Saw Dug ,Ty and Jerry at their return first show in NYC a short while back. They killed it. Love him, down to earth, killer player and a great writer. Cheers Dug!!!
Dug's bass sound and playing is the nexus of any band he plays with... His understanding of the frequencies absolutely sums up why! He just connects the guitar to the drums like no other bass player I've heard...
This cat played on stage with Steve Vai. He sang for Living Colour on one of their tours. He's in a band with George Lynch and Ray Luzier. He's been on stage with Vic Wooten and Eric Gales. He's been a part of many other projects and with all this he's "a small name". I understand what he's saying and he's pretty much right on as far that being the reason for the pricing on his Bass but it's sad. A man who has done the things he's done for music and what he's done for us as fans deserves much more recognition, appreciation, and respect. Swipe Up!
16:00 absolutely my experience. I picked up the dp-3x when it first came out and got compliments at both of my long-standing gigs. Everyone noticed. What a huge joy to finally have the tone I love right there in a pedal!
dUg, you hands-down have the best bass tone I have ever heard. I admire your playing very much, every song has something in it were I have to stiffle saying OMFG because it's so gorgeous.
I'm an older guy who's been playing bass in "difficult" or just unusual music most of the 50 years I've been playing. The last 20 have included a fascinating delve into the Chapman stick, but for the last little while, my jones for that bass vibe has been ascendant - KYG videos taught me a bunch of stuff about setting up the instruments, and now I'm super happy with the basses, and seeking more of that elusive thing that happens when everything under the hands is right. This video resulted in my own research, and I just bought the Tech 21 pedal (instead of the premium Darkglass offerings). I'm sorry to say I didn't know of DUg, or much of that area of music, but I do now. Everything he says about inspiration and what playing bass feels like is spot on, and it's why I'm looking forward to what the sounds will bring out of me.
Bro! Same! Bassist for 45 years, and I've been playing the Stick for about 15 years. The tone quest is the quest for the Holy Grail for sure. I fell in love with dUg's tone in the early 90s, and have been trying to emulate it ever since, biamping and running a guitar-like rig for the mid/high like you would for a Stick rig. I could never quite nail it until I found this pedal. It's that 32-band EQ, and some subtle tweaking magic in the low mid. The Chunk control on the pedal is pure voodoo. Now I don't even need to use an amp onstage, even at big venues. This thing and a set of in-ears are all I need, and sound guys regularly compliment my tone. It's perfect for the Stick too! I hope you find that magic under your fingers like I have!
The best base tones every time. I will never understand bass without some treble to focus and sharpen it, define it, and not compete with the kick's subsonics
Pinnick is an awesome bassist and a wonderful human being, so based and humble. Reminds me of an older Victor Wooten who’s also an awesome, humble human being. Great interview Phil.
I don’t play bass and I want this pedal. Gotta start playing bass I guess. Another great interview Phil. Edit: DUg is so charming and humble and then he said let’s do a part two.
Lovin' bass fanboy Phi... please, sir- can we have some more, please?!? - Guess I know where to go trick or treating from now on, too. Seriously stomps- and filled up a playlist of king's X and dp 's sternum bruising bass tones, and gear to jones for, dialling in that low-end! Some contagious bass culture, brother.
Doug is freakin awesome! Bass and vocals. Been listening since the early ‘90’s, dig All of it. Big Picture is a favorite, like nothing else I’ve ever heard. 👍
I was a bassist for many years, and I had the same philosophy of playing around with the beat instead of trying to be gridlocked. And people always said I was great at it, I won tons of awards and accolades etc.. Coincidence? Maybe not. Maybe there IS something to playing behind the beat when it's called for, rushing into a chorus etc. etc. etc. Think about Black Dog for example. When done well, this philosophy glues a band together as a unit.
@petermeylink-tc8jt Absolutely agree👍 I've had the honour of seeings King's X twice here in London, UK. Amazing!!! I've also seen Metallica live (meh). The sheer talent flowing from Dug, Ty & Jerry (live) is unbelievable. I kept asking myself: "How is an orchestra & choir's worth of music coming out of just 3 musicians?" Metallica was loud, but meh... Extremely meh in comparison to King's X. Fun fact: King's X named their band after King's Cross station here in London. If you're in America, please send them over here again. P.S. You can keep Metallica.
