Short Strapping Young Lad cover with my new amp - 6505+

[Dylan S]

Hey guys,

I got a 6505+ about a week ago and I recorded this using impulses and Addictive Drums.

https://files.getdropbox.com/u/1044020/6505+ test impulses 2.mp3

For those who want to hear my first attempt with a worse tone and no bass, it's here (just to hear the improvement that happened over about 18 hours time )
https://files.getdropbox.com/u/1044020/6505+ test impulses.mp3

 

[joelplagues]

hey dude really nice tone you've got going on the bass sounds ACE. how was it done?

 

[Lowberg]

Yeah dude that bass sounds heavy as shit, guitars could be a little fuller I think, maybe a different impulse? Sounds great though! Good song choice

 

[slashvanyoung]

Both links don't work for me... (no idea why)

 

[Chris_P_Critter]

Fuckin' LoOOOOOoooOOoOVE!!!!! Awesome song - good tone too dude!

Only crit is that the bass is reaaaaaaaaaaly scooped and clicky.

 

[Metaltastic]

Hey Dylan, first off I gotta second everyone else here by agreeing that bass is both awesome but also too scooped and clicky - I really like where you were going with it, I just think you took it a bit too far IMO; what'd you use?

As for the guitars, pretty cool (much better than the first ), though still very muffled and middy sounding, IMO, not much cut. What were your amp settings? And I suppose the impulse used has a big effect on it as well. Drums sound great dude!

 

[Djabthrash]

I'm no SYL fanboy but god i LOVE that song !

Nice job but the drums seem too loud, and bass a tad too scooped/clicky as others said.

 

[Dylan S]

Thanks so much guys!

The amp settings...I can't remember! I messed with them from cover to cover. I had the volume on about 3 o'clock (was muting the amp with a load in the FX return) which is why I think the tones sound a little weird with the impulses. Resonance and presence were pretty darn high, mids were hovering a little above or a little below halfway, bass was on about 2 o'clock I guess and treble might have been a tad higher for that. Gain was on about...2 o'clock as well? I change the gain drastically between my ESP (passives) and my 7 strings (actives).

The bass... It's actually a gearbox tone, with a guitar amp called '1987 Jazz Clean' with a stompbox turned on, and then I turn the cab off and use an Ampeg SVT impulse I found somewhere (on this forum or maybe on sevenstring.org...I'm not sure). I think you're right about it being too clicky, but I think it is by far the best bass tone I've ever got. I think if I miced the guitars and got a fatter sound instead of using these impulses (like I said something sounds weird about them) I'd get an amazing sound.

The impulses were done kind of weird. It's 4 guitar tracks...panned 100%L 80%L 80%R and 100%R, and I can't remember exactly, but I know I had the two inside tracks with some grindy impulses (either guitar hack's 'grind' or one of the recabinet 2.0 modern marshall ones with a D6 mic) and then had some Catharsis ones on the outside.

I've got another one to post very soon but it's a different thread because it's using a different guitar and a cover of a different band...and you can hear the difference the bass tone makes in this cover a lot more too.

 

[Dylan S]

Here is a link to the bass patch for those of you interested...

https://files.getdropbox.com/u/1044020/Awesome Bass1.l6t

I use a cheap Yamaha bass (I think RBX375 or something) and I have the 'treble boost' turned up all the way and the bass one just over halfway I THINK.

 

[NicholasDWolfwood]

I'm really digging that bass tone, maybe just a bit too clicky though. it'd probably sound real nice in a fuller mix playing something other than roots