Funk Amp Setting help, Please!!!

[spaceowl2]

I have an SVT4 Pro head, SVT 410 HLF cabinet, Schecter 5 String bass with DR Black Beauty Strings. The bass has active electronics. I have been trying to get a good funk setting sound out of my gear to get that great tone that funk players get and I can't even get close. I have been playing for 20 years and trying to expand my horizons as a player to explore funk. It is hard to practice without that right sound. How do you set eq's and is my gear capable of producing this great sound. Many Thanks!!!!!!!!

[rayriendeau]

There are SO many variables regarding one's sound. So much of one's sound also comes from their hands and how they play and it's what makes us all unique. Jaco sounded like Jaco whether he played his bass or someone else's...make sense?
Having said that, you do have good gear so no worries in that department. I would 1st start with your amp settings flat and work with the eq/pickup combos of your bass. Only use the amp if you still need more EQing. I would find a tone you dig, maybe on a recording and try to get that sound. Really listen to the EQ, Bass, mid and treble settings. Then of course comes the attack, is it a pick, fingers, slap, etc.
I keep my amp and bass as flat as possible and try to get tones, dynamics, sounds from my hands. I view an amp as simply amplifying my bass and not as a source for tones. My favorite heads are the ones that give me the "truest" sound of my bass.
hope this helps............

[spaceowl2]

Thanks for the advice, makes sense.