Simon Grove - Plini - Kind / Tone Tutorial

Bass Playthrough for the track "Kind" from Plini's 2018 EP titled "Sunhead" and a short tutorial on how to achieve my sounds using Neural DSP's Darkglass Ultra Plugin.

- GEAR -
Le Fay Herr Schwarz HL 5-String (tuned low to high C#, G#, C#, F#, B)
Neural DSP Darkglass Ultra Plugin
Planet Waves Cables
Elixir Strings - Gauges (low to high) 105 - 85 - 65 - 45 - 32

[joaoldmedeiros]

The plugin is sick and all, but nothing without your superb consistent playing. Great video!

[patrickhunter]

Videos like this are the reason YouTube was made, absolutely astonishing playing as always man!

[oddcreature]

You, Amos and Nolly are people who caused an old man to buy a bass and start learning the coolest instrument on the planet. I love your North German Le Fay bass.

[xlRlx]

This should be the definitive version of the track, love it, so good to hear the bass a little boosted. Love your work man!

[TonyLysy]

Sounds amazing, I've been making tones like this one for a few weeks as of this comment, but I never got it to sound so clean. It was either low frequencies removing all clarity from my lower strings or high mids and treble making the higher strings unbearably piercing on the ear, and I would never have figured out that cabsim was the solution to both.

This video made me finaly understand why people love IR's and cabsims so much!
Thank You!

[RonTavalinProgBassist]

The timing is to the microsecond... it's computer like... every pluck and mute, stop and start, sustain or choke. Astounding.

[TheDangerbreed]

You are my favorite bass player. Such genius grooves.

[OfAbstract]

You guys have an exceptional ears for these tones, everyone in Plini seems to have such a pure taste in tone, it's madness how good the end product becomes 🙌

[bassm]

Your bass tones are GOLD! Thanks for the video.

[stenmartens]

there's all the (prog-) metal guys competing for how can tune the lowest and still play, and then there's this 😂

[johanetsondragon]

Very tasty tone, yumm yumm thanks a lot for this tutorial man!

[AlexMateerMusic]

If only all other videos were this clearly explained. Great Stuff Simo!

[sebsourpuss]

I love your playing so much! Seeing you with plini was amazing and I'm looking forward to the next helix nebula album!!!

[Pepmine]

I'd love to see a tone tutorial for your go-to Helix presets!

[mytchmacfarlane]

Dude, I could listen to you speak like this for hours

[jcthomas]

Hey Simon, the tone is killer ! Total brilliance

[robbymoore]

I love these tutorials! Keep them up! I find them so inspiring.

[VoyagerAlex]

Killer video, mate! Great work/tone/playing :)

[Tima]

Love your bass tone, always a pleasure to hear! Hope you will bring it to St. Petersburg on November 7 :))

[RyanHalvorson]

I would love to see a play through of Sunhead, your solo is incredible. On second thought, just do the whole Ep 😅