Everyone read this post . Looking for forum wide feedback.

[twinjet]

nah, definitely let it stop you, it's a huge amount of work for very little useful info. After years and years of buying, using and evaluating gear of all types, I have found that just picking something, knowing what it does, and working within that framework is far more valuable than trying to find the perfect gear, which can waste so much valuable time. For strings, this is times 1000. pick a string (and a bass and an amp), and stick with it.

I like the idea of learning an instrument thoroughly. It's what I've done. Cataloguing a library of sounds would be nothing less than a daunting task, but general ideas like D'Addario Chromes on a Fender Jazz Bass might be useful.

I do agree that including the minutae us bass players obsess over (pick-up over/underwind, string gauge, wood species) would not be worth the effort, especially because half of us hear a difference and half don't. Not to mention the amount of time it would take. I'm just of the opinion that a quality sound catalog could be useful. There are plenty of junk demos out there.

 

[Wiremessiah]

I like the idea of learning an instrument thoroughly. It's what I've done. Cataloguing a library of sounds would be nothing less than a daunting task, but general ideas like D'Addario Chromes on a Fender Jazz Bass might be useful.

I do agree that including the minutae us bass players obsess over (pick-up over/underwind, string gauge, wood species) would not be worth the effort, especially because half of us hear a difference and half don't. Not to mention the amount of time it would take. I'm just of the opinion that a quality sound catalog could be useful. There are plenty of junk demos out there.

Flats vs rounds is one thing, but TI flats vs chromes? I sometimes tout the sound of the TI's, but it's basically all down to the feel of them, which allows me to get the sound I want. If I had to use chromes, and they had the same feel, I'd probably sound pretty much the same (especially in a mix) after a while of getting used to them, and tweaking eq and touch.

And what exactly is "chromes on a jazz" mean? Brand new, broken in, rusty? And there are different gauges of chromes, right? And what settings on the jazz? Who is playing, what style, thinner lankier fingers with callous? Ham fisted player who moisturizes? At least the kind of amp or processing doesn't matter. Oh wait. It's a huge amount of variables, and simply keeping the variables the same while changing one like strings says exactly nothing about the sound or how it changes on your rig with your touch.

Then again I say this while wasting time on what i think is a useless topic on a forum, so perhaps I should practice what I preach and practice what i play rather than practicing preaching about the practice of playing.

 

[twinjet]

Flats vs rounds is one thing, but TI flats vs chromes? I sometimes tout the sound of the TI's, but it's basically all down to the feel of them, which allows me to get the sound I want. If I had to use chromes, and they had the same feel, I'd probably sound pretty much the same (especially in a mix) after a while of getting used to them, and tweaking eq and touch.

And what exactly is "chromes on a jazz" mean? Brand new, broken in, rusty? And there are different gauges of chromes, right? And what settings on the jazz? Who is playing, what style, thinner lankier fingers with callous? Ham fisted player who moisturizes? At least the kind of amp or processing doesn't matter. Oh wait. It's a huge amount of variables, and simply keeping the variables the same while changing one like strings says exactly nothing about the sound or how it changes on your rig with your touch.

Yep. For this reason I don't put much stock in demos in the first place. But it beats blowing money to find out the sound isn't for you, I think.

Then again I say this while wasting time on what i think is a useless topic on a forum, so perhaps I should practice what I preach and practice what i play rather than practicing preaching about the practice of playing.