How to get Peter Steele's bass tone

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Bass Tone | Peter Steele | Type O Negative

[@PewciSlayer]

"Me and this guy are the same species." You're a vampire?!?!

[@Fuck_handles]

Good one XD

[@paulpennington-mv7rt]

But... if that were true Peter would be here, Now... today. Only his sound vampire's on and still, metaphorically, going for blood. . . 😮 🦹 🥷 on bass, voice, he was. 🆗😎🆒🎸🎼

[@brett22bt]

@@paulpennington-mv7rt I think he uses a Vampire pedal as well.

[@damyoinin]

Obviously! Hes British!

[@Ryan-vg4wn]

Maybe they're both horses...? Its something i would definitely be telling my viewers and anyone else that had ears

[@libraryofpangea7018]

The fact that he hot glued it in place is freaking hilarious

[@paulus3317]

He also tuned to B on a 4 string. That impacted the tone as well. Nicely done, mate!

[@backwardslash]

So B E A D?

[@user-iv7kf1dt6p]

​@@backwardslashYes, they were configured in the B standard

[@PIKL_Creep]

Did he tune down or use a bead bass??????

[@paulus3317]

@@PIKL_Creep I think he tuned down. Which Bass has a great video on his rig, kzbin.info/www/bejne/bmOVf3iqp5mMfrs

[@skallagrimm6226]

Actually Type O was in the Drop D But good try.

[@weisswurstfruhstuck8523]

The superglue idea made me laugh hard. So simple and easy if you once got your preferred setting just never ever touch it again! 😂

[@michaelpacinus242]

It’s hot glue! Which comes off much more easily

[@cameronvadnais4388]

​@@michaelpacinus242also, super glue is a brand name. It's actually called cyanoacrylate.

[@michaelpacinus242]

@@cameronvadnais4388 you can tell on the video it’s not any brand of CA. It’s hot glue. Read.

[@Metal_Horror]

​@@cameronvadnais4388you're the type of guy that calls Band-Aids adhesive bandages, aren't you.

[@jamesadamgleason9471]

Clearly never took any pedals out of your bedroom

[@sullyb23511]

You nailed it! Long live Type O!!!!

[@danielatherton1631]

The only thing missing is copious amounts of feedback

[@Wondering_Ghoul]

(deep breath) BE MY DRUIDESS! BE MY EEEVERYTHIIIING!

[@serenitygilles7064]

I'll do anything.....

[@hallonegative]

BE MY-HIIII-IIIIIIII-YIIIIIIIIII-IIIIIIII-YIIIIIII

[@ceciliacorson1804]

🫠❤

[@1shogunate696]

@@serenitygilles7064to make you

[@Oqualquer]

This is one of the most unique sounding basses I've ever listened to. Peter Steele was a real living legend, man. Sadly it is not anymore at our side... R.I.P 1962-2010

[@fraggan753]

sounds horrible.

[@dupp5730]

This is one of the gnarliest BEHS tones I’ve ever heard

[@ferox965]

Steele always had a cool, unique sound. It always felt like a machine that's running.

[@tooth9047]

he also mixed the heavily processed signal with a clean signal, which allowed it to still sound weighty and cut through the guitars

[@WallBreakerOfficial]

So thankful I had a chance to see them play live.

[@madameshadow5222]

Me too. One of the perks of being old. 😆

[@timtapp5931]

Absolute wall of sound they were

[@alexcomixinc]

Day 2 of asking for Les Claypool’s Behs tone.

[@C_475]

I second this

[@alexcomixinc]

@@C_475 Ah, so we meet again. Fellow Primus fan. I know we’ll get this video one day.

[@KingBoner]

I want this

[@jxorz6013]

Depends on the era, but it's mostly steel rounds with varying levels of tube preamp overdrive and a just enough compression to even things out. Boost your lowest frequencies, cut the low mids a little, boost the high mids a little and the treble just enough to make chords shine. Dude dabbles in all kinds of effects, but you can get the basic sounds from a number of amps and preamp pedals, more easily using one with bi-amped or blendable distortion.

