Soundgarden tone question...

[clutch71]

I recently set up my Squire (Seymour Duncan Hotrails in the Bridge) for BADGBE tuning for Soundgarden tunes like Rusty Cage and Searching w/ My Good Eye Closed...

I've got the intro and main rythmn down for Searching...but I'm have a problem finding that "dirty" clean tone from the chorus.

I know Kim Thayil (godbless you whereever you are) used Guild S-100's and I'm pretty certain he used DR's for this album. For the intro and rythmn I use Bold/Rectifiers/Modern, EQ set at noon with the mids dialed back slightly, Gain at 2 with an TS808 out front.

Was the "dirty" clean a product of engineering or does anyone have some settings they can recommend me try?

 

[ToneAddictJon]

The sound is probably chris and kim playing together, one clean the other a little distortion. It's got great depth to it and probably gonna be hard to nail that sound with out a multi amp setup.

 

[Areola]

Wow... that's cool. I never knew that, or ever listened that closely to Soundgarden. They're one of those bands that I should absolutely adore but I've just never really gotten around to giving them a fair go.

However a good mate of mine bought the first Rectifier to ever come into Australia. It was an ex-Soundgarden tour amp.

I also actually use that method of recording guitar in some instances. I set up my Recto to sound like a cross between Modern - Rectifier and a Big Muff. Then I split the signal and run my Mesa Bass 400+ on clean (I love bass cleans). I also use a Big Muff on the 400+. I use it for a overdrive/lead. So the overdrive is a composition of Fuzzy Recto and Clean Bass amp and the lead is just all out fuzz.

 

[clutch71]

The sound is probably chris and kim playing together, one clean the other a little distortion. It's got great depth to it and probably gonna be hard to nail that sound with out a multi amp setup.

You know you are probably right. I hadn't thought of that. I did a little research and allegedly Chris used Dual Recs as well. If they used them on Badmotor Finger (and I think they did) they were most likely early DR's and the clean's weren't that great so that could be a little bit of that "dirty" clean that I just can't seem to nail.

I'll keep tweaking. I think my pickups could be a part of it and I don't have a reverb or chorus pedal just yet. I've been wanting to pick up an S-100. Those things just reak Soundgarden tone.

Areola - Give SG another go. I've been a fan since Ultra Omega Ok and saw them twice in their prime. The last album was not up to snuff but check out Louder than Love, Badmotorfinger, and Superunknown.

 

[Elpelotero]

set the ts808 on the clean channel and experiment...

 

[clutch71]

Tinkered in the auditorium this weekend. Volume.Volume.Volume.

Orange Channel set to clean Bols/Tube rectifiers and everything else at about noon with the gain right around 10:30. TS 808 set to noon.

Not as "Chimey" as I would have liked but darn close.

 

[Areola]

I own Badmotorfinger and Louder Than Love but haven't given it a real thorough listen. Only when I'm driving and its not the best place to truly absorb. I dont not like them, its just that i haven't really had a proper listen to justify to myself that i'm worthy of calling myself a fan.

 

[Areola]

Does anyone have any settings suggestions for a similar tone to "Limo Wreck" ?

 

[merkinball94]

I remember reading an interview with Kim once, and he basically said that he doesnt use the DR for so much other than leads in the studio. I believe soundgarden used Peavey VTM-120 heads in the studio for Badmotorfinger. On top of this, they layered the parts heavily for the rich, thick tones you hear on that album.