uses both pickups. Try with headphones.

OK, I know I have too much time on my hands.

rickcrazy · Post by **rickcrazy** » Wed Dec 28, 2005 11:54 am

The 'Chris Squire sound'? I just plug any one of my 4001 basses into my TR35B amp and play LOUD using a pick. Roundwound strings, of course, and both tone controls on the Rick set to treble, with volume from both pickups at half blast. Oh, and no effects whatsoever.

rickenbrother · Post by **rickenbrother** » Wed Dec 28, 2005 12:57 pm

Sergio, I wish I could compare the sound of your TR35B with my RIC RB120...no problem getting the Squire sound of of this amp with a Rick, also without effects.

kbhag · Post by **kbhag** » Wed Dec 28, 2005 4:33 pm

Marshall Super Bass amp w/4X12 Bottom, both P/U's on and pick between the trebble pickup and the bridge. All the knobs full "on". F/X boxes should be used like spice...less is more.

Not a great deal of low end (let the PA do that work for you) I played several marshall rigs like that for years and the tone just got better as the night went on (I could turn up a little more every set-hehe!) At the end of a lot of gigs and the crowd was dancing the most (AKA drunk-n-deaf)I was using only the bridge pickup and the tone cut right through. Most guitar players look at you 'sorta funny when you roll out a Marshall 1/2 stack and THEN thell them it's your bass rig. It's a lot of gear to haul around thou, I'm using a SWR redhead for portability but still have my favorite Marshall.

jnbass · Post by **jnbass** » Wed Dec 28, 2005 4:40 pm

bought his video, saw his pedal board-whoa

bought his albums,

bought his signature g'tar, bought his tablature music sheets,

still same results;

kbhag · Post by **kbhag** » Wed Dec 28, 2005 4:55 pm

Your right Jared. His sound comes from him.

I do suspect the Marshall's are for "The Ric" and the Ampeg's are for the other basses. 2 Marshall heads = stereo? Might be but anyone who's had a tube amp go down on them at a gig starts thinking about a back up amp the next day.

jwr2 · Post by **jwr2** » Wed Dec 28, 2005 5:51 pm

also the Chris Squire sound of today is different than the Chris Squire sound of the 60s and 70s ... back then there was more distortion and more treble bite ...

bobcat · Post by **bobcat** » Wed Dec 28, 2005 5:58 pm

To approximate it, I use the same settings that I always use (same ones that I use to do Geddy as well), and then play right in front of the bridge pickup, striking VERY sharply with my fingers (or, as I have been practicing recently, with a pick). Let fret noise and such reign. Even more so that with Geddy. Extraneous noise IS YOUR FRIEND. Depending on the song, I either keep everything all the way up, or turn down the bass volume a tiny bit. Mostly, it's in the way I play, because I use almost the exact same setup (amp-wise and bass-wise) as I do when I try to emulate Geddy, or play as myself for that matter. Past a certain point, it's all in technique. And of course, it's an approximation.

pekka · Post by **pekka** » Wed Dec 28, 2005 9:12 pm

"I do suspect the Marshall's are for "The Ric" and the Ampeg's are for the other basses. 2 Marshall heads = stereo?"

I do suspect that the Marshalls are for the high end and Ampegs for the low. Rick and the others.

cheyenne · Post by **cheyenne** » Thu Dec 29, 2005 1:23 am

I'd be nice if Chris would just join the forum.

We could probably tell all kinds of things he never new about his sound.

iamthebassman · Post by **iamthebassman** » Thu Dec 29, 2005 4:01 am

"Marshall Super Bass amp w/4X12 Bottom"

So, when he was using Fender amps did he loose "The Squire Sound"?

law · Post by **law** » Thu Dec 29, 2005 7:32 am

Question about that Squire video that Jared mentioned. Is that the one from the early 90's that you can get from Amazon ut only on vhs? If so, is it any good/worth buying?