looking for growl...

[22w1st3d]

any suggestions?

im thinking of replacing my bridge pickup on a 82 MIJ Squire, i bought this bass as a project piece and i intend to change the bridge, install a detuner and replace bridge p-up.


ive been looking around ebay and the Duncan SJB-2 and Quarter Pounder have caught my eye. mostly because theyre in my price range and i heard good things about the QP'ers. im looking for some good attack and response in my bridge area, for thats where i play faster/heavier stuff. my neck pickup is fine, its rich and i love it

so opinions on the 2 mentions p-ups? or suggestions of p-ups in that range, tonally and financially, because you cant afford much when ur 17

 

[Crabby]

I too am on a mission for growl. I have a MIM jazz that needs a makeover. After doing lots of research here on TB and other places, I have settled on a set of Dimarzio Model J's. They seem to have overwhelming good reviews and have been noted many times to add growl to the bridge.

Ill update when the pickups arrive and are installed.

 

[22w1st3d]

good to know. how much were they?

 

[Rota]

I have DiMarzio P/J's on one of my basses, and I usually find myself using primarily the bridge pickup because it sounds so good. It's got some serious growl to it. I highly recommend DiMarzio if you want growl, especially with a J pickup at the bridge. 10/10 for sure IMO.

 

[kyral210]

Slayer growl like hell, and Tom Araya uses EMG's (35DC's to be precise). So get yourself some EMG pickups.

You need a very bright tone from your bass, so grab some D'Addario Pro Steels. Dont use nickle or flat wounds, that just gives you a lovely mellow tone, and were talking about growling!

You need to get your effects in order to sound great. As a basic setup, try the Ibanz PD-7 overdrive pedal. I run mine at:

Drive - 5
Lo - 7
High - 5
Level - 11 (only kidding, 3)
Mode - distortion
Attack - 1

That pedal is really cool as you can play anything from blues dirt to thrash metal, and the attack switch lets you get those Korn fret sound really easily. Boss make a similar pedal, but I consider that a little less aggressive.

On your amp, dont be afraid to add the mids in as they are what makes the punch. I like the frown arangement, where the settings are roughly:

low bass - 5
bass - 6
low mids - 7
mids - 8
high mids - 7
trebble - 6
high trebble - 5

Im going to post a load in the effects section soon, but follow the above advice and you will get a metal grown that will have the crowd fleeing from the venue!

 

[Crabby]

good to know. how much were they?

I live in Canada and they cost me $150 to order in.

In the US I have seen them going for about $95 a set. Great deal considering the dollar is pretty much at par.

bestbassgear.com has the best us prices.