Queensrÿche Empire Bass Cover (Spector/Noble/Empress/Darkglass/Zoom/Canon)
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- čas přidán 31. 03. 2022
- Hey! Trying to get back into the recording groove! Got some new gear(basses, preamps, pedals) and had some time today to work out some stuff.
This track is one of the reasons that A) I play bass and 2) That I'm back(sorta') playing the basses that I'm playing.
If you ask me "What's the best band that came out of Seattle?", MY answer is, and will be, Queensrÿche(not saying they're my FAVORITE Seattle band, THAT distinction belongs to Alice In Chains)! In terms of musicianship, songwriting, and everything that goes with being a great band, Queensrÿche is one of the best that's ever been! They really flowed naturally from Prog-type metal to super melodic ballad-y and back and still always sounded...right.
Eddie Jackson is one of those players that isn't super flashy, but this band would sound vastly different if someone else was playing bass. His technique and, more importantly, his TONE launched a truckload of bassists, myself included, down the path to that beautifully raspy "Spector Growl". The sound of his Spector NS-2 is so distinct and rich, that you probably couldn't get that tone with any other bass. A lot of players say that his tone was "better" on Mindcrime, and while I don't disagree with that, this song is what got me into Queensrÿche, Eddie Jackson, and to a large degree, Spector basses!
I usually try to come up with some fun facts about the covers I do. Other than the fact that this song is 2nd most played song on their setlist, there's not much to find. The basic message of the song is still very relevant, but the details are pretty dated. I love this song nonetheless...:-)
Signal chain is Spector NS-2~ Audality M1 wireless~ Darkglass B7K~ Empress Bass Compressor~ Noble Tube Preamp~ Zoom H6~ Canon 80D
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Badass playing! Eddie Jackson is so underrated, glad to see someone playing his lines and so on point! Plus that tone! And you have sustain like a lead guitar lol! Talk about being dialed in! 🔥🔥🔥
I love Eddie's bass choices, and, yeah, I don't think he gets the attention he deserves for his bass lines paired with Scott's phenomenal drumming. The Empire album seemed to be mixed with a little more emphasis on the bass. A really great counterpoint to the clean, beautiful guitar tones. What an all around perfect band!
Excellent performance. Sounds Superb! Thank you for sharing. - All the Best
Killer KILLER tone and playing !
Nice studio environment lovin it You Rock🙆🎶🙏💯🙋
🤟🏽🤟🏽🤟🏽🤟🏽🤟🏽most excellent playing. Love the tone. 🤟🏽🤟🏽🤟🏽🤟🏽🤟🏽
I already know this is going to be good just by the bass
No shit
The sound of brand new strings out of the bass played for the first time on a base like that? It’s better than sex.👍
Watching this, I'm reminded of the time Randy Jackson joined Journey. You bring a facet and demention to the song that never occurred to Eddie. Brilliant.. good on you
Kicking ass and ass kicking...great cover..loved it
You are VERY good!! 👊👏👏👏👏 Greetings from Brazil 🇧🇷
I am truly impressed you look and play like a total badass. I was intrigued to watch it. Thank you.
OMG THAT TONE !!!! 💪💪🤘🤘
What an amazing bass, I'm in love!
Great job -- tone is spot on. I noticed the feels you got during certain lyrical passages -- song was ahead of it's time revealing the truth.
Thank you so much! Yeah, the overall message is just as relevant today, although some of the finer details could be revised. The song is still brilliant!
Big fat bassline sure helps
Amazing!
Dig the playing and that bass is sweet!
Would love to see some more Queensryche covers from you.
NOICE!!! :) Eddie would be proud man! Great tone! Nice job! Brent,VT
Always did like Ed Bass.. good job brother
Loved the visual performance! I felt spoken to!
What a sound , awesome
Solid bro!!
Hell yeah & nice Spector. I just bought a Euro LX in black stain matte with EMG P/J & Tone Pump pre - just waiting for it to come through UPS.
Keep rockin’!!! Great song selection!!
Another great one! Great tone and playing! Love QR!
well done.
Nice jam! 👍👍🔥🔥
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Absolutely brilliant!
Subscribed even before the video finished👍
Thank you so much! I appreciate the kindness!
Very nice!
I’m a Spector player too and I am totally blown away with your tone on that bass and set up. BTW great job on the song absolutely love QR.
Those basses deserve every bit of critical acclaim they have. I sometimes all of the stars have to be in alignment to create a base. That’s so awesome is that and the damn good bass player too!
Superb job!
queensryche is awesome! this is a really cool cover. 🤘
black man trapped again, holds his chains in his hands - wow that line and your mimic is so strong! great cover, great sound, gear and recording. what else?
Thank you! I do have more coming soon!
Sounds great
Beautiful Tonality!
Sounds good man, thanks. \m/
Kickin shit brother! My fave QR song of all time!
That makes two of us! Thanks, bro!
Nice job! This is one of my favorite albums, the production is off the hook.
