Paul Grey's tone

[Purple Alien]

Quick question.

Does anyone know how to get paul grey's tone in the song Gently?

[BassPlayingPineapple]

the bassist for Slipknot right? Well im pretty sure he uses Warwick Thumbs. There's a start :thumb:

[irishslappop]

paul grey has no tone, hes drown out by the other 49 members of slipknot.

[sixner]

paul grey has no tone, hes drown out by the other 49 members of slipknot.

or 9.... :rolleyes:

he plays through Peavey 8x10's + warwick's.. not sure of the head or eq'ing though. i dont follow that close...
-sixner

[irishslappop]

or 86million.... :rolleyes:

he plays through Peavey 8x10's + warwick's.. not sure of the head or eq'ing though. i dont follow that close...
-sixner
thats about right

[Jody LeCompte]

Slipknot used to be so cool, then they decided to let everybody they've ever had a beer with in the band...

[Sergio]

paul grey has no tone, hes drown out by the other 49 members of slipknot.
I suggest you get a good pair of headphones and listen to them. You'd be suprised. (And if you've done that already and still say that, well I feel sory for you.)

And on the song Gently, it sounds like he has the mids turned down a bit...

[sixner]

thats about right
not a slipknot fan i take it...

http://slipknot1.roadrunnerrecords.com/shared/pictures/Slipknot/SLIP_16-LORES.jpg

9.. only 2 guitar's..bass, drums, percussion's, synths, dj, midi's, singer

i believe thats right, not posative..
-sixner

[Esp Griffyn]

or 9.... :rolleyes: -sixner

8 :thumb:

EDIT: By the way you worded it, you said he was being drowned out b the other "9".

[sixner]

8 :thumb:

look at my picture bud... when they list them w/ numbers... count the 0...
012345678

edit : oh, my bad :lol:
-Sixner

[Sergio]

9.. only 2 guitar's..bass, drums, percussion's, synths, dj, midi's, singer

i believe thats right, not posative..
-sixner
2 Guitars (Mick and Jim), 1 bass (Paul), 1 Vocals (Corey), 1 drums (Joey), 2 percussionists (Shawn and Chris), 1 DJ (My main man Sid), and 1 Sampler (Craig). ;)

And I hope that the people who put down Slipknot for having 9 members aren't fans of the Mars Volta, who have nearly as much...

[Jody LeCompte]

lynard skynard had like 20

Its kinda bad when you can lose half your band in a plane crash and just keep going...

[FenderSRX]

This is sort of off topic, but have you guys heard slipknots first cd (it was never released, so Im guessing not) but its really cool paul is actually a pretty damn good bass player, they played like jazz, funk, and mixed it with metal it was quite intresting.

[Esp Griffyn]

This is sort of off topic, but have you guys heard slipknots first cd (it was never released, so Im guessing not) but its really cool paul is actually a pretty damn good bass player, they played like jazz, funk, and mixed it with metal it was quite intresting.

Mate Feed Kill Repeat

Made everyone think Paul was an awesome bassist. Really just made him overrated.

[Jody LeCompte]

If I might be allowed to say so...

My buddy Saber had slipknots newest cd and it seems like they're getting their act together and starting to write more serious music. But...I may have been stoned...

[FenderSRX]

Mate Feed Kill Repeat

Made everyone think Paul was an awesome bassist. Really just made him overrated.
Yeah thats it, but its cool how now that he holds back a lot in there newer stuff. Its nothing incedible but it pretty cool.

[I play that funky music]

paul grey has no tone, hes drown out by the other 49 members of slipknot.

:lol:

[Purple Alien]

ok thats great...so does anyone know how to get his tone on the song Gently...

[rh15951]

paul grey has no tone, hes drown out by the other 49 members of slipknot.

You sir, are certainly an asset to the forum. How I wish there was a wanker smily...

[Down'd Angel]

its amazing how a simple question about paul grey turns into a little dispute...i am sorry, i am not sure on paul's tone exactly how he achieves it...i'll do a little research for ya on that...

but sometimes i think there shouldn't be any topics allowed about paul grey how it is for hmmm...the guy from the band that starts with a blink and ends in -82...because people always go off topic from the subject for instance, this one about his tone in Gently on how good or bad of a bassist he is...

no one really wants to hear your thoughts about him in this thread, the threadstarter only wanted to know how to achieve his tone...if you wanted to dispute over his level of skill in playing...go to the Slipknot Thread (http://www.musicianforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=215427) and discuss it there...

[Purple Alien]

its amazing how a simple question about paul grey turns into a little dispute...i am sorry, i am not sure on paul's tone exactly how he achieves it...i'll do a little research for ya on that...

but sometimes i think there shouldn't be any topics allowed about paul grey how it is for hmmm...the guy from the band that starts with a blink and ends in -82...because people always go off topic from the subject for instance, this one about his tone in Gently on how good or bad of a bassist he is...

no one really wants to hear your thoughts about him in this thread, the threadstarter only wanted to know how to achieve his tone...if you wanted to dispute over his level of skill in playing...go to the Slipknot Thread (http://www.musicianforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=215427) and discuss it there...

