Thanks everyone. Sorry to ask this again, but can anyone identify what type of bass is used here:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1VDmW051IoM
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1VDmW051IoM
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In Your Words...P vs. J ??
- Thread starter rydin4lifebass
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To me, it sounds like it might be a Stingray with some lows rolled off. Or, it could be a Precision with lots of similar EQing. The main ingredients are the pick and the brand new round wound strings.
to my ear that sounds like the classic precision with tone rolled almost all the way up, bright roundwound strings and a pick. One of my favorite sounds
I was gonna say that, but I think it's got a 'ping' to it that a P bass doesn't have. I think it might be a P/J.
True, unless my speakers are off, it does have some of that P/J sound (thought a lot could have been done through EQ). Reminds me of Duff McKagan and his Jazz Special in
It definitely has some bottom end to it but has the high end and some of that "bite" to it as well...I was thinking Jazz from what I've read, but I'm the one asking all the questions so I can't really say. They use a lot of drop tuning as well, could it be a jazz in lower tuning???
Since we're on the "identify this tone" topic, I have a few others I'm curious about. Any thoughts on the type of bass used on these??
The Smashing Pumpkins - Zoom
The Smashing Pupmkins - Ava Adore
The Smashing Pumpkins- For God and Country
The Pretty Reckless - Since You're Gone
The Smashing Pumpkins - Zoom
The Smashing Pupmkins - Ava Adore
The Smashing Pumpkins- For God and Country
The Pretty Reckless - Since You're Gone
All of the links I posted still have D'Arcy Wretzky on bass except for "For God and Country" which has Billy Corgan on bass. I believe "For God & Country" is on a precision but I'm not sure about Zoom and Ava Adore...
The tune by The Pretty Reckless I posted seems to be a Jazz. Most of the info I find points to Jazz bass, although he does use precisions, it seems mostly j basses.
The tune by The Pretty Reckless I posted seems to be a Jazz. Most of the info I find points to Jazz bass, although he does use precisions, it seems mostly j basses.
Love p basses and bought and sold several looking for the ones that suit me. I gave up on jazzes after the second one.
I can't stand the two volume pot fiddle and although I love the growl that you get with both pick ups on (but not the bass cut effect) I find the bridge pickup very weak and thin. If you eq the amp for that pickup then the front pickup alone is a mess. I had one with bartolinis and also a 1970 or was it a71? Either way i hated that one in particular.
One of my current precisions has a narrower neck but not like a toothpick as per the early 70's effort. The other has the standard width which I like less but this one is a tone monster. I fitted two 0.1 uf caps in parallel and a stingray pickup in the bridge position where it would be on a jazz.
This gives me everything from a very bright and aggressive p sound via a standard warm midrangey p sound to a very deep yet clear dub tone all with a single passive pot. If I add the mm pickup I get a very thick pj like tone with all the tonal variation as before. This sounds great for slap and ballads which require a rounder tone as well as giving me a wicked jazz bass growl. I still get a bottom end cut but nowhere near as much as on the jazzes. To top it all, the bridge pickup sounds amazing. More top end than a jazz with a thicker tone and no more eq compromises. I havn't even tried splitting the mm yet nor trying it in paralell ( it's a bucker).
So for me, about the only thing that I like about the jazz is the neck, so long as it's not one of those toothpicks and the nice chrome control plate. As for the binding and block markers.... meh.
I should add that I enjoy plenty of music played and recorded with jazz basses I just hate playing them.
I can't stand the two volume pot fiddle and although I love the growl that you get with both pick ups on (but not the bass cut effect) I find the bridge pickup very weak and thin. If you eq the amp for that pickup then the front pickup alone is a mess. I had one with bartolinis and also a 1970 or was it a71? Either way i hated that one in particular.
One of my current precisions has a narrower neck but not like a toothpick as per the early 70's effort. The other has the standard width which I like less but this one is a tone monster. I fitted two 0.1 uf caps in parallel and a stingray pickup in the bridge position where it would be on a jazz.
This gives me everything from a very bright and aggressive p sound via a standard warm midrangey p sound to a very deep yet clear dub tone all with a single passive pot. If I add the mm pickup I get a very thick pj like tone with all the tonal variation as before. This sounds great for slap and ballads which require a rounder tone as well as giving me a wicked jazz bass growl. I still get a bottom end cut but nowhere near as much as on the jazzes. To top it all, the bridge pickup sounds amazing. More top end than a jazz with a thicker tone and no more eq compromises. I havn't even tried splitting the mm yet nor trying it in paralell ( it's a bucker).
So for me, about the only thing that I like about the jazz is the neck, so long as it's not one of those toothpicks and the nice chrome control plate. As for the binding and block markers.... meh.
I should add that I enjoy plenty of music played and recorded with jazz basses I just hate playing them.
P-bass = fat bottom girl, they make the rockin' world go round
J-bass = drunk chick, they make a lot of noise and you might get laid
*disclaimer = the FDA has not evaluated these statements.
I find the OP amusing "I've read a lot of posts but I want fresh opinions"
P's have low end for days
J's growl
that's pretty much it.
both are awesome.
someone said P is a one trick pony, well if that's true it's one hell of a trick.
J-bass = drunk chick, they make a lot of noise and you might get laid
*disclaimer = the FDA has not evaluated these statements.
I find the OP amusing "I've read a lot of posts but I want fresh opinions"
P's have low end for days
J's growl
that's pretty much it.
both are awesome.
someone said P is a one trick pony, well if that's true it's one hell of a trick.
I'd love to keep it simple and say that the neck PU on a J sounds close enough to a P, but the truth is I don't like the tone as much despite not being able to articulate why. Could be psychological, could be real, not sure. I find J basses need a little more tweaking for me to be happy with their tone, while Ps are easier to dial in a good tone. I've owned more Ps, so the amount of experience I've had with them could be a factor. Given a choice of one I will take the P every time, but fortunately I can afford to have both. That said, I don't own a J, and if I were I inclined to buy another Fender style bass I'd buy another P. Take that as you will.