[@C_475]

@@alexcomixinc some day so we can all suck

[@austen_p30]

Type o negative still has to be the most underrated band ever

[@chartrucker]

R.I.P. Peter Steele. That man was a real legend.

[@cannibal4976]

BEEEEE MYYYY DRUIDESSSSS

[@hallonegative]

BEEEE MYYYY EEEEVERYYYYTHIIIIII-HIIIIIING

[@Zwamp1fy]

BE MY EVERYTHINGGGGG

[@Sandstroem82]

Must resist the temptation of correcting his usage of “super glue” when it should have been “hot glue”😂

[@Beo_TigersEye]

HAPPY 30 YEARS OF BLODDY KISSES 💚🖤

[@ilmwemo]

jesus christ his tone is fucking amazing

[@sourcoal]

Could u pleeease do Krist Novoselic, his bass sound is just so iconic and chilling I need to know how to recreate it.

[@ComicalSatania]

I also want this one

[@artificial844]

Replying to boost this

[@e_j_]

that's easy. the lower the strap, the more tone

[@sourcoal]

@@e_j_ ah! Now that makes alotta sense! Thank you 🙏

[@Guacko]

I'd really love to hear this too

[@samkeen]

Goddamn, Superman plays bass! “Man of Steel” indeed!

[@jchuck8932]

They went mad for it cause Pete's a fucking legend.

[@tahoverlanding]

The closest you've gotten to matching tone yet. Except for that time you used the same audio for both lol

[@marko1978st]

Hahahaha.....that one was hillarious

[@blairhicks7129]

Honestly you could have told me this was the same audio and I would have believed you. He nailed it

[@georgehazard1986]

Peter is a goddamn legend.

[@SlipknotIsTheBestBandEver]

Peter Steele aye? Well fitting name for that tone

[@The_sinner_Jim_Whitney]

If you were playing a 35" scale tuned to B with 5-string-size strings (and I think maybe a smattering of delay), that'd be REAL hard to tell from the real deal.

[@watchinghh]

there was a little something extra in yours but pretty damn spot on. way closer than i couldve gotten. well done.

[@gonnfishy2987]

Room acoustics

[@jmp0035]

No it was an E that should’ve been an Eb

[@SirRigbyBaconKaiser]

I love PEH-ters Behs tone.

[@NoseCandyKermit]

Video idea: Danny Sapkos favorite bass string list

[@kristopherdavidson2097]

Cheers Danny! Very happy to see this!

[@tombstoneharrystudios584]

First time I saw him in Kerrang I thought “Peter Steele is what I imagine The Kurgen from Highlander to sound and sing like if he were a rock star!” Needless to say it was enough cause for me to buy a Type O Negative album

[@Dead_Again1313]

Thought you meant his voice and looked forward to hearing your voice chang. 😂 Dead on with the axe though.

[@michaelstagar4254]

We may have lost the man but his incredible tone and vision live on.

[@DavidWilson-fr1et]

Ooof, that's a beautiful B E H S. What make and model is it ?

[@merciless2032]

Hey man, I don't know if you see this but let me tell you I love your videos! :D Your positive energy always brings a smile on my face, keep up the good content brother!

[@MainelyW212]

Positive energy maybe, but the negativity and hate (he uses the word hate) towards extended range instruments and his judgmental critiques on things like playing style and where you hold your instrument sours me. I give the guy chance after chance, I really do…. But, even just the arrogance around changing the spelling of bass…. Maybe I’ll come around to him, and covering Peter Steele helped… but something about this Plucky Brit turns me off… just my opinion

[@mase444]

​@@MainelyW212 B E H S

[@laurahenriksen19]

Sounds damn good 👍🏻

[@SpaceVENTING]

RIP to a legend. Also excellent job recreating the sound.

