I don't know the song, but it is a super fkng awesome cover, the bass blends with the song so seamlessly.... Most bass cover in yt kind of feels disconnected from the song imo..
Speaking as bassist and vocalist. Ic you can hack a bassline by the Icons themselves BOLT THROWER this well. U r way ahead of the game. You made that Fender Precision sound incredible. The p bass is my main as well. Very tight and accurate.
Fuck yeah! Bolt Thrower is still one of the most underrated death metal bands. Maybe they get more shine in Europe, I don’t know. But in North America, no one ever talks about them.
In the circles I hang out in, there probably isn't a more unanimously appreciated death metal band. At this point, it's almost a cliché to hype them up. One of the best ever.
It's a damn shame N-America isn't on board with the Bolt-Thrower legions. Here in The Netherlands they are held in the highest regard and I saw them many times over the years. One tour they even had my compatriot Martin van Drunen (ex-Pestilence, Asphyx) on vocals.
Oh man! I recorded this a while ago, so I don't remember exactly, but I think the trick with getting the Jo Bench sound was to set the grunt switch to boost, cut the attack, boost both the mids slightly and roll the tone back off the bass. Then just crank the drive and blend until it sounds right.
@@smitchellbass thank you so much for this! I’m glad I asked because I wouldn’t have thought to do the attack / grunt settings like you did or to boost lo and hi mids & scoop the bass a little bit
@@nickys4650 when I say roll the tone back on the bass - I mean the literal tone control on the bass, not the bass control on the pedal! you don't wanna cut any of that low end
@@nickys4650 Hope it works out! It's worth nothing that my bass has the "greasebucket" tone circuit, or whatever it's called, which I think means that the tone control doesn't boost the low end as much as a standard bass, it *just* rolls off high end.
Loads of metal bass tone tutorials etc. will vastly overcomplicate it. All you need is a good bass (I'm just rocking a precision here, the jazz pickup isn't turned on in this) and a good drive. Don't go too overboard with treble, don't neglect low mids and bass (I've actually got the tone control rolled off about 50% here if I remember correctly). Play about and use your ears - everybody hits the strings differently so we could have the exact same rig and sound very different. The drive I'm using here is the Darkglass B7K, but you can do about the same job with any good drive with a blend control. Play hard, and then that's about all you need!
I used my Darkglass B7K Ultra V2. I think it's quite underappreciated in its capacity for crushing old school tones like this, most people only seem to use it for that super shrill modern bass OD.
this is by far my most popular video and i forgot to mirror it. agony.
Could you tell me the signal chain? Cheers man!
It's not just some DM, it's the best effin song from the most legendary DM band! :D Keep it up!
Most legendary DM band yes, but their best song for me is Afterlife, because it has of BT elemnts hehe
So simple, yet kicks so much ass. Bolt Thrower in a nutshell. Legendary band. Great cover, Jo Bench would be proud
The only song I've air bassed to
Hahaha I was air bass as I read this comment
Awesome! Killer tone, you nailed it!!
c h a d
Amazing bass cover dude!!!! What a fucking tune, love it! Greetings from Bosnia
What guitar strap you got here? Look pretty nice.
I don't know the song, but it is a super fkng awesome cover, the bass blends with the song so seamlessly....
Most bass cover in yt kind of feels disconnected from the song imo..
Speaking as bassist and vocalist. Ic you can hack a bassline by the Icons themselves BOLT THROWER this well. U r way ahead of the game. You made that Fender Precision sound incredible. The p bass is my main as well. Very tight and accurate.
Beefy! Bass sounds like Jo Bench tone.
all i want in life is to sound as face melting as her so this is truly the best praise to receive
Signal chain?
Solid headbanging . A+
Tabs?
Pengu approves!!!!
cromchy
great bass playing, great penguin, beautiful hair
Fuck yeah! Bolt Thrower is still one of the most underrated death metal bands. Maybe they get more shine in Europe, I don’t know. But in North America, no one ever talks about them.
In the circles I hang out in, there probably isn't a more unanimously appreciated death metal band. At this point, it's almost a cliché to hype them up. One of the best ever.
It's a damn shame N-America isn't on board with the Bolt-Thrower legions. Here in The Netherlands they are held in the highest regard and I saw them many times over the years. One tour they even had my compatriot Martin van Drunen (ex-Pestilence, Asphyx) on vocals.
Jo would be proud
my guy, what settings are you using for your darkglass b7k (im assuming)? this shit sounds absolutely massive. Great playing!
Oh man! I recorded this a while ago, so I don't remember exactly, but I think the trick with getting the Jo Bench sound was to set the grunt switch to boost, cut the attack, boost both the mids slightly and roll the tone back off the bass. Then just crank the drive and blend until it sounds right.
@@smitchellbass thank you so much for this! I’m glad I asked because I wouldn’t have thought to do the attack / grunt settings like you did or to boost lo and hi mids & scoop the bass a little bit
@@nickys4650 when I say roll the tone back on the bass - I mean the literal tone control on the bass, not the bass control on the pedal! you don't wanna cut any of that low end
@@smitchellbass understood, thank you! And again that's useful because usually for heavier music I have the tone pot on full blast on my P.
@@nickys4650 Hope it works out! It's worth nothing that my bass has the "greasebucket" tone circuit, or whatever it's called, which I think means that the tone control doesn't boost the low end as much as a standard bass, it *just* rolls off high end.
That bass tone is amazing,how did you get it?
Loads of metal bass tone tutorials etc. will vastly overcomplicate it. All you need is a good bass (I'm just rocking a precision here, the jazz pickup isn't turned on in this) and a good drive. Don't go too overboard with treble, don't neglect low mids and bass (I've actually got the tone control rolled off about 50% here if I remember correctly). Play about and use your ears - everybody hits the strings differently so we could have the exact same rig and sound very different.
The drive I'm using here is the Darkglass B7K, but you can do about the same job with any good drive with a blend control. Play hard, and then that's about all you need!
Excelente..!! Es perfecto..!! Que maestria..! The song l like most about Bolt Thrower , "Anti-Tank " , touched to perfection..!!!
Great job!
I like Your tone Dude!
Damn great job and tone dude!
yesssss!!!
Dude are ya using the bridge pickup?
I don't *think* so, not for this cover. it was a while ago!
eternal love
Brilliant 👍👍
Check out my bass covers,Andy Jefford,thanks
What pedal did yall use for this?
I used my Darkglass B7K Ultra V2. I think it's quite underappreciated in its capacity for crushing old school tones like this, most people only seem to use it for that super shrill modern bass OD.
hey you got the tone pretty much bang on, and you looked cool playing it!
Love that tone 🤘🏻⚡
Amazing
🤘🏻🤘🏻
Woooowwwww🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘you are freakin AWESOME
Everything solid
What tunning?
pinguuuuu
🔥🔥
Jo would be proud!
Nice,
Perfect
Спасибо🤙🏾
Очень достойно 🤘🔥🤘
Is THIS loss??
you should brush your hair sometimes :D
you’ve just watched the most insane bass playthrough and all ur focussing on is hair? absolute weirdo
Easy to play but you got the sound and the groove. congrats