Fender J Bass sounds like saucepan

[mbell75]

Jazz Basses can sound clanky.

A) Believe it or not, that quality causes the bass to cut through guitar wash really well. I know it sounds ugly; but in the mix, it will sound great.

B) Unlike the P Bass, the Jazz Bass is well served by additional signal chain modification, which allows you to both dial out a lot of the clank and get a whole range of additional and useful tones. Preamps, both onboard and outboard, as well as pickup replacements are all fair game, and can be used to make the instrument extremely useful. Your adventure, should you choose to accept it is just beginning.

Or, you could decide to just be plug and play and swap for a P Bass.

I find jazz basses get lost more in a mix due to those weak single coils. I use my jazz sparingly, on more mellow songs.

 

[Space Pickle]

Hi Sa1kon funny thread!!!!



There is something wrong with the pots.

Change them or clean them!

My mum says, use vinegar and baking soda! They will look like new!


may the bass be with you

Wise(b)ass

dammit THATwas he joke

 

[vindibona1]

I find jazz basses get lost more in a mix due to those weak single coils. I use my jazz sparingly, on more mellow songs.

How much of that can be alleviated with a pre-amp? I don't play in the type of group that has a heavy mix. Mostly worship (not Gospel) and musical theater. I've never owned a P Bass so I have no basis for comparison, though I do have a BTB675 that has a lot of tonal variety at my fingertips. I've never thought of my Jazz5 with Aguilar noiseless and Audere preamp as having a "weak signal". Thoughts?

 

[Stumbo]

How much of that can be alleviated with a pre-amp? I don't play in the type of group that has a heavy mix. Mostly worship (not Gospel) and musical theater. I've never owned a P Bass so I have no basis for comparison, though I do have a BTB675 that has a lot of tonal variety at my fingertips. I've never thought of my Jazz5 with Aguilar noiseless and Audere preamp as having a "weak signal". Thoughts?

EQ is your friend, especially a HPF.
Go FOH, adjust until you sit in the mix just like you like it.

Passive/active. Doesn't matter. End of story.