The pot amp settings — M-VAVE Cube Baby
The Tool guitar tone for “The pot”, dialed in for a M-VAVE Cube Baby with a Rickenbacker 4003 Bass. Studio version, 10,000 Days (2006)
Wal MKII bass, Demeter preamps into Gallien-Krueger 2001RB heads, Mesa/Boogie 8x10 (clean) + 4x12 (dirty), Boss BF-2 Flanger, Tech 21 SansAmp GT2, Pro Co Turbo Rat, Boss CE-5 Chorus, DigiTech Bass Whammy
| Knob | Setting (0–10) |
|---|---|
| Gain | 3 |
| Bass | 5 |
| Mid | 8 |
| Treble | 4 |
| Reverb | 0 |
| Master | 6 |
01M-VAVE Cube Baby - Flanger effect block
Enable flanger BEFORE the Big Muff in signal chain - this is how Chancellor runs his BF-2. Slow warble, not jet-plane swoosh
02EHX Bass Big Muff Pi
Blend knob critical - keeps clean lows intact underneath fuzz. Set around noon to preserve fundamental while adding grit on top
Chancellor uses Wal basses with active mid-heavy electronics into a bi-amped clean/dirty rig. Your Rickenbacker 4003 has a naturally bright, piano-like character with strong upper-mids - roll tone to 7 to warm it slightly. The Cube Baby is a modeling unit with limited bass-specific voicing, so keep gain LOW (3) and push mids hard (8) to approximate the Demeter preamp's mid-forward punch. The Big Muff replaces the Turbo Rat/GT2 dirt - use the Blend knob to maintain Chancellor's signature clean-low-plus-dirty-high split that his dual-amp rig achieves.
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