body or neck?

[ebo]

It depends. Tone flushes clockwise in the northern hemisphere and counter clockwise in the Southern Hemisphere.

 

[ThinCrappyTone2]

I think necks have more mojo fluid in them

 

[ctmullins]

I’m plenty smug, but also rather late. All of the haughty expertise has already been dispensed.

Dangit.

Thanks anyway to my fellow smugophiles!

 

[RichterScale]

I mean, I know I'm better than everyone else, but I don't feel like I'm smug about it.
I feel like I'm a very approachable better than you.

 

[wiscoaster]

Re: ear wax:

on the fingers or neck?

In the ears, of course.

 

[Alessandro Cruz]

Pickups, preamp, strings, pickup placement and height, neck (neck wood, freboard and fret material).

I would never point the body as relevant to the tone, sustain and balance yes, but not tone.

Not to mention player's technique counts a lot. Same bass played by two or 3 different players with different approach and style will never sound close to each other

 

[Alessandro Cruz]

Pickups, preamp, strings, pickup placement and height, neck (neck wood, freboard and fret material).

I would never point the body as relevant to the tone, sustain and balance yes, but not tone.

Not to mention player's technique counts a lot. Same bass played by two or 3 different players with different approach and style will never sound close to each other

 

[tpaul]

I vote underpants. Boxer briefs are the bomb. You can't get mojo out of tighty-whities.

 

[bassGtar]

Where does the tone come from?

So for those who believe in mojo...does tone come from my a. body or b. neck?

Tone comes primarily from the color of the bass. Get a red bass if you want to improve your tone. It really is that simple.

 

[beaglesandbass]

• “where does tone come from” has been done to death
• it doesn’t belong in the basses forum