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08-26-2008, 12:26 AM
|  | Totally into Geddy Lee & Mark King ! | | Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Sonoma County, California ! | | | I WANT MY JAZZ BASS TO GROWL BIG TIME !!!!
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I NEED YOUR HELP !!! I HAVE A FENDER JAZZ BASS w/ PASSIVE PUPS - I WANT TO KEEP IT THAT WAY FOR A NICE, WARM TONE. I WANT THAT BIG TIME GROWL LIKE GEDDY LEE, ETC.
ANY SUGGESTIONS ??? DUNCAN ? EMG ? ETC ? 
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08-26-2008, 12:41 AM
| | Bass/Lead Vocals - Dear Dark Head | | Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Philadelphia, PA, US | | | here's a suggestion. stop yelling at us.
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08-26-2008, 12:41 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2006 Location: North Houston | | | I think you can get a nice "growl" with any pickup/pre combo. I prefer EMG but that's just me. It's all in the fingers, setup and how you eq with your rig.
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08-26-2008, 09:21 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: New Westminster, BC | | | Super low action, rotosound roundwound strings, dig in with your fingers as much as possible.
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08-26-2008, 09:26 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Ottawa, Ont | | get a miniture tiger and put it behind the pickups!! 
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08-26-2008, 09:26 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Los Angeles | | | Tone all the way up, yeah low action and stainless steel strings should do the trick. |
08-26-2008, 09:27 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Vancouver, BC ~ Blaine, WA | | | Play over the bridge pup and dig in good... set your tone to suit. |
08-26-2008, 09:38 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Chugiak, AK | | | Nickel rounds, a hard attack, and a little overdrive do wonders.
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08-26-2008, 09:39 AM
| | | | and get an all tube head.
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08-26-2008, 09:41 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Miami, FL | | I had single coils on my Geddy and switched over to Dimarzio Model Js...It's a lot meaner now...and still all passive
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08-26-2008, 05:34 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Tijuana Mex. | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Risen Ashes I had single coils on my Geddy and switched over to Dimarzio Model Js...It's a lot meaner now...and still all passive | +1
Model J's are very growly pups.
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08-26-2008, 06:16 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Gladstone, QLD, Australia | | Quote:
Originally Posted by zenlowend and get an all tube head. | not necessary...it's about the eq...you want to be able do dial in enough upper-mids to get it to "growl" without any "quack"
and the other suggestions about action, digging in...etc...are spot on... |
08-26-2008, 06:26 PM
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Endorsing artist DR STRINGS/GENZ BENZ/HERCULES STANDS | | Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: St Augustine Florida | | for the most part I agree tho my personal preference is the ultra J from DiMarzio. they are a bit fatter sounding so you can run your eq flatter an have a natural snarl to them Quote:
Originally Posted by Rano Bass +1
Model J's are very growly pups. | |
08-26-2008, 06:39 PM
|  | Don't give a damn about my bad reputation | | Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Oklahoma City | | Quote:
Originally Posted by zenlowend and get an all tube head. |
I also disagree. There is a difference between the stereotypical J growl and the stereotypical tube amp growl.
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08-26-2008, 06:43 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Columbus, Ohio | | | Lindy Fralin J Bass pickups and RotoSound stainless steel strings will give you Geddy Growl. A BadAss II bridge will also help. If you want to get into amp upgrades, Gallien Krueger amps are notorious for their growl and would make a very nice compliment. For Fralin PUPS and a set of RotoSounds you're looking at about $200. A BA bridge will run about $60 and a GK head can run anywhere between $400-$800 (go to RMC Audio, they're the cheapest). |
08-26-2008, 06:46 PM
|  | Jazz Chicken | | Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Ennui, IN USA | | | Rotosounds and a light EQ job.
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08-26-2008, 06:48 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Dacula, GA | | | talk dirty to it. |
08-26-2008, 06:54 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Northern Ontario | | | Be mean to it...works for me.
I play pretty aggressively when I'm really into it...and that's when my basses start to get a little angry.
and I totally agree with lbanks...Rotos and light EQ
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08-26-2008, 07:01 PM
|  | layin' it down like pavement | | Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: North Kingstown, Rhode Island | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Rano Bass +1
Model J's are very growly pups. | +1...I highly recommend the DiMarzio Model J's if a pickup swap is in your future. I have them on my 2006 Highway 1 Jazz and am getting ready to build another Jazz bass and I'll use the DiMarzio Model J's on that one as well. )-(
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08-26-2008, 11:44 PM
| | Totally into Geddy Lee & Mark King ! | | Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Sonoma County, California ! | | Cool !! I've been doing a little reading on those (L.F.)pups. I was also told by a few fellow bassists that Seymour Duncan Quarter Pounders are great, too ! Quote:
Originally Posted by kirkm24 Lindy Fralin J Bass pickups and RotoSound stainless steel strings will give you Geddy Growl. A BadAss II bridge will also help. If you want to get into amp upgrades, Gallien Krueger amps are notorious for their growl and would make a very nice compliment. For Fralin PUPS and a set of RotoSounds you're looking at about $200. A BA bridge will run about $60 and a GK head can run anywhere between $400-$800 (go to RMC Audio, they're the cheapest). |
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