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Clean Tone

Hysteria

Muse

BassAlternative rock / progressive rock2000s (2003)

Original Gear

BassPedulla Rapture RB5
AmpMarshall DBS 7400 (with 8×10 cabinet) and Ampeg SVT (recorded via Neumann U47 FET mic)
PickupsSoapbar single-coil (Pedulla Rapture)

Amp Settings

gain0
bass6.5
mid5.5
treble6
presence5
compression5

Effects & Signal Chain

No effects used for this tone

Notes

Signal split into multiple paths: clean DI, Animato-distorted amp, Big Muff-distorted amp; blended together

Tone Character(4)
aggressive, synth-like sawtooth fuzzimmense low-end powerarticulate pick attackblended clean and distorted layers

Difficulty

Recreating the tone requires managing multiple signal paths with fuzz and clean layers, plus playing a fast, precise, aggressive fingerstyle part.

Sources

ToneDB bass guitar from “hysteria” by museRecording Muse's 'Absolution' (Rich Costey interview) via MuseWikiChris Wolstenholme Wikipedia – signal splitting and playing techniqueWikipedia – Hysteria song recording detailsGear Rundown: Muse Absolution (MixdownMag) – bass and amp details

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