Jazz Players Known for the Neck Pickup?

[BKBassDude]

Hey I'm a long time Jbass player who generally uses either both pickups full or favors the bridge pickup. To me, this is the Jazz sound. You have guys like Marcus Miller who brought the both pickups dimed sound to light and Jaco who really brought the bridge burp to the mainstream. But are there any players who used Jazz basses who are known for using mainly the neck pup?

Any well known recordings that were on a J with the neck soloed/favored?

Interested to know.

 

[Gawd]

Esperanza Spalding. She usually plays upright, but she also plays a fretless jazz, neck pickup, strung with flats. Right below this one.

 

[JTE]

Joe Osborn. All his stuff ("Aquarious/Let The Sunshine In" by The 5th Dimension, all of the "Bridge Over Troubled Waters" alum by Simon & Garfunkle including the incomprable "Only Livin' Boy In New York", all The Carpenters stuff, etc. is his '60 Jazz with the neck PUP soloed.

John

 

[benjammin420]

Joe Osborn. All his stuff ("Aquarious/Let The Sunshine In" by The 5th Dimension

thats got to be my favorite tone right there too

 

[Bernin]

John Paul Jones of Led Zeppelin comes to mind, Larry Graham too

 

[Icculus]

I'd like to bump this old thread. There's gotta be more!

 

[20db pad]

Geddy Lee

 

[Chrisk-K]

Geddy Lee has said numerous times that he turns up all the knobs on his J's.

 

[A. D. Fairhurst]

Geddy Lee has said numerous times that he turns up all the knobs on his J's.

Well it certainly sounds more 'necky'.

 

[Lync]

I would say Geezer...

 

[A. D. Fairhurst]

I would say Geezer...

He played a P bass, not a J.

 

[Lync]

He played a P bass, not a J.

Not always...he played some weird modded jazz and this bass with a jazz-type config (sounds like the depth of the neck pickup). That was long ago...but so was the classic album Master of Reality.

 

[A. D. Fairhurst]

Not always...he played some weird modded jazz and this bass with a jazz-type config (sounds like the depth of the neck pickup). That was long ago...but so was the classic album Master of Reality.

That's a custom one made by John Birch. I can't find any pictures of a jazz bass.

 

[Lync]

That's a custom one made by John Birch. I can't find any pictures of a jazz bass.

Yeah, I can't either. Everything seems to be from the last 15 years or so online. I did a little digging and found the same as you that it was most likely a P on the first 3 records. So I stand corrected. Children of the Grave sounds like a P without a doubt though.

 

[Snowglo]

Well it certainly sounds more 'necky'.

Could be because it's a Rick? Tom Sawyer was a Jazz.

 

[A. D. Fairhurst]

Could be because it's a Rick? Tom Sawyer was a Jazz.

Nah. He said before the only tracks he used the Ricks on were Red Barchetta and another one. I can't remember exactly which one, but it sure wasn't YYZ.