How to achieve this tone ?

[MaverickPL]

Hello,

so far being the passive bass owner I'm a little newbie when it comes to proper EQ.

I own a MM Stingray 5 (3 band EQ) at the moment and I came across to this bass cover:

And I must say I love the deep growly tone and it has always been THE tone I seek on my basses.

Could you advice me, what EQ setting should I set on my onboard 3-band eq to achieve the tone ?

 

[Bert]

There are so many possibilities:
Flats, Rounds, series, single-coil, parallel, strings, fingers, preamp, recording-equipment, not only the EQ.
He mentioned his homepage at YT, so I would contact him directly.

 

[sloshep]

He looks to have a ceramic era pickup in that bass. It also sounds that way. The ceramic had a bit more of a focused low end growl than the alinco pickup. You can tell which pickup you have by the pole pieces in the pickup. Ceramic = shiny metal. Alinco = flat gray.

 

[Golem]

As already mentioned there are waaaaay too many
variables to allow an exact formulaic advice, but for
growliness in general, raise your action, and avoid
excessive gain on your whole tone chain. As to EQ,
acoarst no one can offer you exact settings but, if
you don't already know it, growly lives in the mids.

Wouldn't hurt to get some COBALTS !!! They have
so much output that you can lower your PU. When
your PU is high, it's similar to dialing up too much
gain ... woolly, boomy, but not growly.

One thing about watching a video ... can you tell if
it's a roasted neck ? Prolly can't, but a really HARD
neck wood promotes growl.

And, I certainly agree about the ceramic magnets.