That's why I got the SansAmp Bass Driver D.I.. It took me a long effort to find a cool sound, but it was worth every second. This is an ascii representation of my sound chain:
Musicman Stingray ---> SansAmp ---> Amplifier ---> Cab
If the Amplifier is a bass amp, I use the Return input of the effects loop - this way all the amplifier's EQ is completely bypassed so I rely solely on the EQ of the bass (with a bit of boost from the SansAmp). Since the SansAmp is 3-way programmable, I took advantage to make the following sounds:
Channel 1 ---> Mute (This will be useful for tuning, changing bass guitars, eliminate any feedback when bass guitar is not played)
Channel 2 ---> Distortion (The sort of distortion you can hear in Smoke on the Water)
Channel 3 ---> Clean/Slap (This gives a warm tone with some highs and beefy lows)
This is how I configured SansAmp:

Distortion:
Drive - 5 o'clock
Bass - 12 o'clock
Treble - 3 o'clock
Presence - 12.02 o'clock
Blend - 10 o'clock
Level - 2 o'clock
Clean/Slap:
Drive - 9 o'clock
Bass - 5 o'clock
Treble - 5 o'clock
Presence - 7 o'clock
Blend - 5 o'clock
Level - 3 o'clock
This is how I set the EQ on the musicman stingray:

Using the notation that each knob goes from -10 to +10:
Volume: +10
Treble: 0
Midrange: +5
Bass: -10
I hope that this article was useful to musicians having a similar setup.
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