Bassists with the best tone

[Black Friday]

Bah, wheel out the "but it's my opinion" horse carcass and flog it if you must, but saying RiB isn't aggressive is like saying Britney Sears 'isn't very poppy'. It can be your opinion all you like, but it's wrong. And saying Tony Choy's tone sounds the same on Unquestionable Presence as it does on Elements is also wrong, but this opinion of yours is a lot less subjective, because if you actually listen to the albums one after the other without changing the equaliser settings you can clearly hear that the tone is different. How much it has to do with the production difference is possibly debatable considering Elements sounds thinner and more mid-rangey as a whole.

Yes, except that poppy would be referring to the actual genres, while aggression is more of a feeling. It's like Black Metal, you get it, or you don't get it. What I hear is Araya trying to sound tough, King putting out chaotic but meaningless soloing, and Hanneman and Lombardo just plugging along, but what you hear has that underlying feeling they were trying to capture, and it transforms everything. I can understand that other people like it for that reason, but I just don't hear any of that. Each of us hears music differently, and there isn't anything that I, or you, can do about it. I certainly wouldn't try to say that Burzum is without a doubt deeply spiritual and emotional, that's just the way I hear it.

As for the bass tone, I just listened to song from both albums side by side, and it seems like the production was the cause. The tone sounded pretty similar, though UP had less of the midrange, but on Elements his tracks were pulled forward alot in the mix, and it conflicts, rather than supports the other instruments where it was at.

 

[genocide roach]

me

and tyr
~gR~

 

[The Butt]

I love Varg's tone on DMDS. I dunno, but I'm a sucker for distortion on a bass.

 

[Satanstoenail]

Yes, except that poppy would be referring to the actual genres, while aggression is more of a feeling. It's like Black Metal, you get it, or you don't get it. What I hear is Araya trying to sound tough, King putting out chaotic but meaningless soloing, and Hanneman and Lombardo just plugging along, but what you hear has that underlying feeling they were trying to capture, and it transforms everything. I can understand that other people like it for that reason, but I just don't hear any of that. Each of us hears music differently, and there isn't anything that I, or you, can do about it. I certainly wouldn't try to say that Burzum is without a doubt deeply spiritual and emotional, that's just the way I hear it.

It sounds to me like your dislike of the album has influenced your judgment with regards to the ferocity of the playing. I've heard RiB called many things, but never 'lacking in aggression'.

As for the bass tone, I just listened to song from both albums side by side, and it seems like the production was the cause. The tone sounded pretty similar, though UP had less of the midrange, but on Elements his tracks were pulled forward alot in the mix, and it conflicts, rather than supports the other instruments where it was at.

Yeah the mix is fucking terrible on Elements, but I'm not prepared to blame everything on it. The bass tone is much different imo. It sounds like he's playing a different instrument than he did on UP.

 

[The Ozzman]

This thread ended as soon as Ozz said DiGorgio.

I didn't realize he was on ITP until, like, yesterday (How stupid of me, eh?) and I listened to that album at work yesterday and his bass is fucking ridiculous on it.

 

[V.V.V.V.V.]

I think Digiorgio is ludicrously fucking overrated, he is good on ITP though.

It doesn't help that he always seems completely mixed out.

 

[The Ozzman]

He's only the best fretless bass player alive

 

[V.V.V.V.V.]

Lars K. Norberg on Spiral Architect's album begs to differ.

 

[The Ozzman]

Lars K. Norberg on Spiral Architect's album begs to differ.

Well, I haven't heard anything from them yet, so my opinion still stands until I hear otherwise.

 

[V.V.V.V.V.]

Myspace that shit. Insect is ludicrous.

 

[The Ozzman]

I'll go ahead and add DD Verni to my list

 

[Black Friday]

It sounds to me like your dislike of the album has influenced your judgment with regards to the ferocity of the playing. I've heard RiB called many things, but never 'lacking in aggression'.

Simplify it down and it's just a bunch of notes played really fast. There isn't anything inherently aggressive about fast notes, it's the feeling you get when you hear the fast parts. Since I don't get the same feeling you do, the aggression just isn't there for me.

 

[10293847]

This thread ended as soon as Ozz said DiGorgio.

Not on the Human album. His bass sounded like a fucking rubber band.

To answer the question: Sean Malone/Thread.

 

[The Ozzman]

ITP and The Fragile Art of Existence alone prove DiGiorgio's worthiness

 

[General Zaroff]

Not on the Human album. His bass sounded like a fucking rubber band.

To answer the question: Sean Malone/Thread.

You could actually hear his bass on Human?

They mixed the bass so low it's hard to hear most of the time.

 

[V.V.V.V.V.]

I rest my case. I think producers just hate Digiorgio for no reason.

 

[Allfader]

I rest my case. I think producers just hate Digiorgio for no reason.

No. I can hear clearly and with an amazing tone to Di Giorgio here:

Death - ITP



Control Denied - TFAOE

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Vintersorg - VFTSG





The Focusing Blur





Quo Vadis - Defiant Imagination

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Scariot - Momentum Shift

 

[genocide roach]

Lars K. Norberg on Spiral Architect's album begs to differ.

and tyr
~gR~

 

[Satanstoenail]

He's only the best fretless bass player alive

Sean Malone is a far superior fretless player tbh

 

[Satanstoenail]

Simplify it down and it's just a bunch of notes played really fast. There isn't anything inherently aggressive about fast notes, it's the feeling you get when you hear the fast parts. Since I don't get the same feeling you do, the aggression just isn't there for me.

Ok good.