How to Get a CRUSHING bass tone! (w/ Adam 'Nolly' Getgood).

That Dingwall/Darkglass combo is now as recognizable as that PRS/TripleRecto tone on the 00's nu metal

i started integrating this metal bass tone philosophy into my sound for my pop rock with some hints of prog band. putting a slight distortion blended on top of my p bass clean tone (old roundwounds) helps me stick out as a distinct voice in the midrange, and when put in context it doesn't sound distorted.

Wow! I am not a metal player, but I learned a bunch about setting tone and how pedals influence the various sonic areas of the bass. Thanks Nolly and Scott.

Dude... People tell that the metal community is terrible, but the comment section of this video show that the jazz one may be even worse

I absolutely love the sound of Dingwall basses, any style of music. Thanks for sharing this, Nolly is awesome. I still can’t believe his last name is also “Getgood,” it’s the exact mantra I use to justify maybe getting an NG3 some day

Nolly is a genius. Do remember that he played bass on Periphery because there was no bassist then. He is primarily a guitarist who took up on bass because he could in one of the crazy modern progressive band. #WorldClassMusician

How to add hair to your signal from three guys with no hair… can we trust them?

I just split with an octave pedal, run the clean through a subwoofer and bass amp, run the other through a guitar amp with a shitload of distortion and adjust them individually. Bare in mind I dont do live anything so that could be a nightmare trying to run through a PA, but for recording and jam sessions here it works great.

Definitely not the same philosophy for distortion on bass in other genres. Often, fuzzy, blurry sounds are desirable in other contexts (punk, shoegaze, etc.). Just remember, folks, if it sounds good, it is good!

To have great bass tone you MUST be bald.

Thanks Nolly and Scott for yet another great informative video. And thanks to Ian for the breakdown on what’s going on. Great combo guys.

One thing they didn’t mention is that distortion really helps your bass cut on smaller speakers, too. The added harmonic content tricks your brain into perceiving the lower fundamental information on speakers that simply can’t produce such frequencies. Recording it in parallel then finding a nice balance melts the bass into the guitars while retaining that clean, ground-shaking low end. If you REALLY wanna kick certain parts into overdrive, you can come back and double yourself on piano (the low notes, obviously). Piano notes are clean, dramatic and have a satisfying transient…so while it’s obviously not for every moment of every track (and you wanna keep it low in the mix), it can be the climactic X-factor that makes someone go “dude!” when they hear your track.

Bass tone is super important for almost every genre of music. Great vid!!

Peter Steele is the best example of using guitar pedals for bass.

dUG Pinnick of King's X has had this sound for about 35-40 years!

Great interview Scott & Nolly, I use the DI-2112 Geddy Lee pedal works great for this idea.

That's not just any studio, that's Real World Studios in Bath, owned by Peter Gabriel himself! Me and my band were lucky enough to win a single recording there and it was a life highlight for all of us. Such a beautiful place.

Chris Squire using the stereo rickenbacher would have one side be slightly distorted and the other signal completely clean with scooped mid range the combination produces thunderous stunning tone

Saving this for my upcoming audition with a new band

The two most calm, competent, bald bass Brits. Really fun video!