Wow, that's so cool! I've been listening to that music for so many years and I never realized that it was a Bass VI. I have been obsessing about it for a few days now, and planning to get one, but this video of what Robert is actually doing on the Bass VI is amazing to see! I will have to come back here after I get mine and learn all these parts!!
A fender or squier bass vi can have the sound changed even more due to the 4th selector switch switching it from treble bass and middle and the first 3 each can change each pickup from bass to guitar toned individually
@@zaccllewellyn8950 on ruclips.net/video/U1GkLuyBcYQ/видео.html they explain that the bass was actually incorrectly wired, but it was the one they preferred
Seriously. I cannot put enough enthusiasm into clicking that Like button. I really can't. So, take this as a hundred thousand million LIKES! This (and your Wish video) brought me so much joy. You nailed every nuance and your playing is genius. Thank you for sharing your talent! Yours is one of the purest and closest sounds of Robert's guitar, my mind is blown. My milestone birthday is in seven days, and as a gift to myself, I was looking for a good guitar that will help me achieve this sound. Disintegration truly is the best album ever. The serendipity of all the steps of my research led me to ebay, and led to putting the Bass VI on my watchlist while I pondered, and then to your channel-and you 100% helped solidify my decision. And THANK YOU for being kind enough to share your equipment list as well. I've had songs rolling around inside of me for years and they live in that world framed by Robert's sound. I am so excited that this is one large step closer to making that real. I'm currently using Guitar Rig and Amplitube in Logic Pro, which I know isn't really the same as real pedals and amps, but this gave me a huge point in the right direction-and so much inspiration. Truly, thank you for making my day. Please keep it up. Great stuff all around! High-fives!
This album for me is The Cure and Robert Smith's best. Like other masterpieces of the pop/rock genres it envelops the listener and pulls them into the body of the music. For me it's up there with Animals & Dark Side of the Moon, Born to Run, Meat is Murder, Appetite for Destruction. The kind of album that stays with you through a lifetime. I just listened to the originals on Tidal and these cover versions side by side, and they are so close it's quite remarkable considering that some of the gear although similar, is not actually the same as what Robert Smith used. Well done and thanks :-)))
This is awesome mate, so many bass vi videos online are just folk playing basslines on them. Great to hear these epic cure lead lines played on it, and you've nailed the tone on each one.
thank you for this, made me very happy, well done & great to get a better understanding of this instrument in relation to an album i THOUGHT i new inside & out
Hey thanks for doing this video. It's my fav Cure album and Robert's playing made me want to get a Fender VI but there doesn't seem to be any left handed ones around 😑 love the sound he does with it 9:25
I just got a Squier Bass Vi a few weeks ago and its been a blast. You'll love it. Its made me realize how extensively it was used by Robert Smith. Its sounds is part of what makes The Cure.
Hey there! first - congrats, I'm sure you'll have a great time with it. I have in my VI the Seymour Duncan SJAG-1 Jaguar pickups, which came stock with the guitar. I think Robert also has them in his signature VI
Thank you! I've used mostly chorus, delay and amp spring reverb, plus a lil' bit of added reverb later in the post production. you can read about all the gear used here in the description!
Well!!! Being a big fan of the Cure (especially for Disintegration, best album ever) after your videos I had definitely to get a Schecter Hellcat VI.. but I'm a bass player and I do not use/have too many pedals. I saw in your description that you have been using a lot of stuff: Vox AC15cc (blueback) Boss GE7 equalizer EHX Small Clone Chorus Boss DD7 delay Shure SM57 Steinberg CI2 Cubase 10 Artist What would you recommend as a basic set of pedals to get closer to your sound? Thanks indeed for any comment and well done again.. Impressive.
Thanks for the comment!🙏🏻 To get the basic “Cure” sounds (or let’s face it - new wave/post punk guitar sound) all you need is a good analogue chorus, delay and some reverb (could be the amp’s reverb as well). Rob’s particular VI tone is quite midrange-y, so I used an EQ pedal just to boost these frequencies a little bit and drive my amp a little more. But it’s not necessary.
First of all, You're welcome! and thank you for watching :-) As for the tuning, I play in a standard Bass VI tuning (E-e, one octave below regular electric guitar) but I'm tuned in this video a bit higher than concert pitch - 443Hz if I'm not mistaken, maybe even 445Hz. Because Disintegration was recorded fully analog, probably somewhere in the process the tape got a bit sped-up, thus the whole album is not in concert pitch. Hope I might have helped!
@@yoavlandau3063 you have been extremely helpful!!! Thank you again for the videos!! There honest to God the most helpful cure 6 sting bass videos I can find on the internet. My friends and I love them!!! Thank you for the tuning and reply!!
