How do you guys use your guitars and make them sound like a bass? Any techniques you could point me to?
Using guitar for a bass
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AndrewB
That Darn Kid
Put it on eBay. When it sells, use the money to buy a bass. 
Honestly, there really is no way to make it sound too decent. You would have to pitch shift it, and add a crapload of bass frequencies to it. Even then it wouldn't even be half as good as a real bass.
Honestly, there really is no way to make it sound too decent. You would have to pitch shift it, and add a crapload of bass frequencies to it. Even then it wouldn't even be half as good as a real bass.
RedDog
Humanoid typhoon
Yeah, get a DI and pitch it down, compress, run it through BOD, into a bass cab impulse, and then compressing to fuckery MIGHT help.
But probably not.
But probably not.
pitch -1 octave, give some highs, take some mids, compress the crap out of it and blend it with distortion or whatever i god damn hate your avatar. it's working good for me.
What do you guys think of this? http://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/BroncoBsBlk/
Sure, it's a tiny little thing, but I have Ampeg bass software, I could probably make it sound passable, right?
Sure, it's a tiny little thing, but I have Ampeg bass software, I could probably make it sound passable, right?
DeclanWhite
Senior Member
Clockwork
Bass playing guy.
This. Case closed. Might even save time in the long run! But I have heard some decent results from pitched down guitars so it might be worth playing around with if you know you wont always have a bass around.
DeclanWhite
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Trevoire520
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How to make a guitar sound like a bass? Unplug the guitar and plug in a bass instead. Fastest and easiest way to do it.
Can't afford a bass you say? Take all the time you would waste trying and failing to get your guitar to sound like a bass, and instead use that time and effort to work a shitty job for a couple of days and buy a cheap bass on ebay.
Or you could borrow one from a bass playing friend, maybe get him to put down the bass tracks for you? You could even start this really cool thing called a band!
It's something people used to do before everyone started making music on their own in a bedroom, posting questions here about how to make programmed drums sound real, how to make amp sims sound like real amps and how to make a guitar sound like a bass.
Can't afford a bass you say? Take all the time you would waste trying and failing to get your guitar to sound like a bass, and instead use that time and effort to work a shitty job for a couple of days and buy a cheap bass on ebay.
Or you could borrow one from a bass playing friend, maybe get him to put down the bass tracks for you? You could even start this really cool thing called a band!
It's something people used to do before everyone started making music on their own in a bedroom, posting questions here about how to make programmed drums sound real, how to make amp sims sound like real amps and how to make a guitar sound like a bass.
Thanks so much for the words of advise. But please, next time save your bullshit for someone else.
How to make a guitar sound like a bass? Unplug the guitar and plug in a bass instead. Fastest and easiest way to do it.
Can't afford a bass you say? Take all the time you would waste trying and failing to get your guitar to sound like a bass, and instead use that time and effort to work a shitty job for a couple of days and buy a cheap bass on ebay.
Or you could borrow one from a bass playing friend, maybe get him to put down the bass tracks for you? You could even start this really cool thing called a band!
It's something people used to do before everyone started making music on their own in a bedroom, posting questions here about how to make programmed drums sound real, how to make amp sims sound like real amps and how to make a guitar sound like a bass.
Redoubt9000
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My bullshit meter didn't budge reading that... *taps gauge*
Every bit of that advise is worth your consideration more than trying to mock up a bass tone from your guitar >_>
If you're that unwilling to buy a bass guitar (several can be found for around a 100$ and I'm not talking used.) that would manage to produce a (naturally) better tone than anything you could consider with the earlier route mentioned... Then look into using a free bass VSTi. At the very least, it's much better as an alternative... It should be the only seriously considered alternative imo
DeclanWhite
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AndrewB
That Darn Kid
I'm sorry if it seems like we're being unhelpful, but the reality is that no matter how much processing you go through with a guitar, it will sound a lot better and with a lot less work just to get a job for a couple weeks and buy a bass.
