guitar sound like a bass for recording purposes?

[Sixstringmayhem]

does anyone know any of any tips to making your electric guitar sound like a bass to come close the a bass tone for recording? i pretty much just use my neck humbucker and beef it up a bit on my guitar then run it through a bass amp model on pod farm. its alright but does anyone else ever try this or is it just me?

 

[arv_foh]

search. and this should be in equipment

http://www.ultimatemetal.com/forum/andy-sneap/499990-pitch-shifting-guitars-substitute-bass.html

http://www.ultimatemetal.com/forum/production-tips/657435-how-emulate-bass-guitar-low-tunings.html

http://www.ultimatemetal.com/forum/...ng-fake-bass-pitch-shifted-guitars-logic.html

 

[Trevoire520]

It depresses me how often this topic comes up. Obviously Arv has already got this covered but I will go on my usual rant and say if you want a bass guitar sound then BUY A BASS! Go on ebay and find the cheapest bass you can and use that. It will sound so much better than a guitar tuned down an octave (because remember, all your string/fretting noise etc is getting dropped an octave too)
Make friends with a bassist and borrow his bass. You could even get your bassist friend to play bass on your stuff. You could even start a band

 

[Megin]

It depresses me how often this topic comes up. Obviously Arv has already got this covered but I will go on my usual rant and say if you want a bass guitar sound then BUY A BASS!

+1 That's what I did. Bought a Yamaha RBX 374. Quite cheap and good enough plus it's fun to play something else than the guitar.

 

[Sixstringmayhem]

I absolutely 100% agree on the fact that your not going to get a real bass sound out of an electric guitar. I would MUCHH rather actually record bass parts with an actual bass lol problem is im in college at the moment with an incredibly tight budget so i have to work with what ive got for now. I will eventually buy a bass though. thanks a lot for those pages! im new to the forum i must have overlooked the equipment section.