Anxious’ Sam Allen - GEAR MASTERS Ep. 569 - video Dailymotion

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Become a member (it's FREE) at https://digtb.us/signup Buy official DTB merch at http://digtb.us/merch  On this episode of DTB’s “Gear Masters”, Sam Allen, bassist of the alternative rock band, Anxious, shows off the gear that he uses onstage, while on tour with Ultra Q and Stateside. Anxious is currently supporting their newest album, Bambi.  PLAY THE SAME GEAR: Fender Player Series Precision Bass - https://sweetwater.sjv.io/ra0zNv Heavy-gauge D’Addario Nickel Wound Strings - https://sweetwater.sjv.io/POArde Boss TU-3 Chromatic Tuner Pedal - https://sweetwater.sjv.io/kOka2L Darkglass Microtubes B3K V2 CMOS Bass Overdrive Pedal - https://sweetwater.sjv.io/e1QrZO MXR M81 Bass Preamp Pedal - https://sweetwater.sjv.io/APAyXo Fender Super Bassman 300 Tube Amp Head - https://sweetwater.sjv.io/19gDQ9 Ampeg Bass Cabinet - https://sweetwater.sjv.io/JKjLyq Dunlop Tortex Triangle Pick - https://sweetwater.sjv.io/gOrAkA  VIDEO INFO: Film Date - April 6, 2025 Location - Cobra Lounge in Chicago, IL  KEEP UP WITH ANXIOUS: Instagram - https://instagram.com/wereanxious Twitter - https://twitter.com/anxiousct  FOLLOW US: Website/Email List - https://www.digitaltourbus.com/#/portal/signup YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/digitaltourbus Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/digitaltourbus/ TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@digitaltourbus Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/digitaltourbus/ Twitter - https://twitter.com/digitaltourbus Pinterest - https://www.pinterest.com/digitaltourbus/ LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/digital-tour-bus-llc Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/user/digitaltourbus  VIDEO SUMMARY: 00:00 Introduction 00:15 Bass Guitar 01:36 Pedalboard 02:20 Amp & Cabinet 05:11 Picks  ABOUT DIGITAL TOUR BUS: Digital Tour Bus is your backstage pass to your favorite touring artists! With daily video releases, we cover all genres, and have had the pleasure of featuring the likes of Matchbox Twenty, Twenty One Pilots, Megadeth, Machine Gun Kelly, Papa Roach, and thousands of others, over the past 15 years. "Bus Invaders" takes you inside an artist's home on the road, "Cooking at 65mph" showcases the culinary skills of artists on tour, and "Gear Masters" unveils the equipment musicians use on stage.  Affiliate Disclosure: Some of the links in this description are affiliate links, which means I may earn a small commission at no additional cost to you if you make a purchase. Your support helps me continue to create content like this. Thank you!

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00:00Hello, my name is Sam. I play bass in Anxious. This is my Fender Player Series. It's just a

00:16Mech CP that I refinished the body and I put new tuners on it because I broke one. I mean,

00:24it's pretty, it's turned up all the way, tone and volume. I have these Quarter Pounders in it.

00:28There's one song that I roll it off like a hair for, a song called Some Girls, but otherwise,

00:38yeah, they're pretty much up all the way. They're Deodario, they're not the Pro Seals,

00:43I think they're the Nickel Wound, just whatever the heaviest, I think the 115s. I like playing

00:48with really high action because it doesn't clank as much and I like for my bass to sound

00:54like an 808, kind of. Yeah, otherwise it's just normal. Represent. Just standard. Sometimes,

01:05we have a couple songs in drop D, so I have another bass with me that originally I was

01:10gonna have in D and just switch back and forth, but I don't want to do it, so I'm just using this

01:17one and tuning it and breaking the truss rod. I kind of want to get a new neck for this one anyway.

01:21I bought like a $600 bass and I probably put like $800 into it or something. I don't know.