@@Daphney0310 Hey man, ask whatever you like, as much as you’d like! ;-) The answer for your question is ABSOLUTELY NO. I use the VI as a very low guitar, and I’m always plugged (as you can see in this video) into a guitar amp, not a bass amp. The same goes to a lot of other VI players: The Cure, Cocteau Twins, Slash, Joe Perry, Brian Moloko, John Frusciante, The Beatles... You see, your Squier has passive Jaguar pickups and it doesn’t produce enough low frequencies to do any harm to you amp. On a side note, I believe that the same goes to other passive basses, but I know that this stance is a-bit more controversial.
Hey there, first of all for making me aware of it - RUclips has not given me any notifications about this whatsoever. Unfortunately it has been temporarily blocked due to copyright issues. I'll try and sort it out to have the video back online, hopefully without modifying the original video too much.
Okay I'm lost - I see a guy (wonderfully) playing a GUITAR covering the lead GUITAR lines while the original bass in the background is completely different. How are these BASS covers, exactly?? What am I missing here?
So what I play here is a Bass VI - a six string guitar tuned one full octave lower than a regular guitar. So the four low strings are in the bass range (much lower than a baritone), while I also have high b and e strings. It has a long 30” scale length and it lives, both practically and sonically, somewhere between a bass and a guitar. it has a unique timber of its own, so a lot of artists (like the Cure and myself) use it more like a low guitar rather than as a bass. Hope I made it clear, and thank you for your compliment :-)
@@yoavlandau3063 Ah, thank you so much for the clarification - I knew I had to be missing something :) For the record, I bookmarked this video - and your other Cure & New Order ones - to use as MY tutorial on how to cover some of these songs. It's amazing to watch... and hopefully learn from ;)
Hahaha man, thank you! I really appreciate it! Honestly- a nice tube amp and lots of midrange. I almost always use a mid-boost with it. I have no idea how Robert sets up his cubes on stage, but they completely suck out the tone from his VI!
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This album is an absolute masterpiece. This sound is the perfect guideline through it
Wow, that's so cool! I've been listening to that music for so many years and I never realized that it was a Bass VI. I have been obsessing about it for a few days now, and planning to get one, but this video of what Robert is actually doing on the Bass VI is amazing to see! I will have to come back here after I get mine and learn all these parts!!
A fender or squier bass vi can have the sound changed even more due to the 4th selector switch switching it from treble bass and middle and the first 3 each can change each pickup from bass to guitar toned individually
@@zaccllewellyn8950 on ruclips.net/video/U1GkLuyBcYQ/видео.html they explain that the bass was actually incorrectly wired, but it was the one they preferred
Smith has a schecter bass 6 lately, but yeah, the fender bass 6 is a fabulous instrument.
@@diegobado1584 He always uses the Bass VI for recording though.
Seriously. I cannot put enough enthusiasm into clicking that Like button. I really can't. So, take this as a hundred thousand million LIKES!
This (and your Wish video) brought me so much joy. You nailed every nuance and your playing is genius. Thank you for sharing your talent! Yours is one of the purest and closest sounds of Robert's guitar, my mind is blown. My milestone birthday is in seven days, and as a gift to myself, I was looking for a good guitar that will help me achieve this sound. Disintegration truly is the best album ever.
The serendipity of all the steps of my research led me to ebay, and led to putting the Bass VI on my watchlist while I pondered, and then to your channel-and you 100% helped solidify my decision. And THANK YOU for being kind enough to share your equipment list as well. I've had songs rolling around inside of me for years and they live in that world framed by Robert's sound. I am so excited that this is one large step closer to making that real.
I'm currently using Guitar Rig and Amplitube in Logic Pro, which I know isn't really the same as real pedals and amps, but this gave me a huge point in the right direction-and so much inspiration. Truly, thank you for making my day. Please keep it up. Great stuff all around! High-fives!
This is amazing! Just got my Bass VI today, can't wait to play along!
Spectacular sound man!!! Even Robert Smith would be pleased!
This album for me is The Cure and Robert Smith's best. Like other masterpieces of the pop/rock genres it envelops the listener and pulls them into the body of the music. For me it's up there with Animals & Dark Side of the Moon, Born to Run, Meat is Murder, Appetite for Destruction. The kind of album that stays with you through a lifetime. I just listened to the originals on Tidal and these cover versions side by side, and they are so close it's quite remarkable considering that some of the gear although similar, is not actually the same as what Robert Smith used. Well done and thanks :-)))
Wow that’s really flattering, Thank you so much!!! And if it wasn’t obvious, I 100% agree with what you wrote :-)
Great cover and very good sound thanks for sharing
This is awesome mate, so many bass vi videos online are just folk playing basslines on them. Great to hear these epic cure lead lines played on it, and you've nailed the tone on each one.
