What bass is like a warwick but has a slightly heavier sound. Please tell me any type of bass you know.
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What Bass???????????
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bongomania
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A Warwick is a manly bass. There is no bass heavier than a Warwick, either physically or sonically. ymmv of course. GFI
A Warwick is a manly bass. There is no bass heavier than a Warwick, either physically or sonically. ymmv of course. GFI
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What bass is like a warwick but has a slightly heavier sound. Please tell me any type of bass you know.
Get a Warwick and install a slightly heavy steel plate on the back.
Also helps with any neck-dive issues.
The term 'heavy' is difficult to quantify; your definition of heavy, mine, & all the other TBers may vary hugely. Can you offer an example of the sound you're after?
An example of a song with a similar sound to what i am looking for is "never again" by nickelback.
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Geez, you'd think with the amount of question marks you used in the title, you would have gotten more serious answers by now. See if you can edit the title, throw a few more on there, that'll really bring in the solid answers.
Just a tip: I've noticed that any bass sounds a little heavier/growlier if you tune down, either by a half step on all strings or you can do Drop D and just use the low string for the extra rumble. You can try other tunings (like DGCF or even drop C), but there's a point where it just starts sounding floppy and lame.
Of course, you could also get that growlier sound on the low B string of just about any 5er, as long as it's not floppy either.
Of course, you could also get that growlier sound on the low B string of just about any 5er, as long as it's not floppy either.
i tune ADGCF and it's certainly not floppy and lame, in fact i sometimes tune to drop G or G-standard (C-standard on a 4 string), and that IMO is the point where it starts sounding "floppy an lame" although this will also depend on your string gauges and scale length (it's no secret that i use a fairly heavy gauge to keep my low B tight on my 34" even at tunings like A and G)
