What stompbox for bass grit?

[updog]

Would you guys say the bass at 2:39 of Decapitated's 'Three Dimensional Defect' sounds like Sansamp? This is basically my holy grail of bass tones for metal music. Not over-distorted, not too clean, just filthy enough for you to hear those strings like some grinding industrial machinery.

Sorry, I don't have real input for this thread, but I went and listened to that part you pointed to, and holy fucking shit man I want that sound for my tracks

 

[greyskull]

rat..
808 kills too much lows/low mid

 

[Ermz]

Sorry, I don't have real input for this thread, but I went and listened to that part you pointed to, and holy fucking shit man I want that sound for my tracks

Yeah don't we all. I just want the sound of that sort of grit. I'm not sure if its the Sansamp doing that or what. It has a bit of that thin highs sound I associate with the BDDI, obviously being boosted by a very EMG-laden bass to maximize the fret clacking. Light saturation/brutality is only possible to achieve properly that way.

I really don't want to go on a buying/selling excursion until I settle on 'the one'. Rather just get the 'rectifier in a box' type deal from day 1.

 

[Soundlurker]

Hey Ermz, I went for a very dirty bass sound for Ola's track and I quite like the result but I'm not sure that's what you're looking for

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1891957/Feared_Shadow_Walker.mp3

The example you gave reminds me of Exodus' bass tone (which IMO is awesome).

 

[Dexter_prog]

Have you seen ahjteam's bass distortion pedals comparisson video?

 

[Lasse Lammert]

I like the H&K Tubefactor quite a bit