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Effects...

Very few bassists in bands like this (that I know of) actually use effects to acheive their sounds. Its normally clean bass through a tube head like an Ampeg or Orange.

If you have a totally clean head, then a light 'natural' sounding overdrive might be what you are looking for. And maybe a compressor