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Is it a P or a J? (continuation)
- Thread starter Coelho
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Ok, goo enough...
The bass is a Sadowsky Will Lee model, a Jazz bass with the neck pickup soloed.
I'll probably be changing the song for new tests. So one can't come back to previous threads and compare...
The bass is a Sadowsky Will Lee model, a Jazz bass with the neck pickup soloed.
I'll probably be changing the song for new tests. So one can't come back to previous threads and compare...
Cool, I guessed right and didn't even listen to the clip.
you have the same chances tossing a coin!
Yee haw! Got it right.
I think I've got my ears calibrated now. I'm feeling confident I can call them if played A/B style. A little shakier without hearing them next to each other - but I'll bet I'd get it right more times than not.
One thing's for sure though. The difference isn't exactly huge.
Then again, the difference in a Tele and a Strat or even a Paul and a Strat isn't huge either. But we still consider them essential and distinctive sounds despite the subtlety of the differences.
I think I've got my ears calibrated now. I'm feeling confident I can call them if played A/B style. A little shakier without hearing them next to each other - but I'll bet I'd get it right more times than not.
One thing's for sure though. The difference isn't exactly huge.
Then again, the difference in a Tele and a Strat or even a Paul and a Strat isn't huge either. But we still consider them essential and distinctive sounds despite the subtlety of the differences.
but.. it sounds pretty dry. My P has a distinctive roundness to the open strings. And my J had a plushness that this recording is missing.
I think a strat with the switch on positions 2 or 4 is very distinctive. As is a Jazz bass, with both pickups on!
Got it right both times. I'd still like to hear a Fender P compared to a Fender J in a similar test. 
Huh. I think those three guitars sound nothing like each other. In particular, comparing a LP to either Fender is night/day to my ears.
Sure a J and a P each have a pickup in approximately the same place, but I believe a P has a lot more wire in it. And the split makes a difference in the tone too.
I think a strat with the switch on positions 2 or 4 is very distinctive. As is a Jazz bass, with both pickups on!
Yeah a strat's 2/4 cluck tones are a dead giveaway. But how about a Tele bridge versus Strat or LP bridge tone? Those are more subtle but still distinctive.
I think the P versus J neck tone difference is similar. Subtle but definitely there if you know what you're listening for.
You played this one harder and it really brought out the nuances!
Took all of 5 seconds to guess it was a J bass solo'ed.
If I'm wrong, I'm not coming back to TB without practicing for another thousand hours.
I'm disappointed in everyone that got this one wrong!
Seriously, though, with the audacity with which I put in my guess, I was quite ready to bang my head against a wall in utter shame if I had been wrong.
Well, I've always loved well done listening quizzes like these. I especially liked how you played this one naturally, instead of trying your hardest to play softly in an attempt to hide the bass tone characteristics.
Hope you make more soon, OP.
