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Advice on upgrade for MIM Jazz
- Thread starter LowKee
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It should be here later today! I'm super pumped.
Once I get this massive music project for one of my classes (Harmony III, the bane of my existence) out of the way, I'll actually be able to play it! We'll see if I actually have that kind of self control.
Once I get this massive music project for one of my classes (Harmony III, the bane of my existence) out of the way, I'll actually be able to play it! We'll see if I actually have that kind of self control.
Here it is! I took it to jazz band practice today after having played it a grand total of about 25 minutes. Probably a bad idea. I'm definitely not used to fretless yet. Part way through Birdland (in which I can usually nail most of the solos), my professor stops everyone, turns around and asks me "What's wrong today?" 
I told him I just got this bass today and that I'm not use to it yet. So he gives me this look and asks "what bass are you playing for the concert next week?" I kind of laughed and told him this one if I practiced a lot between now and then but my Carvin if I didn't practice much. He still seemed a little worried, so afterwards I had to go reassure him that whichever one I chose, I would be able to play the parts fine. He wasn't so worried then.
I'll probably end up deciding which I'll use about 20 minutes before the show. That should make it more interesting!
I told him I just got this bass today and that I'm not use to it yet. So he gives me this look and asks "what bass are you playing for the concert next week?" I kind of laughed and told him this one if I practiced a lot between now and then but my Carvin if I didn't practice much. He still seemed a little worried, so afterwards I had to go reassure him that whichever one I chose, I would be able to play the parts fine. He wasn't so worried then.I'll probably end up deciding which I'll use about 20 minutes before the show. That should make it more interesting!
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I recently converted back to jazz basses recently and immediately gutted them both down swapping everything but the body, and neck. my fretted has bart pick-ups, badass bridge, hipshot D-tuner, east preamp, and one of those fodera bass mute's, and my fretless has bart pick-ups, with an audere preamp, hipshot tuners, and is probably my favorite sounding fretless i've ever owned. oh yeah I also built two willis ramps one for each bass. i'm keeping these babies for a very long time. have fun with it.....IT'S YOUR BASS=)
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Here it is! I took it to jazz band practice today after having played it a grand total of about 25 minutes. Probably a bad idea. I'm definitely not used to fretless yet. Part way through Birdland (in which I can usually nail most of the solos), my professor stops everyone, turns around and asks me "What's wrong today?"
I'll probably end up deciding which I'll use about 20 minutes before the show. That should make it more interesting!
The first time I tried a fretless bass (an Ampeg "peghead" for all my fellow old-timers), it was in a music store on 48th Street in New York City. I picked it up and found that I could play it in tune. I said to myself, "Wow, I can do this!" So, I quickly sold the only fretted bass I had and bought a fretless Precision. Silly me... it wasn't until maybe 2 years later that I did a studio project with it and heard how HIDEOUSLY out of tune I was!
Soon after, I resorted to a fingerboard with lines. (Not trying to discourage you... have lots of fun with it!)
All right, everyone. So the big gig was last night. It went well, all things considered. I decided to play my fretless on only one of the tunes: "How Insensitive", a bossa nova. It's pretty laid back and I felt like I could handle it on the fretless fairly well. So after we finish the song before it, I rush to switch basses. I get plugged in and waited for the count off. The drummer started the beat, and I thought to myself, "This doesn't sound right." Then I realized that someone had switched the setlist up without telling me, and we were playing "Stone Cool" by Lee Ritenour. My next thought was, "Oh crap! I haven't practiced this on fretless!" It was too late to switch basses again so I decided to man up and go for it. All things considered, it went very well. I didn't screw up too much, even if it wasn't quite as tight as I wanted it to be.
I was happy with the concert over all, and I did get to play my fretless, even if it wasn't quite what I expected!
I was happy with the concert over all, and I did get to play my fretless, even if it wasn't quite what I expected!
Congratulations! Good job, and nice learning experience, too. Last summer, I had a trio gig with someone at an upscale club in New York City. The music was pretty difficult, but luckily I had a couple of months to listen to recordings first, write out my own charts and practice hard. The night of the gig, I discovered that the stage was actually too tiny for me to fit a music stand! So, no charts at all. Fortunately, I had put in enough work that I didn't need them. These things happen when you're a musician.
Have fun!
Have fun!
- Jul 30, 2006
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- Endorsing artist:Regenerate Guitar Works Carvin, Micheal Kelly Guitars
I like some of the stock Fender pickups, others not so much. If I don't like the sound of stock pups I drop some Bartolini's in there. I also replace the stock bridge with a Hipshot & use either DiAddarrio Chromes or Dogal flatwounds. I love lots of bottom end & the Barts seem to bring that out. If you want more growl, go with the Lindy Fralin or Basslines pickups.
