Gear Rundown: Alex Webster (Cannibal Corpse)

[@danadabrowski3366]

I like the fact Alex doesn't distort his signal . His good clean sound really helps to enhance his sound .

[@chrishampton1981]

Absolutely and it inspired me to do the same thing when I upgraded my bass rig this year. Created a 4 stompbox pedalboard going tuner to clean preamp to compressor and overdrive and using additional distortion and compression from the bass head to make the sound more aggressive and sit better in the overall mix next to the guitars and triggered bass drum sound of my band

[@thephoenixcycle8854]

He does sound like a real good, nice person 👍

[@DarcyMH]

I mean he uses an overdrive

[@mrpeace3860]

I mean, it just makes sense, since the guitars are already distorted - otherwise you'd just add more fuzz and end up with a frequency salad. A bass is made for low end and that way it just does that, without making everything muddy... I suspect it kind of would, if it weren't a little "gnarly" in the low end - so it still shines through (just like he said)

[@imtiaz3]

Yea it's a unique and interesting use of the B7K and even more when he had the B3K. It's an overdrive pedal with distortion but he dials it in such a way that he gets the aggressive attack but no fuzz or distortion. It I find it sits way better in the mix than going more crazy with the OD effects. It's inspired me to setup my darkglass pedals in a similar way where when engaged, nothign is fuzzy but it's articulate, especially with my 2 other guitar players. The B7K gives him alot of options, but also to avoid getting the fuzziness, when he had the B3K, I recall him saying he'd go into a compressor, and use that to lower the signal so he wouldn't get too much distortion from the B3k. Once again, very unique use. It's also funny how his B7K has his blend setting set at 100% wet and no clean signal. Very counter intuitive and it's what I can only describe as a clean OD metal tone, which is a contradictory name.

[@zackperkins6107]

Alex is a beautiful soul and just an overall mind blowing musician, I dont even play bass and I'm inspired by him.

[@chrishampton1981]

Alex is a truly awesome bassist and definitely one of the reasons why I started using Spector basses with my band. He has a great tone and playing style plus a very strong knowledge of music theory which is explored a lot in his book "Extreme Metal Bass" which has helped me a lot with my playing/writing

[@prashanthpadmarajan]

@@chrishampton1981 any idea where i could buy it? Like Amazon etc?

[@chrishampton1981]

@@prashanthpadmarajan Hi! Yes, you can get Alex's book via Amazon. Definitely worth having

[@tpl6963]

He was cute in his 20s nohomo

[@MCRUE78]

I met him a show yrs ago at a show in Tampa Florida . One of nicest guys on the plant and very very smart. The same night I also got to hang out and drink beers with George corpsegrinder . That dude is awesome to hang with .

[@aadithnarayanan3880]

With the beard he looks entirely different person.

[@LuisCarlos-oo9im]

Looks very older with beard, he seems to be 65 years old.

[@mariobroI0I]

Without his beard he looks 30 years younger r

[@METALHEAD-fh8qc]

@Aadith Narayanan. IRK.

[@nickfoster9350]

It makes him look like the grizzled death metal legend that he is. \m/

[@skyrtvoid0987]

and he looks so hot!

[@TDB97]

I always want an "aggressive clean tone" this is gorgeous

[@cd0u50c9]

Same. It's a mission to toy with that line of aggressive clean vs distorted and push it as far as you can.

[@jonzaker8880]

One of the most amazing bassist in metal

[@bustedhammer1212]

I never really got into cannibal corpse but I alex is one of the most insane bassists I've ever seen

[@southofheck]

That clangy bass tone is all i strive for in life

[@bryden72]

New strings help alot.. I've never liked new string sound strangely.

[@JonHop1]

Complete opposite... I live for that P-Bass with Flats Motown sound... Nothing better.

[@curleysimon3183]

He's definitely one of my favorite metal/ rock bassist

[@mono666]

Alex really is one of the best bassists to ever live, and you would never expect the most hardcore bassist to be the nicest dude

[@pastilance1]

The tone is sick! I am so glad I was finally been able to see them live last year!

[@commissardanilovsky5174]

Unassuming, down-to-earth, friendly, helluva a bass player!

[@generatorofheavy7761]

NEVER clicked so fast!!!🤘🏻😝🤘🏻

[@alexiatheconjurer]

the adoration i have for this man is unreal

[@tonybp]

I met him and got to talk to him for a few minutes at a concert in San Diego, we talked basses and amps. At the time he was big on Modulus basses. One of the kindest and most attentive people I've met.

