NEW BORN - MUSE (ORIGIN OF SYMMETRY XX REMIXX) - BASS COVER - STATUS GRAPHITE CHRIS WOLSTENHOLME

NEW BORN - MUSE (ORIGIN OF SYMMETRY XX REMIXX) - BASS COVER
To mark the remixed and re-released versions of #Muse’s #OriginOfSymmetry, here’s the new versions of #NewBorn. Playing this hurts the fingers, mad octave stuff going on… -As usual with my Muse tones, I split the signal 3 ways, running a clean tone, Clean tone shaped with the #MXR M81 preamp, a green muff #GrandTarkin curtsey of @cogeffects, and the #Animated #Animato clone by @crowellaeffects - mixed together with a @EHX Trii Parallel mixer and controlled with the @official_line6 #HXStomp. Playing with my #StatusGraphite #chriswolstenholme signature S2
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[@louie8604]

Could you make a video going through your pedalboard and muse tones? Also what were your Eq settings on the knobs of the bass?

[@lefteyeviewed]

Hello mate - it's far too complicated, it'd take me a week to make a video about my board! It's been 10 years of trial and error. In very simple terms; I have a EHX Tri Parallel Mixer, Channel A: MXR M81 Preamp with a mid scoop at 800hz. Channel B: Cog Effect Grand Tarkin (Green Muff clone) set to a fairly buzzsaw/synth like tone (you're hearing this and the clean tone only in the verse). Channel C: The Crowella Effect Animated pedal (Animato clone), fully wet, tone at 2'o'clock to give a little 'slap', distortion almost all the way across (I'm kicking this on and off for the choruses -- -you can hear the tone becomes more overdrive like). I run compression before and after to flatten everything out across the three channels. Chris famously runs 5 amps live these days - Clean, Distortion (animato), Muff fuzz, DI and a high octave channel. I run three channels into 2 amps to try and emulate that formula. The EQ on the bass is quite powerful as it's 18volts. It also has a sweepable Mid scoop, but I think I had the bass and mid treble knobs set to around 75%, and the sweepable mid set at around 4khz at 25% (so cutting basically). I'm using both pickups, but note that I'm picking over the top of the bridge pickup (as Chris does) - that does a HUGE amount for the sound. The trick though, is to give your distortions an almost 'slap' like tone (Chris recorded this song on a Bass), whilst keeping your clean bass tone super sub like and free of fret/picking noise - almost like a DI (you can hear in the intro), and combined together. Give this article a read: www.shure.com/en-GB/performance-production/louder/musings-of-a-bass-tech (new strings on every bass, every night, changed after 2 or 3 songs!! Also important for tone).
Good luck!

[@louie8604]

@@lefteyeviewed oh wow that is very complicated. Thank you so much for the intro, that sounds like an amazing board

[@lucagattamelata8093]

Hi mate! Very good! Do you prefer the bass or the drum?

[@lefteyeviewed]

I like bass because I can play pretty much anywhere - drum kits are big and loud!! But drums have a special place because I find them the most therapeutic and it comes more naturally to me.