Recording the bass for Write Riot Right

Originally I had planned and was really keen on using a standard Ampeg bass rig on this song. The last couple of months I have been using a Ampeg combo when practising, and I really thought the energy in the ampeg would fit this song very well. So my plan was to use a classic Ampeg SVT head and test that out with some different kinds of cabinets that I could find in the studio (Harrys Gym has a lot of instruments and gear to play around with and to use for trying out different kinds of sounds and settings). But when things were ready for starting recording the bass, just after setting the drums live together with the lead guitar, we found out that we really wanted to try out the same equipment on the bass as were used by the first guitar. This was the amazing Tiny Terror amp from Orange together with a 4×12 Orange Cabinet. My Fender Jazz sounded really cool and fresh on this little guitar amp and we wanted to try this out on the song. After playing along with the song with this bass sound for a while I felt that I needed a bit more bottom in the sound, the little guitar amp didnt deliever much of that. Then our sound guy dug out from the pile of cabinets an old and completely filthy and dirty Marshall cabinet (This cabinet was actually originally owned by the band Entombed). With this cab we got the right low-end sound. To be able add more bottom, add effects and to blend in a different sound on the bass in the mix, I always also record a separate track directly from a DI-box. In the bridge part of the song I wanted to add a signature on the bass. Here I used a single Bass Chorus pedal, actually from Behringer, to get the right spy feeling in the tones on this part.

To sum things up:

-Amp: Orange Tiny Terror

-Cabinet: Marshall 4X12

-Mic: Shure SM57

-DI: Ampeg SVT Tube DI

-Effects: Bass Chorus pedal from Behringer