Good bass tone/sound?

[wesman2232]

I am really having a hard time getting a better sound/tone out of my bass and/or my amp. It is probably my amp but I want to see if I can get something cool on there before I get a new one. What is good settings or whatever for a good bass amp? Mine sucks but for the record my knobs are labeled : Low, Low-mid, High-Mid, High.

I kind of want to get a rock tone then a jazz tone since I want to play in my school's jazz band next semester or next year

Thanks for everything if you can give me some pointers or tips
EDIT : OMG I just noticed I posted this in the tablature section, I'm 100% sure I posted in the General Instruction section. If your a mod please move this.

 

[pretaanluxis]

How you play will give your tone not so much your amp.
Depends on the specific amp, but in general for rock turn them all up to 80% and play with a pick. For jazz put low-mids 65%, high at 25% and leave the rest around 50%. Just listen for what you think sounds good with your playing style and use that.

 

[bggeezer]

wrong forum

 

[Rock-Bassman]

ya kinda outa place a lil...

 

[gotmule?]

A little out of place, but to answer your question I usually get the best rock sound by keeping the eq flat and bumping the low mids up a bit. As for jazz, I usually keep the eq flat and bump the bass and treble up a bit. If you want a Jaco type jazz sound, just keep the eq flat, bump up the low mids and run the bridge pickup.