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Who has the growl?

#105
Duke21 said:
If you ask me lots of the growl is in the amp as well.
I've heard many basses with nice growly tone:
Warwick, Ibanez, Spector, Rickenbacker, p bass, J bass, Music Man......
Good setup with rather low action,rounds and a good amp with the right technique will growl.
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I don't think rounds are absolutely necessary for growl. I've used flats on my Spector & been just as growly as my rounds.

I've also been able to get the same bass to growl through a 10W Traynor practice amp, my SWR SM-500 & my Yorkville 800XS
 
#106
If you like "Takin' It Too The Streets" bass growl by the Doobies, then this: Warwick, wenge neck, ash body, round-wounds, with B and E tapered. Both pups raised slightly closer to the B and E. With this setup my 20-yr old Fortress matches that bass line with no efx or fancy gadgets.
 
#118
Rockin Mike said:
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.
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You owe me a small sum then. :) Duff is playing a Fender Jazz Bass Special in this song. That's all he ever uses to record- though he does use an Aerodyne Jazz live for Slither. I think it's a pretty growly bass anyway, but the 'slanky' Rotosounds and mid-heavy G-K amp don't hurt. The Jazz Special is very heavy in the mids as well due to the P and J pickups moved closer to the bridge and the Fender TBX tone pot.
 
#119
bassmatt4792 said:
You owe me a small sum then. :) Duff is playing a Fender Jazz Bass Special in this song. That's all he ever uses to record- though he does use an Aerodyne Jazz live for Slither. I think it's a pretty growly bass anyway, but the 'slanky' Rotosounds and mid-heavy G-K amp don't hurt. The Jazz Special is very heavy in the mids as well due to the P and J pickups moved closer to the bridge and the Fender TBX tone pot.
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Duff is well known for his Fender endorsement. There is a Duff sig. Fender if I remember right.
 
#120
bassmatt4792 said:
You owe me a small sum then. :) Duff is playing a Fender Jazz Bass Special in this song. That's all he ever uses to record- though he does use an Aerodyne Jazz live for Slither. I think it's a pretty growly bass anyway, but the 'slanky' Rotosounds and mid-heavy G-K amp don't hurt. The Jazz Special is very heavy in the mids as well due to the P and J pickups moved closer to the bridge and the Fender TBX tone pot.
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Well he sure gets a great sound out of it!
 

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