Thank you :)

[irishslappop]

it was quite intresting.
wow, i wonder what happened?

[EADG]

I thought they considered their sound engineer a member of their band, making 10 members. Someone told me that.

[BassPlayingPineapple]

paul grey has no tone, hes drown out by the other 49 members of slipknot.

Bahahhaha! That cracked me up! :lol:

[Tryxx]

Yeah, I'm going to have to poke this back on topic.

[thelowsoundofbass]

well first he has a warwick corvette, not a thumb and he likes to use quite a bit of mids

lowsound

[FenderSRX]

its amazing how a simple question about paul grey turns into a little dispute...i am sorry, i am not sure on paul's tone exactly how he achieves it...i'll do a little research for ya on that...

but sometimes i think there shouldn't be any topics allowed about paul grey how it is for hmmm...the guy from the band that starts with a blink and ends in -82...because people always go off topic from the subject for instance, this one about his tone in Gently on how good or bad of a bassist he is...

no one really wants to hear your thoughts about him in this thread, the threadstarter only wanted to know how to achieve his tone...if you wanted to dispute over his level of skill in playing...go to the Slipknot Thread (http://www.musicianforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=215427) and discuss it there...
What the **** are you doing then?

[Tryxx]

He's directing people to the Slipknot thread for the proper discussion, now what are you doing?

[sk8inbassist17]

click on this link that should tell you all your need to know.

just scroll down to the bottom of page and it will show his tunings, effects, basses etc.

http://www.bassplayer.com/story.asp?sectioncode=21&storycode=9002

hope this helps

[faelun]

lynard skynard had like 20

Its kinda bad when you can lose half your band in a plane crash and just keep going...

hahahahha wwooaaah lol :amaze: that was a good one! I <3 slipknot but i found that hilarious:thumb: Kudos to you

[Purple Alien]

could the low tunings of his bass help with that clanking sound in gently?

[Jody LeCompte]

could the low tunings of his bass help with that clanking sound in gently?
I didnt think he downtuned

I thought he used a fiver?

If its clanking its probably cutting back the bass a bit, maxing out the treble, and boosting the mids a good bit. A pick helps as well.

[Purple Alien]

I didnt think he downtuned

I thought he used a fiver?

If its clanking its probably cutting back the bass a bit, maxing out the treble, and boosting the mids a good bit. A pick helps as well.

he downtunes mainly to B, F#, B, E...I on the other hand have a 5 string lol..so i can downtune it F#, B, F#, B, E hmm might sound interesting lol...

[sixner]

I didnt think he downtuned

I thought he used a fiver?

If its clanking its probably cutting back the bass a bit, maxing out the treble, and boosting the mids a good bit. A pick helps as well.
i think i remember him saying he isint really a 5 string kind of guy, and stuck with a 4 and just alted tuning's....

-sixner

[thelowsoundofbass]

i think i remember him saying he isint really a 5 string kind of guy, and stuck with a 4 and just alted tuning's....

-sixner

he plays four stringers and he doesn't use a pic

lowsound

[Purple Alien]

im not an expert but..

http://www.uta.fi/~varpu.kiviranta/galleria/Provinssirock2005/07-%5BSlipknot_Paul_Grey%5D.jpg

[thelowsoundofbass]

im not an expert but..

http://www.uta.fi/~varpu.kiviranta/galleria/Provinssirock2005/07-%5BSlipknot_Paul_Grey%5D.jpg

never heard of him using anything other than a warwick, hmm what kind of bass is that?

lowsound

[Akira]

never heard of him using anything other than a warwick, hmm what kind of bass is that?

lowsound
Well that is a really old pic, I am nto suprised it is not the bass he uses now.

[Sergio]

Well that is a really old pic, I am nto suprised it is not the bass he uses now.

Actaully, when I saw them back in March he played that bass for most of the show. it's an Ibanez ATK. That pic looks recent too, it looks like he has the new mask on.

[sixner]

he IS allowed to use more than one bass :lol: he is more known for his warwick... but, i wouldn't be surprised if it was a recent pic... although, it seems somewhat old to me? but im not real sure...
-sixner

[Sergio]

he IS allowed to use more than one bass :lol: he is more known for his warwick... but, i wouldn't be surprised if it was a recent pic... although, it seems somewhat old to me? but im not real sure...
-sixner
I'm pretty sure it's new. Even if it isn't, he's been playing the ATK more often, I saw it with my own two eyes!

[Purple Alien]

anyhoo the point of that pic was to show he uses a pick...

[White_Summer]

he definetly boosts mids and bass, maybe flat treble with NEW strings, that is the biggest part of gentlys tone new strings thats how he gets the clank and the crisp tone