The Tone Thread

[CrowsofFritz]

Here’s a bass tone I’ve been playing around with my amp sim. Sounds a little better than my first test, which was very bright.

Any idea on why there’s a tiny bit of a chorus effect?

[Greg_L]

Here’s a bass tone I’ve been playing around with my amp sim. Sounds a little better than my first test, which was very bright.

Any idea on why there’s a tiny bit of a chorus effect?

Interesting. Except for the phasiness, sounds good.

Try it straight in, so sim. Seem if that chorusy weirdness is there straight from the bass.

[CrowsofFritz]

Good idea! Thanks!

[CrowsofFritz]

Just tried it direct and it still sounds chorus like. Damn. I’m gonna go post on a bass forum.

[CrowsofFritz]

The answers I see are that the pickups might be too close to the strings. I’ll try lowering them.

[Lt. Bob]

yeah .... strats will do that if you get the p'ups too close to the string.
On a strat it sounds like the strings playing 2 different notes at the same time .... usually one's a lot softer than the other but is there .... worst case the 2nd note can be as loud as the primary note .
Seems like on a bass you might get a phase effect out of that.

[Greg_L]

The answers I see are that the pickups might be too close to the strings. I’ll try lowering them.

Oh yeah that would do it.

[Greg_L]

Uncle Doug has his 2nd Marshall vid running - 50 1968 Bass 1986

Look Ray...he converted it.
[BBvideo=560,315]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZE62m_6Wu8I[/BBvideo]

[rayc]

COOL. I'll download & then find a tech to follow it...the tech I was using is working much further south now. THANK Greg & thanks Uncle Doug.

[liv_rong]

[Greg_L]

[rayc]

Pragmatism is an early death.

[CrowsofFritz]

Here it is with flats. I think it sounds better!

Still don’t know why it has that chorus sound to it.

[Greg_L]

Here it is with flats. I think it sounds better!

Still don’t know why it has that chorus sound to it.

Is that straight in DI?

[CrowsofFritz]

No, but it does it straight DI, too. Doesn’t matter if it’s amp sims or not.

[Greg_L]

No, but it does it straight DI, too. Doesn’t matter if it’s amp sims or not.

Are you using just one pickup?

[CrowsofFritz]

Yup! I asked on a bass forum why this is and they all tell me that’s the Hofner sound and due to the hollowness of the bass, but then that wouldn’t explain why Paul’s bass doesn’t sound that way, unless it was just masked by other sounds. I know he switched to a Rickenbacker bass after their live era.

[Greg_L]

Yup! I asked on a bass forum why this is and they all tell me that’s the Hofner sound and due to the hollowness of the bass, but then that wouldn’t explain why Paul’s bass doesn’t sound that way, unless it was just masked by other sounds. I know he switched to a Rickenbacker bass after their live era.

I don't know if that's true because other hollow guitars and basses don't do that. But maybe that's a Hofner thing, I really don't know.

Have you tried all the weird switching options? Maybe it's something in that stuff.

[CrowsofFritz]

Yeah, it does that no matter where the switches and knobs are placed. I’m not too worried about it as it’s very minute, and I doubt you could hear it in a live setting.

[Greg_L]

Yeah, it does that no matter where the switches and knobs are placed. I’m not too worried about it as it’s very minute, and I doubt you could hear it in a live setting.

It is strange though. Play with the pickup height and see what happens.