Hilarious. Before I even listened to the clip, I knew that the "heaviest bass tone" would have most of the low end cut. Even through my home stereo's 15" subwoofer, it sounds like it's rolled off at 120 Hz or maybe even higher. That's not heavy bass; it's bass kazoo.
@@AlfieForrester you can find some of the Tom's recorded isolated bass tracks on the internet and let me tell, they are sloppier than sex in the nursing home.
One of the best bassist I’ve seen live playing a Rickenbacker was Chris Squire of Yes. He played the bass like a lead guitar. That was on the tour for “ Fragile “ in 1971. He was always outstanding. Check out his first solo album “ Fish Out of Water “.
SO. If you really want to know what Al Cisneros is using on most of his stuff, it’s a Rickenbacker split with the Rick O’ Sound which splits the pickups into their own paths with a TRS split cable & then his neck is split again into wet/dry signals. The bridge pickup goes through a DOD 250 Preamp into a modded cranked Green Matamp 120. Then his Neck wet signal goes into a Boss DS1, then into another modded cranked Green Matamp 120. Then he has a small amount of dry into various clean bass amps. He’s messed with it over the years but that’s essentially his main way of getting that tone from Sleep/OM/live stuff. It’s quite the rig. Especially playing through those extremely heavy Green 8x10’s.
I saw them at Livestock in Zephyrhills, FL(turned into mudstock..lol) right up front and the bass felt like it was turning my guts inside out, but in a killer way....lol. Sh*t got pretty crazy and my bro got rolled up into a muddy carpet. Ahh, memories.
Felix Pappalardi of the rock group Mountain had the most beastly bass sound ever playing a Gibson EB-1 through custom Sunn bass amps using natural tube overdrive to an ungodly amount. I have still to this day not heard a more terrifying but satisfying bass sound. It had to be to compete with Leslie West’s gut piercing guitar riffs
I used to hang with Al and Matt when they were just young fellas finding their way with Asbestos Death. I am so impressed by how much of an effect they have had through their music, and how they have managed to stay out of trouble. Great job, guys!
Al's seen UFOs split the sky like a sheet! My favorite is how he brought his "small" rig to the Amoeba record store show. His small rig, of course, is two Matamp GT200s and two 8x10 cabs.
@@hessex1899 they were really cool though. He had those 4x15s custom made along with his GT200s and 400 watt tube slave units. At one point he was using a combo of 2x18s, 4x15s and 8x10s. I’d imagine that was earth shatteringly loud
Now do Dixie Dave of weedeater! Love how him and Dave Shepherd combined the bass in the guitar tones to basically sound like one instrument, also his tone is like a perfect reflection of his personality
Got the chance to see OM once back in Portugal and their sound was so massive and thick!! Normally Portuguese audience can be a bit loud as we tend to be talking and screaming during the sets but on this one everyone was in absolute silence and trance... was beautiful
you see, this is why I love and many others love this random behs channel on youtube. you actually dig into the sound, atmosphere, listen to the crowd. not really following the fad, just humble and willing to explore. unlike channels like that italian SLAP bass guy beating on a dead horse with content. i mean Christ man, it's Sleep on this kind of channel. what a treat.
I saw Yes in the early 90's when they toured with all members of the band. Chris Squire played an extended version of The Fish where he must have dropped the tuning on the E string because at the finale of the song, he played it open and you could barely even hear it but the whole stadium shook.
To me personally, I love the tone of Tom Petersson of Cheap Trick. I think he also uses an Orange AD 200 thru Orange 4X12 cabs. That 12 string bass he uses sounds like a Jumbo Jet coming down the runway!!!!!! 👍
Greatest Vid! Love deep bass tone, my favs are the 70s Rics (nailed it here), Gib RD Artists, and Kramer 6000B. I still have my Kramer, it shakes the house 😂
Barry Adamson from Magazine - his tone on The Light Pours Out Of Me (studio version) is very unusual: a mixture of Chorus, Delay and Phaser is beguiling.
