How do you change the sound of the bass guitar from Jazz/Blues in to Rock/Punk?????

Question

Im having trouble finding out how to change the sound of my guitar into Punk instead of Jazz and im feeling like i wasted all my money!!!

Answer 1

Distortion peddals. Tweek your amp

You know, on second thought, if you couldn't figure that out on your own, maybe you did waste your money!
Dude, pick up a copy of Guitarist magazine, take some lessons, learn about MUSIC before you go wasting money and everyone else's ears when you obviously don't know what you're doing.

Answer 2

I had this problem once with my electric guitar. If all that stuff everybody else said still does not work, take off all the strings, and unscrew that big plate on the front of your guitar. It's the one around your pick ups and where you plug in your patch cord. Make sure NONE of the solder or wiring is touching anything else or each other. They must remain isolated from each other. The sound you here is a short in the system. Either find the short, isolate it from the rest, or take the wires off, and re-solder them (which is what I did). It sounds hard, but it was really easy. Don't be afraid of it, just do it. That will take care of that pesky buzzing.

Answer 3

you really need to be more specific. what kind of bass guitar is it? what's it sound like now, and what's the sound you're going for? you should've thought about it before you bought the bass...also, i would think that if you are actually getting a good blues sound on your bass, it would work for rock also. if you want it to sound "good" for punk, all you really need to do is turn your amp up real high and make sure you never take a lesson.

Answer 4

Then play JAZZ!