If you're curious about his gear there's an old article somewhere on the internet where he talks about what he's modified, his pedals, and his cabs (old Traynor 8x10s).
The heads are (were) two Acoustic 450s and a Peavey Festival Series F-800B. All these heads have distortion knobs that are set all the way up. When I saw them recently, it looked like he only uses the Peavey now. These heads are cheap if you can find them.
You guys should check out The Strzebonsky Noizescene. They have a similar distorted bass sound with hard pounding drums that will blow your brains out.
I use a jazz bass, guitar overdrive pedal, light compression, and a tube preamp to get this sound. Don't forget a pick! I think an octaver would do wonders on it too, but I have yet to try.
I actually have pretty good success with the DFA tone by plugging my bass into my brother's old 15 watt guitar amp, then cranking the gain all the way up in overdrive. It isn't exact, but it's pretty close and a fun sound on it's own.
@Ravemecaptain That's cos its a 15 watt guitar amp, the distortion you hear isn't coming from the amp, its the speaker clipping itself hundreds of times because the magnet that was designed for a guitar can't handle the low frequencies of the bass. Eventually the speaker is going to kill itself. good thing its only a shitty 15 watt amp.
you JUST CANT listen on youtube and know what its like to ba at a DFA show. that bass is fucking intense!!!!!!!! I fucking love these guys, are they back or are they just doing one show at Coachella?? any1 know>>>?
@achickensandwich Girls Against Boys and DFA1979 revolutionized conceptual bass playing. Many a joke are made about just cutting out the bass, these bands went almost entirely the other way on that one. I appreciate it so much.
@halifuckinfan I dunno if it's a revolution - DFA is sort of Stoner Rock riffage meets Disco groove. But it certainly took a man such as this to epic-ly nail the fuck out of it and blow a few peoples minds.
@achickensandwich you make that sound like it's a bad thing ;) a lot of their grooves are deep and sexy enough to consider baby making music, though the title "dead womb" might be a bit of a turn off :P
rickenbacker 4001 with 2 traynor cabs wired with PA speakers...a wah pedal, a Ibanez synth bass pedal...and im pretty sure he messed with the pick ups to get the distortion on his 4001, but on his gibson G3 or whatever model it was, he uses an Ibanez distortion pedal...plus it runs through his korg or moog synth so the sound is even beefy-er
Saw these guys at the El Mocambo in Toronto about a year before this, back when they were just Death From Above. Best show I've ever seen. They hit the stage like a bomb going off and didn't take the foot off the pedal for the entire set.
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omg this fucken sucks lol idk how people could jam to this shit this is were fucken music died poor fuckers who cant make music but yet somehow manage to fucken get a crowd
If you guys miss DFA1979 as much as I do,there's hope. There's this band from the east coast in Canada called SpeakerScam and they sound like these guys but they're instrumental and a little proggy,check em out! myspace dot com slash speakerscam
@goronstyle you can't even take the time to spell retard? I'm sorry he cant play bass with his fingers. He should be playing a squire or an esp if he wants to use a pick not destroy the pick guard and a $3000 dollar bass that has a two year waiting list.
@bassmaster0425 Hey man, I'm taking my 3rd year in the jazz program in university, I have a '78 fender jazz bass, and a '73 Rickenbacker 4001. They are basses, and as a bass player you have to accept that, you can't go around saying shit like that.
My rick cost me 1200 bucks CANADIAN. Its amazing what you can find. I play my rick like that sometimes...it's his money, he can do whatever the fuck he wants with it...fucking idiot.
@ianonfire first off im talking new ric ass hole i dont care about you little program or bullshit of the such im saying personal preference, fingers. most skill, fingers. yes it is his money but play the instruments on your level dont fucking rape a beautiful work of art and as an american i can say what ever i want, and when did i ever say they weren't basses??
@bassmaster0425 I was referring the basses as instruments in general. They are art, but with out someone,it's just a bass. Are you are one of those people who will just stand in front of an instrument, dumbstruck by the look of it, and then wont use it as it should be used? Ricks were made to be played on. Basses were made to be played on. I have personally held Jesses bass. Its is in amazing condition, but WAIT I see something that is a dealbraker as a buyer of instruments a DIRTY PICKGUARD!