Thanks man, really appreciate it!🙏🏻
Sounds great. Any reason why you picked the schecter and not a bass vi?
@@yoavlandau3063what strings were you using here?
thank you for this, made me very happy, well done & great to get a better understanding of this instrument in relation to an album i THOUGHT i new inside & out
what a great compilation 🙌👏👏
you play excellent 👍👍
Great!!!!! Nice sound!!!!
My favorite album! Great job. I really want to get a Bass VI style guitar at some point. That Schecter Hellcat you have sounds really nice
One of my favourite string instruments of all time, along with the Hurdy Gurdy and the (Hammered) Dulcimer
Cool thanks for sharing the EQ and playing tips
Really great tone
Absolutely beautiful -
Would love to be able to do this- well done
Although no 100% confirmed, it is likely the bass line for Fascination Street was recorded on the Bass VI.
need to be able to give multiple likes to this. tremendous.
That the tone was looking for...Perfect bro....you did it, best album in a century
Thats a awesome cover
Hey thanks for doing this video. It's my fav Cure album and Robert's playing made me want to get a Fender VI but there doesn't seem to be any left handed ones around 😑 love the sound he does with it 9:25
It’s a shame, even Perry had to play a righty Fender VI flipped upside-down before he got his own custom/ sig. models
find a luthier to do it for you
Check out eastwood side jack or hi flyer. They make leftys . Hooky 6 if you wanna get expensive. Comparable to this shecter
Wow, very nice sound man !
Good job man. Good tone too.
It's a shame, the cure never play plain song with that bass, Would be great !!!
Probably cause Simon wouldn’t have anything to do otherwise during this song
@@Lylodile maybe they could play the same parts, the leader guitar with the bass vi, and Simon with His bass , Would have a better sound
@@MsDavidboring or they could get simon to play the bass vi
@@alexsmith5511 He plays the Bass VI on "There is no if" (check the Trilogy performance) - so it's not unprecedented.
@@alexsmith5511 Or play the same what he plays with an octaver/whammy
Awesome work! Sounds perfect
Really lovely!
Love this song
Well, I have a favorite RUclipsr now. amazing performance!
Oh, thank you so much!!!☺️
thank you Mario
Gorgeous !!
Excelente sonido de esa Guitar Bass VI de Schecter, una consulta cual es la procedencia del instrumento?
I have the black schecter version of that baritone. I think I am going to learn what you have here
Great Compil ! Could you describe for each pedal the settings please ?
So great man! I just ordered a Squier Bass VI and will be doing all of this myself soon! Which pickups are in use?
I just got a Squier Bass Vi a few weeks ago and its been a blast. You'll love it. Its made me realize how extensively it was used by Robert Smith. Its sounds is part of what makes The Cure.
Hey there! first - congrats, I'm sure you'll have a great time with it.
I have in my VI the Seymour Duncan SJAG-1 Jaguar pickups, which came stock with the guitar. I think Robert also has them in his signature VI
hey Bro! sounds great. what effect did you use ? Flanger, chorus and some reverb ?
Thank you! I've used mostly chorus, delay and amp spring reverb, plus a lil' bit of added reverb later in the post production. you can read about all the gear used here in the description!
@@yoavlandau3063 Hi for the same water as you what is your setting for the delay (time)?
EHX Small Clone Chorus: How key do you think this particular chorus pedal is to the sound?
did Robert already use schecter on disintegration ? anyway good job, the sound is amazing
Well!!! Being a big fan of the Cure (especially for Disintegration, best album ever) after your videos I had definitely to get a Schecter Hellcat VI.. but I'm a bass player and I do not use/have too many pedals. I saw in your description that you have been using a lot of stuff:
Vox AC15cc (blueback)
Boss GE7 equalizer
EHX Small Clone Chorus
Boss DD7 delay
Shure SM57
Steinberg CI2
Cubase 10 Artist
What would you recommend as a basic set of pedals to get closer to your sound?
Thanks indeed for any comment and well done again.. Impressive.
Thanks for the comment!🙏🏻
To get the basic “Cure” sounds (or let’s face it - new wave/post punk guitar sound) all you need is a good analogue chorus, delay and some reverb (could be the amp’s reverb as well).
Rob’s particular VI tone is quite midrange-y, so I used an EQ pedal just to boost these frequencies a little bit and drive my amp a little more. But it’s not necessary.
@@yoavlandau3063 Thanks a lot Yoav!