[@braindead_johnny]

His clean and distorted tones are the best bass sounds i have ever heard. Its warm and straightforward 🤘🏽

[@CobaltLancer]

Is it just me or are a lot of metal bassists becoming Santa Claus? Tom Araya now looks like Santa Claus, now Alex?

[@totalbrootal]

And John Campbell too, but he's been like that for a while

[@baconslap9417]

He looks more like Jesus now. Like especially facially not just cus he has long hair and a beard, but like really like jesus

[@ryugantenkhehe]

and now Robert Trujillo becoming Danny Trejo

[@JonHop1]

Its called getting old... As you get older, you care less and less about grooming your facial hair.. I have a beard now as well.

[@EvilBlakey]

Having seen CC a handful of times in the last few years, I'd have to say the soundguy STILL hasn't found a place for Alex in the mix. Such a shame.

[@davidmorneau5260]

I think it could be better to line out his signal directly from the amp. He got a great head why dont using it for the PA?

[@scarabass3924]

he sounded monstrous when i saw cc it was like a bloodied chainsaw gunng gungg gunggg

[@cd0u50c9]

I have to agree with this from my own experience seeing them live.. The sound was all over the show and Alex didn't have his spot... Shame.

[@BradyIsAfagInHeat]

as talented as Alex is, he truly needs to be mixed in a bit better. but like he said with the guitars being G#/ a# standard its fucking hard to fill him it without it being too much.

[@robwarren5747]

If you're at the front at a CC gig you won't hear the the true Alex bass sound/ tone. Go further towards the back and you will!!

[@byrongardner9299]

I don't know what any of that means but god I love his music

[@Gourmet_Goon80]

That Spector bass is SICK. I’ve wanted a Stuart Spector bass for as long as I can remember.

[@chrishampton1981]

Spector basses are the best, I have a Euro 5LX and it sounds deadly through my bass rig

[@Gourmet_Goon80]

@@chrishampton1981 My dream rig would be a spector 5- or 6-string through a Trace Elliot amp and cabinet. I think Mike Starr formerly of Alice in Chains had a similar setup, and that sound was amazing!

[@chrishampton1981]

@@Gourmet_Goon80 Ah nice combination dude! Mine is a Euro 5LX through a Peterson StroboStomp HD, Darkglass Harmonic Booster, Seymour Duncan Studio Bass Compressor and Darkglass Microtubes B7K Ultra into a Darkglass Alpha Omega 900 head and Darkglass 4x10 cab

[@Farewelltokingz]

@@Gourmet_Goon80Mike Starr used ampeg

[@RodrigoCFD]

While other bassists have huge racks of effects, this guy uses 4 pedals and had his rig rundown in 2 minutes. The tone is in the fingers, folks.

[@dougwilliams44]

I'm gonna need one of those straps! for MY B7K Ultra! (Doug of "ORIGIN" & Cephalic Carnage"- Currently with KATAKLYSM)

[@maxbarrette8049]

Hell ya brother love your music🤘🤘

[@badkampot]

Alex awesome bass player. Please do more video with him! I'm not a fan of CC, but I saw a concert in Russia (1993) with Chris Barnes on the old VHS video recording. There were good times! For us, young guys from Russia who never heard such music, this was a great impression.

[@boogie3718]

Love the EQ on the darkglass pedal lmao *ALL THE LOW MIDS*

[@vitaliyarkadievich3662]

Cannibal Corpse its best attac-technic sound music. thank you guys for your energi ! Alex is iconic bass player in death metal

[@cd0u50c9]

I love his understated setup. Love the aggressive clean tone approach, it sounds so much more organic and natural than distorted tone. Having seen them live though his spot in the mix is not as solid as it should be, which is a shame..

[@floz8179]

Wish to see him one day... I think it will never happen but he's with steve harris my favorites bass players and my influence since a long time

[@aleksandrprokudin3777]

Happy birthday MetalMan!! (25.10.) thank you for the music!

[@Jeffmetal42]

Bless bands who still use stage amps. For those of us who like rocking out in the front row, we really appreciate it. I get going straight to the PA is way less work than hauling amps, but it takes away from sound closer to the stage.

[@Disciple0fMetal]

Cool gear rundown, I wish it had been alot longer.

[@janvirtanen6199]

Alex Webster, one of the few bass players in Metal that know their shit. \m/

[@matthewmacdonald7621]

always have loved the cadence of his voice.