@ianonfire on a bass that expensive if i was buying a used one it would be a deal breaker all im saying is with a pick u risk damaging it and i agree 100% they are for playing but i believe a bass is better played with your fingers rather than a pick
@bassmaster0425 You can't get that sound on my rick unless you realy attack with your fingers. The sound you get on any guitar, when played with a pick sounds completely different than with fingers. So he wouldn't be able to play this without his intensity and his playability with a pick. Plus it doesn't feel right playing a rick with your fingers...it's just... not natural.
@ianonfire if u have a thick enough calis or u use the back of ur finger with the nail u can get that same sound and what kind of amp do you play out of and i love playing a ric with my fingers i mean look at how cliff burton did it or geddy lee it just seems right when u feel it but thats personal preference thats all but i do have to say for a pick the intro is very well writtem but the vocals i can live without
@bassmaster0425 See now you're just telling me different things you don't like about this video, just don't watch it if it disturbs you so much. And I am using either an SWR 350 head, with 4x10 cab, or an ampeg like the one JFK uses. I'm sure it's not my equipment. Play it like you said to play it. I've been playing bass for 15 years, i'm sure my calluses are tough enough to play hard enough, but you wont be able to get the sound of a pick with your fingers. Not saying its impossible.
@bassmaster0425 you can't have a name like bassmaster if you're disregarding the use of plectrums it's another technique like slapping and playing with your fingers none of them require more skill than any others the skill is in using them right like imagine a death from above song with slap bass it just wouldn't work to get the really heavy tone jesse has he's rewired it and his amps and he feels that how he has it works best with their songs it's his choice his money and his band
@bassmaster0425 Sometimes when dealing with full on narrow minded wastes of good people oxygen who think they know best and think their word is testament, in this case, you, I use slang words that come across as a spelling mistake to the ignorant, again in this case, you.
@goronstyle Wow did you take the whole month to write that? its not being narrow minded its a matter of preference and knowing the style and technique and its place in music there are many pick using bassist that have more skill than most ex. Justin Chancellor of Tool the ignorant individual is you to to the fact you obviously think that this is my only musical horizon and the fact that i never called it a spelling mistake but insulted your laziness for not taking the time to spell out the word
@goronstyle agreed, a toast: To all music brand or breed, be it picked or plucked, screamed sung or rapped, music is music and it keeps the art alive for years to come, it will never die and always prosper, let us drink for bands and music to come for styles may come and go but the heart will live for ever!
btw anybody saying thats a guitar with bass strings is tool clearly its a bass and the idea of some one taking a guitar rewiring it, giving it new pick ups and changing the pegs is ridiculous b/c it still would sound shitty compared to actual bass
as for the overdrive i cant really tell, considering dfa rarely uses strings that arnt overdriven its quite likely theres no peddles but dfa is an effect oriented band so there is also
This band seems very intresting to me as bassist, though I'm not sure if I could pull off the whole Lemmy chordal bass thing, but this guy does it really good.
lookin for husbands so tired of testosterone jacked pricks creepin on us in da club. errr, well, what the hell else was I supposed to expect at the club?
It's not guitar, its Rickenbacker and Ric itself has pretty much distortion and when you combine it with thick distortion pedal and amp, you get that sound.
@HellOnHeaven theres no distortion pedal, the distortion comes from a solid state amp with the drive up. if you see its a peddle its a cry baby wah. and it is a guitar... a bass guitar.
patev4 you have got to be the dumbest person in the world, for one thing dfa is know for just being bass and drums...and saying youre in a band with a friend who has a 4 string guitar? either his guitar has two empty spots or hes also dumb enough to not know he owns a bass, i want to kill you
HAHA MAN!! shut up you yo yo's I've seen them over a dozen times, its a BASS and drums. THey were known for having an insanely rocking full sound with only two members.
you better be trolling or learn to count. there are only four tuning pegs on that headstock because it's a 4 string bass not a 6+ string guitar.
It's really easy to get feedback on a bass if the amp is loud enough. I got it on a cheapy fender squire by turning the tiny amp all the way up and getting the bass right next to it. Hummed to a crescendo and i stopped it before the speaker blew out.
