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10-12-2011, 03:23 PM
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But people are quick to say they want a none Fender 70's J bass because they like that sound. And just have to have that sound.
But usually end up with a 70's J inspired bass that's active not passive. |
10-12-2011, 03:32 PM
|  | Supporting Member and fetch player | | Join Date: May 2003 Location: Colorado, USA | | Could be the preference for the pickup locations, I suppose. Maybe it's the Marcus factor? I dunno', it is interesting how many folks have active '70s inspired basses. Like, um, well, me for instance. 
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10-12-2011, 03:40 PM
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Originally Posted by WoodyG3  Could be the preference for the pickup locations, I suppose. Maybe it's the Marcus factor? I dunno', it is interesting how many folks have active '70s inspired basses. Like, um, well, me for instance. |
Most say they want that 70's J bass sound. And we all know that 90% of the 70's J basses on recordings during the 70's and the majority of the 80's were passive.
Now does your active 70's inspired J bass sound like a passive 70's J bass? |
10-12-2011, 03:42 PM
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10-12-2011, 03:45 PM
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Originally Posted by JAUQO III-X Most say they want that 70's J bass sound. And we all know that 90% of the 70's J basses on recordings during the 70's and the majority of the 80's were passive.
| The thing that most people fail to realize is that if those 70s and 80s songs were recorded with the active basses of today, they'd sound 1000X better. Ya'll just got to used to that sound.  |
10-12-2011, 04:04 PM
|  | My Forte is my forte | | Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: La Jolla, CA | | | Were 70s Fender J bridge Pups wound differently? |
10-12-2011, 04:09 PM
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Endorsing Artist: John Doe Guitars | | Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Rochester, NY | | | They must like the pickup spacing.
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10-12-2011, 04:11 PM
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Originally Posted by Audiophage They must like the pickup spacing. | Most usually stress that they want that sound. |
10-12-2011, 04:11 PM
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Artist:TC Electronic RH450 bass system | | Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Fort Madison, IA | | | The trend I remember from the 70's (wich aint much)haha...Was that we all took the stock PUPS from 70's Jazz's and had them re-wound a little hotter for more low end....
The "good" sounding 70's Jazzes you hear, might have had that done....good possibility... |
10-12-2011, 04:15 PM
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Artist:TC Electronic RH450 bass system | | Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Fort Madison, IA | | | I currently have the SD "HOT" single coils in my Jazz right now.
They sound pretty much like the "re-wound" 70's stock Fenders to me...same alnico magnets and everything...just hotter wound. |
10-12-2011, 04:16 PM
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Originally Posted by JAUQO III-X But people are quick to say they want a none Fender 70's J bass because they like that sound. And just have to have that sound.
But usually end up with a 70's J inspired bass that's active not passive. | So true...
In the early 90's I had a mid 70's Jazz, it was my first good bass but it had a set of cream Dimarzio pickups which sounded like hell. Inspired by two of my hero's at the time, Tommy Simms and Anthony Sallee who both played 70's J's with EMG's I did the same... Honestly I'm not sure I would know the sound of a stock 70's J but the tones those guys got with the EMG's were pretty amazing.... I was never able to make mine sound that good and only years later realized how much tone comes from the individuals hands.....
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10-12-2011, 04:30 PM
|  | Bottom Feeders Unite!! | | Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Delray Beach, Florida | | | When I had my Sadowsky Fretless built, I went with the 70's PU spacing. Not to get a 70's tone, but to get me more mid-punch which sounds great on a fretless. Needless to say the Sadowsky sounds nothing like my two stock '72 Fender Jazzes. |
10-12-2011, 08:25 PM
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Originally Posted by JAUQO III-X Most say they want that 70's J bass sound. And we all know that 90% of the 70's J basses on recordings during the 70's and the majority of the 80's were passive.
Now does your active 70's inspired J bass sound like a passive 70's J bass? | No. It's mo' betta'. 
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10-12-2011, 08:35 PM
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Originally Posted by WoodyG3 No. It's mo' betta'. |
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