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Amp to create my recorded tone sound clip

Looking for your help getting an amp that sounds like my attached recorded sound clip. I started recorded some song ideas and found that I like my recorded tone on my Lakland 44-02 better than my amped tone. What amps can recreate the tone live? Instead of trying to describe my tone, I have included a clip below (it is just a rough idea from my musical notebook, so the playing is not perfect, but should help communicate my tone goals). I recorded it on by plugging straight into my Focusrite Saffire 24 with no effects. Pick-up blend rolled back towards bridge and internal dip switches set on something like 260hz. The tone I like is on the fingerstyle line in the attached clip. I wonder it the Focusrite preamp have something to do with it? Sorry about the cheesy organ sound, I was trying to reproduce a B3 organ sound, but that is anothe story. Thanks for the help!

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Im not sure you will get a desired response. The tone sounds pretty straightforward. Id venture to say any amp will get you there. Obviously if you like the tone of your bass then youd want something that is fairly uncolored..

So Id start with a few questions...

What wattage are you after?
does the weight matter?
will this be used as a di for live and recording support?
what kind of budget?

Oh...and if you can nail a recorded tone in a live setting you have the juju and we all need some. Sooooo many factors from environment to brand