wow... that was great. I guess its not the sound of a J that I dislike its just the sound of both pickups wide open that I dislike.
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Help Munjibunga prove his point about short scales!!!
- Thread starter GassieBall
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That's was exactly what I thought. Score 60%. Glad one of my correct calls was the mustang. Been gassing for one of those ...
Yeah I said A, C, and E too but only because it spelled ACE, and picked C as the Mustang because it was in the middle of the pack. I didn't even listen to clip E or C2. Looks like pseudorandom selection gets the same score.
AND THE ANSWER IS:
A: Long scale: Lakland Skyline DJ4, Lakland pickups, neck pickup only on full
B: Short scale: SX SJB62 3/4, Nordstrand NJ4 pickups, both pickups on full
C: Short Scale: Mustang bass
D: Long scale: Same bass as A, but both pickups on full
E: Short scale: Same bass as B, but neck pickup only on full.
Munji, I love you man! Don't take this personallyYou really took this thread in stride and played along and I very much respect that, but I just wanted to gently call you out on something, not with mere words, but sound clips to put meat into the matter.
Now I'm thinking some of you are gonna cry foul with me recording a jazz bass with only a neck pickup. Some people thought that the jazzes played with the neck pickup were P-basses or short scales. Some people thought that the jazz tone meant long scale and the neck only tone meant short scale. Very interesting what the brain wants to make your ears hear!!!
Thanks for all the participation, guys. All comments welcome. Hopefully, it's not gonna get too "scientific", as I said, this was for fun and perhaps a little learning, not to start a war.In my mind, if a bass sounds good and plays good, use it. I don't care if it's $100 or $10000.
Well, I don't think I did that poorly. You can call it 60 percent, but I called two out of three short scales. As someone else said, maybe I should drop some Nordies in my Mustang. I suspect that's the biggest weakness of the bass.
True dat. I think the weakest part of the Mustang are the pickups. I really want to get those Aero pickups but they are pricey. I guess rewinding them will be expensive also.
You did good, Munji, but I think you can see it wasn't that easy or clear-cut of a call!
LOL, admit it everyone, my SX Jazz shorty with Nordy's sounds pretty awesome, eh? Even Munji liked it!!! In a full mix with a sound guy twiddling with the EQ, I really don't think anyone can tell the difference. I do pretty poorly on blind tests here myself.
Yes, but with NJ4s! I also have a short scale SX with Lindy Fralins. Also a great sounding bass.
AQUANOVA
I'd agree with you, but then we'd both be wrong
Ah it's a Lakland DJ, that's why it sounds flabby to me. Makes sense now. Those Nordstrand pickups in the SX really sound nice.
I called the same two without even listening to their clips and also correctly guessed the Mustang so your guess really means nothing either.
The most telling part was that you totally misidentified B so it looks like the "shortscale" myth doesn't really hold up.
You did better than me! The only one I got was (C) being short-scale and on my pencil notes I had a question mark there. So I almost called that one wrong, too!
If your Mustang feels like it has mojo unplugged, I absolutely recommend the Aero upgrade. My Musicmaster with the Aero has been seriously bullying the rest of the stable - the P and J basses were struggling to keep up on the blues gig. So the Aero stuff is worth every penny IMHO/E.
Those Nordys in sample B sure had me fooled. I'm about to try a set in my J-bass and based on that, I'm expecting good things.
Oh frak, Jefenator. You're giving me a bad gas attack. They are $150 at the Aero ebay store + $20 shipping.
Are they really that good?I guess I also should mention that the SX had upgraded 250K CTS pots and a 0.047 mfd orange drop cap.
Interesting thread, thanks for posting.
I have had a short scale bass for a few weeks and I can tell it does not lack anything tonewise. Very full and deep bottom. I was actually expecting that after reading about short scale basses first but the it still took me with a (positive) surprise.
I have had a short scale bass for a few weeks and I can tell it does not lack anything tonewise. Very full and deep bottom. I was actually expecting that after reading about short scale basses first but the it still took me with a (positive) surprise.
I could'nt tell the difference between long or short scale. But I could tell that C lacked overtones and sounded a bit choked(to my ears). I don't think it has anything to do with scale as I've had long scale basses that sounded the same and short scale basses that were very open and alive sounding. All guitars and basses should be judged on a case by case basis. If a bass is working for ya enjoy it. JMHO YMMV.