@chipthetormentor I didn't say what kind of amp he was using. I don't know much about amp types, I was just telling PATEv4 that it's a bass, not a guitar, whatever the amplification system is.
distorted basses are something that is dangerous to your amp unless you know what your doing or in JFK's case amps which will produce that sound naturally
@tom5677 you mean the feedback? yeah, i was young and stupid, but as soon as it sounded like too much i dampened the strings and turned down the volume. Now I'm trying to learn to play again, and learning how to use my crybaby bass wah. ^...^ I played with other instruments for the first time is about 5 years today. I totally sucked, but I'ma keep at it.
ive discovered the closest i can get to JFK's tone is using my big muff wth my morley wah slightly pushed down (not so much its too wahhy but not so little the tone is filtered)
@tom5677 Interesting... I just use an old, pretty brutal distortion pedal (Boss Heavy Metal or some shit) and a shitty chorus pedal (to get the feedback to dance around like that). I hated the big muff on its own, maybe the wah makes a difference.
You can play guitar through a bass amp no problems at all. I do it all the time. However you CAN NOT play bass through a guitar amp that will blow some stuff lol try it sometime its fun
You can play guitar through a bass amp no problems at all. I do it all the time. However you CAN NOT play bass through a guitar amp that will blow some stuff lol try it sometime its fun
Man I miss DFA, they uised to come to London Ontario A LOT and play at Call the Office, I was there for every show. Then the last time I saw them was with NIN and QOTSA in Toronto right before they broke up. it was weird to see them play at a big venue. I miss these guys
i hate it when i just become old enough to start going to shows and then all these bands that i would love to go to , that i have liked for years, are broken up, dead or the closest tour stop near me is a plane ticket away.
Sorry, but this is fake. It's actually the audio from untrust us with a fake video of DFA1979. Nice try assholes, you can tell they're not even playing that.
If you're curious about his gear there's an old article somewhere on the internet where he talks about what he's modified, his pedals, and his cabs (old Traynor 8x10s).
The heads are (were) two Acoustic 450s and a Peavey Festival Series F-800B. All these heads have distortion knobs that are set all the way up. When I saw them recently, it looked like he only uses the Peavey now. These heads are cheap if you can find them.
Ender605 2 months ago
This makes me which I was David Wyn Casey.
JesseTheDoorman 5 months ago
I've been using my bass pod xt live and come pretty close to getting the right sound, but the original always sounds better
BassFaceMacePlace 5 months ago
You guys should check out The Strzebonsky Noizescene. They have a similar distorted bass sound with hard pounding drums that will blow your brains out.
yesshead 8 months ago 3
can't. fuckin'. wait.
psychedelicunicycle 8 months ago
with the bass come goose bumps to those who experienced the magic of london 5/5
hcasperk 8 months ago
I use a jazz bass, guitar overdrive pedal, light compression, and a tube preamp to get this sound. Don't forget a pick! I think an octaver would do wonders on it too, but I have yet to try.
Emm1Twe4kz 10 months ago
how to create a typical DFA1979 Song:
1) Take a blurred bass-guitar
2) take a plec
3) experimenting with the guitar some riffs
KeineMofaCrew 11 months ago
I actually have pretty good success with the DFA tone by plugging my bass into my brother's old 15 watt guitar amp, then cranking the gain all the way up in overdrive. It isn't exact, but it's pretty close and a fun sound on it's own.
Ravemecaptain 11 months ago
@Ravemecaptain That's cos its a 15 watt guitar amp, the distortion you hear isn't coming from the amp, its the speaker clipping itself hundreds of times because the magnet that was designed for a guitar can't handle the low frequencies of the bass. Eventually the speaker is going to kill itself. good thing its only a shitty 15 watt amp.
CFFDan 7 months ago
WERE LOOKING FOR WIVES SO TIRED OF SLUTS COMING TO US IN CLUBS WITH THEIR COCAINE
Wesleyrules 11 months ago 6
19 people dont saw the fucking rickenbaker
charly46imo 11 months ago
0:34
cheesieguy 11 months ago
the bass sounds inmense and the drums... meh. Like trash cans
fede018 11 months ago
the bass sounds inmanse and the drums... meh. Like trash cans
fede018 11 months ago
I'M SEEING THEM IN LONDON
TheTomWIlliams 1 year ago
@TheTomWIlliams HOW MUCH DID YOU PAY? I PAID 70, BUT I WOULD HAVE PAID 700
hcasperk 1 year ago
@TheTomWIlliams
when are they playing?
tom5677 11 months ago
@TheTomWIlliams 0.o i thought they broke up
matoro1989 11 months ago
wow, if someone can't tell a bass from a guitar, visually, sonically, or stylistically, they deserve some death from above.
