i see alot on here about people looking for growly basses/tones...but what basses have the smoothest phattest tones.....or is it all in the amp?
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growl?
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ibanez btb405q that i have has a nice smooth and fat tone. AND a growly tone, if you want. AND a bright tone in there, too. AND a punchy tone, great for slap. (by the way, if anyone wants this bass, PM me. it's trans black and in perfect condition.)
i think alot of the sound has to do with the amp and cab, but more specifically how the gear is eq'd.
i think alot of the sound has to do with the amp and cab, but more specifically how the gear is eq'd.
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Any bass can have any sound described here. It all depends on how much you want to change the pickups and controls/preamp. My yamaha bb605 (jazz) has a creamy growl to it (best way I can describe it), but the btb more of a phat-bottom-girl sound (soapbar), atleast that's where I try to get it. Both have active eq's and the sound can be changed drastically on either.
IMHO, it's the amp that makes the most difference in the sound. Follow the signal chain in reverse...Amp/preamp, electronics, pickups, strings. In that order from most impacting to least impacting on changing the sound.
IMHO, it's the amp that makes the most difference in the sound. Follow the signal chain in reverse...Amp/preamp, electronics, pickups, strings. In that order from most impacting to least impacting on changing the sound.
bongos can do the lot, from growl to smooth.
heck, get a HH model and you can do some excavation too!
heck, get a HH model and you can do some excavation too!
thats what i was thinking, my jazz gets pretty growly, not that i want it to, but some messing around with the eq the other night i was slowly getting to the tone i want.....if yuo've ever heard jill scotts 826+ double album, on the live disc, thats the tone i wantWoodchuck said:
i dont like bongos
, classic ray or nothin
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.when i think about fat/phat sound, i remember my expierience with a single coil p-bass. the Sting model. mind you, it's was aso super punchy, so i'm not sure if this really counts. i prefer the single coil p-basses to the regular split coil ones.
+1 for cirrus = smooth. played a nice bubinga topped one today... wish i had saved up just a little more and bought one of these puppies instead of my ESP (still love that bass though).
when i hear growl, i think of a j-bass or a warwick.
rock on
+1 for cirrus = smooth. played a nice bubinga topped one today... wish i had saved up just a little more and bought one of these puppies instead of my ESP (still love that bass though).
when i hear growl, i think of a j-bass or a warwick.
rock on
To me... a ric 4001/4003 has growl.... but EQ can help.
Growl = high mid focus in tone. The more you scoop low mids the more the growl comes out... but you can't take out too much of the low mids. Fresh roundwounds help give any bass a growly tone.
Smooth = Dial back on those clanky highs. Old strings and roundwounds help with this tone. More of a low mid focus than high mid focus.
Muddy = too many low mids and deep boomy lows.
Growl = high mid focus in tone. The more you scoop low mids the more the growl comes out... but you can't take out too much of the low mids. Fresh roundwounds help give any bass a growly tone.
Smooth = Dial back on those clanky highs. Old strings and roundwounds help with this tone. More of a low mid focus than high mid focus.
Muddy = too many low mids and deep boomy lows.
to me p-basses sound rather clunky and rude..but after listening to raphael saadiq (live at the house of blues) i might have to check out the new/old BB's...preston crump sounds so good on that
Yes please!
My stingray has an awesome fat growl to it that is also very warm sounding. It comes from the bass and amp, as I leave my amp basically flat, but scoop out almost all my low-mids, and pull the middle, high-mids, and treble down a tiny bit. Gives a great growl.
My stingray has an awesome fat growl to it that is also very warm sounding. It comes from the bass and amp, as I leave my amp basically flat, but scoop out almost all my low-mids, and pull the middle, high-mids, and treble down a tiny bit. Gives a great growl.
uhh...it'd help to read the first post, its abot not getting growl, about getting that phat hip hop tone....as little growl as possiblefenderbassabuse said:
