In Flames - Ordinary Story (Bass Cover)

I was introduced to In Flames (and melodic death metal) in around 2001 by a childhood friend, and ’Ordinary Story’ was the first song I heard from them. Released in 1999 as the second song off their fourth studio album, ’Colony’, ’Ordinary Story’ got me to sit up and take notice of unclean vocals as a sonic texture. The arrangement felt ahead of its time for metal, and really made me pay more attention to dynamics in music. Peter Iwers played a 6 string back in the day, and I just acquired a 2000 Yamaha TRB6ii, which I felt nailed his old tone very well. Here’s my take on this classic In Flames tune, with a bit of treble string cheekiness in the middle. Equipment used: Bass: 2000 Yamaha TRB6ii Neck and bridge pickup at 50/50 blend 15% bass boost, 5% mid boost, 10% treble boost D’Addario XL Nickel Plated Steel Roundwound Strings ( to ) Bb Eb G# C# F# B tuning Audio: Boss GT-1B used as audio interface Markbass a