Green Day Guitar/Bass Amp Modeling

[Prosthetic Brain]

Hello fellow Green Day fans!

I've been looking all over the internet for this answer and I cannot seem to find the one I am looking for...

Me and my band are currently recording our first full length punk album at a professional recording studio (after saving up our money for a while) and obviously we want to make this the best we can.

We have finished recording guitar and bass and are now ready to try and achieve the sound we want for both instruments. The studio is using I believe Pro Tools on a Mac. He told us they have a good amp modeling software on there that we will be using for the album.

So this is where I need your help. Basically, the tone that Green Day uses for both their guitars and Mike's bass are almost EXACTLY the type of sound I am looking for. However, I'm not exactly sure what settings I should use on the amp modeling software, and don't want to fuck this up...ya know? (ha)

Thanks for the help guys!

[Guest]

Unless you're making a Green Day Tribute album... Make it centered around Mid and Treble for guitars and bass.

Be original. Mess around with the settings until you feel it's the tone you're craving for.

[Khris]

I say, get your own tone dude. be original. As perfect as I think their tones are, do your own thing.

[WhiteTim]

What the other two said...

But noone really knows for sure just play around with the amp til u find it or get close to it

[Prosthetic Brain]

Well, of course I'm going to add my own spin on things, haha. I just wanted a nice starting point for the type of sound I would like. Thanks guys!

[gypsypunk92]

^{if you want a sound like on dookie or insomniac, i would advise to play through a huge marshall cab, crank the gain up around 6 or 7, have the treble around 8 or 9, mid around 6 and bass around 9 or 10.}

^{if you want a sound like on uno for example, i personally think you should play through a regular old fender tube amp, using a les paul jr or another simple guitar on the treble pick up, have it on the distortion channel, but keep the gain low, around a 3 or 4. keep treble high and bass high, mid, in the middle, and just crank that bad boy up}

[Prosthetic Brain]

Thank you!

[EvanAsFuck]

I honestly would recommend sticking to your amp (unless you just have a really crappy one, but if you're doing professional recording I doubt that's so). In my opinion the computer-generated tone modeling softwares always sound a little funky. Never beats a good real tone. Or borrow a Marshall JCM 900 or TSL60 from someone if at all possible.