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lakland´s 5 strings best slap sound.....

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ecufunk

Nov 19, 2007
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which one of these basses have the best slap sound the more big agressive sound?

Darryl Jones 5 strings with retro
joe osborne 5 strings with retro
55-02
55-01
decade

i repeat big agressive slap
 
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OP1964 said:
Try here and decide for yourself: [Invalid or Expired Link Removed]
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ok i´ve heard all them to me it´s between darryl jones and 55-02 the 44-01 sample sounds very good to me but jones is really what i want BUT the jones sample is without retro preamp

i want to know wich one you guys prefeer and why....
 
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OP1964 said:
I see in your profile you have a 4-94 with Nords. How's that sound?
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hi man...welll first it was very weird i´m a jazz bass fanatic and this was a big huge change...the nordstrand 4.2 is a little dark just a bit the nj4se on the neck is great sounds like a presicion pickup my bass is loaded with the retro preamp now i love my bass but it took me time to get used to it...it´s a growly beast
 
#8
i used to have the darryl jones but the 4 strings version with retro i loved it but i was forced to sold it.....very sad....i tried the jones 5 strings also with retro and man that´s another animal, big slap sound 35 scale makes a big difference
 
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capnsandwich said:
Lakland 55-01 and switch the preamp with a Bart NTMB and switch the factory Bart pups for a pair of Nordstrand Big Single pickups.
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that´s what a though but my mentor told me this "they are grat awesome fingerstyle sound huge but a little dark for sparkling slap sound jones with retro have more highs" that was he told me i had never heard it but i heard the jones 5 strings aero jazz pickups and i love that sound big singles had better sound?????
 
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ecufunk said:
that´s what a though but my mentor told me this "they are grat awesome fingerstyle sound huge but a little dark for sparkling slap sound jones with retro have more highs" that was he told me i had never heard it but i heard the jones 5 strings aero jazz pickups and i love that sound big singles had better sound?????
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It all depends on your idea of a great slap tone. I know for a fact they're a whole lot better than the Bart MK-1's that come with it. My idea of a great slap tone is a nice single coil neck pup tone. You also may be getting the Big Singles mixed up with the Fat Stacks.
 
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maconbass said:
The Bartolini NTMB is a darker sounding preamp with muted highs. I had to pull the NTMB out of one of my recent basses due to the poor slap tone. In it's place I put a Demeter but there are others that are great for slap also.
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Really? What kind of pickups did you have? I was under the impression that the pickups had more of an effect on overall tone than the preamp. I guess I got lernt!:confused:
 
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capnsandwich said:
Really? What kind of pickups did you have? I was under the impression that the pickups had more of an effect on overall tone than the preamp. I guess I got lernt!:confused:
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IMO you were right.

My Barto preamps do little to my signal other than buffer the pickups from cable loading ... "opening" and brightening the sound a tiny bit. A good preamp does very little until you start using the EQ, and bartolini makes a very good preamp.

An active/passive switch is great for hearing the pre's effect.
 

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