Members DaveAronow Posted January 19, 2008 Members Share Posted January 19, 2008 Step 1...your strings must be new. step 2...Use Stainless Steel strings.....No flat wounds step 3... Hotter pickups or ...add an "Active tone preamp" in your bass!! step 4...As someone mentioned...More gain on your Amp & more midrange step 5...Good clean speakers Closest ive heard yet. New strings absolute must. Use pick, really helps but not totally neccessary. Check my soundclick sig for example of growly tone. CAUTION: 80's hairband content inside, complete with girly-man vocals and 80's guitar wankery. If you like the tones, I'll tell you how I got them. If you dont like them, well, I know this music aint for everyone. I have actually been over it for 10,15 years or so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members gearbot Posted January 19, 2008 Members Share Posted January 19, 2008 There are many "growl" aspects to consider. Along with these, you can get growlier if your action is low and fast. Higher action seems more thick and boomy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Roguetitan Posted January 19, 2008 Members Share Posted January 19, 2008 heres what I mean... listen to the difference between the studio http://youtube.com/watch?v=ham6vFy8v2I&feature=relatedand the live , I want to match the tone of the live onehttp://youtube.com/watch?v=wX7H2LFSA5M&feature=related Distortion, open wah Pedal with a lot of gain on the amp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members poomwah Posted January 19, 2008 Author Members Share Posted January 19, 2008 dave that tone is awesome, I like that a lot I think I'm going to sell my soundgear, because no matter what I do with it, I can't get a sound I like out of it. I've come closer with my bastardized ripper that has the most obnoxiously buzzing electronics I've ever heard, and has strings so old on it they have rust on them :[ no matter what I do with my sound gear it just sounds too "peaceful" never thought I'd complain about my bass sounding too clean I probably should have bought the allen woody rumblecat instead Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members slick_tu Posted January 26, 2008 Members Share Posted January 26, 2008 Tubes, boost the input gain, round wounds, play at the bridge. I read on the Warwick forum that boosting at 400MHz will enhance growl and also help cut through the mix. I tried it and it works pretty well for both. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Thumper Posted January 26, 2008 Members Share Posted January 26, 2008 Bump the mids and add some gain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members mahatma Posted January 26, 2008 Members Share Posted January 26, 2008 Bump the mids and add some gain. Thumper probably has the best, and easiest advice. I checked out a Jazz bass with the S-1 switch recently, played through an Ampeg SA115 combo. The S-1 switch puts the pups in series or parallel. In series, both volume pots work- one for each pup. In parallel both pups are controlled by a single volume pot. The single tone pot works in either series or parallel. I own a Jazz bass without the S-1 and I first set the controls to my usual set-up which is neck 10, bridge 7 and tone 7, amp flat but a little boost on the bass and low mids. Nice tone. But when I pushed in the S-1 switch and put the bass into parallel ( like a P-bass ) the thing just growled like a mofo !! And when I bumped the mids a little more it just sounded better.I've also noticed that my bass sounds ballsier with the input control of my Ashdown MAG300H turned up to where the VU meter is sweeping past midscale.Bump the mids and add some gain... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members The Real MC Posted January 26, 2008 Members Share Posted January 26, 2008 Tube distortion (subtle, not guitar overkill), roll off lows and highs. And it CAN be done with a Jazz bass. My MIM has a nasty growl. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members dravenzouk Posted January 26, 2008 Members Share Posted January 26, 2008 how do you get a bass to growl? Simple - just post anything on HCBF with any sort of liberal bias, or leftist viewpoint........oh no wait, that's how you make georgeispullingmystrings growl. Different thing altogether, sorry. (still, it seems to work pretty good though) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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