Recent content by Zipy139

thanks, sounds like the sort of thing I'm after be nice to hear some experiences with the 70s as well

thanks LTB is it possible to a little more specific than "vintage sounding"?

Hi everybody, sorry if this has been raised already; have had a decent browse and didn't find anything. Because I'm against the idea of having any money to my name, I was thinking some aguilar pickups could be a nice addition to my Fender Japan Fretless Jazz Bass. Options were originally...

nice to hear that's a good bass; got such a lovely look that I knew I'd end up with one eventually any sort of strings that anyone might recommend? Perhaps, DR High Beams or Marcus Miller's? Or those nickel ones that somebody else suggested? I reckon the Aguilar 4J-70's would give that bass an...

Yeah that's a good point, thanks Flea would be the first influence to come to mind, as he's the first slap player I consciously listened to. I'm aware he also uses Stringrays, but I've always preferred the tone of Jazz Bass to a Stringray. Victor Wooten and Marcus Miller are probably the two...

Thanks I'm thinking that the Fender 70s Jazz Bass might be a good option to consider anybody got experience with one of these?

Thanks Malak The strings I'm currently using are DR Marcus Miller strings; I'll try out some D'Addario Nickel's I'm thinking that the regular Jazz Bass will be the one for me; that growl's the sort of thing I'm looking for currently, and that slap tone in particular is what I'm after If you...

I find it has a very metallic sounding tone, when it comes to slapping that is I don't mind the tone for basic fingerstyle, but I feel like a jazz could give me a decent tone in that regard as well

Hey guess, sorry if this's already been asked; if it has I haven't found it. I got a Epi Thunderbird last year as my first decent bass, but I'm finding it's not particularly to my liking, particularly for slap, which is something I'm moving into. I'm think that trading it for a Fender Jazz...