Vintage Robert

Vintage Robert
Jazz bass sound?

I am thinking about buying a fender jazz bass or squier vintage modified jazz bass because i heard many jazz basses produce this really deep crunching sound. I don’t know if it is the bass itself or if its overdrive,distortion,etc. Some examples of this sound is in some asian kung fu generation songs and in Robert Trujillo in Metallica, especially the live version of “For whom the bell tolls”. They both use basses with 2 single coils, one mid and one bridge. So i was wondering if they were distorting their sound or if its the bass’ natural tone.

Most of these guys tone is due to effects not the bass itself.
When Cliff Burton started overdriving amps and using distortion pedals it was kinda a new thing and their were`nt
a lot of product to emulate that sound ( Cliff Burton Mettallica`s first bassist)
Now you can try some pedals such as boss ODB-3.
it is made to distort bass
or a MXR M 80