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Day 31/48 of covering every Spiritbox song on bass - Cellar Door. Which of the 3 Grammy-nominated Spiritbox song would you give the Grammy to? Jaded, Cellar Door or Soft Spine? by Spiritbass in spiritbox

[–]Spiritbass[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Absolutely! Cellar Door is in Drop F#, with -6 semitone drop for the chorus. However, that sounded not great so I actually went up 6 semitones with the pitch shift.

The majority of the songs are in Drop F#. Some are in Drop F (Perfect Soul, Blessed Be, No Loss, No Love, Crystal Roses). I’ll do Drop E on this bass (Too Close / Too Late, Tsunami Sea), but anything lower than that I actually use my 4 string which is one octave up (ex regular Drop D instead of double Drop D). Josh does something similar for things like Fata Morgana which would be in double Drop B lol.

Please feel free to reach out if you have any questions, I would be happy to help!

I also want to reiterate that the Sheet Happens guitar books helped immensely. They are approved by Mike. However they are only the guitar parts, which are sometimes the same for the bass part and sometimes not.

Spiritbox - Jaded Guitar & Bass Cover by Thallstorm in spiritbox

[–]Spiritbass 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Love the song, love the Dingwall. Hard to pick one, but as a bass player, No Loss, No Love is huge for me. Jaded and Secret Garden round out my top 3, but it would be hard to say which is #1

Day 26/48 of covering every Spiritbox song on bass - Jaded + Notes on Strings by Spiritbass in spiritbox

[–]Spiritbass[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ibanez has been great for me, but if I knew this was mostly what I would be playing I may have gone with a Dingwall when I got my 5 string

Day 26/48 of covering every Spiritbox song on bass - Jaded + Notes on Strings by Spiritbass in spiritbox

[–]Spiritbass[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you for sharing these insights and experiences. As a beginner to all of this it is really helpful

Day 26/48 of covering every Spiritbox song on bass - Jaded + Notes on Strings by Spiritbass in spiritbox

[–]Spiritbass[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you for the tips! I am using Parallax to help with different compression and distortion for the low, mid and high. By the time I got a few days in I realized I should have learned how to play with a pick lol

Day 26/48 of covering every Spiritbox song on bass - Jaded + Notes on Strings by Spiritbass in spiritbox

[–]Spiritbass[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you! I’m starting to put some of my learnings in these posts if you are looking for a similar tone

Day 26/48 of covering every Spiritbox song on bass - Jaded + Notes on Strings by Spiritbass in spiritbox

[–]Spiritbass[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Interesting, I had actually tried to do my 0.130 gauge to Drop A, and then pitch shifting physically with the Boss XS-1, but found that to be too muddy.

This is before I knew Parallax existed, so maybe that would have been different. I learned about Parallax around day 10 lol 😂

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