el9ctronic 1 year ago 3
COME TO NY
swingAE86 1 year ago
@swingAE86 They will be at Camp Bisco X in upstate NY this July.
staygo1d 11 months ago
From the ashes, Death From Above 1979 return.
crobs10 1 year ago 35
@crobs10 they have risen...
noah65jg 10 months ago
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qpqojfmeinqiengqoe 1 year ago
La cocainaa no es buena para su salud. La cocainaa is no gooood for yoou!
qpqojfmeinqiengqoe 1 year ago
the drums sound like shit!
fede018 1 year ago
It's a 4 String Rickenbacker Bass? OMFG!
yurithepunk 1 year ago
you JUST CANT listen on youtube and know what its like to ba at a DFA show. that bass is fucking intense!!!!!!!! I fucking love these guys, are they back or are they just doing one show at Coachella?? any1 know>>>?
numbchucking 1 year ago
@numbchucking I want to know too cause I'm about to do whatever it takes to go if it's the only show.
naspyro1511 1 year ago
@numbchucking Check the website. Blog post from the band, and they've announced a show in Austria also. They're back. PHO REEEAL
chiltron 1 year ago
they are back.
kacei 1 year ago
Sounds like he's using a bit of chorus aswell. Might be the recording though.
Ataborman 1 year ago
Looking at the comments it appears 90% of us viewers are simply bassist masturbating over Jesse's tone
achickensandwich 1 year ago 69
@achickensandwich Girls Against Boys and DFA1979 revolutionized conceptual bass playing. Many a joke are made about just cutting out the bass, these bands went almost entirely the other way on that one. I appreciate it so much.
halifuckinfan 1 year ago
@halifuckinfan I dunno if it's a revolution - DFA is sort of Stoner Rock riffage meets Disco groove. But it certainly took a man such as this to epic-ly nail the fuck out of it and blow a few peoples minds.
achickensandwich 1 year ago
@achickensandwich To fill so much space sonically with the bass in a non slap and pop mannor blows me away.
halifuckinfan 1 year ago
@achickensandwich Stoner rock riffage meets disco groove meets hardcore punk. Yeah?
KillSeattleLewis 3 weeks ago
@achickensandwich you make that sound like it's a bad thing ;) a lot of their grooves are deep and sexy enough to consider baby making music, though the title "dead womb" might be a bit of a turn off :P
matoro1989 11 months ago
@achickensandwich you sir are correct
fenderjazz1440 6 months ago 3
@achickensandwich What else is there to do over his tone?
Hojunhu 1 month ago
rickenbacker 4001 with 2 traynor cabs wired with PA speakers...a wah pedal, a Ibanez synth bass pedal...and im pretty sure he messed with the pick ups to get the distortion on his 4001, but on his gibson G3 or whatever model it was, he uses an Ibanez distortion pedal...plus it runs through his korg or moog synth so the sound is even beefy-er
DuBSTePPiN92 1 year ago
I swear to god, at 1:11 and 1:15 it sounds like a fucking jungle cat coming out of that bass.
spencerdudd 1 year ago
can anyone suggest some bands similar to this?
it's so fucking good
nerflung 1 year ago
@nerflung The Carps. Their also from toronto and use bass/drum. Search "Compton To Scarboro"
toher24 1 year ago
@nerflung And So I Watch You From Afar.. (not that similar but fuckin awesome and you will like them ;)
CoMiN08 1 year ago
Fuck yes.
AggieMaryann 1 year ago
Post wave
nzwwefan 1 year ago
This video is A-mazing. Sounds terrific for live footage
CymbalOfLove 1 year ago
Saw these guys at the El Mocambo in Toronto about a year before this, back when they were just Death From Above. Best show I've ever seen. They hit the stage like a bomb going off and didn't take the foot off the pedal for the entire set.
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omg this fucken sucks lol idk how people could jam to this shit this is were fucken music died poor fuckers who cant make music but yet somehow manage to fucken get a crowd
11rockero 1 year ago
epic video
5 thumbs up
surrealevolution 1 year ago
epic performance anyhaw lol
Alcatar 1 year ago
What kind of guitar is that? I play bass but I'm thinking of switching to the electric guitar and I want one like that.