Dug is ten years older than me-He is one of my heroes. No brother-all the gear is cheap now, all the royalties are shit now, You are a veteran of the days when Music still mattered !
Holy Shit man.. that 1994 album is straight out ballin.. Dogman sounds like some Helmet and PJ blend. Sick AF .. Brendan Obrien did one helluva job on that one!
He's not wrong about the marketing aspect but he is a well known artist to musicians. Kings X was about the music above all, the egos never showed up. They are all as good or better than the big name musicians that have capitalized on their popularity even if it is short lived. If you're willing to be the flavor of the day you will be exploited until your done. I mean come on, there are signature models of guitars and amps and cabs that are promoted but the artists name is the flavor of the day. People buy the gear because the marketing tells you to. Then you're stuck with a instrument that no one considers valuable after a week. Doug Pinnick could have had endorsements up the wazoo but he chose not to buy in. Eventually the manufactures stop pursuing you because all the wanna be's will go along so fast it is ridiculous. I have never bought a signature model for the simple reason that playing in cover bands, as many of us do, I didn't want to have to do a tribute based on the instrument. If you bought an SRV signature model back in the 90's, you better have known SRV like a SOB. I love SRV but I didn't want to have that pressure. I can admit I was not that good so why do that to myself? I love Kings X and their stuff was melodic and very complex musically but not hard to enjoy for the listener. I could not figure out what Ty Tabor was doing and as soon as I thought I did the progression changed...
dUg Rules!! And, I agree…his Tech21 pedal IS sonically special. It’s all the things it should be & none of what it shouldn’t. Three Sides Of One is DEEP. 👍
Man he is so me in his playing philosophy. Chris Squire laid down the blueprint all those years ago, and some of the most exciting bassists have taken off with that. Starting with Geddy, and dUg. Everyone from Lemmy, Geezer, Claypool, Sheehan and on and on can trace their sound to Squire and Entwistle. The biamp formula. And I love dUg's use of vibrato. Totally agree--i use vibrato on bass to some extent on most notes, and have for 45 years. Listening to dUg all these years has helped influence my love of eccentricities of tone--those rattling and grinding sustains, controlled fret buzz from low action and vibrato, harmonic overdrive, etc. And BTW--you could spend $20,000 on a "Little Manhattan" rig like Entwistle used--or you could go get dUg's pedal for $329. Best single purchase for tone I've ever made in all my years playing bass. Entwistle used a Tech 21 Sans Amp in that monster rig too.
Bass players that avoid processing their signal out of some sort of wild puritanical ideal that "Jaco and Jamerson never used any pedals" are just wasting everybody's time. You'd be surprised how much you can do to a bass guitar and still keep it sounding natural.
How Dug & Kings X aren't massively famous, I have no idea. Everything they do rocks - it makes you move, it's technical enough to satisfy the prog rockers, great tones, great composition, great singing...I just don't get it.
I'm a little late coming to the party!! I was first introduced to the Dug Pinnick pedal from the Bass player from YYNOT... His tone was so unbelievably amazing.... I had to know what he was using.... The Dug Pinnick pedal.... makes me feel like I'm hearing the actual core of the Bass strings.... I'm looking forward to being the proud owner of one of these amazing pedals.... We love you Dug!!!! You are an awesome guy and great player!
This pedal is literally what I've been chasing for years, my board right now has an overdrive, comp, and a separate loop with stacked distortion and eq onboard my bass. I've been chasing that growl from king's x and I've never quite got there
And that, ladies and gentlemen, it's what you call a really nice dude... humble, straight to the point, knowledgeable... cheers for sharing Phil... great watch (and I'm not even a bass player...)
I saw King’s X at our local venue. His amp crapped out in the middle of the show but he figured it out and got playing again to great applause. I seriously wanted to offer to buy him a new amp but I would never embarrass him like that.
Just want to say I’ve watched it twice, even though you have a guitar channel and I’m a guitar player! Doug is extremely cool, and there are a lot of overlaps and extensions between guitar and electric bass. This might’ve been cool if you could intercut examples of sound he’s talking about, that would even be interesting to guitar players. Sonic innovation…
I've wanted the Dug, Justin Chancellor style tone since I was 16. I could never get it. I bought the DP-3x last year and man... it makes me so happy. It's what I've always wanted! Thank you Dug!!
