King's X Dug Pinnick tone?

[Travis]

Going to be getting a bass soon to pair up with my Axe 3 and wondering if anyone has some tips to get in the ball park of Dug's massive bass tone? Here is a clip for a reference:

 

[RevDrucifer]

This preset won't sound exactly the same as it does in the vid due to updates to the FW since then and I have a bad habit of tweaking my presets for whatever song I'm using them on-



The general idea is using the Ampeg for all the low end and the JCM800 for the dirt/treble/mids on top. Your bass is going to have a LOT to do with the final result and I recommend newer strings to retain that snap/brightness to the tone without adding a ton of treble from the amps/EQ.

 

[Singtall]

This is based on a preset I made back in the day on the axe-fx II. I used fractool to convert it, then I played around with it and did another tone match. I used the song "What I know about love" to capture the raw bass guitar at the beginning. you will need to also download the IR, and point the IR loader to the right preset. as you can see I saved it to user preset 29. the preset sounds right on my monitors. give it a try.

 

[Singtall]

This preset won't sound exactly the same as it does in the vid due to updates to the FW since then and I have a bad habit of tweaking my presets for whatever song I'm using them on-



The general idea is using the Ampeg for all the low end and the JCM800 for the dirt/treble/mids on top. Your bass is going to have a LOT to do with the final result and I recommend newer strings to retain that snap/brightness to the tone without adding a ton of treble from the amps/EQ.

I'm using your preset for a more modern Djent tone. I turned up the gain a little to get more grit, but great preset.

 

[jaycal6]

This preset won't sound exactly the same as it does in the vid due to updates to the FW since then and I have a bad habit of tweaking my presets for whatever song I'm using them on-



The general idea is using the Ampeg for all the low end and the JCM800 for the dirt/treble/mids on top. Your bass is going to have a LOT to do with the final result and I recommend newer strings to retain that snap/brightness to the tone without adding a ton of treble from the amps/EQ.

Do you remember what cabs you were using for this? They're user cabs.

 

[RevDrucifer]

Do you remember what cabs you were using for this? They're user cabs.

Oh my bad! I'm pretty sure they're both York Audio IR's.

Dr. Bonkers also has a great bass cab IR pack, there's a Secret Weapon IR that is quite badass for the big low end. York's Ampeg 8x10 pack has a few that really bring the low end as well.