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Tabs?
Hey man, do you have any tabs of this?
Bass vi has 4 selector switches if fender or squire what model is that schecter bass vi
Thanks for the video!! Aswell as the wish video!!! What is your tuning?!?!?
First of all, You're welcome! and thank you for watching :-)
As for the tuning, I play in a standard Bass VI tuning (E-e, one octave below regular electric guitar) but I'm tuned in this video a bit higher than concert pitch - 443Hz if I'm not mistaken, maybe even 445Hz.
Because Disintegration was recorded fully analog, probably somewhere in the process the tape got a bit sped-up, thus the whole album is not in concert pitch. Hope I might have helped!
@@yoavlandau3063 you have been extremely helpful!!! Thank you again for the videos!! There honest to God the most helpful cure 6 sting bass videos I can find on the internet. My friends and I love them!!! Thank you for the tuning and reply!!
I actually have another quick question for you!!!! If I plug my squier VI into a guitar amp combo/head and cab will it wreck the amplifier??
@@Daphney0310 Hey man, ask whatever you like, as much as you’d like! ;-)
The answer for your question is ABSOLUTELY NO.
I use the VI as a very low guitar, and I’m always plugged (as you can see in this video) into a guitar amp, not a bass amp. The same goes to a lot of other VI players: The Cure, Cocteau Twins, Slash, Joe Perry, Brian Moloko, John Frusciante, The Beatles...
You see, your Squier has passive Jaguar pickups and it doesn’t produce enough low frequencies to do any harm to you amp. On a side note, I believe that the same goes to other passive basses, but I know that this stance is a-bit more controversial.
@@yoavlandau3063 Thank you so much!! You have been a tremendous help!! Your a very kindhearted cool dude!
Great stuff, what pedals are u using there?
Thank you! All of the effects and processing I’ve used are written down in the description 😊
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What The position of The caps do you use? I want to buy a single pickup and I need to choice The bridge or The body
Hey man, what happened to the Wish Album covers?
Hey there, first of all for making me aware of it - RUclips has not given me any notifications about this whatsoever.
Unfortunately it has been temporarily blocked due to copyright issues.
I'll try and sort it out to have the video back online, hopefully without modifying the original video too much.
@@yoavlandau3063 Cheers!
What pedal did u use for pictures of yoy
How would I get this type of reverb?
It's a combination of my amp's mechanical, built-in spring reverb and Steinberg's very standard Roomworks SE reverb :-)
this sounds amazing, what chorus pedal do you use?
Thanks man! I use an EHX Small Clone.
Lower depth, higher rate to get a more “shimmering” sound
I heard Robert uses an boss sd1 on his bass vi, what songs are they?
all those guitar parts were originally played on this guitar VI?
Yes! I’ve only covered the relevant parts that were originally played on the six-string bass
@@yoavlandau3063 that's great! Congrats!
Pedals?
In the description 🙃
@@yoavlandau3063 Thanks! Great job!
Disintegration is a masterpiece.
Okay I'm lost - I see a guy (wonderfully) playing a GUITAR covering the lead GUITAR lines while the original bass in the background is completely different.
How are these BASS covers, exactly?? What am I missing here?
So what I play here is a Bass VI - a six string guitar tuned one full octave lower than a regular guitar. So the four low strings are in the bass range (much lower than a baritone), while I also have high b and e strings. It has a long 30” scale length and it lives, both practically and sonically, somewhere between a bass and a guitar. it has a unique timber of its own, so a lot of artists (like the Cure and myself) use it more like a low guitar rather than as a bass.
Hope I made it clear, and thank you for your compliment :-)
@@yoavlandau3063 Ah, thank you so much for the clarification - I knew I had to be missing something :)
For the record, I bookmarked this video - and your other Cure & New Order ones - to use as MY tutorial on how to cover some of these songs. It's amazing to watch... and hopefully learn from ;)
@@rvle.35mm These parts were originally played on the bass VI, so I covered them with the same instrument :-)
I could swear I hear Robert playing..
The schecter bass vi signature model looks so wonky. i wish they didnt shape the body so weird lol
How can you make your Schecter sound like Fender while even Robert himself can’t ??
Hahaha man, thank you! I really appreciate it!
Honestly- a nice tube amp and lots of midrange. I almost always use a mid-boost with it.
I have no idea how Robert sets up his cubes on stage, but they completely suck out the tone from his VI!
fuck i always thought it was a guitar LOL
Pls have my baby’s
Already did. NOW GET UP AND FEED THE LITTLE ASSHOLE!
@@yoavlandau3063 oh I’m definitely showing this to my kids once you’re famous