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Snakeman1066

Snakeman1066

Sep 17, 2007
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In an effort to force myself to learn to like jazz basses...I traded for this G&L JB yesterday...and despite being comprised of what I like to call the unholy trinity (burst, tort, and rosewood) I find myself liking the way it feels and sounds...for the first time in 37 years of trying...I might actually like a jazz bass...

I know...I know somebody better check and see if Hell has frozen over

not sure if it's the spacing or the pickups in this particular bass or what...anybody know what kind of spacing these JB's have is it 60's, 70's, modern?


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Man it's like you are trying to make yourself eat raw crab or liverwurst.
Whatever the spacing is, it's not a big deal.
Go play a Warwick 5-string for a month and everything will seem totally doable.

I'd consider those G&L's Leo's final thoughts on what the J should be in it's iconic recipe.

Go check out some of the humbucker models, you might turn into a G&L fan.
 
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Man, I LOVE it when my preconceived notions are smashed to bits. It means a learned something.

Being proven wrong is much more interesting than being "right" all the time. The trick is to stay open minded (which you obviously did) so that when it happens you admit it and enjoy the new-found notion.... in your case one sweet bass.
 
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somebrains said:
Man it's like you are trying to make yourself eat raw crab or liverwurst.
Whatever the spacing is, it's not a big deal.
Go play a Warwick 5-string for a month and everything will seem totally doable.

I'd consider those G&L's Leo's final thoughts on what the J should be in it's iconic recipe.

Go check out some of the humbucker models, you might turn into a G&L fan.
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Well I also own and SB-2

I have picked up and tried a Jazz every couple of years and they never make the cut. Yesterday i snagged this one and took it to band practice...during the last hour i hooked it up and though i had to make an eq adjustment it sounded good in the mix (which i have never been able to accomplish before) so it might be a keeper
 
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Snakeman1066 said:
Well I also own and SB-2

I have picked up and tried a Jazz every couple of years and they never make the cut. Yesterday i snagged this one and took it to band practice...during the last hour i hooked it up and though i had to make an eq adjustment it sounded good in the mix (which i have never been able to accomplish before) so it might be a keeper
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Record yourself and see if it's that bass, or your ear is wanting something else.
I kinda divert myself by kicking in different preamps into a Electric Blue head, I'm more amp/preamp orientated when it comes to swings in my sound but the "ear wants what the ear wants" thing still plays.
 

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somebrains said:
Record yourself and see if it's that bass, or your ear is wanting something else.
I kinda divert myself by kicking in different preamps into a Electric Blue head, I'm more amp/preamp orientated when it comes to swings in my sound but the "ear wants what the ear wants" thing still plays.
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I have some basses that sound great recorded but not so great live...and also conversely those that sound great live and not so great recorded...
 
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Snakeman1066 said:
I have some basses that sound great recorded but not so great live...and also conversely those that sound great live and not so great recorded...
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That's such a pain.
Either way I hope that G&L works for you.

My bass deal is something with MM's or straight up passive J's.
Been going down this nordstrand MM rabbit hole installing their Big series.

It's nice to have a couple reliable options in whatever tone camp you find yourself in.
 
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somebrains said:
I'd consider those G&L's Leo's final thoughts on what the J should be in it's iconic recipe.
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I like that notion, but I'm not sure it is accurate. I don't think G&L introduced the JB model until more than a decade after Leo Fender passed.

...which in no way diminishes the quality of the JB or any other G&L model. I just think it is more of a simple, and less romantic, recipe: a quality instrument from a manufacturer known for making quality instruments.
 
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Not that specific model, but wood parts production, electronics spec.
I like to think that G&L has the collected lessons learned in 30 years of cranking out product.

It's like the milestones in Stingrays, I like the way EB explains eras of production and what the public liked in the major pivots they've made.

Makes you feel like they cared enough to change things by acknowledging mistakes.
 
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I know the feeling, I can relate. When I started playing electric there were no Round wounds. Only flats and tapes. I read in Hit Parade mag that Entwhistle used these new "Rotosound Roundwounds"
So I went right to my music store and said "you have to order me some, the Bass Player in the Who uses them." Once I put them on I never looked back. Yet every five years or so I buy a set, put them on a bass and force myself to play them for awhile to be sure. And just as sure as clockwork I take them off. I do use Groundwounds on fretless mostly. That's as close to flats as I'm willing to gig. Lol seven Precisions with NO flats. I have used them a session when asked, that's only happened once in 50 years. I do use flats on my Upright! :roflmao:
 
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two fingers said:
Man, I LOVE it when my preconceived notions are smashed to bits. It means a learned something.

Being proven wrong is much more interesting than being "right" all the time. The trick is to stay open minded (which you obviously did) so that when it happens you admit it and enjoy the new-found notion.... in your case one sweet bass.
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Well it seems someone has figured out the true wealth and wisdom of life... :)
 
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As with food, I usually find it good practice to periodically re-try things I thought I didn't like.
I don't know where I'd be today if I hadn't re-tried curry after 25 years of thinking I didn't like it.

As for Jazz basses, I'm really a Precision guy at heart, but there is a time and a place, and my MIJ Geddy jazz is my second-longest surviving bass and not going anywhere any time soon.
 
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chadds said:
I know!!!

Call an Exorcist please.

(Did he really say that? My screen must be smudged.)

(Don’t they vett people around here anymore?)

:)

( I mean, all three?!)

(Next someone will besmirch the Perfect Pair, the SVT/Pbass.)

(Horrors I say!)
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seriously i groan every time i see a burst bass, with a tort guard and a rosewood board...I feel like it's something my grandmother should play...
 

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