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12-01-2012, 02:56 AM
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Originally Posted by CharlieC  I recently recorded audio that specifically represented "P" vs. "J"
If you ever had any questions as to "what-was-what", then I welcome you to decide for yourselves :-) http://www.zinfanus.com/zoom_b3
Cheers! | Thanks for putting that together man. It is cool to hear all the different amp sims through basses that I own. Nice! Love both basses!
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12-01-2012, 03:18 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Yorkshire, England | | | That P>SVT one sounds nothing like my real life one. P wins regardless IMO |
12-01-2012, 03:36 AM
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12-01-2012, 03:40 AM
|  | Headphones Always On! | | Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Dallas, TX | | | P for me - that, and every single one of those amp simulations sounded (to me) awful. The DI clips were completely pleasant though. Again, this is only to my ears. Thanks for the clips and for sharing with us! Personally, a P/J bass works wonders. No need to lug 2 basses... unless 1 is the P/J and the other is a Ray, but that's just me.
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12-01-2012, 03:50 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2010 Location: USA, Washington | | | I didn't like any of the amp sims either, they all sounded scooped and boomy IMO. The DI signals sound great though. |
12-01-2012, 04:21 AM
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12-01-2012, 05:04 AM
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12-01-2012, 05:23 AM
| | | to the O.P. - totally useless and waste of time both yours and ours! that being said,same goes for my comment here  .
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12-01-2012, 05:43 AM
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Originally Posted by smeet Several of the sims I listened to were indeed clipping on the attack of the low notes. The DI version was clean.
If my jazz bass sounded like the one in your clips, I wouldn't want to gig with it either. I don't care for that thin scooped thing. But that's not at all the sound I get out of mine, or my Roscoe Beck. That said, I should be taking possession of a 2012 MIA P5 tomorrow, so we'll see what floats to the top... | Roscoe Beck's will win for EVER ! and +1 about that poo poo neck pickup sound with the jazz, seriously W T F ?? I think that when some people do prefer a bass, they tend on underestimate the possibilities of others.
I'm a Jazz guy for slapping... and I love the sound i've got with flats and the neck J pickup, like emulating a P, and I love P's also !! maybe more beefy, more organic, that's not really the same sound of course (not the same pickup, and not the same location)
THIS is what you can get with a neck Jazz pickup: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OeDnT6GgwJQ
That said, your soudclips are very , very biased.... only one technique used (plectrum I guess), only one location with you hand... so... not really convincing ! |
12-01-2012, 05:58 AM
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12-01-2012, 07:19 AM
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12-01-2012, 07:49 AM
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Originally Posted by CharlieC Thank you, sir! All bases were indeed "wide open" as each has only one shot at earning your love. <3
| You're missing the Jazz boat, then - IMO, the two best Jazz sounds are pups in series, and neck pup wise open, bridge pup rolled off 25% or so... Don't get me wrong - I'm a P Bass fan, but a Jazz with a series/parallel switch is a WAY more versatile instrument, IMO/IME...
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12-01-2012, 07:53 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Stow, Oh | | | I solved this whole issue by owning one of each.
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12-01-2012, 07:59 AM
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Originally Posted by CharlieC Yes sir, and sexy is especially sexy with only 4-strings!  | that's why bass players do it with their fingers. |
12-01-2012, 08:04 AM
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Originally Posted by CrashAlpha And that's why I love my Aerodyne - I don't have to choose. | IMO, the Aerodyne doesn't really do the P or J thing all that well - it's kinda it's own animal...
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12-01-2012, 08:08 AM
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Originally Posted by etechstan I solved this whole issue by owning one of each. | Yeah, I think I've got it covered:  
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12-01-2012, 08:12 AM
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Originally Posted by rimbaud Roscoe Beck's will win for EVER ! and +1 about that poo poo neck pickup sound with the jazz, seriously W T F ?? I think that when some people do prefer a bass, they tend on underestimate the possibilities of others.
I'm a Jazz guy for slapping... and I love the sound i've got with flats and the neck J pickup, like emulating a P, and I love P's also !! maybe more beefy, more organic, that's not really the same sound of course (not the same pickup, and not the same location)
THIS is what you can get with a neck Jazz pickup: |
So that is what a Jazz sounds like with flats. I really like that. I may have to change my strings before I buy a P to see the versatility. I have another set of rounds if I don't like it. Great clip, BTW. |
12-01-2012, 08:12 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Central Florida | | | Love the P sound and J neck, so I play a P special. The DI does sound best.
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