The heaviest bass tone I've ever heard

#bass #bassguitar #metal #heavy
Sleep
Al Cisneros

[@carlosg4345]

Eléctric wizard , sleep , eyehategod , acid bath

[@jasminericenic]

the four horsemen of the sludgepocalypse

[@DBRguardian]

And buzzoven

[@malakisands8180]

I saw Eyehatehod and Acid Bath one time it was amazing

[@slitherybones3351]

Yes Audie pitre

[@monger6689]

Don’t forget weedeater

[@sebastianilabaca3295]

Completely sober lmao. Long live Sleep!!

[@jamescole2093]

This had me laughing too!

[@mikequinlivan8842]

And Om! That footage is (I think) from Om’s concert at Amoeba a long time ago. Dude was peaking during “At Giza.” It was awesome!

[@hiddenhand7686]

Haha I think theres a clip of the Amoeba Om set titled "Al Cisneros tripping balls"

[@fryewerk]

That’s the live Amoeba Om gig! Epic one.

[@jotcarey]

Hilarious. Before I even listened to the clip, I knew that the "heaviest bass tone" would have most of the low end cut. Even through my home stereo's 15" subwoofer, it sounds like it's rolled off at 120 Hz or maybe even higher. That's not heavy bass; it's bass kazoo.

[@pawelmatus]

Peter Steele's bass tone (and voice) were sooo deep, RIP Green Man.

[@reedrex1]

Arguably best front man/bass man combo

[@Impuritan1]

My all time favorite band. Miss them.

[@virginiaviola5097]

Pete’s bass lines and tone are epic, I absolutely agree. Type O’s cover of Cinnamon Girl is epic, and superior to Neil Young’s despite Neil hating it.

[@vicioushell5436]

​@@reedrex1 Lemmy

[@heatherbronson3151]

Peter Steele was amazing! He is pretty much a God to me. May his music live on forever.❤

[@ofir_likes_beer]

"Looking completely sober"😂😂

[@zyxc1754]

The guy from Primitive man has an absolutely smothering tone

[@lucky1173]

They don't have a bassist

[@gomebome]

@@lucky1173 they most definitely do

[@jordansloan2740]

@@lucky1173Jonathan Campos plays bass in Primitive Man

[@hegemonycricket2182]

​@@lucky1173but.....they do

[@crageranimations3915]

@@lucky1173are you high?

[@wallofdeath19]

I think you should do a ‘can they play behs’ episode for Tom Araya of Slayer.

[@SecondaryHomunculus]

Hell yes! (But as a longtime behs player & thrash fan, yes he can.)

[@richard_4stringmf178]

Well, his bass tracks were dirty, uneven and muddy, and Kerry King said that since late 90s Tom didn't play bass in studio.

[@AlfieForrester]

​@@richard_4stringmf178That's probably untrue, he was probably just bringing attention to himself because of his solo project

[@highonsleep4219]

​@@AlfieForrester you can find some of the Tom's recorded isolated bass tracks on the internet and let me tell, they are sloppier than sex in the nursing home.

[@AlfieForrester]

@@highonsleep4219 No, I mean the statement about Kerry playing bass

[@zardoz7900]

Back in the day when i smoked weed a lot, that's all I owned, a bass guitar and a boss overdrive pedal. I slept on someones floor.

[@user-py8di4nm2t]

THE doom metal sound.

[@TheKimjoh560]

That story reminds me of Linoleum by Nofx

He literally set a speaker on fire with his tone when I seen OM live

[@mddmax796]

Really a big Al Cisneros Fan, glad that this video was made.

[@roboriffer3424]

Everybody go listen to Sleep and Om right now you won’t regret it.

[@lovekilss]

u sounds like my dad 😂 he loves those bands

[@KuroNekoExMachina]

Om is so cute

[@KuroNekoExMachina]

I don't know why but Om always reminds me of Stoned Jesus.

[@milestiller154]

Om is absurdly good.

[@getupryan]

They peaked with Pilgrimage.

[@Mr666999666999]

"Look on to zion though it can been seen, Man on the moon cannot help me see!"

[@Trymr]

SO. If you really want to know what Al Cisneros is using on most of his stuff, it’s a Rickenbacker split with the Rick O’ Sound which splits the pickups into their own paths with a TRS split cable & then his neck is split again into wet/dry signals. The bridge pickup goes through a DOD 250 Preamp into a modded cranked Green Matamp 120. Then his Neck wet signal goes into a Boss DS1, then into another modded cranked Green Matamp 120. Then he has a small amount of dry into various clean bass amps. He’s messed with it over the years but that’s essentially his main way of getting that tone from Sleep/OM/live stuff. It’s quite the rig. Especially playing through those extremely heavy Green 8x10’s.

[@noneofyerbiz6321]

So his bass is heavily modified itself? Cuz it looks like he has a second bridge pickup and no neck pickup.

