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Nathan Navarro Champions Hot Hand Dubstep Bass
Tuesday, August 02, 2011
Posted by: Will Cady | Posted in: Artist / Heroes,
Current student at Berklee College of Music and kick-ass bassist Nathan Navarro recently sent us a couple of great videos showing us that we’ve only just tapped into the possibilities opened up by the Hot Hand. Nathan is one of the fearless player making the sounds of dubstep possible with hands on the bass guitar.
The first video has Nathan getting his dubstep wobble on an all-bass original tune. Describing his pedal board set up for the vide, he says, “I ran my bass into a Boss SYB-5 and used the Midi-EXP for the expression input. I don't think the SYB-5 is intended for LFO stuff but it worked alright as a mid-rangy wobble. I'm still working on getting the lower frequency wobbles... BEF for the win. After the synth pedal I also added some distortion with an Ibanez Phat Hed overdrive (not the best distortion pedal in the world but it worked okay). Also, I made sure to keep some of the original clean output going through the mix.”
Take a closer look at this shot of Nathan’s pedal board.
The next video he sent our way is a high-octane cover of ‘Promises’ by Nero. Nathan is working with the band Pinn Panelle on this tune to bring some dubstep sounds into a full band setting. The energy stays high all the way through. I’ve got to ask Nathan…is that a Berklee practice space you guys are tearing up?
You can see more of Nathan’s playing at his YouTube Channel. If you check out his compositions and bass covers, you’ll see that his inventiveness is surpassed by his fantastic technical abilities and challenging compositional voice. Keep on playing Nathan!
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