When I had my Sterling SUB Ray4 I was able to get some growl by adding just a bit of dirt and running the EQ flat on the amp and the controls flat on the bass, maybe the bass knob up a little past the flat notch. My Jazz bass can growl really good. Again, a little bit of dirt, not a lot, and not distortion, but smooth overdrive. Think adding a tubescreamer in to the path and having it set low.


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