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08-31-2008, 09:29 AM
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Looking for folks to explain what "growl" means to them. A lot of the string discussions mention "growl" and I've never quite understood what that meant. Thanks!
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08-31-2008, 09:32 AM
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There's your midrange boosted clean bridge pickup kind of Jaco growl...
And then there's your slightly overdriven tube amp fuzzy Ampeg kind of growl.
But of course, theres a million other kinds, but those are the two archetypal kinds that people usually refer to, I use em as reference points, because most growliness is some kind of offshoot of one of those... 
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08-31-2008, 09:37 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Burnaby, BC, Canada | | | I think growl refers to a strong midrange attack. When you pluck the string and all the right overtones are present. |
08-31-2008, 09:46 AM
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The answer is: NOBODY KNOWS.
Ask 5 people and they'll give you completely different answers.
I personally recommend using more descriptive words to describe tone eg:
Lots of treble with a bit of overdrive - Clank
Mostly bass with no treble - Dubby
Lots of punchy low mids - Thump
It's fun!
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Otherwise Growl is what the dawg in my avatar does if you try to touch that bass, or her bones...
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08-31-2008, 10:33 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Northampton, MA | | For others reading the post, just found this earlier thread on the same: What is Growl
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08-31-2008, 10:37 AM
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Originally Posted by Parabolic Box I think growl refers to a strong midrange attack. When you pluck the string and all the right overtones are present. | This description comes closest to what I had in mind. I might also describe it as "bite", or in SansAmp BDDI terms - "Presence".
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08-31-2008, 10:42 AM
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Originally Posted by DaveF I personally recommend using more descriptive words to describe tone eg:
Lots of treble with a bit of overdrive - Clank
Mostly bass with no treble - Dubby
Lots of punchy low mids - Thump | I think I agree w/DaveF here, given how many different thoughts there seem to be on "growl". Maybe the term is a bit too subjective ?
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08-31-2008, 10:45 AM
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Originally Posted by superfunk47
1. "midrange boosted clean bridge pickup kind of Jaco growl..."
2. "slightly overdriven tube amp fuzzy Ampeg kind of growl."
"theres a million other kinds, but those are the two archetypal kinds that people usually refer to, I use em as reference points, because most growliness is some kind of offshoot of one of those"
| Very helpful.
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