John Paul Jones's Bass?

[JMacBass65]

@godofthunder59 ummmm.......sorry, but you got it wrong. @jasonganis has it correct regarding the Jazz and the first 2 albums.

It IS "documented", you look it up.

Although I think the mute was gone by LZII, but who knows.

 

[duckman]

I believe For Your Life was the Hagstrom 8-string. He didn't have the Becvar 8-string when a Presence was recorded so he used the Hagstrom for Achilles Last Stand and other stuff.

Nope in a 1977 interview with the dutch magazine Music Maker he says the Becvar/Alembic 8 string was the one used on Achilles and Nobody' Fault. "Jimmy kept cursing me for that, since he had only a couple of Gibsons who could compete with the Alembic sound"
"Yeah I had a Hagstrom... same type as Jimi Hendrix. But I never used it on a Zeppelin recording. Awful bass to use. The sound was everywhere. I did use it (the Hagstrom 8) live regularly, though".

In the same interview he states at one time he considered to buy a Fender VI but ultimately he didn't because of the tight string spacing. Jonesy's photograph clutching a six string during a ( sixties) studio session, must be have been studio gear.
And last but not least his relationship with the Gibby EB 1 "I always feel the urge to pull something in place of toying with something that feels like a rubber band"

Hope this sheds some new light on the topic. Cheers

 

[Rayjay]

Interesting transcription. I always considered the "one" where A is on their beat "four" of the first measure.

 

[godofthunder59]

Well maybe maybe not, sorry for my terse reply. He did use a EB1, got the album wrong. But still believe Dazed is the EB1. I have played many a Jazz and Gibsons of the EB family. I don't see any other way the tone on Dazed could be achived.

 

[JMacBass65]

Well maybe maybe not, sorry for my terse reply. He did use a EB1, got the album wrong. But still believe Dazed is the EB1. I have played many a Jazz and Gibsons of the EB family. I don't see any other way the tone on Dazed could be achived.

It's all good. FWIW - I think it's the Jazz w/flats, mute and a pick. It sure does sound different than later live versions.

 

[Rayjay]

The foam mute has a pretty big spread as far as how it affects tone. On LZI, sounds like he is really jamming a big piece of foam in there, and farther from the bridge. Even without a pick that would still give a clicky tone.

LZII (Ramble on, Lemon Song, etc) still sounds like the mute but its either a smaller piece and/or closer to the bridge.

Dazed is an example of extreme muting.

 

[JMacBass65]

Finally found a pic I was looking for. The resolution on this one is crap, but you can see the stock Jazz mutes installed, and right up against the bridge PUP.

 

[Rnr..........4]

Great thread. I always heard it as maybe JPJ was using his jazz with the tone knob all the way down. What it sounded like to me. Hard to know and harder to know if he used the neck pickup mostly or both pickups. Definitely never used just the bridge.

 

[frublazej]

mute, knob down, hand closer to neck, eq and natural comp of vintage preamps in studio

if it's early j-bass probably cap that have impact on tone, maybe it have .05microf, how it's affect tone:


live situation:

 

[Polfuste]

Congrats for .. this topic resurrection ! Well done !
Sixteen years since the OP. Talkbass magic !

 

[frublazej]

General wisdom of bass community increased from that year

 

[B-Mac]

Hey Guys i have been playing bass guitar for a long while, but sadly i dont know anything about bass guitars except knowing how to play them. I was wondering what kind of bass(model)and year Led Zeppelin's John Paul Jones had, because I am wanting to buy one at any cost. Pictures would be highly apprechiated
thanks guys
sorry about the bad english

Wow 7 year old Lazarus thread
...Arise and carry your bass and bass Amp...

He played many, including an Alembic 8 string
There's a bunch of info in the Bassists forum
=1&c[node]=28']Search Results for Query: john paul jones | TalkBass.com

 

[Bass V]

op's been MIA for 20+yrs, in desperate need to know the outcome I found this more important

JPJ claims that his old EB-1 came to him from Little Richard's bass player.
Ironically, Bob Daisley also claims to own an EB-1 bass formerly belonging to Little Richard's bass player.
Maybe its the same bass?