Donnieosmond 1 year ago
@Donnieosmond its a rickenbacker bass, you troll
harrysnuffelbeer 1 year ago
@Donnieosmond LOL
zarigunn 1 year ago
@Donnieosmond lol thats hilarious
evmister94 1 year ago
are you guys seriously retarted? its a 4 string rickenbacker bass with distortion wow you people dont know your instruments
expertgamerz101 1 year ago
the only reason i watch this video is cuz of the white ric
angelscrush 1 year ago
@angelscrush same, i want one :(
roryinHD 1 year ago
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If you guys miss DFA1979 as much as I do,there's hope. There's this band from the east coast in Canada called SpeakerScam and they sound like these guys but they're instrumental and a little proggy,check em out! myspace dot com slash speakerscam
ironz18 1 year ago
watch as he rapes the ric with a pick what a disgrace
bassmaster0425 1 year ago
@bassmaster0425 you are a tard.
goronstyle 1 year ago
@goronstyle you can't even take the time to spell retard? I'm sorry he cant play bass with his fingers. He should be playing a squire or an esp if he wants to use a pick not destroy the pick guard and a $3000 dollar bass that has a two year waiting list.
bassmaster0425 1 year ago
@bassmaster0425 Hey man, I'm taking my 3rd year in the jazz program in university, I have a '78 fender jazz bass, and a '73 Rickenbacker 4001. They are basses, and as a bass player you have to accept that, you can't go around saying shit like that.
My rick cost me 1200 bucks CANADIAN. Its amazing what you can find. I play my rick like that sometimes...it's his money, he can do whatever the fuck he wants with it...fucking idiot.
ianonfire 1 year ago
@ianonfire first off im talking new ric ass hole i dont care about you little program or bullshit of the such im saying personal preference, fingers. most skill, fingers. yes it is his money but play the instruments on your level dont fucking rape a beautiful work of art and as an american i can say what ever i want, and when did i ever say they weren't basses??
bassmaster0425 1 year ago
@bassmaster0425 I was referring the basses as instruments in general. They are art, but with out someone,it's just a bass. Are you are one of those people who will just stand in front of an instrument, dumbstruck by the look of it, and then wont use it as it should be used? Ricks were made to be played on. Basses were made to be played on. I have personally held Jesses bass. Its is in amazing condition, but WAIT I see something that is a dealbraker as a buyer of instruments a DIRTY PICKGUARD!
ianonfire 1 year ago
@ianonfire on a bass that expensive if i was buying a used one it would be a deal breaker all im saying is with a pick u risk damaging it and i agree 100% they are for playing but i believe a bass is better played with your fingers rather than a pick
bassmaster0425 1 year ago
@bassmaster0425 You can't get that sound on my rick unless you realy attack with your fingers. The sound you get on any guitar, when played with a pick sounds completely different than with fingers. So he wouldn't be able to play this without his intensity and his playability with a pick. Plus it doesn't feel right playing a rick with your fingers...it's just... not natural.
ianonfire 1 year ago
@ianonfire if u have a thick enough calis or u use the back of ur finger with the nail u can get that same sound and what kind of amp do you play out of and i love playing a ric with my fingers i mean look at how cliff burton did it or geddy lee it just seems right when u feel it but thats personal preference thats all but i do have to say for a pick the intro is very well writtem but the vocals i can live without
bassmaster0425 1 year ago
@bassmaster0425 See now you're just telling me different things you don't like about this video, just don't watch it if it disturbs you so much. And I am using either an SWR 350 head, with 4x10 cab, or an ampeg like the one JFK uses. I'm sure it's not my equipment. Play it like you said to play it. I've been playing bass for 15 years, i'm sure my calluses are tough enough to play hard enough, but you wont be able to get the sound of a pick with your fingers. Not saying its impossible.
ianonfire 1 year ago
@bassmaster0425 you can't have a name like bassmaster if you're disregarding the use of plectrums it's another technique like slapping and playing with your fingers none of them require more skill than any others the skill is in using them right like imagine a death from above song with slap bass it just wouldn't work to get the really heavy tone jesse has he's rewired it and his amps and he feels that how he has it works best with their songs it's his choice his money and his band
KyleUnwin 7 months ago
@bassmaster0425 Sometimes when dealing with full on narrow minded wastes of good people oxygen who think they know best and think their word is testament, in this case, you, I use slang words that come across as a spelling mistake to the ignorant, again in this case, you.