[@dominicwood7422]

I definitely want his bass gear setup

[@dibbo9264]

One of my all time favourite Bassist’s Alex Webster Is A Machine 🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻

[@SlapMyBass3825]

man i should start looking into Darkglass. You guys got some serious talent with you.

[@lctdrummer]

Love that bass guitar....

[@MiguelMorales85]

I saw him yesterday in Madrid!! A metal god

[@louissemilia3964]

Alex is the man. Humble guy. Amazing musician.

[@iagopedroni2451]

His beard looks awesome

[@baritonecult622]

Watched this like 5x, Alex where are you Aug 4 2020

[@marciomalafaia]

Straps are Darkglass too!!! I never get blending 2 DI's right, he is using a compressed and distorted signal plus another DI clean. I always thought compressed DI was different from the distorted one and then blend these 2. I think I watched all Websters videos, I don't remember him using just one bass and the old Tonebone plus a Boss TU-2... Whatever. To hell all of this, I love his tone and musicality, if one day he decides to play trumpet I will seriously consider it too.

[@marciomalafaia]

@@Noah-oh7nm yeah but even in his other sig bass (the black one) he is using DG preamp! kzbin.info/www/bejne/aYe1fnx8d62Me6c But hyped or not, I think it would make sense for Spector to use DG tone capsule into at least his blooded spitted bass signature (and his SD pickups too!)

[@teodortsonev4442]

Alex Webster is very good bass player! Very skilled!

[@FingerBrokenBranches]

That's THE bass tone to have.

[@johnbillson3767]

i need to see these guys before its too late

[@jaymacdonnell4730]

One of the gods of bass

[@NHndrsn1234]

I use my darkglass to slightly break up my clean sound. Gives me a little more confidence and it’s sound really mean.

[@syracuse6651]

Incredible bass player , with extreme chops

[@rjc7289]

So I take it his sound doesn't actually go to an amp, but rather, it goes right from the pedalboard to front-of-house sound?

[@Farewelltokingz]

Yeah, the amp is pretty much just for stage

[@vest0levs]

Weird. I used boss odb-3 to pretty much achieve a very similar thing. Cool thing about it was it has mixer for dry and wet. Aids a lot to a nice punchy sound. Guitarists in the project were down tuned, too. I was basically as if a third guitar. xD

[@JorgeLeitner]

I think it's definately a good rig he's using, having those those two direct signals going to the board, seems to me like a very good option for the sound guy to tweak his sound and make sure he cuts through the mix. Let's be honest, mic'ing up a cab alone can be limiting to sit you in the mix.

[@TheStarshipBand]

It's interesting that he goes from the Bassbone preamp into the Darkglass. He did that when he was still using the old B3k too. I have the B3k and I've always plugged my bass into it then going from the pedal to the preamp stage of my Little Mark II and then to a Mooer Radar cab simulator (not using a real cabinet). Apart from lowering the volume before hitting the pedal as he says, are there any tonal differences going bass > Preamp > darkglass vs. the more typical bass >pedal > preamp? is that a signal chain that could/would work with other pedals as well (e.g. envelope filters, chorus, flanger ecc.)?

[@amortuus_]

Alex is a great bass player and is very intelligent, and also a good person, he is my crush, I don't care about his age.

[@Finn-gx6ir]

saw em here in L.A and when they were playing i noticed he grew a beard. thats how brutal this tour was haha.

[@jg-qi1xv]

how did I not know there was a gig on my birthday?!

[@martyllogroover4456]

Te quiero mucho Alex, gracias

[@santi-xj1qr]

best fucking tone I've ever heard

[@bsatyam]

That tone is mean as hell! Pure anger distilled into sound.

[@MB-yf8tu]

Alex Webster, THE BASS BEAST🤘🤘🤘

[@Pedram_Pazouki]

Alex is a hero

[@Unmarked_1]

So his onstage sound is just the dark glass through the Aguilar.

[@sebastianalejandroposadaca6571]

Alex is a beast

[@Bolonsio]

MY IDOL !!!!

[@the_bassiah]

Tone is godly.

[@tobiastnielsen9262]

YEEEEES !!! FINALLY !!!

[@pideuhweuh8459]

As good as the Darkglass stuff is, it's a shame to use DI signals through the PA when the guy uses an Aguilar DB751 with matching 8x10. Sure, using B7K in front of it makes it gnarlier but I want this cab mic'ed up !

