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What is Growl

#144
Balog said:
This may be the most consistently necro'ed thread I've ever seen. Aside from '06 and '07 it pops up about once a year, has a few posts, then goes back into hibernation for 11ish months. Fascinating.
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I don't see a problem here, I love hearing what others think growl is, and half of the youtube clips are dead on here. Let's hear some more please?
 
#146
IMHO, the old school definition of "bass growl" was a jacoesque mid-rich horn-like "honkishness," and certainly not overdrive, distortion, string flap, fret clack, gank, clank, heavy lows, or extreme highs. It is often found from jazz, pedulla, MM, warwick and many other basses. The requirement is a pickup in the right position that is then favored. Playing nearer the bridge makes it growl even more. P-basses are not particularly good at it.

My favorite growl master is below. If you don't know his playing, it is worth checking him out. The instrument in this case is a humble passive single pickup (MM-style) MTD Kingston. These are discontinued, but pop up used for around ~$400. Hard to find totally stock. The one in Turtle's video below appears and sounds stock to me. I have one and it growls more than any instrument I have ever had.

 
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#149
Growl is just basic harmonic overtone from light/medium distortion

either amp distortion, speaker distortion or both

or likewise a overall richness from just the way you get overtones from playing style
 
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