Hey guys, I was wondering if there is a certain bass-making brand or certain model of bass, known for it's sexy growl?
Best regards,
Brooks
Best regards,
Brooks
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Basses known for growl
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Off the top of my head I can think of 4 different tones that some would consider representative of growl. What do you consider growly? Better yet, why not post a Youtube clip?
PBass Growl? I will respectfully disagree. Every PBass I have owned or played has had a warm classic tone to them. Jazz basses have much more growl. I am not a big fan of Musicman either. I have had 2 and both had dead spots on the fretboard. I think growl has more to do with pickups than the type of bass. EMG's seem to have the most growl. Find a bass that has them or change the pickups in your current bass.
Ok, please don't hate on me for posting this song. This came through pandora for some reason, and THE BASS sound is SICK!
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Again, don't listen to anything else. Although after listening to some other JT stuff, the bassist he has is pretty damn good. Gotta dig that growly tone though.
Best regards,
Brooks
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Again, don't listen to anything else. Although after listening to some other JT stuff, the bassist he has is pretty damn good. Gotta dig that growly tone though.
Best regards,
Brooks
If anyone hates you for posting JT they either have bad taste... or none at all
. The guy has massive talent and he has a habit of picking badass musicians. I met one actually, Kevin Walker, the guy's a beast.For that kind of tone, there are actually quite a few basses that can get you in the area. Plenty of humcancelling (more than likely wired series) pickups could get you there, though they'll all have their own character. A Sadowsky M5-24, Warwick Streamer Stage II, Skjold, Roscoe, Elrick The list goes on and on really. I can get really close with my Bartolini equipped Tom Clement and Brubaker too.
Spector NS-2...
It's a growl factory. I own two. They are effortlessly growly.
These are still made with the solid-state 9v tone circuit that's been in them since 1979.
The Spector NS-4 is also growly, and having the 18v tone-circuit has tons of headroom. But because it comes with EMG humbuckers I find the sound less appealing than the P/J powered NS-2 for some reason.
Tons of sound clips on my website: Your Unofficial Guide to ALL THINGS SPECTOR Under cool videos.
It's a growl factory. I own two. They are effortlessly growly.
These are still made with the solid-state 9v tone circuit that's been in them since 1979.
The Spector NS-4 is also growly, and having the 18v tone-circuit has tons of headroom. But because it comes with EMG humbuckers I find the sound less appealing than the P/J powered NS-2 for some reason.
Tons of sound clips on my website: Your Unofficial Guide to ALL THINGS SPECTOR Under cool videos.
With the right EQing, there is almost no other choice. The pbass has been the choice of plenty of bassist with"growly" tone. Although I was had mind more of a punk midrangy growl, not the growl he posted in this song.
The bass that comes to mind for me, for this song, would be a stingray.
I'm also with Kwesi, anything with bartolini buckers could prolly also pull off this tone.If anyone hates you for posting JT they either have bad taste... or none at all
For that kind of tone, there are actually quite a few basses that can get you in the area. Plenty of humcancelling (more than likely wired series) pickups could get you there, though they'll all have their own character. A Sadowsky M5-24, Warwick Streamer Stage II, Skjold, Roscoe, Elrick The list goes on and on really. I can get really close with my Bartolini equipped Tom Clement and Brubaker too.
I'm also firmly in the camp that does not see (hear?) P basses as being growly by any means. Could anyone who thinks otherwise post some kind of clip to represent that tone?
I have to agree that to my ear a P Bass is far from the top of the growl list (to my ear at least) and a J bass is much closer if you are staying in the world of Fender (That's what Geddy Lee played on Moving Pictures contrary to the impression many of us had that the album was recorded with his trusty Old Ric, Listen to Farewell to Kings for some Ric Growl). I like the growl from my Pedulla ThunderBass with the Bartolini Soapbars and active preamp, I've heard plenty of less expensive basses similarly equipped which growl like Pit Bulls. Spector, Tobias, Zon, Higher end B.C. Rich etc.. It gets to a point where you realize there are so many choices, that you might want to specify what band or bass player has the kind of growl that you like the most.
I'm thinkin if I found a solid used Jazz bass with a straight neck, I could drop some Bartolini humbuckers in it without droppin 2-5k on a Warwick. What do you think?
Best regards,
Brooks
Best regards,
Brooks
"growl" is such a generic term i hardly even know what it means.
just boost the low-mid EQ on your amp and you'll probably start to approximate the sound you're looking for. warwick, p bass, j bass, whatever...the type of bass is really not so important because they'll all do their own version of this sound if you EQ it right and play with some conviction.
just boost the low-mid EQ on your amp and you'll probably start to approximate the sound you're looking for. warwick, p bass, j bass, whatever...the type of bass is really not so important because they'll all do their own version of this sound if you EQ it right and play with some conviction.
