Released in 2010 as the lead single of the debut album from American rock band, Neon Trees, 'Animal' was a fun song that I was always happy to play when I was in a covers band playing the pub circuit.

The structure of the song is straightforward, but the melodies infectious, and the bass tone got me obsessed with the tone of a P-bass played pickstyle, running straight into a hot amp on the edge of breakup.


Equipment used:
Bass:
Kiesel Zeus ZB5
Chambered alder body with black limba top
3-pc walnut/purpleheart/walnut neck with zebrawood fingerboard
Vintage sized Evo Gold frets
Nordstrand NP5 Vintage with Alnico III magnets (soloed)
Nordstrand Big Split bridge pickup
Sadowsky onboard preamp (5% bass boost, 15% treble boost, VTC wide open)
D'Addario XTB coated nickel plated strings (0.045 to 0.130)
Gravity 0.9mm Thin Stealth XL plectrum

Audio:
Boss GT-1B used as audio interface
Ampeg SVT amp sim with organic cab sim
Bass fuzz patch set to light drive
Edited in Reaper (Light compression added)

Video:
iPhone 7
Edited in Davinci Resolve 16