goronstyle 1 year ago
@goronstyle Wow did you take the whole month to write that? its not being narrow minded its a matter of preference and knowing the style and technique and its place in music there are many pick using bassist that have more skill than most ex. Justin Chancellor of Tool the ignorant individual is you to to the fact you obviously think that this is my only musical horizon and the fact that i never called it a spelling mistake but insulted your laziness for not taking the time to spell out the word
bassmaster0425 1 year ago
@bassmaster0425 you know what. i dont care. lets just have a drink n be happy
goronstyle 1 year ago
@goronstyle agreed, a toast: To all music brand or breed, be it picked or plucked, screamed sung or rapped, music is music and it keeps the art alive for years to come, it will never die and always prosper, let us drink for bands and music to come for styles may come and go but the heart will live for ever!
bassmaster0425 1 year ago
trash
mosquitofeliz 1 year ago
great song, great band
fuck mstrcrft give me dfa or give me death
btw anybody saying thats a guitar with bass strings is tool clearly its a bass and the idea of some one taking a guitar rewiring it, giving it new pick ups and changing the pegs is ridiculous b/c it still would sound shitty compared to actual bass
as for the overdrive i cant really tell, considering dfa rarely uses strings that arnt overdriven its quite likely theres no peddles but dfa is an effect oriented band so there is also
atticjax 1 year ago
Fucking in love with taht intro
MaSTeRMMA 1 year ago
That's weird it's a guitar with heavy strings and only 4 of them. I've never heard of that before..
TheblankofDeath 1 year ago
@TheblankofDeath
thats a bass guitar dude
SexyMidget100 1 year ago
@TheblankofDeath what in the world are you smoking bro?
Nick5379 1 year ago
@TheblankofDeath
SUCCESSFUL TROLL IS SUCCESSFUL!
chilidog0 1 year ago
@TheblankofDeath
Well you've never seen a bass, congrats!
JujuForTheWin 1 year ago
@TheblankofDeath BASS GUITAR. Look it up.
rockomundo 1 year ago
@TheblankofDeath
omffgg, I can't belive the complete lack of sarcasem people have!!!
Is it not obvious this guy was joking people?? :P:P:P
blackblackgrey 1 year ago
@TheblankofDeath lol, i dont think this guy was serious.
ianonfire 1 year ago
Best 2:49 of my life every time I watch it. Thanks so much for posting.
Ravemecaptain 1 year ago
This band seems very intresting to me as bassist, though I'm not sure if I could pull off the whole Lemmy chordal bass thing, but this guy does it really good.
obscurebandfan 1 year ago
lookin for husbands so tired of testosterone jacked pricks creepin on us in da club. errr, well, what the hell else was I supposed to expect at the club?
roxyrollerrz 1 year ago
we're lookin for wives so tired of sluts come up to us in clubs with their cocaine
cavitt89 1 year ago
It's not guitar, its Rickenbacker and Ric itself has pretty much distortion and when you combine it with thick distortion pedal and amp, you get that sound.
Man, some people are just so fucking stupid.
HellOnHeaven 2 years ago
@HellOnHeaven theres no distortion pedal, the distortion comes from a solid state amp with the drive up. if you see its a peddle its a cry baby wah. and it is a guitar... a bass guitar.
mercuriusfm 1 year ago
@mercuriusfm
Yes, i wasn't sure was it pedal or just a state amp but i agree with you.
HellOnHeaven 1 year ago
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aww death from above is taken i was gonna use it as a band name for our future band FUCK....gotta go to plan Q
chachas21 2 years ago
yeah, and it was taken by perhaps the best band ever to have existed
smurphatron 2 years ago
patev4 you have got to be the dumbest person in the world, for one thing dfa is know for just being bass and drums...and saying youre in a band with a friend who has a 4 string guitar? either his guitar has two empty spots or hes also dumb enough to not know he owns a bass, i want to kill you
decentinexposure 2 years ago 3
i agree, that guy is a fucking idiot. he calls everyone on here retards when he's quite CLEARLy wrong lol
Cheezy1989 2 years ago
haha... good point mate.... I want to kill the cunt too!
KALASHNIKOVSS 2 years ago
HAHA MAN!! shut up you yo yo's I've seen them over a dozen times, its a BASS and drums. THey were known for having an insanely rocking full sound with only two members.
numbchucking 2 years ago
I got into these guys right after they broke up, and once I found out about that break-up, I haven't been happy ever since.
