Steve, without knowing exactly what bass (p-bass, upright, synth,etc), amp, how it ), was played (pick finger, felt pick,and effects the only option is to use your ears, i.e. exactly what you are trying to do.

I have had good luck with the Presonus effects along with Waves' JJP bass effects:

https://www.waves.com/plugins/jjp-bass

Waves bass rider is also a good purchase:

https://www.waves.com/plugins/bass-rider

Amp syms are also another option. I have Amplitube but it is expensive. You would get a lot of guitar amp syms with it, thus I don't advise you purchase it. However there are a number of inexpensive and free bass only amp syms that you might want to consider"

https://midination.com/vst/free-vst-plugins/free-bass-amp-vst/

Sometimes I use them all, sometimes none, and sometimes everything in between those two options.

You are on the right path but even then you may not be able to exactly duplicate that bass tone.

Good luck.

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