[@salottin]

Yeah! And also he didn't even talk about it (which is part of the gear)

[@yerkofigueroa]

For the PA signal I think he uses de cab sim from the B7K, corrige me if I'm wrong... there is more info of that feature on Nolly's demo

[@RadityoPramAdi]

I watch this interview since last year and doesn't even notice he added ramp...

[@kingpriapatius5832]

YES

[@cliffordamey4822]

I don't even play bass but he has a great tone

[@joerausch5756]

Not the biggest cannibal corpse fan but man, what a killer tone!!

[@TrojanSalesmen1]

this man is jsut a fucking awesome god bass player

[@Palabrito.J.]

Man. He's amazing. And looks damn good with that beard! Whoda thunk.

[@rmccain99]

Why not use two fender 810 neo cabs? Nothing that Aguilar makes can match that. I mean you can have all the bottom, and the middle and all the top. They are ported 810 cabs.

[@neffalum]

What have you done to Alex

[@blgdinger3]

haha that's exactly how I would describe how I use my microtubes 500... aggressive clean tone. Soon as that gain goes a bit past halfway it's just too fuzzy for me, and I'm playing death metal in a band tuned to A#

[@ami2evil]

It's sooo heavy, you've shat yourself...

[@thomasforrest9810]

The beard looks so much better

[@IbtissamTrabelsi]

i hate when my idol getting old

[@turbostatic1]

"Clean tone" Alex is the Randy Holden of bassists

[@whimpy_ghost]

His tone is absolutely crackers

[@SabbaYT]

Do he use soap bar single coils?

[@METALHEAD-fh8qc]

Alex lives in my Home state. (NY). Just i don't live in Akron.

[@machmslf]

Fuck this im going to toronto in march to watch him crush bass

[@doobie8425]

Yeah but how many watts and ohm is his cab???????

[@mteresallorente8040]

He have only a time to the fans but is very good person.

[@guillemmcbass6331]

If Alex says it works, it works. End of the video.

[@kultovabomii7045]

Alex with a beard, this is unsettling lmao

[@bassnoob8214]

It's the wise nord shaman

[@PrinceArcanaXD]

What’s crazy is if you look at the pedal, the drive is very low

[@jrock-xs9vp]

Kick ass video

[@danadane2501]

Definitely the Steve Harris of Death Metal . He's right you need a clean sound to cut through heavily overdrive guitars. People sometimes loose sight of the fact the bass is completely different to a guitar .

[@elpeluca7780]

Plenty of evidence out there that you don't NEED a clean sound to cut through overdriven guitars

[@danadane2501]

@@elpeluca7780 I made that comment well over a year ago. I'm a student of the bass love playing/learning all aspects of the instrument. Of course you can cut through with a dirty tone. However a clean tone is preferential to me. Even for ultra heavy music.

[@TheManglerPolishDeathMetal]

MASTER

[@Sannypowa]

That sounds just the same as my Ibanez without pedals

[@AaronMorgan666]

Definitely my top, best bass player! He might not be super technical, but I know he influenced a shit ton of the bass players.

[@inigograu1628]

Not super technical? 😝

[@AaronMorgan666]

@@inigograu1628 I was going to say he is a God but I figured ppl would talk shit. I seriously think he is one of the best bassists we have and has influenced a ton of ppl.

[@inigograu1628]

@@AaronMorgan666 He's technical as hell but never wanky, which I love.

[@DiegoBustmanteCol]

Uno sabe que ya está viejo, cuando ves a Alex viejo 🤔😔

[@geraldinevenuto3329]

The bleeding great album

[@nicolasbeiersdorf9496]

he use a dimebag signature pedal

[@smofla13]

awesome player...when i used to play bass b4 i swited to guitar i used to watch alex and try copy the style........i got cramp in me fingers and thought nopeeeeee.....give me that guitar instead...

[@goregore5421]

Legend!!🤘🤘

[@CrebleStar]

Alex with beard kinda looks like a hybrid of Dave Mustaine and Dave Davidson xD

[@bondanjiwandana9492]

Damn he looks like araya. That beard, that hair, the way he talks

[@taurusguy9305]

I like more without the beard of Alex. I remember my elder sister had a huge crush on him and when she saw his recent look she was like "did they replace Alex in CC? Who's this old guy?"

[@nickap_ca6814]

He started talking a little bit like Rob haha

[@reches1029]

death metal viene de florida eeuu

[@androckgarcia3148]

Es raro ver a Alex con barba