Great Interview. I've always hated those preset eq's too. They never had enough bass in them. I have to have a graphic e.q. with at least 5 bands. I remember playing songs on spotify with headphones plugged into my phone and how horrible it sounded. I immediately downloaded an e. q. app to adjust it.
I have two of the amps and two of the pedals... use them simultaneously, as the amp distortion and pedal distortion have a very different qualities. Tech 21 needs to produce a Tom Petersson amp.
You guys should, really, look into creating a "Tom" series. Three channels, of replicated Hiwatts, with various gain abilities. An effect that mimics the higher octaves of and 8 and 12 string bass.
@@cheaptrickfanatic3496 You might want to check out the English Muffy pedal from our Character Plus series. You have two channels of HiWatt style tones and a Muff style fuzz.
I truly love this guy. I'm so jealous. This is your best interview I have heard. He is so personable and in tune with what he does and you were both on the same wavelength. Great discussion I enjoyed this. THX.
I bought this bass on Amazon. $129.58! Stays in tune. It plays beautifully. Not a dead fret on it anywhere. Mine has a really nice knuckle near the neck pickup. I love it.
Dug Pinnick's name doesn't mean that much... said no one ever.
What a fantastic bass player and down-to-Earth guy. Hope he sells a ton of basses and pedals to the next generation of bass legends.
Such a cool chat. I love DUg and have been a King’s X fan since the 80s.
I’m appreciative for all of the bass tone insight he gives us here.
Saw Dug ,Ty and Jerry at their return first show in NYC a short while back. They killed it. Love him, down to earth, killer player and a great writer. Cheers Dug!!!
Seems like a great guy. Still rocking at 72. Wow
Best band EVER!! So happy that they finally dropped a new album after 14 years!!
Dug's bass sound and playing is the nexus of any band he plays with... His understanding of the frequencies absolutely sums up why! He just connects the guitar to the drums like no other bass player I've heard...
I saw King’s X at Woodstock ‘94. They were awesome, best band there hands down IMO. One of my favorite bands of all time.
This cat played on stage with Steve Vai. He sang for Living Colour on one of their tours. He's in a band with George Lynch and Ray Luzier. He's been on stage with Vic Wooten and Eric Gales. He's been a part of many other projects and with all this he's "a small name". I understand what he's saying and he's pretty much right on as far that being the reason for the pricing on his Bass but it's sad. A man who has done the things he's done for music and what he's done for us as fans deserves much more recognition, appreciation, and respect. Swipe Up!
16:00 absolutely my experience. I picked up the dp-3x when it first came out and got compliments at both of my long-standing gigs. Everyone noticed. What a huge joy to finally have the tone I love right there in a pedal!
Love Dug, Love King’s X…. Been following those three since the 90’s. Literally Rock and Roll’s best kept secret.
dUg, you hands-down have the best bass tone I have ever heard. I admire your playing very much, every song has something in it were I have to stiffle saying OMFG because it's so gorgeous.
I'm an older guy who's been playing bass in "difficult" or just unusual music most of the 50 years I've been playing. The last 20 have included a fascinating delve into the Chapman stick, but for the last little while, my jones for that bass vibe has been ascendant - KYG videos taught me a bunch of stuff about setting up the instruments, and now I'm super happy with the basses, and seeking more of that elusive thing that happens when everything under the hands is right. This video resulted in my own research, and I just bought the Tech 21 pedal (instead of the premium Darkglass offerings). I'm sorry to say I didn't know of DUg, or much of that area of music, but I do now. Everything he says about inspiration and what playing bass feels like is spot on, and it's why I'm looking forward to what the sounds will bring out of me.