[@johnshipman2772]

Cool!

[@henizguderian5765]

Omg thanks. I have been looking for more info on his rig for ages I thought the cabs were 8x15s they seem huge for 8x10s

[@henizguderian5765]

​@noneofyerbiz6321 it's a custom bass from rickenbacker

[@yannibjorlam536]

@@noneofyerbiz6321 its his own signature rick model

[@pl33]

sleep rules

[@syeclements3158]

The dude working at my local head shop had The Science’s playing when I went in a few months ago and turned me on to these guys. They DO rule!!

[@Tyrannosaurine]

Incredible band.

[@squeegeemcgee3917]

OM too

[@Dan23_7]

Dopesmoker. 1 hour of pure pleasure 🎶🖤💜🔥

[@parsaerfani2979]

Do one on electric wizard

[@evgeniydragondog]

They tone mostly depends on guitars fuzz.

[@MeatSnax]

Bob Weston of Shellac has a bass tone so good they made a pedal to emulate it, and it fucking kicks

[@danielcombs3207]

One of the best bassist I’ve seen live playing a Rickenbacker was Chris Squire of Yes. He played the bass like a lead guitar. That was on the tour for “ Fragile “ in 1971. He was always outstanding. Check out his first solo album “ Fish Out of Water “.

[@RocketPunchArmy]

I went to a Type O Negative show in the 90s and Peter Steele's bass was insane

[@deangelostudios]

Lucky bastard! 😂

[@vannjunkin8041]

Yeah I'd definitely say his tone was the heaviest. Saw them 2wice

[@acmekanik9135]

I saw them at Livestock in Zephyrhills, FL(turned into mudstock..lol) right up front and the bass felt like it was turning my guts inside out, but in a killer way....lol. Sh*t got pretty crazy and my bro got rolled up into a muddy carpet. Ahh, memories.

[@Malum09]

The Bass tone from Godflesh is also pretty heavy!

[@RodrigoLaiho7]

Stretcleaner ...

[@Malum09]

@@RodrigoLaiho7 exactly!

[@niffingig5143]

Streetcleaner is heavy as all fuck!

[@cd0u50c9]

+1 for Godflesh - nothing compares.

[@cranklabexplosion-labcentr8245]

As someone wearing a Godflesh shirt rn you’re not exactly lying

[@astral.analog]

No fucking way you mentioned sleep. LETS GOO🤘

[@antoniozampetti7086]

Lemmy Kilmister, the king of heavy bass

[@TSE_WOODY]

On The Mountain at Dawn by OM has such a nasty tone, its so bloody good

[@matthewensign9683]

That and their song shrine builder.

[@anthonystrazza4586]

Flight of the eagle or bedouins vigil

[@stefanhamilton9413]

Felix Pappalardi of the rock group Mountain had the most beastly bass sound ever playing a Gibson EB-1 through custom Sunn bass amps using natural tube overdrive to an ungodly amount. I have still to this day not heard a more terrifying but satisfying bass sound. It had to be to compete with Leslie West’s gut piercing guitar riffs

[@xStabizorz]

His sound at Woodstock was monstrous

[@anonymone453]

The bass on the In Flames album Come Clarity that fucking tone crushes

[@blazinchalice]

I used to hang with Al and Matt when they were just young fellas finding their way with Asbestos Death. I am so impressed by how much of an effect they have had through their music, and how they have managed to stay out of trouble. Great job, guys!

[@somapusher]

Me too!! We probably know each other 😄

[@sellyso938]

I can't believe you did Al!! He doesn't get enough credit and neither do you! Thanks, man.!

[@santiagodiaz3358]

As soon as you said this was the heaviest bass tone I immediatly thought of Al. Sleep and Om rule!

[@etienneesp2860]

I was like "pretty sure it's not as heavy as Sleep's bass tone" when it started. Wasn't disappointed 😂

[@maxatrillionfatstacks]

Playing Sleep on a good sound system is quite the experience, you can feel when Al hits the strings.

[@nosome2605]

My favorite heavy bass tone is when Primus played those damn blue collared tweakers at Woodstock 94

[@seraphimdunn]

I am so glad to find someone else who has an appreciation for how insane that tone was

[@nosome2605]

@@seraphimdunn bro for real it was like a sound from another planet id give anything to have been in that crowd

[@hessex1899]

Al's seen UFOs split the sky like a sheet! My favorite is how he brought his "small" rig to the Amoeba record store show. His small rig, of course, is two Matamp GT200s and two 8x10 cabs.

[@Louzahsol]

Those weren’t 8x10s. They were 4x15s. I saw OM play at a small 250 person club and he had 4 ampeg SVTs running and it was insanely loud

[@hessex1899]

@@Louzahsol Oh, TIL. Thanks Lou!

