J Bass in rock?

[FrednBass]

There you go:

 

[Tupac]

Oh good lord no! They are for jazz only. That's why Jaco played one. You need a Warwick rockbass for rock.

Exactly! See, you don't even want to know what P Basses are for...

 

[gjbassist]

Two words: Geddy Lee!

 

[Tupac]

Strictly my opinion, but I prefer a P-Bass for rock. I've tried my son's J, and to me it felt like it had no balls, which the P has in spades. Strictly my opinion.


Did I mention that it's strictly my opinion?

No balls? Are you kidding me?



And Geddy, but he doesn't need a link.

 

[mellowinman]

I just had an audience member tell me most band's basses sound like frog farts, but my Fender Jazz had a nice growl.

I agree. My J-Bass gives me exactly what I need.

 

[Clef_de_fa]

Exactly! See, you don't even want to know what P Basses are for...

Well ... they aren't called Precision for nothing !!! When you seek precision in your playing ... reach you P ... when you want Jazz, reach your J.

 

[mellowinman]

Two words: Geddy Lee!

And three more:

JOHN PAUL JONES

 

[m.oreilly]

no, a jazz base is not for rock. john paul jones was known as a highly thought of semen. rock bases are made by warwick. from the feverish comments, it looks like british semen pee with precision

 

[MangoSweat]

Rage Against The Machine (Stingray before Jazz), Rush (I know...ric and others too)

+1

 

[Dubista]

you can only play jazz with a jazz bass.

 

[tsar nicholas]

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

^ Knowing is half the battle!

 

[Flea4ever]

no, a jazz base is not for rock. john paul jones was known as a highly thought of semen. rock bases are made by warwick. from the feverish comments, it looks like british semen pee with precision

*bass
and I am getting mixed responses here, do people agree with this?^

 

[bassist4dalord]

You can use damn near any playable bass in any genre of music.

Using this as my sig

 

[knumbskull]

sounds really good! can you set them up differently for agreesive playing because I am quite a hard player myself and when I played a jazz in the shop it buzzed when I played would that be because of low action do you think? and can you get enough low end or would it be too bright and substanied at times? sorry for all the questions but just out of interest what's a dirt pedal? Thanks,

yes, low action can cause fret buzz if you play aggressively. a higher action will give you less buzz with aggressive playing styles.

I have mine set medium, so i can dig in without it buzzing - but if you really wallop it, you can still get that "clanking" sound... some players like John Entwhistle of The Who actually use (or used) fret buzz as part of their sound.

Jazz basses can be quite bright-sounding, but you can dial this out using the tone controls - as i mentioned, they are very versatile. and they do have plenty of low end - there are many threads about this, but IIRC Jazzes have if anything more lows than P-basses. they are certainly popular in dub music!

"dirt pedals" - ha! sorry i should be more clear, this just means any kind of distortion pedal (fuzz, overdrive, distortion etc).

EDIT there are many more knowledgeable J-bass players on here than me. as people have suggested, check out Youtube videos of Led Zeppelin, Rush, Opeth (although he uses a Marcus Miller) to hear what they sound like in rock...

 

[lfmn16]

Hi anyone out there play a Jazz bass in a rock band?

No, when you buy a jazz bass you have to sign an agreement to not play rock music on it. If they catch you they take away your jazz bass and give you a precision.

 

[El Raro]

A Jazz bass is only for jazz music (duh) and a P bass is only for pop music (hence the P).

If you want to play rock music you need a Rickenbacker bass because it kinds sounds like "Rockenbacker".

 

[BassBrass]

wow. LOTS of sarcasm in this thread. I suppose that's natural when a young person or new player asks a question that to anyone with some experience seems ridiculous. But it aint so obvious unless you have experience. It's just a newbie question.
Jazz basses have LOTS of low end and compared to a P bass, less midrange. P bass has a big bump in the mids. To me, a P bass sounds like a raw plank of plywood and a Jazz bass sounds beautiful. In lots of 60s recordings, P bass is the sound I expect, though. With Any bass, use your eq to make up for any limits.

Darn: tame curse word, 1781, Amer.Eng. euphemism for damn, said to have originated in New England when swearing was a punishable offense; if so, its spread was probably infl. by 'tarnal, short for Eternal, as in By the Eternal (God), favorite exclamation of Andrew Jackson, among others. Related: darned (pp. adj., 1806); darndest (superl., 1844).

I suppose it sounded ok when Andrew Jackson used it, but to me it always sounds awkward. If you mean "damn", use damn. I don't think you will be damned for using it...

oh frak.

 

[bjabass]

Hmm....methink we are being played....

Flea4ever, you need to look around in here a while if you are seriously as uninformed as your questions indicate. You are getting a LOT of sarcastic replies.

If you are NOT as uninformed as you seem, touche.

 

[Flea4ever]

A Jazz bass is only for jazz music (duh) and a P bass is only for pop music (hence the P).

If you want to play rock music you need a Rickenbacker bass because it kinds sounds like "Rockenbacker".

I can't tell if your being serious or not? If you are being serious then your ignorance just annoys me 'P' bass has nothing to do with Pop it means Percession because when Leo Fender invented it, it was the first electric bass with frets so it was seen as more percise as the fretless Double Bass intonation wise

 

[SoVeryTired]

This thread is operating on so many levels, it's hurting my head.

The answer's been given a few times - any bass can be made to work for any genre.