Bro! Same! Bassist for 45 years, and I've been playing the Stick for about 15 years. The tone quest is the quest for the Holy Grail for sure. I fell in love with dUg's tone in the early 90s, and have been trying to emulate it ever since, biamping and running a guitar-like rig for the mid/high like you would for a Stick rig. I could never quite nail it until I found this pedal. It's that 32-band EQ, and some subtle tweaking magic in the low mid. The Chunk control on the pedal is pure voodoo. Now I don't even need to use an amp onstage, even at big venues. This thing and a set of in-ears are all I need, and sound guys regularly compliment my tone. It's perfect for the Stick too! I hope you find that magic under your fingers like I have!
Lot of wisdom. Dude knows how to get a tone.
The best base tones every time. I will never understand bass without some treble to focus and sharpen it, define it, and not compete with the kick's subsonics
dUg is one of the best bassists around in what is one of the most criminally underrated bands of all time.
Pinnick is an awesome bassist and a wonderful human being, so based and humble. Reminds me of an older Victor Wooten who’s also an awesome, humble human being. Great interview Phil.
I don’t play bass and I want this pedal. Gotta start playing bass I guess. Another great interview Phil. Edit: DUg is so charming and humble and then he said let’s do a part two.
lol right? I've played bass a little off and on but mostly regular guitar, but now I want to get this and play bass.
@@robcohen7678 Been looking at bases and have resisted so far but it’s hard. Who knew you could get GAS for an instrument you don’t even play.
nice to see DUg. Inspiring !!!!... pulled out my bass Sansamp ... Thanks
Dug is a legend and doesn’t get enough credit, likely due to how humble he is. No BS from this dude. Everyone should hold him in the highest regard!
Lovin' bass fanboy Phi... please, sir- can we have some more, please?!? - Guess I know where to go trick or treating from now on, too. Seriously stomps- and filled up a playlist of king's X and dp 's sternum bruising bass tones, and gear to jones for, dialling in that low-end! Some contagious bass culture, brother.
Wonderful interview. So nice to hear Dug, he's really special and a real treasure.
How can you not love this guy ? Awesome interview ! Great player ... great mind and information for any musician !
New King's X album is great. Perfect time to release this full interview.
Doug is freakin awesome! Bass and vocals. Been listening since the early ‘90’s, dig All of it. Big Picture is a favorite, like nothing else I’ve ever heard. 👍
dUg is the man - one day at a time, keep surviving, never give up. :-)
I was a bassist for many years, and I had the same philosophy of playing around with the beat instead of trying to be gridlocked. And people always said I was great at it, I won tons of awards and accolades etc.. Coincidence? Maybe not. Maybe there IS something to playing behind the beat when it's called for, rushing into a chorus etc. etc. etc. Think about Black Dog for example. When done well, this philosophy glues a band together as a unit.
So humble...thanks for doing these Phil - they are always great!
If only Dug had been the one to mix the Metallica albums.
Put it this way. King,sX are a hell of
alot better than Metallica. And you can take that to the bank. Hell Yeah!! Hell Right!!
@petermeylink-tc8jt
Absolutely agree👍
I've had the honour of seeings King's X twice here in London, UK. Amazing!!!
I've also seen Metallica live (meh).
The sheer talent flowing from Dug, Ty & Jerry (live) is unbelievable.
I kept asking myself: "How is an orchestra & choir's worth of music coming out of just 3 musicians?"
Metallica was loud, but meh... Extremely meh in comparison to King's X.
Fun fact: King's X named their band after King's Cross station here in London.
If you're in America, please send them over here again.
P.S. You can keep Metallica.
To those of us who know,
dUgs name counts!
(p.s. KXM rules!)
Great interview! Always enjoy DUg Pinnick’s bass playing. Seems like a super cool dude.
Great dude!! Now i want the his bass and i dont own nobody’s signature stuff! ❤🎉😊
🤘🏽great to see you DUG 🤘🏽
Dug is REAL!! He’s kicking parametrics!!!
Dug is ten years older than me-He is one of my heroes. No brother-all the gear is cheap now, all the royalties are shit now, You are a veteran of the days when Music still mattered !
Ok you've convinced me. I need that pedal!! 🤘☺️🤘
Holy Shit man.. that 1994 album is straight out ballin.. Dogman sounds like some Helmet and PJ blend. Sick AF .. Brendan Obrien did one helluva job on that one!
