jazz settings

[Slaphound]

How do you set your jazz bass? Neck pick up or bridge pick up? For what style of music?

 

[squierplayer120]

Well, for classic rock, it's mostly both pickups on full or a little more neck. For punk its tone all the way up, and bridge all the way up, no neck. Almost the same with funk, i add a little neck.

 

[lonote]

IMO, 99% of all passive basses sound best with everything dimed. Make tone adjustments at the amp.

 

[vene-nemesis]

lowering the bridge p-up 30% to get some deep growl, then i just add tube drive like 60% of the svp-pro and it sounds crispy and deep, I play progresive with that bass and it cuts enough for a MIM jazz...

 

[angrydad]

Here's how I set my Jazz to suit the tune I'm play at the moment :
1."Classic Rock (John Paul Jones) and Motown/Old School R&B tone"- Front pickup only, roll off tone knob 1/2 way. Play with a heavy dose of right and/or left hand muting.
2. "Heavy Handed Rock Grind"- Front pickup, tone all the way up. Play over the front pickup or with a pick.
3."Modern Slap Style"- both pickups on full, tone on full (preferably newer strings). Thump away.
4. "Faux Fretless"- bridge pickup only. Roll off tone knob 1/4 to1/2. Slightly bend key notes in your phrases.
This is just a small sample of how you can manipulate Uncle Leo's incredibly versatile design. You can find a number of other useful tones by blending the 2 pickups together to varying degrees. ENJOY!!!!

 

[HMZ]

Here's how I set my Jazz to suit the tune I'm play at the moment :
1."Classic Rock (John Paul Jones) and Motown/Old School R&B tone"- Front pickup only, roll off tone knob 1/2 way. Play with a heavy dose of right and/or left hand muting.
2. "Heavy Handed Rock Grind"- Front pickup, tone all the way up. Play over the front pickup or with a pick.
3."Modern Slap Style"- both pickups on full, tone on full (preferably newer strings). Thump away.
4. "Faux Fretless"- bridge pickup only. Roll off tone knob 1/4 to1/2. Slightly bend key notes in your phrases.
This is just a small sample of how you can manipulate Uncle Leo's incredibly versatile design. You can find a number of other useful tones by blending the 2 pickups together to varying degrees. ENJOY!!!!

What he said

 

[Prahainspring]

Neck pickup rolled off a bit, bridge pickup full on, and tone almost all the way off.

 

[bassist66]

I usually use either 50/50 bridge and neck, or 75% bridge, which is my current setting. I keep the knobs usually around the same on my bass, sometimes i adjust a little, but i do most of my eqing through my amp, which has parametrics for the mids which i love.

 

[Funky Tune]

nice thread,in my stolen jazz in reggae vibes,i remember i set the bridge 50% and neck full,and groove like a stone

 

[Funky Tune]

Fretted or fretless?

On my fretted J clone:

Both pickups wide open, tone rolled most of the way off - slap & pop and r & b tones.
Bridge 100%/Neck 0%-75% - Chordal playing, soloing.
Pots bypassed (both pups on full)/tone all the way off - reggae, hip hop, walking lines.

On my fretless J clone:

Both pickups wide open, tone rolled most of the way off - walking lines, full bodied melody lines, hip hop, reggae. Heck, anywhere big, rootsy, organic tone works.
Bridge 100%/Neck 0%-75% - Chordal playing, soloing.

mine was fretted,never have fretles but some day i have one.

 

[alembicfive]

On my fretted for most stuff and slap playing, tone all the way up the both PU set equal. For finger style blues stuff I roll back the neck PU a bit.

On my fretless, I roll back the tone a bit just to take some of the edge off and set the neck PU a 1/4 back from where ever the bridge PU is...

 

[Jazzin']

Neck // Bridge
100% // 100% for most stuff
100% // 0-50% for walking
0-50% // 100% for Jaco-like stuff

 

[Bg Man]

Guess I'm the wierd one again.

Full bridge on all the time. Neck pickup either completely off, or about 15% on, just to add some depth, depending on the overall volume and my mood. And the tone about 50-60%. Just enough to keep the dynamics, and still add the bass.

I've yet to find a place where that tone doesn't fit.


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[danomite64]

My bridge pickup is always on full, on both my fretted and fretless. I like the neck on full too, but sometimes the room is too boomy for that; I adjust accordingly, but it's always at least halfway on.