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Help on Fender Jazz tone...

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Zacoppotamus

Jan 3, 2010
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Greece
#1
Hi! So I'm about to buy a new Fender 75 Jazz Reissue with a maple neck. Being in Greece there is no way for me to test it but I've taken a lot of TBers' word who seem to like it a lot. However, searching YouTube, I saw some (not so good videos) of this bass being played. The sound quality wasn't very good so it resulted in a very clanky tone. So, could those who own such basses help me out with their sound clips, and those who don't point to some recordings of songs with this bass?

Thank you:D

I'm more interested on the deep mellow sounds this basses produce...:help:
 
#2
Zaco, sorry I don't have a sound clip, but I do own a '75 Jazz reissue and can give you a sense of the tone. My experience with them is that the lacquered maple fretboard produces a very bright, and yes, almost clanky tone, compared to a Jazz with a rosewood fingerboard. You can dial down the treble of course, but the '75 reissue is definitely the brighest bass I've owned.
 
#3
Part of the tone depends on where you play it. Fingering or picking over the neck pickup is deeper and mellower than playing over the bridge pickup (the source of "clank"). Rolling off the bridge pickup can also help with your tone goals. So does type of strings (groundwounds/flats = deeper, more mellow and rounds = more clank/high end.). Where is onboard EQ set? Amp EQ settings also affect the tone. Was the recording DIed or miced, and if latter, was the room tone flat or bright? All of this information is essential in order to "the bass's tone" in a particular recordiing.
 
#5
I would start with replacing the round wounds with GHS flat wound stainless. I have a Fender Jazz Bass newer model that came with rounds and I replaced with flats. What a difference in tone! Much deeper tone. Good luck!
 

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