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The AMAZING BASS TONE of Queens of the Stoneage Nick Oliveri. Peavey Decade Songs For The Deaf Knows


Part 2 of my Nick Oliveri bass sound via the TINY Peavey Decade from Songs for the Deaf

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Nick:
Kyuss: Fender Mexican Precision Bass, Rickenbacker 4003,
Peavey Decade
Fender American Standard Jazz Bass
Ampeg V4-b
Acoustic B600H Bass Head
Ampeg SVT classic head
Coles 4038 ribbon mic on Peavey decade
Orange Sp410 cab
SVT 8×10 cabinet Part 1 of testing the theory that this little amp was used on No One Knows, Songs for the Deaf, Go with the Flow etc

Josh:
“I’ve played the same amp since I was like 13 years old. I play an Ampeg VT-40,” says Josh Homme about the Ampeg VT-40 Amplifier during an interview with Kyle Gass on ‘Guitarings’

Univox Super-Fuzz
Collins 26U compressor
Peavey Decade combo for guitar and bass
Ampeg VT-40
Zfex sho but a lot of his gear is modified.
Older stuff he used Tube woks r22100 kyuss days
Fulltone ultimate octave Superfuzz
Klon Centaur
Pdf-1
Ovation Ultra GP guitar
Ampeg VT-22
Motor Ave BelAire Guitar
Epi Dot guitar
Fulltone FatBoost 3 FB-3
Marshall JCM900 100 watt “Blues for the Red Sun”. With Ampeg 8×10 cabinet
Boss ge7 eq
MXR 10 band eq pedal (old blue one on songs for deaf)
Gibson Marauder Custom
Dunlop Electric Nickel Wound Guitar Strings.
BC Mockingbird

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Originally posted by UCd_A29XG4JvzkyGNcuXcuiQ at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MTd7pDU-l5k

30 thoughts on “The AMAZING BASS TONE of Queens of the Stoneage Nick Oliveri. Peavey Decade Songs For The Deaf Knows

  • QOTSA is great but they were even greater with Nick Oliveri. The first album self titled is amazing. I know that’s just Josh and a drummer but live, Nick made the band so much better.

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  • Maximum honk on that thing! Wow!
    Bring the mountain to Mohamed” is what Mike Watt said on stage with Firehose when the monitor guy couldn’t get his bass loud enough. He hauled his whole rig right up behind him at the front of the stage. Ha!

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  • Maximum honk on that thing! Wow!
    Bring the mountain to Mohamed” is what Mike Watt said on stage with Firehose when the monitor guy couldn’t get his bass loud enough. He hauled his whole rig right up behind him at the front of the stage. Ha!

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  • Dude, I've watched so many of your videos and had absolutely no idea your old man was Mike Gibbins from Badfinger!????????
    Brilliant musician from a criminally underrated and horribly mistreated band. Love their music.????????????

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  • Old Peavy solid states had something. I have a rage 258 that has by far my favorite clean, and the clean channel takes pedals so well.

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  • eee TikTok views are trap for so many older guitar guys, I saw it so many times, it wont work, but you do you ;

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  • I had a similar little Peavy guitar amp. It was my first amp. Wish I still had it. Some asshat stole it. I learned to play on it with a Vantage guitar that was heavy as a huge rock. If anyone has had a Vantage guitar they know what I mean. It gave you strap sores on your shoulder when you played a show with it. lol. Thanks for the memories. ????????????

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  • That's a rippin' tone. I can think of a lot of different music that can fit into. Cheers, Brother!

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  • I sense a Knocked Loose vid incoming. Would love to see you utilise the Swollen Pickle fuzz like they do.

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  • Thanks but I got one of those. Love the Dark Gothic Star Trek” sweater yo.

    Yo when we recording there big brain?

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  • I have an old Fender Frontman 15 guitar amp. For years, it kicked around in my gear room and didn't get used until I downsized all of my heads and larger combos.
    I now use it with my pedalboard, and since having sorted out the correct eq profile on the overdrive channel, it has become the best pedal platform I've ever used.
    The signal chain is:
    Guitar
    Boss TU2
    EHX Micro Pog
    EHX LPB1 (modified)
    TC Electronics MojoMojo
    Marshall Regenerator in Vintage Chorus mode, always on (rate at zero, depth at full)
    Boss DD2
    It sounds really good with all of my guitars. I no longer have a cabinet to run it through, but I suspect it would be gig worthy and would sound good in a recording scenario.
    Depending on the guitar/pickup and which pedals are engaged, there are dozens of tones on hand.
    I imagine bass would sound great through it, too.

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  • Nick had such cool basslines. Could sing, write…

    The band is ok now, but they were GREAT when it wasnt the Josh show 24/7.

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  • I wonder if you couldn't get a similar sound by mic'ing the crappy little speaker and blending that with a clean DI signal? Then you get into philosophical questions about having options later in the mixing process vs committing to a decision up front…

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