My Psuedo Spock's/Rush/Yes Bass Pod XT tone...

brentsimons · Post by **brentsimons** » Thu Oct 07, 2004 4:50 am

There has been some interest in my tone making so I'll post my experimental Spocks Beard/Rush/Yes tone that I'm working on with my Bass POD XT.Like I said this is a work in progress...and I play with my fingers,I can't use a pick worth a ****...
Bridge Pickup only
80's Amp
Session 4x10
Drive 50%
Bass 100%
Low Mid 25%
High Mid 31%
Treble 33%
26% Compression
Noise Gate -31DB,1,488ms decay (gotta Love Rick Pickups!)
Classic Distortion
35% Drive,62% Gain,25% tone
and I'm not gonna tell ya the rest! You didn't hink I would give it all away did ya?
B

rickcrazy · Post by **rickcrazy** » Thu Oct 07, 2004 5:49 am

That's funny. I can get the so-called 'Squire sound', which I'd rather call 'the Rickenbacker tone', by simply using a 4001 bass and a TR35B amplifier.
'Drive'? 'Compression'? 'Decay'? 'Noise Gate'? Of what speakest thou??

rickfan60 · Post by **rickfan60** » Thu Oct 07, 2004 6:07 am

I like the "Studio Tone" mod. I turn up the volumes and tones all the way on the bass and adjust the volume from the output control on the Pod. For the Geddy tone, I just dig in a bit harder with my plucking hand. Someone here once said that the tone is in the player. Very true....

wormdiet · Post by **wormdiet** » Thu Oct 07, 2004 6:35 am

The Holy Grail of bass tone (Or at least mine) is the Paperback writer/Rain tone. Fat, liquid, bright, all at once.

aceonbass · Post by **aceonbass** » Thu Oct 07, 2004 3:00 pm

I've gotten a great sound with just my amp and no effects. Signal processing of any kind is just icing on the cake. While I do use a BOSS GT-6B, I don't always wanna take it. I think effect can often be a crutch.

jwr2 · Post by **jwr2** » Thu Oct 07, 2004 4:33 pm

I can't stand playing without my bass pod ...

1st of all it has a nice digital tuner ... 2nd it has compression ... then you add amp and cabinet modeling and distortion ... major cool ...

I use amp 360 bass=8 middle=2 treble=8 chan vol=10 compress=5 effect=rodent effect tweak=0 output level=4 cab model=acoustic 360 ...

I use the first pod ... I am thinking of getting the xt or the rackmount pro ...

The one downside of the pod it the weird little power supply ... if you forget it the you have to go dry ... bummer ... the rackmount uses an ordinary power cable ...

jmh · Post by **jmh** » Thu Oct 07, 2004 6:42 pm

Thanks Brent. Were those settings used thru an amp or headphones? Can't wait to try em.

brentsimons · Post by **brentsimons** » Fri Oct 08, 2004 6:13 am

Through an amp Jack.Try it with the cabinet modeling off as well.
Brent

beatlefan · Post by **beatlefan** » Fri Oct 08, 2004 6:56 am

"The Holy Grail of bass tone (Or at least mine) is the Paperback writer/Rain tone. Fat, liquid, bright, all at once"

Ditto....and you can add "With a Little Help From My Friends" into the mix....

jwr2 · Post by **jwr2** » Fri Oct 08, 2004 9:00 am

Holy Grail of bass tone ...

John Entwhistle ... The Who live at Leeds

Chris Squire ... almost anything he did

Geddy Lee ... Free will, The Trees, and many more ...

jwr2 · Post by **jwr2** » Fri Oct 08, 2004 9:02 am

oh ya ... John Whetton of King Crimson as well

ilan · Post by **ilan** » Fri Oct 08, 2004 9:10 am

Wetton! of course! "Starless" is the epitome of his tone and dynamics. And Squire on Heart of the Sunrise, and Glover on Pictures of Home... Holy Grail!

jps · Post by **jps** » Fri Oct 08, 2004 2:27 pm

Most anything Jon Camp did sounded great.

learning_curve · Post by **learning_curve** » Wed Oct 13, 2004 3:10 pm

Agree Agree Agree. There are a bunch of great bass players from these era's and most of them are still rockin.

I would like to mention another one if I may. He's not ever mention on any lists of famous bassists but he is quite good the guy who played or plays for Jon Luc Ponty. I have the old Cosmic messenger cd around somewhere? He has some real cool bass lines in a few songs? Can't remember if the sounds are strange or if there straight forward but I do remember being quite impressed with his fingering. and the list goes on and on.
After reading these threads I guess I will have to buy a Spock's Beard CD would love to here something new that is complicated and well done musically! I think I may have mentioned before I am a YES fan could anoyone suggest one of their CD's? I see they have several? Thanks

jmh · Post by **jmh** » Wed Oct 13, 2004 8:44 pm

Randy, check out http://www.spocksbeard.com/discography.html. Some of their CD listings have mp3's you can listen to.