He's not wrong about the marketing aspect but he is a well known artist to musicians. Kings X was about the music above all, the egos never showed up. They are all as good or better than the big name musicians that have capitalized on their popularity even if it is short lived. If you're willing to be the flavor of the day you will be exploited until your done. I mean come on, there are signature models of guitars and amps and cabs that are promoted but the artists name is the flavor of the day. People buy the gear because the marketing tells you to. Then you're stuck with a instrument that no one considers valuable after a week. Doug Pinnick could have had endorsements up the wazoo but he chose not to buy in. Eventually the manufactures stop pursuing you because all the wanna be's will go along so fast it is ridiculous. I have never bought a signature model for the simple reason that playing in cover bands, as many of us do, I didn't want to have to do a tribute based on the instrument. If you bought an SRV signature model back in the 90's, you better have known SRV like a SOB. I love SRV but I didn't want to have that pressure. I can admit I was not that good so why do that to myself? I love Kings X and their stuff was melodic and very complex musically but not hard to enjoy for the listener. I could not figure out what Ty Tabor was doing and as soon as I thought I did the progression changed...
dUg Rules!! And, I agree…his Tech21 pedal IS sonically special. It’s all the things it should be & none of what it shouldn’t.
Three Sides Of One is DEEP. 👍
dUg is the man, and his tone is the greatest bass tone of all time. He is a true original, break-the-mold there is only one dUg!
DD Verni and Frank Bello brought me to Dug, the greatest bass tone that I bet have inspired Darkglass!
His pedal has a multi-band EQ because he plays in several bands haha.
Back in the day, I bought a 12 string bass because of King's X / dUg Pinnick.
I hope I'm that spry when I'm 71, great interview Phil
What an incredible musician and human being. All the best, always DUg🤘🤘🤘🤘
Great interview Phil !
Thank you for this. DUg is one of my favorite musicians of all time. And thanks for the closed captions.
Man he is so me in his playing philosophy. Chris Squire laid down the blueprint all those years ago, and some of the most exciting bassists have taken off with that. Starting with Geddy, and dUg. Everyone from Lemmy, Geezer, Claypool, Sheehan and on and on can trace their sound to Squire and Entwistle. The biamp formula. And I love dUg's use of vibrato. Totally agree--i use vibrato on bass to some extent on most notes, and have for 45 years. Listening to dUg all these years has helped influence my love of eccentricities of tone--those rattling and grinding sustains, controlled fret buzz from low action and vibrato, harmonic overdrive, etc.
And BTW--you could spend $20,000 on a "Little Manhattan" rig like Entwistle used--or you could go get dUg's pedal for $329. Best single purchase for tone I've ever made in all my years playing bass. Entwistle used a Tech 21 Sans Amp in that monster rig too.
Appreciate the kind words and the shout out for Entwistle. He used the SansAmp PSA-1 rack.
This guys cool. I want to hear one.
Bass players that avoid processing their signal out of some sort of wild puritanical ideal that "Jaco and Jamerson never used any pedals" are just wasting everybody's time. You'd be surprised how much you can do to a bass guitar and still keep it sounding natural.
That dUg Tech21 pedal is amazing and it is tiny! Great interview.
Love his work in KXM Also 💯🔥
Absolutely fascinating interview. I really enjoyed the discussion of frequencies and how he wants to wrap the bass around other instruments.
Dug is a legend.
Legend. Kings X rules. I hope Dug gets paid like crazy.
great interview. covered a lot of ground about bass not some of the usual dead horse KX topics
Feel sorry for Dug Pinnick. He's just as underrated as the group, Living Colour.
How Dug & Kings X aren't massively famous, I have no idea. Everything they do rocks - it makes you move, it's technical enough to satisfy the prog rockers, great tones, great composition, great singing...I just don't get it.
greatness smiling the entire time...
I picked up my DP-3X a couple years ago and ABSOLUTELY LOVE IT!!!! The pre-set of Dug's tone is spot on. Cheers!!!
I enjoy the fact that he's using an 8 string in the song they were playing. Not what I expected from him.
I'm a little late coming to the party!!
I was first introduced to the Dug Pinnick pedal from the Bass player from YYNOT...
His tone was so unbelievably amazing....
I had to know what he was using....
The Dug Pinnick pedal.... makes me feel like I'm hearing the actual core of the Bass strings....