Dude you are 100% what's up. Thanx for posting
Thank you! I really appreciate the kind words! Thanks for watching.
How did I miss this one? Dang buddy nailing the “aunch” tone that EJ had on this album!!!
Where is the "aunch" part? I'm a bass player as well.....something about Eddie Jackson......his stuff is so easy to play, but it's so damn hard to sound like him!!!!!!!! The guy is super underrated.
It rocks dude!!!
Bad ass..
Great job
LOVE that bass finish. Just myself a USA Spector and love it. Sounds great man!
I'm trying to find one. How much are the good ones going for? OMG if there's an ass for a seat, it's a Spector bass for Queensryche.
@@chrisk920 USA models 4-7k used, 7k+new. You can get deals through certain dealers on new and used.I bought 2 of mine from the same dealer and I got amazing deals on both. There's a few on Reverb now around 4-5k used but they're usually almost perfect.
Wow, thanks for the heads up buddy, I really appreciate it. Five grand for a fourth string? That is pretty steep. I do have a 1991 Warwick streamer, like an idiot. I took it apart 20 years ago and never put it back together. It sounds very very close to a specter, but it’s not Spector.
Def in my top 10 bands of all time!!! (pre breakup lol), GREAT COVER!! New sub as well......\,,/
WOW i guess not all brothers have rhythm LOL, j/k mate. Excelent Job, fantastic tone new sub and looking forward to many more videos. Up the IRONS
I can't play basketball, either...😆🤣! Thanks for the kind words, they're much appreciated!
" Hes gotta an AK-47 for his best friend , Business the american way Empire ,Empire ."
killer dude... lets hear right next door to hell from gnr next!
Love that tone!! Fellow Spector player. I play the NS-5 multiscale (fanned frets). Comparing signal chains, I go -> JHS Little Black Buffer -> Peterson StroboStomp -> Crybaby -> Darkglass Hyper Luminal comp -> Darkglass Alpha Omicron -> JHS buffer #2 -> SansAmp BassDriver DI v2 -> split to DAW & amp. Simple, clean, and ridiculously amazing tone. Love Spector & Darkglass.
Thanks, my friend! I've wanted to try the Dimension since it came out. I was actually playing Dingwalls before the Spectors took over, lol! I am totally onboard with the multi scale concept! Your signal chain looks AMAZING! I second the Spector/Darkglass combo! 🤜🙌
I just picked up playing bass a couple years ago and now starting to get into pedals. Been using this vid as a play along to learn the song, and trying to get close to that tone as I can. Seems I can get close to the high end but lose the low end so might add a compressor. I'm running an Ibanez SR300 ->Boss BB1X->Darkglass Microtubes X->Orange Crush 50 combo amp followed by 3 shots of whiskey. Really appreciate the vid and all the info, so much to learn but so much fun fiddling around trying different things!
@@pbass6811 Thanks! That signal chain IS amazing. Picked up many tips from watching YT vids on how to build pedal rigs, and have concluded that the 2x buffers really do make a monstrous difference in tone. In my opinion, the SansAmp pre-amp sounds better than my bass combo amp's pre (a Peavey Max 300), so I bypass it entirely by going straight from SansAmp to the bass amp's effects return. BTW, it was a REALLY close tie between the Spector I chose, and a Dingwall NG5.
@@zingdog33 I'm no expert, but if you are losing frequencies in your signal chain, you might wanna look at getting 2 buffers, one for the very beginning of the chain, and another at the end. I thought, with my short cables and simple chain, there was no way I needed them, but after I put them on my chain, the difference in tone was extremely noticeable. I went with JHS Little Black Buffers, but there are several other good ones. The YT channel "Vertex Effects" (aka The Rig Doctor) has a lot of good info on buffers and how to fix your tone issues.
@@mishterpreshident Thanks man! I'll check that out. The X is supposed to keep your low clean and distort the high. Using a pick makes a big difference but I want to try to nail it with fingers just to see if I can. I swapped the position of the pedals and there was a huge change, the BBX lit up and the Darkglass went to 11. Can get a lot of really cool range out of these just trying to emulate something specific is a bit trickier. Thanks again!!
hey Phil, PJ Rubal here, nice vid 👍.
I am glad you are a fan of my friend Ed Jackson & his legendary bass tone.
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have a great weekend.
Do " Della brown" from that album. Do "take hold of the flame " from the "warning " album from 1984. You got such a "feel" about your playing and this is coming from a Rush / Geddy Lee influenced bassist...I might as well say it, lol; bassist/guitarist, drummer and keyboard/synth Rush influenced player. I absolutely loved this performance. If you ever wanna go out and I mean WAYYY out on a limb, learn "free will " by Rush.
It's hard brother but you'll find a lot of bassists cover it on here so you can see what is being played, I had to and I've been playing since I was 17 and now I'm 60. I have arthralgia in most of my body but not my arms or fingers! Praise God!
I'm subscribing, I can learn from you too!
Love, peace and blessings!
Jeffrey
Keep up the fight buddy. Very sorry to hear about your affliction
Nice bass! I always like it when songs are mixed so the bass is a little more prominent. Sounds good!
