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Examples of the jazz bass "Growl"


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[quote name='Linus27' post='731910' date='Feb 1 2010, 04:53 PM']I've never understood or heard this Jazz growl. To me a Jazz is smooth and warm. Not growly. A Precision is aggresive and clanky and my Warwick growls but no Jazz I have owned growls. Maybe I am missing something.[/quote]

I tend to agree. Jaco's sound is more burp than growl to me.

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Assuming that you're all talking about the same thing...its a product of a specific band of frequencies being more prominent than others. The instrument alone isn't enough to get it in my experience, it also depends on how well the amp and speakers pass on that same set of frequencies. Those frequencies are typically boosted to a point on the verge of being overdriven and the overdrive is what gives the growl, preferably through the speakers more than the amp though. GK have a boost feature on their amps that is pretty much the same thing although I don't think their cabs contribute as much to the sound as they could.

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[quote name='waynepunkdude' post='732558' date='Feb 2 2010, 09:14 AM']Hit a dog with a Jazz bass you should get a growl.[/quote]


That's not strickly true, I dinked my doggie's head with my Jazz when I was putting it on it's stand (the bass, not the dog :) ) and the little bugger bit me on the ankle ( the dog, not the bass)

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I always considered that type of sound to eminate from the pick-ups being 'too' close to the strings and the circuits therefore running a little hot or the amp master volume vs. input vol. being set back to front (distortion). I never considered it to be peculiar to a Fender Jazz. I can get it on my Wal without any difficulty.

Especially if the battery is running low :)

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[quote name='blamelouis' post='732053' date='Feb 1 2010, 06:49 PM']NOBODY does GROWL like Darryll Jones . :)

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Never mind growl, thats some of the coolest slap playing I've ever heard, and a fabulous warm rich tone, probably both pickups maxed, and not too much treble (at least from the you tube vid)

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This makes me laugh! How do you compare a burp to a growl? A clank to a .... :rolleyes:

The Daryl Jones clip is great, and his sound is cool - but I would never describe that as a "growl". Much too smooth. To me, the "Jazz growl" (if there is such a thing) is typified by Geddy Lee's sound. But is that more "zingy" I wonder? A "nasal snort" even?

Whatever a growl actually is, I'm damned sure that my Status doesn't have it!! :)

It just shows how subjective sound is - in hearing it and in describing it!!

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[quote name='Conan' post='733080' date='Feb 2 2010, 04:04 PM']It just shows how subjective sound is - in hearing it and in describing it!![/quote]

On yer bikes the lot of you! This is growl, and I don't think you can get anywhere near it with a Jazz: [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=StP0_zbDIMo"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=StP0_zbDIMo[/url]

Correction: Josh's France video, upon reflection, is very growly indeed.

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[quote name='stevie' post='733112' date='Feb 2 2010, 04:28 PM']On yer bikes the lot of you! This is growl, and I don't think you can get anywhere near it with a Jazz: [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=StP0_zbDIMo"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=StP0_zbDIMo[/url]

Correction: Josh's France video, upon reflection, is very growly indeed.[/quote]


+1 I've always associated growl with an active bass sound, and especially EBs

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[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EgREdUch2s4"]growler[/url]

I've always thought that the bass player from the Killers gets quite a growly tone from his jazz. I think Geddy too has a growly tone. That's how I hear it anyway. Surely clank is Rickenbacker ??



do you want to see my growler ??

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Pure jazz growl - particularly noticeable on the low E sections around 0:36.

[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9TB_fi1fB3k"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9TB_fi1fB3k[/url]

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[quote name='HMX' post='840703' date='May 18 2010, 11:59 AM']Pure jazz growl - particularly noticeable on the low E sections around 0:36.

[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9TB_fi1fB3k"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9TB_fi1fB3k[/url][/quote]



Yep - spot-on. That's nailed it for me.
Though I think he uses a [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r8YLDb2hiLU"]pair of Dark Stars in his Jazz here[/url]?

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[quote name='skychaserhigh' post='841677' date='May 19 2010, 08:35 AM']All this growling and burping is very confusing !! I just like a bass to sound like a bass !![/quote]

Of course! But then how would you compare the sounds of different basses? You have to admit that a P sounds different to a J, and to a Rickenbacker, and a Jaydee, a Status.... etc. If it weren't for subjective words like "Growl" how would we compare tones?

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