RicochetKing2113 2 years ago
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This is a guitar, not a bass.
Fuck you, all of you!
PATEv4 2 years ago
Wrong....retard. It's a Rickenbacker, looks like a 4003FL. And that is a shit ton of effects he has on it namely distortion.
Kurzgan 2 years ago
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Fuck you faggot, it's a guitar!
Everyone is wrong, I am right!
PATEv4 2 years ago
*facepalm*
smurphatron 2 years ago
Double post, my bad.
PATEv4 2 years ago
Fuckin retard it is a bass guitar with distortion
SkullOnRoses 2 years ago 2
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Fuck off dipshit. It's a guitar with a bass amp.
PATEv4 2 years ago
weird bro, clearly it has four strings. But whatever...
musomuzo 2 years ago
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Dude, it's a guitar with four strings. =)
Never seen that before? Well, I did, my friend has one. We're in a band together.
PATEv4 2 years ago
yer, its called a bass.
mate, it is clearly a bass with very thick distortion.
lsiten to the sound properly if you still don't believe EVERYONE here
Cheezy1989 2 years ago 7
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Why are you trying to prove me wrong when I already know what it is? I feel like whole world is against me, lol.
Are you people fucking deaf? It's a G-U-I-T-A-R, not a bass guitar. But whatever, I'm done arguing.
PATEv4 2 years ago
What the fuck. I should punch you in the face with my foot fist.
AbbysFinest 1 year ago
@PATEv4 Oh wow..... Dude shut up.
rockomundo 1 year ago
*facepalm*
smurphatron 2 years ago
Actually, it's a bass with a PA which is feedbacking (Is that even a word? lol)
TheBlindingDark 2 years ago
you better be trolling or learn to count. there are only four tuning pegs on that headstock because it's a 4 string bass not a 6+ string guitar.
It's really easy to get feedback on a bass if the amp is loud enough. I got it on a cheapy fender squire by turning the tiny amp all the way up and getting the bass right next to it. Hummed to a crescendo and i stopped it before the speaker blew out.
matoro1989 2 years ago 12
@matoro1989 hes not using a bass amp, its just normal 8x10 AP speakers. He is using 2 bass heads though.
chipthetormentor 1 year ago
@chipthetormentor I didn't say what kind of amp he was using. I don't know much about amp types, I was just telling PATEv4 that it's a bass, not a guitar, whatever the amplification system is.
matoro1989 1 year ago
@matoro1989 fuzz no more needs saying
revengerste 1 year ago
@matoro1989
distorted basses are something that is dangerous to your amp unless you know what your doing or in JFK's case amps which will produce that sound naturally
tom5677 11 months ago
@tom5677 you mean the feedback? yeah, i was young and stupid, but as soon as it sounded like too much i dampened the strings and turned down the volume. Now I'm trying to learn to play again, and learning how to use my crybaby bass wah. ^...^ I played with other instruments for the first time is about 5 years today. I totally sucked, but I'ma keep at it.
matoro1989 11 months ago
@matoro1989
ive discovered the closest i can get to JFK's tone is using my big muff wth my morley wah slightly pushed down (not so much its too wahhy but not so little the tone is filtered)
tom5677 11 months ago
@tom5677 sweet, ima need to see if any of my bass playing friends have some of that stuff.
matoro1989 11 months ago
@matoro1989
it works well the big muff is great on basses i only payed around £50-60 for mine and the distortion on it is amazing with the mix of seymour duncans
tom5677 11 months ago
@tom5677 Interesting... I just use an old, pretty brutal distortion pedal (Boss Heavy Metal or some shit) and a shitty chorus pedal (to get the feedback to dance around like that). I hated the big muff on its own, maybe the wah makes a difference.
achickensandwich 11 months ago
@achickensandwich
it generally filters the fuzz so its good to have it half pressed
i was wondering what the boss metal pedal sounds like though (i use a boss ds2 for my guitar)
tom5677 11 months ago
No it isn't.
sircork 2 years ago
@PATEv4 wow...
SkullOnRoses 2 years ago
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DuBSTePPiN92 1 year ago
@DuBSTePPiN92 go fuck off you fucking retarded cunt, moron, utter dipshit. die cunty bloody fagget. you know shit off music epic fail!
