New track from my Snuggles side-project with Misha Mansoor

[Nolly]

Originally Posted by Naren

True. But one of the reasons I've never liked distorted bass is because it blends into the guitar sound so much that it's hard to pick out the bass (even though you really are hearing the low end; it just simply is blending in with the guitar because of the distortion). Hence I tend to prefer spikey/metallic bass. I'll admit that kind of bass sounds best fingerstyle or slap played, but it also sounds good picked as well.

Obviously both of our opinions are 100% valid since there is no such thing as right and wrong in music.

That said, I thought the tone on all the guitars was totally kickass and the riffs themselves were supreme (said in a 1980s hair metal style).

Hehehe, sounds like I like distorted bass for the exact reason you dislike it then

Cheers mate!

[Naren]

Originally Posted by Nolly

Hehehe, sounds like I like distorted bass for the exact reason you dislike it then

Cheers mate!

I guessed as much. I think a lot of metal bands like distorted bass because they want the low end, but they want the riffs to just be really big where the left and right guitars merge into one and the bass blends into that too.

It sounds cool on the whole, but it's never been a bass sound I particularly care for. Totally understand why they go for it. When people complain "I can't hear the bass," they are wrong. They CAN hear the bass, but they just can't recognize it because it's absorbed into the overall sound which is dominated by guitars.