[@Louzahsol]

@@hessex1899 they were really cool though. He had those 4x15s custom made along with his GT200s and 400 watt tube slave units. At one point he was using a combo of 2x18s, 4x15s and 8x10s. I’d imagine that was earth shatteringly loud

[@radioethiopiate9327]

4x15s is ludicrous. What a legend.

[@hessex1899]

​@@Louzahsol No doubt. I am a big fan of matamps and oranges. In fact I am seriously considering buying a GT120 MV this year.

[@Kcogg69]

Primus is probably the best I’ve heard, “Jerry was a race car driver” nuts

[@LoderryPlaysPVP]

Al Cisneros is a god among bassists

[@TheImmortalBagoly]

Man i love the way you speak, its so good to listen to. And i mean it.

[@jacklarson6281]

I saw Yes in the early 90's when they toured with all members of the band. Chris Squire played an extended version of The Fish where he must have dropped the tuning on the E string because at the finale of the song, he played it open and you could barely even hear it but the whole stadium shook.

[@justaguy2365]

Seeing that Rickenbacker made me think of Chris too!

[@SKY_DWELLER333]

Now do Dixie Dave of weedeater! Love how him and Dave Shepherd combined the bass in the guitar tones to basically sound like one instrument, also his tone is like a perfect reflection of his personality

[@ruiandrade9748]

Got the chance to see OM once back in Portugal and their sound was so massive and thick!! Normally Portuguese audience can be a bit loud as we tend to be talking and screaming during the sets but on this one everyone was in absolute silence and trance... was beautiful

[@jiesus2596]

you see, this is why I love and many others love this random behs channel on youtube. you actually dig into the sound, atmosphere, listen to the crowd. not really following the fad, just humble and willing to explore. unlike channels like that italian SLAP bass guy beating on a dead horse with content. i mean Christ man, it's Sleep on this kind of channel. what a treat.

[@stupideaglelambda4282]

Usual Lemmy's day at studio... R.I.P. metal grandpa

[@trex2251]

Yoooo never thought we’d get the recognition we deserve as doom metal bassists

[@martinfoster5163]

The heaviest bass tone I've ever heard live was from the Strangler's Jean Jacques Burnel. Sounds similar and I loved it.

[@donderix]

Al Cisneros, a LEGEND

[@bartonpercival3216]

To me personally, I love the tone of Tom Petersson of Cheap Trick. I think he also uses an Orange AD 200 thru Orange 4X12 cabs. That 12 string bass he uses sounds like a Jumbo Jet coming down the runway!!!!!! 👍

[@waltallen5516]

King's X - Pillow. I don't think you're ready.

[@kosmicwizard]

I love Sleep, last time I saw him play he was playing an Ampeg SVT into an 8x10

[@eric829]

If you're looking for a distorted bass that won't compromise the low end, I suggest a Boss Fuzz pedal

[@C02P]

Top 5 Geddy Lee bass lines?

[@mightyV444]

_My_ favourite is the riff he plays in unison with the guitar in 'Xanadu' 😊

[@djentmaster33]

Gustaf and Dick from Meshuggah have had the heaviest bass tones I've ever heard. Blows this tone away.

[@Dan.Solo.Chicago]

Speaking of heavy. I saw The Misfits way back in 1997, the Michale Graves era, and Jerry Only’s bass tone back then was… man, it’s hard to describe. It was huge. The gain was roaring, but it also had this kind of synth like dynamic to it. He was probably running some kind of rack gear to layer that complexity to his tone. I saw them again over 10 years ago, and he definitely boiled his rig down, because it wasn’t anywhere near as gnarly. At the 1997 gig, they had the curtains closed, and Only hit some notes to make sure he’s on, so you could hear just his bass alone, and it was like they had a T- Rex back stage they were about to bring out.

[@Tiffany-Rose]

The Bass Shaman himself 🙌🙌🙌 I love that man. Om is like my soul music 😌😌😌

[@cannutandrew1511]

You should do Bryan Gibson of Lightning Bolt

[@slobberkissintl3548]

You probably need to build your amp out of parts of the Titanic to achieve that sound though

[@user-zv6tz3uk5j]

Too many pedals to be used.

[@user-tw9pr3vu6i]

Nirvana - ENDLESS NAMELESS (1991 RADIO PERFORMANCE)

[@gabemclaughlin4171]

Al is a beast I have listened to all the sleep, om and his solo dub stuff it's all amazing

[@Ronno4691]

Barry Adamson from Magazine - his tone on The Light Pours Out Of Me (studio version) is very unusual: a mixture of Chorus, Delay and Phaser is beguiling.

[@daniellawhorne181]

I've been waiting for a video on Al! Also, day 80 of asking for Brian Gibson's bass tone from Lightning Bolt!

[@ghoststerio1]

what song is that. I need to know!!

