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J Bass in rock?
- Thread starter Flea4ever
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mattsk42
Supporting Member
Well Flea, for one.
Do a search on "tone" or "show your rig". Basically anything "works" for anything with the right setup and pair of hands.
Do a search on "tone" or "show your rig". Basically anything "works" for anything with the right setup and pair of hands.
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I'd say about half of those are rock players, and that's just the tip of the iceberg. I use a Marcus Miller J in my alt rock band.
I'd say about half of those are rock players, and that's just the tip of the iceberg. I use a Marcus Miller J in my alt rock band.
As it has been noted before:
If you want to play jazz, use a Jazz Bass
If you wish to play precisely, use a Precision Bass
If you want to play jazz, use a Jazz Bass
If you wish to play precisely, use a Precision Bass
Paramore, A Day To Remember, All Time Low, Alter Bridge, Creed, and many more. A Jazz is pretty much a standard choice for rock, whether it's Fender, Sadowsky, Lakland etc... Still a Jazz bass.
Liam
Liam
These things go in waves.
There was a time when P-basses were much more common in rock than J's. In recent decades, that trend seems to have pretty much flipped.
But there's no hard-and-fast rule that says funk players have to use J's, fusion guys have to play an Alembic, and rockers have to play a P. Ditto for 4 vs 5 vs 6 strings, active vs passive, long scale vs short...
If you dig hard enough, you'll find great players making waves in just about any musical category you can think of, with just about any bass that's out there.
There was a time when P-basses were much more common in rock than J's. In recent decades, that trend seems to have pretty much flipped.
But there's no hard-and-fast rule that says funk players have to use J's, fusion guys have to play an Alembic, and rockers have to play a P. Ditto for 4 vs 5 vs 6 strings, active vs passive, long scale vs short...
If you dig hard enough, you'll find great players making waves in just about any musical category you can think of, with just about any bass that's out there.
thank you this has been helpful, of you play with just the bridge pickup on the J bass do you think you could get a growling kind of rock sound ?
Well, not literally, no. It would damage the finish, but a lot of guys like that relic'd look...
would you reccomend a Squire Classic Vibe Jazz bass or a Cort bass with jazz pickups but a humbucker for a bridge pickup and an active bass and treble boost?