PATEv4 1 year ago
@PATEv4 achike manko
DuBSTePPiN92 1 year ago
@DuBSTePPiN92
You can play guitar through a bass amp no problems at all. I do it all the time. However you CAN NOT play bass through a guitar amp that will blow some stuff lol try it sometime its fun
jvengence 1 year ago
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@DuBSTePPiN92
You can play guitar through a bass amp no problems at all. I do it all the time. However you CAN NOT play bass through a guitar amp that will blow some stuff lol try it sometime its fun
jvengence 1 year ago
Man I miss DFA, they uised to come to London Ontario A LOT and play at Call the Office, I was there for every show. Then the last time I saw them was with NIN and QOTSA in Toronto right before they broke up. it was weird to see them play at a big venue. I miss these guys
numbchucking 2 years ago
@numbchucking yeah man
i hate it when i just become old enough to start going to shows and then all these bands that i would love to go to , that i have liked for years, are broken up, dead or the closest tour stop near me is a plane ticket away.
fml
flakemedia 2 years ago 2
sick, sick, sick
TheHiddenHavoc 2 years ago
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LOL. i never thought that 2 guys can form a band..
Jfoo111 2 years ago
white stripes
kidamable 2 years ago
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Bass with a guitar sound? :S
PATEv4 2 years ago
Yeah, that's the very interesting thing about them, only drums & bass ( synths too sometimes).
romaurice 2 years ago
work of a genius
Combined45 2 years ago
it's called distortion
pileofkittens 2 years ago
awesome vid! thanks for uploading it.
has anyone heard of a Scottish band called The Fire and I ? they are great, too!
ayakzk 2 years ago
I wish everyone in the crowd would move like JFK :D
Combined45 2 years ago
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pandafoo 2 years ago
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my band is only 2 people
Stuart-Drums
Cory-Guitar/vox
blueprinttothebeastM 2 years ago
what bass is he playing? it looks real nice :P
Cover95 2 years ago 4
look's like a rickenbacker...
not sure what though.. i think rickenbacker 4003. don't count on that though.
themagicnaza 2 years ago 4
Ive looked at a rickenbacker and a picture of jfk. In one pic i seen a faint Rickenbacker on the head, plus the head shape is the same.
MikezJunk 2 years ago
@themagicnaza yeah, it really is a ruckenbacker 4003!
crashbreakerr 1 year ago
@themagicnaza Yeah, it's a 4003, but apparently from what I've heard it's a custom one...
LewisParker1993 1 year ago
@themagicnaza It's probably a late 70's or early 80's 4001
NIBBass 1 year ago
@Cover95
white Rickenbacker 4001
66420192 2 years ago 2
rickenbaker
sgbassman7546 2 years ago
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No way man, drums dont sound like that. Totally a synth.
TheHomegrown 2 years ago
i think i am blocking you for your relentless stupidity. sorry brah.
paradeofflesh 2 years ago
who the fuck cares... listen to the damn song
lolPaperclip 2 years ago 2
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Sorry, but this is fake. It's actually the audio from untrust us with a fake video of DFA1979. Nice try assholes, you can tell they're not even playing that.
TheHomegrown 2 years ago
Since I filmed this, I have to let you know that: YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY WRONG. Filmed at Empty Bottle in Chicago with audio from an external camera mic.
paradeofflesh 2 years ago
theres a delay, dumbfuck.
shiftup 2 years ago
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DuBSTePPiN92 1 year ago
Is he playing bass throung a guitar amp? PHAT sound
wreck93 2 years ago
This sounds so much better than the EP version. I love the intro on this one.
TooLegitVolz 2 years ago 3
yea man these guys are waaay better live
CoLickyJim 2 years ago 4
its only one sample untrust got it from these badasses
CoLickyJim 2 years ago 2
The with this song and Untrust Us is interesting.
Was it just a joke between the two bands or some kind of sick coincidence.
L2daO2daZ 2 years ago
what happened to these guys?! i loved the funky, sexy beats and his singing is so awesome.
flakcannonnick 2 years ago
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what the FUCK THIS IS NOT THE REAL SONG!!!1
MikeNMartin 2 years ago
you don't prefer a live version of it?
kukasdesigns 2 years ago
It's a bass, because guitars don't fucking sound like this and anyone who can master a bass like this man is a genious.
Breakout227 2 years ago 12