playing alone at home... I'm playing through my Alesis mixer with headphones for recording. The nickelwounds are working for me. Bought a set tonight.
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Help - My Dimension bass WON'T STOP GROWLING!!!
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playing alone at home... I'm playing through my Alesis mixer with headphones for recording. The nickelwounds are working for me. Bought a set tonight.
Tame? Really? Wow. That L2000 must have monster growl!
Yeah, I was kind of thinking the same thing-- I was originally taking a good look at the American Standard version in Ocean Blue... but now that I have looked up the function of the Deluxe's (soon to be called the Elite) 5-way switch, a Deluxe in Violin Burst is really starting to appeal to me, especially now that some of the bigger retailers are discounting them to make room for the newly-christened "Elite" Dimensions...
Yes indeed, the XL's are a great deal on a great string. A little more tension than the blues, and that can be just right.
I wouldn't just write flats off completely. IMHO, the TI Jazz flats warrant a try. It's a pricey set, but you'll have them forever. Sometimes you can grab a used set off TB, and save some dough.
So many flavors of strings to try. But strings are way cheaper than basses when you are chasing tone.
Strings and set up, the cheapest and easiest improvements. (Well, practice doesn't hurt either.)
You get a lot out of your RC-300?
I wouldn't just write flats off completely. IMHO, the TI Jazz flats warrant a try. It's a pricey set, but you'll have them forever. Sometimes you can grab a used set off TB, and save some dough.
So many flavors of strings to try. But strings are way cheaper than basses when you are chasing tone.
Strings and set up, the cheapest and easiest improvements. (Well, practice doesn't hurt either.)
You get a lot out of your RC-300?
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Foam. Try different pieces/types until you find the one with just the right resistance. You'll know it when you find it.
When you say you added funk, what do you mean? Funk, or music with twangy bass slapped a mile a minute? Funk is all about dirt and slop. That's why old James Brown sounds and feels like it does, and when the growl was gone you got "Living in America."
Edit: Full disclosure, I'm originally from a bland town in northwest NJ and when I saw Rocky 4 as a kid (whenever it came out, I guess I was 12 or so?), that was my first exposure to James Brown. I'm not proud of it now, but I feel lighter after admitting that.
Edit: Full disclosure, I'm originally from a bland town in northwest NJ and when I saw Rocky 4 as a kid (whenever it came out, I guess I was 12 or so?), that was my first exposure to James Brown. I'm not proud of it now, but I feel lighter after admitting that.
I used Labella deep talking Nylon strings-they give 'thump' but not a lot of cut through, nice strings though.
TI Jazz flats again nice strings and almost made the G&L ASAT sound tame, but again lovely.
I really like GHS Boomers medium gauge-there is enough twang and pop and thud depending on how you play them
TI Jazz flats again nice strings and almost made the G&L ASAT sound tame, but again lovely.
I really like GHS Boomers medium gauge-there is enough twang and pop and thud depending on how you play them
I play my 4003 all the time with Roto 66s in a band that does everything from classic country to Uptown Funk and I actually chose this specific bass because of it's growl and how it reacts to touch. I think a little bit of growly grit helps it sit better in a dense mix, and fighting a keyboard player with a leslie overdrive and hammond I need all the help I can get. IMO, of course.
I'm still trying to understand what i meant by Growl? Is it a non musical sound coming from the bass like noise or something like the overdrive you might get from a pedal a pedal?
Try less growly strings (I moved away from Rotosound Swing 66 Bass Strings for the same reason, and it helped). Also, lowering your pickup height might help.
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Yep, my Dimension is pretty similar. I tried it out at the store, heard it growl, went back in after the weekend to buy it because it was $400 off original. I get a lot of compliments on how well it cuts through the mix and people can actually hear my runs and lines now. Very good bass, feels amazing to play, too.
Flats will help with that, my Gibson Ripper growls, but I am using GHS brite flats on it. This tames it just enough, I don't want to lose all the growl 
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Funk, as in Bootsy playing bass for James Brown, which I've been listening to a lot lately. To my ears, Give it Up and On the Good Foot don't have any growl. These tunes are clean as a whistle. There was a post earlier this year about playing covers exactly as the original, which encouraged me to listen to bass players with a more discerning ear, which then allowed me to actually hear how Bootsy was doing with JB (staying in the pocket and keeping it simple)