[@ambibambi1875]

Peter steele is a BABE ❤😩

[@jayherman159]

Was

[@bakebake7485]

Elephant Gym pls

[@matthewkell6134]

Peter's Esh Stinger bass also had a piezo pickup system mounted in the bridge, which accounted for that extra top-end sizzle you hear on songs like Be My Druidess.

[@robdavis3498]

Dude that's got to be as close as possible! Nice job man! ❤

[@tonybp]

Gluing the settings on the pedal sounds like Peter all right. RIP Green Man.

[@buggeddoll3304]

Thank you very much for the video, I was looking for exactly how the bass distortion was done in that song (Be My druides), one of the best by the way

[@martinvannostrand8488]

“Can you believe that me and this guy are the same species?” that killed me

[@r.l.six-musicandrecords552]

Fucked nailed it, man!

[@jcook693]

cuz we love type o negative and we love you dan

[@niteshades_promise]

Hot glue, not super glue, and that's an awesome idea.🍻

[@Sinas-bw6tu]

Thats the sound, nice man!

[@Metal_Horror]

You absolutely nailed this one.

[@Farewelltokingz]

Eddie Jackson from Queensryche next?

[@therandomdj124]

THAT IS SO FIRE 🔥

[@MKYeahBuddy]

Perfect. I liked his playing. Miss Type O!!

[@Dravenscrypt]

Peter is the best bass player ever. Funny that he was left handed, imagine if he used a left handed bass?? 🤯

[@rooster5146]

Beater Stills Piss tone sounds great :)

[@typeorulz]

Well done! Thanks for this ❤

[@19tank81]

Love your videos it makes me want to pick up Bass again! It’s been 23 years since I played used to have a Fender P Bass.

[@WalldoTheWInner]

He was a real one of a kind.

[@benhubbell7525]

Type o was so good and Pete's voice was absolutely fucking incredible

[@Joachim_adrian]

Frank bello from anthrax

[@worcestershiresauce7002]

Just bought a super-chorus and stumbled on this video, this in my new favorite tone. PERIOD.

[@Bastos.]

THANK YOU I LOVE YOUR VIDEOOOS

[@dimebagdarrell83]

urcool

[@roaming740]

he should do Jerry's bass tone next

[@michaelallen3207]

Perfect thank you

[@horrorpickles]

🗣️ BEEE MY DRUIDESS BEEEE MY EVERYTHIIINNNNGGGG ‼️‼️‼️‼️🔥🔥🔥🔥💯💯💯💯

[@yjytjet]

Great video! Can you do Mike Starr please?

[@oztekofficial8150]

love peter so much

[@user-gn6jx8my6e]

Nailed it

[@Poepopdestoep]

Also, almost everything in stereo! That's what made it very unique.

[@Zwamp1fy]

BE MY DRUIDESS 🗣️🗣️🗣️🔥🔥🔥‼️‼️

[@ipoison3862]

"Can you beleive me and this guy are the same species" I'm dead 😂

[@Streetpartymarty]

nicely done!

[@blairhicks7129]

Holy crap… you freaking nailed it to a t

[@KJKanon]

I don't think any of us are the same species as Peter Steele. He was one of a kind.

[@chuckselvage3157]

RIP Pete Steele

[@mase444]

Thanks Danny🙏🙏

[@Smashingblouse]

Amazing. God I miss him

[@drizztdourden1060]

Well Done!

[@bevrosity]

my favorite bass sound from them on this one

[@SlipknotIsTheBestBandEver]

Do how to get John Entwistle’s bass tone

[@Aaron-zh4kj]

So happy for this video to come to finally be reality. Also, I'm pleasantly surprised to see all the love for Peter Steele's bass sound here in the comments, seeing as its a pretty radical sound. But truly, it's amazing and original. I'm gonna have to go on a Type O binge now.

[@2656112]

Be My Druidess !!!!! Be My everything!!!!❤❤❤❤❤

[@tomjonian1]

Wow the same. I think I have a good Peter Steele sound but your info helped a lot. Thanks

[@namastezen3300]

Thank you

[@HBSuccess]

Nailed it!

[@arosonomy]

You're so good at this sheesh 😂

[@marijanbarac1216]

Peter had some really unique and interesting bass lines throughout his career not all of which were distorted...he also had this nice smooth almost upright tone with some sort of tapewounds...besides being one of the biggest writers in type o negative and having this ultimate low voice and still being able to hit the high registers pretty effortlessly...well...he was the epithome of bass...hence why people went mad over this...yet he is often overlooked somehow...but seriously...some killer lines and the use of powerchords and octaves...and a very unique sonic quality to the whole band...good job mate, nailed it...i only have to add..his bass and kenny hickey's guitar had "sustainiac" pickup which could make their notes ring indefinitely creating those low drones band is known for

[@Bastos.]

The perfect coment doesnt exis-

[@marijanbarac1216]

@@Bastos. hahah ;) love for the misfits btw

[@Bravo-Too-Much]

Hot glued

[@K.J.734]

'Can you believe that this guy & me are from the same species?' 🤟😂❕️🍻

[@dechamp0]

Great !

[@ziggystewart1]

Great vid !!

[@cosimobaldi03]

Really good this time

[@tonesdad0408]

I love his bass tone

[@petersteele5475]

Love Type O, I've always wanted to have a copy of his Esh Stinger 1 but most copies have 2 pickups and his only had one single coil pickup on the bridge. Peter Steele is the reason I love bass guitar and I want to try and learn how to play as well

[@gumbly4174]

Thank you so much. My band is doing some TON covers and I really needed this. 🙏 Ik what you mean by you and him being the same species lol. I’m doing the bass and vocals because me and Peter’s voices sound eerily similar even tho I’m and entire foot shorter than him and not jacked at all lol.

[@upstateplumbing9995]

So sick

[@aldorechiasson]

Nice 🤘

[@madhatter7862]

Chris Squire Chris Squire Chris Squire!

[@taffyistrashy]

Spot on

[@drgonzo305]

That’s obviously hot glue not super glue?!?! Has the world changed this much, has it gone that insane?!??

[@The_sinner_Jim_Whitney]

It's clear silicone caulk.

[@drgonzo305]

@@The_sinner_Jim_Whitney no way Peter Steele’s figuring out how to use a caulking gun, no way in hell. Now a glue gun, every 1st grader in America learns how to use a glue gun and that is low heat glue

[@The_sinner_Jim_Whitney]

@@drgonzo305 Um... I've been using a caulk gun since single-digit age and don't know that I've ever once used a hot-glue gun. Hot glue guns seem like an ENORMOUS liability to put in the hands of a bunch of grade school kids, I'm pretty certain that's not a thing. If you're a grown man that doesn't own a caulk gun, I feel sorry for you and your family. Even if Peter Steele was mentally handicapped and couldn't use one, it wouldn't matter because he had techs to do that sort of thing. Clear silicone is widely used on the road for exactly this purpose. Keeps everything where you want it, but easily peels off if you need to change your settings for a particularly weird-sounding room or if you need to sub in a different piece of gear for a malfunctioning one or whatever.

[@kunonoki]

why does it matter so much to you of what he used? he used glue to keep it in place his desired tone. you’re making a big deal out of nothing

[@The_sinner_Jim_Whitney]

@@kunonoki I'm not. That's what it is, it's VERY commonly used with road crews and anyone with experience in the trades can see it from a mile away. That dude talked to me like my hair was on fire for suggesting something so preposterous, so I tuned him up. I give nary a damn what he or anyone else on the internet thinks of me, and I was never a dick about it like he (mistakenly) was.

[@autumn2333]

He also had a prototype sustainiac in the neck position of his basses, and he used black strings which I think were flatt wound, but I don't know about that, all I know is they were black.

[@ShatteredAutomaton]

I love Type One Getive

[@sakminis]

I wish you also gave settings and plugins/gear used, very cool toans