btw, here's what a growly bass looks like...
Wow, very nice looking bass indeed.
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Who has the growl?
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Wow, very nice looking bass indeed.
Um, well, I know what it sounds like, but I find it hard to describe. Pretty sure it has to do with the mids, not a super clean sound.
This clip shows a fairly growly bass. If you can then describe it, let me know
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SiCr1KnEQDQ&feature=youtube_gdata_player
Here is another
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKVpUsE_o_0&feature=youtube_gdata_player
Cheers
Thanks. okay well my Spector can sound like that and my Ray. I'm sure I could get my Fenders to sound like it to.
Isn't that mainly strings though? I put LaBella flats on my Ray and the Spector and they quit growling.
I guess I don't like growl.
Good example of growl you can hear in the solo bass intro to this song. Not sure what kind of bass it is but would bet a small sum it's a Spector.
Slither by Velvet Revolver
Start with a growly bass.
Then put growly strings on it. Rotosound Swing Bass in nickel are good. DR is also good. Circle-K are also very nice.
Then get a growly amp. I played through a Trace Eliott tonight and loved it. My Eden is also quite nice and also liking Genz Benz Streamliners.
Turn down the boomy bass frequencies under 100 Hz, boost somewhere between 100 and 250Hz (If you have a parametric EQ on your amp, turn the low mid knob up to 9, then vary the frequency until you find a sweet spot, then turn the low mid knob back down to something sensible) Some high mids should be there, but go easy on them since the guitars will be competing for that tonespace.
If you can play with a pick that also helps.
Slither by Velvet Revolver
Start with a growly bass.
Then put growly strings on it. Rotosound Swing Bass in nickel are good. DR is also good. Circle-K are also very nice.
Then get a growly amp. I played through a Trace Eliott tonight and loved it. My Eden is also quite nice and also liking Genz Benz Streamliners.
Turn down the boomy bass frequencies under 100 Hz, boost somewhere between 100 and 250Hz (If you have a parametric EQ on your amp, turn the low mid knob up to 9, then vary the frequency until you find a sweet spot, then turn the low mid knob back down to something sensible) Some high mids should be there, but go easy on them since the guitars will be competing for that tonespace.
If you can play with a pick that also helps.
I use a Cirrus and don't consider it particularly growly, but with amps/settings and playing style I can get it to be super growly in the mix.
Some basses in my hands don't growl at all but played by someone else in their rig, it growl ...
so I think the rig contribute a lot on the growl factor if you know how to EQ it.
so I think the rig contribute a lot on the growl factor if you know how to EQ it.
btw, here's what a growly bass looks like...
Beware though, it can also take this form:
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loend68
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Get a Gibson Thunderbird, turn up the tone and the neck PU only. Plug into an amp that can get some distortion, add some bass, no mids, and a lot of treble to distortion, and voila! Growl for days!!
The Spector nominations confuse me. I've played them and owned one, but they were not nearly as growly as other basses I've owned. Different opinions and all that.
i really would like to have a warwick someday, i love their growl. but the spector found me first. i've been thinking i'd like to have a fretless streamer stage I 6er.
I tend to think this way also. A lot of the growl you are looking for can be achieved with your setup, signal path and amp settings.
My Jazz has a nice snarly sound when I need it, so too the SR5. A lot of people say the 'Ray can be to twangy or bright, but it's a matter of EQ and amp settings IMHO.
I love Geddy's growl on his Ric too. Maybe it's in your playing style and that ethereal individual tone that each player has? If I bought every piece of equipment that Geddy owns, and set it up exactly as he does, I still doubt I would sound exactly like him. It's in the brain and the fingers...
Yeah, very likely. I'm running my bass currently through an AMPEG SVT Classic. If you are familiar with their fairly basic EQ options, do you have any suggestions of how I could try to set it?
