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Fender J Bass sounds like saucepan
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Mixers have Pan controls. They have a sound advantage.
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This.
Sounds like your bass probably needs a setup, but there’s nothing inherently wrong with it.
You’re getting tones from the headstock or the bridge. Put some paper towel under the strings at the headstock and see if the tones go away. Same thing with the bridge. If the tones still exist, it’s the way you’re playing and likely playing with your fingers of your fretting hand on the frets and then when you pluck you’re either doing an early hammer on or pulling off the note instead of muting the string.
Mine sounded like that too until I got a tort pickguard - Worked like a charm !
You probably thought you ordered a P bass, it’s like taking a drink of water but it was vodka instead!
Ugh....is this really what we discuss on Talkbass now? Fine, I’ll play along: What’s the best saucepan for metal?
Since your Bass sounds like a Sauce pan, maybe you could audition to play in the band Skillet!
So far gebass6 gave the only decent and logical response. I hope the OP was serious and just used a word that invited all the sophomoric... no... 6th grade humor.
When I listen the first time I did so casually and while I hadn't dialed in mentally I tacitly asked myself "what pitches is he playing"? When I listened again I realized you were only playing a C ostinato and could hear your fingers stopping the string on every 2nd pulse. When I listened more closely I too could hear the 3rd and 5th harmonics. I tried to duplicate the sound on my MIM Jazz 5. And while I could duplicate the muted sound that comes on every other pulse I did not hear the same harmonics as in the recording. In this sound sample, it's the playing and I'll take gebass6's reason for the harmonics as the most logical.
Edit: I'll bet the OP is used to playing a P bass and the J bass is new to him? Just a wild guess by the way he's playing it.
PaulCISSA
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Some posts just don’t deserve to exist but, here I am - commenting. Your bass needs a good setup and your plucking fingers need some practice. A j-bass is a snarky creature to begin with and yours needs help. As for the rest of us, let it go. I’ll now let myself out.
Sounds like a Jazz Bass with fresh rounds to me.
Man, you need to put that in a closet for 20 years. Some idiot with pay a fortune for that sound then and you can retire....
Ahh, another "my american fender jazz bass sounds like a saucepan" thread. Congrats.
LOL. Saucepan! That's actually an amazing description for this sound.
OP, the sound is caused by your plucking technique. You're essentially playing tapped harmonics. By the harmonics sounding, I can tell you're anchoring thumb on the neck pickup and plucking by alternating middle finger first, index finger second.
The problem is either you're plucking too hard in general or you're coming down onto the string from above rather than hitting it on the side. Try playing softer and watch your technique.
OP, the sound is caused by your plucking technique. You're essentially playing tapped harmonics. By the harmonics sounding, I can tell you're anchoring thumb on the neck pickup and plucking by alternating middle finger first, index finger second.
The problem is either you're plucking too hard in general or you're coming down onto the string from above rather than hitting it on the side. Try playing softer and watch your technique.