I'm looking forward to being the proud owner of one of these amazing pedals....
We love you Dug!!!!
You are an awesome guy and great player!
This pedal is literally what I've been chasing for years, my board right now has an overdrive, comp, and a separate loop with stacked distortion and eq onboard my bass. I've been chasing that growl from king's x and I've never quite got there
@E.V. Hodge Literally.
Dug Pinnick is 100% in the same league as Billy Sheehan and Geddy Lee. Absolutely. A legend. Period.
And that, ladies and gentlemen, it's what you call a really nice dude... humble, straight to the point, knowledgeable... cheers for sharing Phil... great watch (and I'm not even a bass player...)
I just bought a Squier CV Jazzmaster for $345.00. Even if I had the money, I would never pay $2100.00 for a top line Fender.
Great bass player and down to earth person. Thanks for the share.❤
The DUG pedal was a game changer for me! Love ya man, and little bit of soul has killer sounding bass fyi
DUg is so awesome
I saw King’s X at our local venue. His amp crapped out in the middle of the show but he figured it out and got playing again to great applause. I seriously wanted to offer to buy him a new amp but I would never embarrass him like that.
Just want to say I’ve watched it twice, even though you have a guitar channel and I’m a guitar player!
Doug is extremely cool, and there are a lot of overlaps and extensions between guitar and electric bass. This might’ve been cool if you could intercut examples of sound he’s talking about, that would even be interesting to guitar players. Sonic innovation…
Awesome stuff I had never heard of dug and I loved this
I've wanted the Dug, Justin Chancellor style tone since I was 16. I could never get it. I bought the DP-3x last year and man... it makes me so happy. It's what I've always wanted! Thank you Dug!!
I have several favorite KingsX songs but the first time I heard “Groove Machine” my head came off its swivel. lol…
I absolutely love Doug's pedal
I've never heard it sound bad in any video
Such an amazing guy and musician
DUG has by far the most powerful bass tone ever! :) Kingsx4ever and DUG is the man, great Interview
DUg is the coolist.
Dug's sound is THE sound. I have his pedal and it's been the absolute best tone.
Sure. King’s X isn’t the biggest band in the world. But they should be.
Dug has a great sounding bass. He has a signature pedal that was awesome.
Great Interview. I've always hated those preset eq's too. They never had enough bass in them. I have to have a graphic e.q. with at least 5 bands. I remember playing songs on spotify with headphones plugged into my phone and how horrible it sounded. I immediately downloaded an e. q. app to adjust it.
Great interview.The most underrated band,ever. Its tragic.
I have two of the amps and two of the pedals... use them simultaneously, as the amp distortion and pedal distortion have a very different qualities. Tech 21 needs to produce a Tom Petersson amp.
Thanks so much for choosing the dug amps and pedals! Unfortunately, amp production is on hiatus...
You guys should, really, look into creating a "Tom" series. Three channels, of replicated Hiwatts, with various gain abilities. An effect that mimics the higher octaves of and 8 and 12 string bass.
@@cheaptrickfanatic3496 You might want to check out the English Muffy pedal from our Character Plus series. You have two channels of HiWatt style tones and a Muff style fuzz.
dUg is a monster badass. King's X pretty much rules.
get dug back on! this dude and Ty are a huge influence. love to see more of them.
The world is a way better place with Kings X.
One of the best in the business and they aren't wanting for attention. Love these guys!
19:51 Amazing 👏 71 Years young 🤘
What a good dude.
the price on the dp3x has been upped by 100$ since the initial price.
Long live to the KingsX
I truly love this guy. I'm so jealous. This is your best interview I have heard. He is so personable and in tune with what he does and you were both on the same wavelength. Great discussion I enjoyed this. THX.
Great guy. We are friends on Facebook.
Dug is such a treasure to the music world!
Man I love Kings X seeing them in October
Looking forward to seeing them live in Nov!
Doug, you mean so much to me and my wife.
great episode , thank both of you for your time
Nice to watch this again.
Great.
I bought this bass on Amazon. $129.58! Stays in tune. It plays beautifully. Not a dead fret on it anywhere. Mine has a really nice knuckle near the neck pickup. I love it.