Thank you! I'm with you on enjoying it when the bass is mixed louder, it makes everything better!
@@pbass6811
😝 Absolutely!
Bass cannot be loud enough.
Great job and tone.
Killer song and message
Northern lights Spector. Look it up.
Love your tone! I'm also an Eddie Jackson fan! I am constantly chasing his tone. My signal chain is Spector Euro 5LX (swapped out the Tone Pump with a HAZ clone preamp)~Headrush Pedalboard (with Mesa IRs)~direct to PA. I have also used Spector NS2A and NS4CR basses with some success. Keep rockin'!
Second that. Wonder how my cousin Pat Thornton would run with that...
Friggin' dig it, big guy!
Thanks, my friend! How are liking the Headrush? I've got a Boss GT-1000Core, a Line 6 HX Stomp, and a NDSP Quad Cortex. Love them all. The QC is my new buddy, but I've been using the HXS for a while. LOVE the new modelers!
@@pbass6811 As a guitarist (6 stringer), I still tend to try and keep the tone a little more analog...although I do use an old Digitech RP500. I like the headroom and the feel from it; never got that same thing from modelers or VST plug ins. It's a little more portable than a bunch of stomp boxes, and I can use it either in front of an amp or straight into the board. Not the IDEAL live gig set up, but in a pinch...
Wasn't able to see, but are you rocking passive or active on your bass? Friggin' beautiful, by the way...🤘👍
@@billcichoke2534 -Active, sir. With EMG-equipped Spectors, that's pretty much the only option. A very HUGE part of the "Spector Growl" is the interaction of the Bass control and the Treble control on the HAZ preamp. My EMG Spectors(NS-2-9v HAZ, NS-5XL-18v HAZ)are the only basses that I usually run wide open, that's where they sound the best! The core tone shaper on my "big board" is my Noble, which is 100% analog, tube brilliance! My QC board usually sounds good, but my Noble board ALWAYS sounds good! They both work live, so it just depends on how big of a board I wanna carry to any given gig, LOL!
@@pbass6811 I hear ya. A younger me had less issues with the 100W head and 4x12. Nowadays, the older, creakier me keeps things a little more compact.
Again...righteous tone. If your rig gives you that tone live...that's killer.
Love your tone. Would love to see a close up of your pedal board.
Appreciate that, my friend! I was actually planning on doing my own "Rig Rundown", so that is on the list of things to do! Thanks much!
@@pbass6811 Awesome! Looking forward to it. I'm a guitar player, but I love to see what guys like you are doing to get killer bass tones. My bass player needs some help in that department!! Thanks dude! You have a new subscriber here. :)
Comp AFTER the B7K ? Why not...
What are your setting for these Darkglass B7K~ Empress Bass Compressor~ Noble Tube Preamp? Also, why the Darkglass and Noble Tube preamp? (2 preamps?)
Thanks for the comment. I was thinking that I should make a note of the settings I used, but I'm kind of jackass, LOL! I did the video, then I changed a couple of things on my board, and now I don't have a lot of that stuff anymore. Sorry. I can tell you that having multiple preamps is pretty common. The main thing is using ONE for your main tone shaping. Since Spectors have a two band EQ, and the Noble is also a two band EQ, I got the drive from the B7k and I got some upper mid EQ from the B7k. When it comes to EJ's tone, 90% of it came from his HAZ-equipped NS-2, the rest came from his rig, I have the bass, don't have the rig, had to improvise, LOL! Cheers!
Good playing sir..
The tone of the bass..pretty natural or processing needed?
Enjoyed your playing this song. Eddie's note choice and timing is polished.
what strings are on there?!! Killer cover my friend!!!!! 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Thank you, I appreciate that! I use Dean Markley Blue Steels in standard gauge. They're a little sticky at first, but they sound amazing and they last forever!
Clearly a Spector fan ? But cool with the Empire Cover . Queensryche the real Battle sound.
Awesome video, although the claim that you can’t get the tone without a Spector is false. In fact if you look and mindcrime live footage from late 1988, you can see that he was using a Kramer with a pointy headstock for “I don’t believe in love” and it still sounds like the album. So I suppose any EMG loaded P/PJ bass will get you close
Thanks for the kind words! I really appreciate it! You are 100% right about EJ playing a Kramer during the Mindcrime era. Not sure if you're aware that during that period(1986ish-1990), Kramer owned Spector Basses. There's probably a pretty good chance that any Kramer EJ played actually had Spector guts, which would mostly be the HAZ preamp, which, I think, was exclusive to Spector basses(i.e. Kramer). I agree with ya', I think almost any EMG P/J bass'll get you most of the way there. EJ obviously sounding pretty killer with the Lull basses he's been using(RIP Mike Lull). Cheers!
@@pbass6811Very true about those Kramers, I just think some people think price or brand favorship means that expensive stuff is the only way to the sound. Spectors are killer basses regardless. I really want one. 😂 Thanks for the response
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