[@wilsonkeeler5977]

Commenting to be brought back when someone answers

[@tuvok5564]

@@wilsonkeeler5977 I think its Sonic Titan by Sleep. The part he's playing is the bass solo before the lyrics kick in. Hope this helps!!!

[@UdoAdonis]

It is Sonic Titan

[@JTSunriseMusic]

Greatest Vid! Love deep bass tone, my favs are the 70s Rics (nailed it here), Gib RD Artists, and Kramer 6000B. I still have my Kramer, it shakes the house 😂

[@sirphineasluciusambercromb9114]

Insanely sick arse bass tone

[@j.gairns]

Now THAT is great bass

[@wevefriends]

Sounds like me shitting myself after eating school cafeteria food.

[@yummyjackalmeat]

Saw them live a few years back, it was the loudest show I've been to. Shook my whole body.

[@adammuzzy2578]

definitely up there. all time loudest show though was definitely lightning bolt. helps you're 4 feet from the wall of cabs though too.😊

[@richardsemuta1089]

Lemmy says hold my beer. Well, Jack n Coke that is.

[@bradi141]

To me, Krist Novoselic on the final bit of Foo Fighters' I Should Have Know goes so hard, incredible raw tone

[@michaelcarrig627]

Seeing them live was incredible. But when I first saw Al play with Om in high school my life changed.

[@mattblume3703]

That’s some straight up Doom Metal!

[@hessianmusicdealer]

This is one those tones one just cannot recreate with a computer. U NEED that tube rumble

[@coolybrewster2661]

SLEEP holy Mountain--- one of the best albums of all time.

[@jasonokay]

I used to use 4x12 1x18 emperor cabs with an old ampeg v4. So loud and crunchy

[@kyleingle1217]

The bass tone from the album Operation Mind Crime by Queensryche. Such an amazing bass tone on that album

[@LordEradicus]

I remember trying to get an ultra dark & heavy tone once, and my drummer told me to leave. 😄

[@Livemusic1800]

Lol 😆 🤣

[@angelmezarealestate]

This is the best copy you've ever made of any musician.

[@charlieevergreen3514]

Man, you blistered out a recipe for that. Nailed it. Excellent.

[@BSIII]

Al Cisneros is a straight up legend. Sleep and Om!!

[@leonardrockstein2700]

Proceed the Bassian 🤘

[@SirPhilosopher]

you’re shorts have me rolling. That jacket joke😂

[@egotheband69]

I did monitors for that guy once!Great guy great tone!He played through 4 Ampeg Svt classics- 4 x10 cabs and one Marshall 4x12 cab!

[@RomBoy1108]

"Hagrid! Dont drop the bass that hard, the stage is falling apart"

[@bassy9524]

Captivating as all hell man. Sounded sweet!

[@cyborgchimpy]

Al Cisneros is freaking legendary.

[@benjimartinnc]

The most badass bass tone I've ever heard!

[@lincolndeboer6830]

Bass tone of WORLD PEACE 😂

[@ninadsakha]

my whole room just vibrated

[@Runes_and_Men]

Sleep the GOAT

[@TitanScream]

Bc of this video i became a huge sleep and om fan

[@wujBat]

you nailed it!

[@mickeymassage]

I expected at those settings that the tone would sound like mush, but the results speak for themselves.

[@fredzep01]

The neighbors from miles around must love you

[@JeffCdeBaca]

I would use a hi/low split before the distortion- gain hi side and clean low side.

[@virtualpedestrian3271]

can finally hear bass on my phone

[@gurnblanston5000]

Playing through 18" drivers?? Feel it as much as hear it with those!!

[@marcogonzalez7323]

Hell yea, Al is a legend and one of the main reasons I play Rics

[@pooryorick831]

I want Entwistle. I always want Entwistle. Maybe you already have one, but there can never be enough.

[@michaelmenkes7233]

There is something incredible and unique about the Ricky wiring when both pickups are on full. Somehow the clarity and attack go way way up and then you can drive it like this. I've run mine just through a treble boost.

[@electricwizard3000]

Seen Sleep 3 times and Om twice. It's DNA level tone.

[@RoodiniCats]

Giving Al some love 🖤

[@bobwiegers]

"tune down to C" is doing all the work.

[@jonvia]

Demonic tone

[@b.rodclark334]

WHOA JAAACK... you got that right!

[@josephhutchins-mu5zu]

darkglass would make it sound 95% of that already.

[@RolodexEnigma]

First time I've ever seen Al mentioned on a bass channel. Hear his playing on Dragonaut by Sleep. Essential listening.

[@djayers]

"Figure in black stands before me..."

[@David-ck1qm]

I've been playing bass since 76. This is nothing more than a bass with a distortion pedal. I go for Jaco Pastorius when I had my fretless built. Now THAT'S tone. This is mud!