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Bass for each style
- Thread starter Bexuga
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this ^
For me it's:
Upright - jazz & Americana
Fender P w flats - blues, classic rock, jazz
Lakland J5 - funk, rock, covers, Latin
Kala U Bass - couch, grab & go, calypso, Bach cello suites
Spector euro with haz circuit. Roll off the volume slightly and flat treble with bass up a bit and you got yourself a pbass. Volume full and treble to taste and growly Spector thing.
it was my meager attempt at using humor to make a point.
i realize that my sense of humor is subject to the critical thinking of others, which is beyond my control, so i'm sorry about any confusion, or offense taken. mostly. 
of course, i'm hoping that you agree with the point i was making: any ax for any music. but if you don't = it's OK!
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luciens, that is a beautiful trio you have there!!!
Personally - regardless of style, I used to bring one fretted and one fretless to every gig. Then I'd play whichever one suits my mood for a particular set...
I get the practicality of a single bass.
But then how do you have more basses? The math doesn't work out.
But then how do you have more basses? The math doesn't work out.
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Besides I heard Carol Kaye played on most of the early Jaco sessions because the producer wanted a P Bass sound.
Tapes, Flats, and Rounds.
Ebony, Maple, and Rosewood.
PJ, P, J.
Fretless, Vintage Frets, Medium Jumbo Frets.
Passive - Active.
Covers enough ground for me.
Ebony, Maple, and Rosewood.
PJ, P, J.
Fretless, Vintage Frets, Medium Jumbo Frets.
Passive - Active.
Covers enough ground for me.
Hahaha I see now! Its all good
it was my meager attempt at using humor to make a point.
of course, i'm hoping that you agree with the point i was making: any ax for any music. but if you don't = it's OK!
I have a bass (PJ) strung with flats and one (JJ) with half rounds, and that covers it all for me.
But seriously even though I regularly play Several basses with rounds and flats I'd bring a fretted and fretless and assume I can cover anything with one or the other. And honestly if I had to play any set with just a fretless or a P with flats or a Ray with rounds nobody would know but me and maybe the guitarist and mostly that would be switching from blue to black or red or natural.
It's all in our heads, y'all. But you should still have more than 1 because the fun multiplies.
It's all in our heads, y'all. But you should still have more than 1 because the fun multiplies.
Easy. Any bass for any style.
No reason to overthink it.
Get the bass you like best and play what you want.
There are nobby thingies on the amp to tweek the tone.
Well, sorry to disappoint you, but at age 68, having grown up in the 50s-60s well as being a pro musician there after, when you heard an electric bass back then, more than likely it was a Fender bass. As for what was used in England in your example was driven by what was available, as well as the steep duties applied imported instruments.
I'm not exactly sure where you got the stats to support that Fender didn't sell many basses in the later 70's, I sure didn't see that many less. I did see other options more often however, in an increasing percentage that has continued to this day.
P bass can do pretty much everything, but variety is the spice of life! I've got a pbass, fretless tele bass, fretless jazz style bass, T-20 w/rounds, and a club bass. They're all a little different in application, some better for harder music, some for softer, some more distinctive, others rather nondescript. They all get played.
