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Need help finding this tone.

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MCouary

May 6, 2008
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Mexico
#1
Hello folks, I'm just a bass player in need, hope you can help out. I've been playing the bass for myself and as a hobby. Right now I'm the proud owner of a Lakland 55-01 and a Am. Standard Jazz Bass. I find the tone between them quite similar. Recently, I've been hearing this bass tone in my mind. If you listen to this video, you'll kind of get an idea.



Hope you don't mind the video is in a foreign lenguage (spanish to be precise)

I really dig that tone, but would like it meatier. Meatier like, a little bit more bass and growl. I can't quite get the tone out of my basses. Feels like it's missing that burp or growl (don't know how to describe it) when played with my fingers.

Also, I'm planing to buy a new bass. Care to tell me if any bass at all would give me that tone in a live gig? I'll be really thankful if you help me out. Cheers!
 
#3
When you say "more bass" and "growl" I think P bass.

But that sounds like a Jazz bass to me. It's so compressed that it's hard for me to tell.

Use your J's - favor the neck pickup volume-wise but play closer to the bridge pickup. And pluck pretty hard - that's a big part of the growl. Mess around with your pickup height too. A slightly over-driven, big huge tube amp would sure help a lot.
 
#6
paparoof said:
BTW - I'm digging the song. I like songs in languages I don't understand cause I can't get frustrated about the stupid lyrics when I don't know what they're saying.
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Well, this is just a warning anyway but trust me, you'd smash your head against a wall several times if you knew what they say.

Anyway, so basically, all I need to do is crank my compression all the way up, favor the neck pickup and hope for the best?
 
#7
MCouary said:
Well, this is just a warning anyway but trust me, you'd smash your head against a wall several times if you knew what they say.
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I'm sure it's insipid, but if I don't know then it's all good.

MCouary said:
Anyway, so basically, all I need to do is crank my compression all the way up, favor the neck pickup and hope for the best?
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And play through one of these:
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Check out the clip from the Sadowsky Vintage 5 "with preamp EQ":
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