How good are your ears? Soundclips inside...

[narud]

1 sx flats
2 squier rounds
3 fender
4 sx rounds
5 squier flats

or

3
2
5
4
1

 

[Ryan Mohr]

1 sx flats
2 squier rounds
3 fender
4 sx rounds
5 squier flats

or

3
2
5
4
1

Thanks for participating. Which did you prefer between 3 and 4, or between 3 and 4 which sounds closer to your idea of a vintage Fender?

 

[CrispyDelicious]

I voted #2

Its the Fender with DR Lo-riders. Everything else sounded..... muffled, dull, dead-stringy.

 

[KJung]

#3 for me all the way. I assume that's the Fender with rounds

 

[T-MOST]

I'm not familiar with any of that gear.

 

[Steve Bennett]

3
2
5
4
1

#3 sounds purtiest but #2 (P w/rounds) has bigger balls.

 

[Ryan Mohr]

I voted #2

Its the Fender with DR Lo-riders. Everything else sounded..... muffled, dull, dead-stringy.

Don't be so sure...

#3 for me all the way. I assume that's the Fender with rounds

Haha thanks , did you favor 3 over 4 because of the difference in strings, or the voice of the bass?

 

[CrispyDelicious]

Well, SPILL THE BEANS!

 

[mike1762]

I anxiously await the answers, but I THINK this experiment will illustrate the impact strings have on tone. I've always felt strings have a greater impact on tone than woods, electronics, etc. Fresh strings on a crappy instrument sound better than dead strings on a $20,000 Alembic (to me anyway).

 

[Ryan Mohr]

I anxiously await the answers, but I THINK this experiment will illustrate the impact strings have on tone. I've always felt strings have a greater impact on tone than woods, electronics, etc. Fresh strings on a crappy instrument sound better than dead strings on a $20,000 Alembic (to me anyway).

That was one of my main intentions. Many times players spend so much time and energy on the bass and amp, but put the cheapest pair of strings they can find on the bass.

 

[Ryan Mohr]

Well, SPILL THE BEANS!

Tonight...

 

[danielreo]

smart guy. you will reveal that the sx is with the 1 month strings and all fender fans will be angry with their boutique bass!!haha

 

[chump stain]

I put them in order of the clips

1 Jazz with flats
2 Precision with dead rounds
3 Jazz with rounds
4 Jazz with rounds
5 Precision with flats

 

[KJung]

Don't be so sure...

Haha thanks , did you favor 3 over 4 because of the difference in strings, or the voice of the bass?

I liked both, but there was a bit more grind and 'Fenderyness' to #3 (at least through the PC speakers with woofer I'm using to listen. I have not idea if its due to type/age of strings or the bass itself, but I liked it!

 

[Ryan Mohr]

I liked both, but there was a bit more grind and 'Fenderyness' to #3 (at least through the PC speakers with woofer I'm using to listen. I have not idea if its due to type/age of strings or the bass itself, but I liked it!

Thanks! My next shootout will be just SX vs. Fender, with the same set of rounds on both. That should be interesting.

 

[narud]

Thanks for participating. Which did you prefer between 3 and 4, or between 3 and 4 which sounds closer to your idea of a vintage Fender?

they all sounded pretty good to be honest. since youve been clip master lately, i just got through recording a clip of my 62 jazz with the newly installed lollar neck pickup. you decide which sounds more like a vintage jazz. recorded by plugging the bass straight into the soundcard.

 

[ironrat]

1. flats SX
2. rounds SX
3. rounds Fender
4. rounds Squier
5. flats Squier

 

[emythefretless]

Narud! I hear some bass playin' dude...

 

[9mmMike]

5 sounds like my Sting with Roto flats.

I like 3 the best. I hope that's a Fender. It reminds me of my P-bass with nickel rounds.

 

[Ryan Mohr]

they all sounded pretty good to be honest. since youve been clip master lately, i just got through recording a clip of my 62 jazz with the newly installed lollar neck pickup. you decide which sounds more like a vintage jazz. recorded by plugging the bass straight into the soundcard.

KILLER playing! That jazz sounds great too, more or less my ideal tone. What strings were on the bass? Were the Lollars a better sonic match for the '62 than the Antiquity IIs? I know you have a very specific idea of the sound you want, and haven't found any production pickups that sonically replicate the tone of the vintage fender pickups. I have the CS '60s pickups in the Fender, and so far I like the tone more than the Antiquity IIs.