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Dark Tone

Yeh, get a Thunderbird.
Or a P-basss with a Thunderbird pickup.
I play a Grabber re-issue with the Thunderbird pickup and it sounds like what you're after.
Get some worn in rounds like D'adarrio XL nickels as well.
Scrap that, doesn't really sound like the clip you posted. But it is dark without being mellow IMO.