Is this vintage jazz tone to you?

[matti777]

Perhaps this is a rhetorical question as this is a vintage tone to me. We all have many discussions on vintage tone but I expect everyone's definition varies. What do you think and what exactly is he playing? I'm guessing flats or dead rounds?

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ps He looks like quite the character...love the bass line but not the pants

 

[Batmensch]

My opinion? Not very vintage sounding at all.

 

[DWBass]

Sounds like he has dead strings and the neck pickup favored or solo'd! Highs eq'd out. Not your typical jazz tone. Wondering why he's even playing a Jazz with that sound?!?

 

[drewfunk]

Sounds like he has dead strings and the neck pickup favored or solo'd! Highs eq'd out. Not your typical jazz tone. Wondering why he's even playing a Jazz with that sound?!?

Well isnt the point of having selectable pickups the ability to get different tones from each one?

 

[matti777]

I can see the opinions vary already. There is no wrong or right here IMHO. I think of vintage tone as more lows, less highs and woody. I suppose the tonal difference between a vintage p and j bass would be smaller than that of modern sounding basses. If anybody has links to audio/video of what they think vintage sound is that would be great too.

 

[FenderRick]

i didnt like that bass solo at all...

 

[Triangle]

Is he playing a show in PJs?

EDIT: ***? human cow bell stand?

 

[michael_atw]

Absolutely nothing sounds vintage at all to me. The PRS, the squeals from the Strat, nothing. I'd be interested to know what he's playing through. So I can avoid it. It does remind me of Roger Water's tone at times. I'm not yet sure if I think that's good or bad

I'm a fan of playing lead and kicking solos but that one sounds...like a guitarist playing bass. Not like a bassist playing a bass solo.

 

[otherclef]

Is he playing a show in PJs?

EDIT: ***? human cow bell stand?

Know in some parts as "drinking pants"...

 

[michael_atw]

Is he playing a show in PJs?

EDIT: ***? human cow bell stand?

Insert overused "It needs more cowbell" joke here ________.

 

[Luckydog]

Haha, what a show. And note the pickguard, The man, The legend". Haha.

 

[Dbassmon]

The Man, The Legend, the mess.

Step away from the bass and put your hands where we can see em. You are under arrest for assault of a musical instrument.

Awesome in it's badness.

 

[Flaked Beans]

Yes, sounds vintage to me.




ps. those chicks on the tv are totally awesome!!!

 

[michael_atw]

Haha, what a show. And note the pickguard, The man, The legend". Haha.

hahahahaha, I saw that too.

In light of that, we can call him, "Bananas in Pajamas".

 

[Spaldo]

Step away from the bass and put your hands where we can see em. You are under arrest for assault of a musical instrument.

when drums stop, very, very bad....

that poor Bill Withers tune.

I don't diss anyone's playing (unless they diss mine)....but this is not my cup o'tea, sonically at least.

 

[David Jayne]

Step away from the bass and put your hands where we can see em. ..

Step away from the drums, too please. And send the guitarists back to their metal bands.

 

[matti777]

Know in some parts as "drinking pants"...

I'm not familiar with that terminology. I guess someone can start another thread called "performance attire"

 

[StoutFellow]

Hard not to think that the only people in the venue other than the band were the barman, the guy with the camera and the guy with the cowbell.

If I had only two bullets, I'd shoot the guy with the cowbell.

Twice.

 

[handofseven]

I kept getting annoyed when the cameraman panned left and took the big screen with the hardbodies out of the frame.

 

[PJRL]

I think it is 70's vintage J tone, the sound guy had the usual heavy on the bottom EQ making the bass drum sound really BIG and the rest of the band mixed into the background somewhere, & guitars sounding really thin.