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11-20-2011, 08:34 PM
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How do you get this like intense growly tone? Man! Please listen to the Tye Tribbett song "Bless the Lord (son of man)" on YouTube. When the bassist comes in it's just straight fat growl. I want that! I have a five string American standard P and a Warwick $$ Corvette four. Of tye is playing bass, I think he usually uses a Fender Lyte. But just in general, how do you get that tone!
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11-20-2011, 08:47 PM
| | | | Sounds like a 5 string Jazz bass with a big cut in the mids/high mids put through a nice amp and cab with some low end extension to me. |
11-20-2011, 09:04 PM
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11-20-2011, 09:10 PM
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Originally Posted by basslinejam  | Great playing, but the tone doesn't have the same "character" to the notes as the original IMO.
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11-20-2011, 09:10 PM
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11-20-2011, 09:26 PM
| | | | Start with crunchy, rather then smooth voiced pups. Add active eq for at least that tone tweak that loZ gives. Orient toward modern rather then vintage voice. Theres soapbars, j's and yes p's that can work great for growl. Main thing with P's is avoid any that get muddy easy and which lack any upper treble response.
Add woods like basswood, the bubinga, ovangkol, wenge combo, or mahogany with maple top.
Plug said bass into processor of choice or at least overdrive of choice, with good multiband bass eq after that. To recover any lost low bass impact and to tweak mids thru treble as desired if needed.
Play thru nice hifi rig.
I also find that some aspects of the mids can need a little boosting in some cases for better growl. And in most cases slightly rolling pup blend a little toward the bridge. Perhaps with a little bit of bass boost or a little bit of cut to treble, from your onboard eq if desired for this position. In some cases, rolling pup blend a little toward neck pup can create good darker variation. Use a little bit of bass cut if desired for this position.
Brands I like that typically do growl very well to me include BC Rich, Esp Ltd, Jackson, Ibanez, Warwick.
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11-20-2011, 10:12 PM
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Originally Posted by WorshipBassist How do you get this like intense growly tone? Man! Please listen to the Tye Tribbett song "Bless the Lord (son of man)" on YouTube. When the bassist comes in it's just straight fat growl. I want that! I have a five string American standard P and a Warwick $$ Corvette four. Of tye is playing bass, I think he usually uses a Fender Lyte. But just in general, how do you get that tone!
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11-20-2011, 10:20 PM
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Thad uses a crazy pedal (stomp box) live that I haven't gotten close enough to see. But he IS unique and the only person I know to get that kinda growl and tone from a Pbass delux. Quote: |
Originally Posted by basslinejam |
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11-20-2011, 10:34 PM
| | My gear is better than I am. | | Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Clifton, NJ or Virgin Islands | | | Of note also: Thad's technique uses alot of root/5th chording at times. Especially for sustained notes and hyped parts. This definitely adds to the impression of rumble and growl.
He's sick on 4 strings.
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11-20-2011, 10:44 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Central FL | | | That track was just him playing power chords or an octive pedal set to fifths . Roll the treble back, boost the low /mid mids, keep the low lows in check. |
11-20-2011, 10:50 PM
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I'm no fan of fender basses, but peep that for another example of growl. It's amazing what Pino gets from just his right hand technique. A p-bass in my hands tho, ain't worth the paper the strings came in.
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11-20-2011, 10:55 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: QLD, Australia | | | I can see in the live version he has the Fender Lyte, so maybe just a shade of grit and crunch in the tone or even just 10% octave fx in the mix can add a bit of grunt to the over all tone in a more hifi eq setting and you should be good from that. I cant see it takin much more than that to get that growl, at best some DR fat beams could help.
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11-21-2011, 05:46 AM
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Originally Posted by DarrenRV Of note also: Thad's technique uses alot of root/5th chording at times. Especially for sustained notes and hyped parts. This definitely adds to the impression of rumble and growl.
He's sick on 4 strings. | +1
No growl there just chords. Nice clean playing though. |
11-21-2011, 08:19 AM
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Originally Posted by ric4682 | I agree, Stefan has always gotten the growl. I can attest to bass choice being a factor as I've always received tons of compliments on my Dolphin about its growly tone. I've even had people who have heard it w/o really giving it a good look think it's a fretless. |
11-21-2011, 05:26 PM
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Originally Posted by brendanbassist | I want that!
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