01:29And now I'm gonna buy a new neck, so that'll be another $400. But that's, that's it. Yeah, I have

01:36nothing crazy. I mean, it's just a Boss tuner. This Microtubes V3K, the Dark Class pedal. I had a V1 that I've had

01:46since I was like 15, but it broke on this tour. And I bought a new one yesterday in Minneapolis from my friend Jake Beidle from

01:57Prize Horse. He works at Twin Town. It's a great music shop in Minneapolis. Yeah, and I just have this MXR DI. It's awesome. It's way better than a Sans Am in my personal opinion. It has this cool EQ section that I'd use to push it into this.

02:05So I have, it's really low and heavy, and then it comes into this, which is also really low and heavy. It's a super bass man. It's really heavy. And it's really fucking loud. I mean, you can see here the EQ section is just, it's hot.

02:12high on bass, low mids. Usually I keep the treble about here at noon. But lately I've been rolling it back just as much as the mids.

02:19So I've got the EQ section that I've used to push it into this. So I have, it's really low and heavy, and then it comes into this, which is also really low and heavy. It's a super bass man. It's really heavy. And it's really fucking loud.

02:29I mean, you can see here the EQ section is just, it's high on bass, low mids. Usually I keep the treble about here at noon. But lately I've been rolling it back just as much as the mids.

02:41Just as much as the mids. And then I just feel like with like overdriven bass, those high mids, those like really clanky high mids will come through.

02:53Cause this is always on. Like this, I never turn this off, which I don't like in my bass tone. I like like a really growly low end, but like it really bothers me if it's, it's super clicky and clanky.

03:04I don't know why. Um, I just always, that's yeah. Like I remember the, one of the first basses I ever had, I broke because I cranked the truss rod so much trying to get it high off.

03:14I was like Googling, how do I get my bass to stop clicking? I just don't like it. I don't know. So yeah. So there's like a lot of low end coming out of this, out of my board.

03:23And then it goes into the head, which is also like, I use this overdrive section. So it's even more distorted, which adds even more like high mids. And then I have, um, I have the blend down.

03:35So it's not like a ton of like gain coming out, but yeah. And then you, I mean, you can see like, it's pretty much the same EQ as the pedal where the bass is high.

03:47I don't turn the deep on where you pull it out, but I want to, but our sound guy Max doesn't want me to do that.

03:55Uh, and then yeah, the mids are scooped and the, the treble is a little higher, but still kind of down.

04:03Uh, I really like pushing this, this, this low ish, like 110 mid range. I guess it's like low mids, but that's like my favorite frequency range for a bass guitar.

04:16Um, but yeah, I like this thing a lot. It's too heavy. I kind of wish I bought an 800.

04:23Cause they sound almost exactly the same. I might even like how the 800 sounds better.

04:29So if you want to buy this from me, maybe I'll sell it to you.

04:35Uh, yeah. And then I just had this Ampeg 215 that I bought from a friend.

04:41It came with the case. That was like the most of the reason I bought it, but it's awesome.

04:46Uh, the grill keeps falling off. So I taped it.

04:48The same thing. Yeah. Yeah. I just had this concrete.

04:52But I'll sell that too. I don't give a fuck.

04:54Hit me up if you want to buy my dope shit.

04:56I want to, I kind of want to do some different, like I kind of want to get like two calves.

05:00I want to get like a 115 and a 410 on top. I don't know.

05:04Make me an office.

05:06Gotta have the pick, baby.

05:08Jason Newstead.

05:10Need I say more? Yeah, it's just like a Dorito pick.

05:12I think it's one, one, three. 1.13.

05:16It might be a little heavier. I don't like them too heavy.

05:20But I like them heavy.

05:22Yeah, I don't know. I pick really hard, so I need something thicker.

05:25Um, it doesn't matter because I smashed my finger up. Either way.

05:29I'm not good. I'm not very good.

05:31So, I don't really know what I'm doing.

05:33But yeah, that's my stuff.

05:35Uh, Anxious New Record, Bambi, out on Rump for Cover.

05:39Go listen to it, if you want. Thanks.

05:43Thanks.

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