How do you like your tone?

[petrus61]

Thick low mids with a crisp, yet slightly attenuated top. Add a dash of hair and I'm good.

 

[chris_b]

I'm trying my best to sound like the best bits of Duck Dunn, Pino, Jamerson, Nathan East and Reggie McBride.

 

[gleneg61]

Stirred, not shaken.

 

[Qlanq]

Like slapping 2 planks of wood together. Add some some fried bacon.

 

[Need Gigs]

Like Bieber

 

[bramhc]

Always try to aim Rickenbacker 4001 bridge tone. Lots of high mid.

 

[jeffreylee]

Fat and round. Preferably an all valve amp giving that warmth, sustain, and natural compression. Enough upper mids to give a clear note definition. A bit of treble to catch the attack, but not too much to make it sound clanky.

 

[kcole4001]

If I had to pick just one:

growly and somewhat crunchy (Geddy's Permanent Waves tone).

I use a fair amount of tonal variation throughout a set depending on each tune.

 

[Robert B]

Deep, clear, and defined fundamental, with a bit of snarl in the midrange for character and sparkle in the highs for beauty. You know what I mean. Don't you?

 

[dvdtlsn]

beefy and not to fuzzy...on my GK head the boost is usually at 11 o'clock (for rock). Have stopped changing strings and playing P pickup on bass. Like the combination.

 

[ShonenCello]

Jamersonesque.

Not getting it though.

 

[fivaras]

Deep and fat (or "Phat" if you prefer) for reggae/dub songs. Punchy and clear (maybe a bit too much gain) for swing/ska songs. My band plays various genres so I try to have a versatile sound.

 

[MVE]

Depends...whatever works in the context!

+1 to this.

I change my tone for each song.

I kinda think of clean bass tone in 4 basic stereotypes, P - boomy thick, J - brighter less boom, R - gritty and midrange, and Slap - mid scooped and bright.

I have a basic idea where to turn the knobs on my Alembic and where to move my right hand to get each, and I change them for the song. I always warn the sound guy that I change the bass tone through the set as far too many of them have only one single concept of what Bass sounds like and kinda leave it there all night. Lol.

 

[FretNoMore]

Depends on what song we're covering, I don't have a signature sound. Personally I do prefer a somewhat neutral bass sound though, blend in rather than stand out. Maybe slightly more modern and growly J bass type rather than old school P bass thump.

 

[B Major]

Extremely loud and incredibly close..... Naaa but I like my lows thick with a nasty little growl, my mids to punch and my highs clear and cutting. Usually accomplished with a combination of my right hand and my Warwick...

 

[Mytt88]

Somewhere in between. I usually use a plugin, but here's the blue Ric through a Tech21 VT Bass pedal.

Wait for the little player to pop up -

https://app.box.com/s/ajtphgn67mrqi6nwvcxt

and this is my USA Jazz through Amplitube 3 plugin

https://app.box.com/s/fq9qmngckpojom0aargd

I need to buy a ric...

How would you describe that tone? Middy? It's B.E.A utiful!

 

[Baird6869]

I want it all... Big boomy bottom end, highs and high mids that cut thru the mix like a knife, tubey but also modern sounding and the ability to have a crystal clear tone or overdriven if I want.

I get most of that from my current setup except heavy overdrive.

 

[Dbassmon]

Depends...whatever works in the context!

This is a thoughtful and musical answer. Very bassplayer-like!

 

[lomo]

...clear enough that the beginning and end of each note are crisp and defined, with a touch of fur around the edges to warm it up, and a low mid boost to rattle the sternum such that it's felt as much as heard......

 

[crucislancer]

It really depends on what song I am playing at the time, but my default tone is a Jazz bass with all the knobs up full, slight boost in the low mids, with a hint of overdrive.