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Low End Jazz Megathread, post pics and soundbites!!

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#161
No piezo for Smash in sound Clips, but here is a really cool sound file a Customer of one of their first rough tracks they are laying down for their New album. Very cool change up's!!
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#162
Thanks Brian. Those are great clips.

This is an LEJ too, yes? There are more vids from that performance, if anyone's interested.

Brian, does anyone have piezos yet in their LEJ? I'll have to check out piezos in some other fretted bass (never tried 'em, personally) to see/hear what I think of those. Maybe I can find a Bongo someplace locally with piezos. Could be I dig 'em, but maybe not. Can't say I "need" 'em, but if they help with a woody tone (that's what they're normally used for?), that might work for some reggae, old-school sounds, or acoustic approximations.


I installed the dual push/pulls for series/parallel in my black 6'er. Not a huge difference really, you were right. Nothing like the big change you might hear in passive single coils. Having now heard series/paraller in an LEJ, I wouldn't be worried about not having it - I won't be making the change to the spalt burst, for example. Glad I didn't get holes drilled for switches after all !
 
#165
jonno1707 said:
WOW..The bass sound in that video kicks some serious but..
Anybody know what he is using for a rig??

Hey Brian,

Is that bass Alder/Maple or Ash/Maple??
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The bass Adam is playing with Jill Scott is an Alder with maple board. His in the PA, you can't hear his rig, not sure what it is either.
 
#166
Greetings! Check this one out. Bam! Just received it a month or so ago. This is the culprit in that "Monkey Stomp" file Brian posted.

I've been putting it through all the paces and I gotta say this is pretty much the best playing and sounding bass I've laid my hands on......ever. (thx Brian!)

JH aka SJ
 
#169
Hey Beav. Yeah, it did turn out great. I couldn't be happier with it. Originally I wanted 2 in the bridge pos, but we opted for the 2 at the neck. I'm wanting the same bass in a fless at some point and I'll maybe do 2 at the bridge in that one.

Smash, the 3 switches are kill switches for each pup. Controls are Vol (active/passive push/pull), Master Tone, Tre & Bass.

I have several basses with pup blend controls and I noticed that I rarely use the blend. Also, when I do/did, I'd have difficulty getting to the same blend when needed in the studio or live. It is always hit or miss for me and I wanted this bass to be more straight forward. On this bass having just pup selection with the 6 options the kill switches afford me really fits me better. I also have some pedals I use that I preset with some additional eqs/tones that expand the available options a bit too but so far the bass and it's 2-band are getting me what I want tonewise.

"And how do you use them in your music?"......very poorly actually :)
 
#170
Well, boys, I went over to Brian's shop the other day and ended up coming home with this:

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First off, let me say that Brian was at the shop for me, by appointment, on a Saturday when they're normally closed. Secondly, it was supposed to be a quick trip but it turned into about 3 hours worth of my noodling on just about everything he had in his shop. He was uber cool, hung out, talked basses with me, and I never felt rushed or got the impression that he didn't want to be there (even though his wife had hurt her ankle earlier that day - wow, what a schmuck I sound like, eh?).

Anyway, after playing a bunch of basses (LEJ's and many others) this one really spoke to me. Brian commented that this one has a "wonderful response" on the website and it absolutely does. And the color (which a friend at church dubbed "Prince Purple") looks just awesome in person. And the deeply figured maple board is. . . insane!

Anyway, I wanted to relay the story that everything people say about dealing with Brian is absolutely true - I'm looking forward to the next time I can head over that way and hang at the shop. As far as the bass goes, it's got tons of character, deep lows, clear sparkling highs, and the playability is fantastic. It's still on trial, so to speak, but either way it's a phenomenal bass.

Thanks, Brian! :bassist:
 
#171
A thread in the basses section got me thinking. Noramlly with all basses there is a "honeymoon" phase where your new bass is the greatest thing since sliced bread. A month or so later it gets set back on a stand and watches as you go back to fondling ol' reliable. This is certainly the case for me for the most part. Here's my review of my Lowend Jazz.....after the honeymoon.

First off, she's still beautiful to me. Everything from the pinstripe accent under the holly top and way the ash looks is still very striking. I'm finding that the neck profile isn't my bag. It's a wide flat profile with 19mm spacing ( I believe). I prefer a chunkier neck with more narrow spacing ( ie. Spector) The neck isn't uncomfortable, just not as fast feeling to me. Some people love this profile.

The bass isn't as heavy as I had originally thought. For an ash bodied jazz it's very reasonable, quite a bit lighter than my all maple Spector. I've also noticed that the pickup placement allows plenty of room to slap which I like.

The sound of the bass and I have a love/hate relationship. The sound, to me, is pretty dry. I don't know if that makes sense. It's a very clean and articulate bass. The high end is a bit sizzly for me. I think my resentment lies in the fact that it shows off my less than perfect technique :smug: . On the Love side, however, with the treble set flat and the tone knob rolled off a bit I can get an amazingly "in your face" jazz sound. Very Geddy Lee IMO. I'm thinking about adding a series/parallel switch to it.

Another thing I've noticed is that this bass does a pretty good P-bass impression. My favorite setting for the LowEnd is neck pickup at 75%, bridge at 25-50% ( not huge on the dominant bridge pickup sound). The volumes are rolled back a bit to attenuate the highs some...at least to my ears it works. Tone rolled off 30%-50%, treble set flat and bass boosted 10%-20%.

All in all I still really like my Lowend. I'm a Spector guy just because I love the tone and feel. I could probably have a Fodera and still have the same feelings. The Lowend fills a niche in my collection ( Jazz bass) and does it very well. I think I'd prefer it in a 4 string as I think this would be a fantastic hard rock bass. Thanks for reading. Anyone want to upgrade a 4 for a 5'er ?..................Bueller?
 
#174
gruuv said:
Well, boys, I went over to Brian's shop the other day and ended up coming home with this:

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CIMG6212.jpg


First off, let me say that Brian was at the shop for me, by appointment, on a Saturday when they're normally closed. Secondly, it was supposed to be a quick trip but it turned into about 3 hours worth of my noodling on just about everything he had in his shop. He was uber cool, hung out, talked basses with me, and I never felt rushed or got the impression that he didn't want to be there (even though his wife had hurt her ankle earlier that day - wow, what a schmuck I sound like, eh?).

Anyway, after playing a bunch of basses (LEJ's and many others) this one really spoke to me. Brian commented that this one has a "wonderful response" on the website and it absolutely does. And the color (which a friend at church dubbed "Prince Purple") looks just awesome in person. And the deeply figured maple board is. . . insane!

Anyway, I wanted to relay the story that everything people say about dealing with Brian is absolutely true - I'm looking forward to the next time I can head over that way and hang at the shop. As far as the bass goes, it's got tons of character, deep lows, clear sparkling highs, and the playability is fantastic. It's still on trial, so to speak, but either way it's a phenomenal bass.

Thanks, Brian! :bassist:
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Hi, congrats on the beautiful bass. I was wondering which other basses did you compare this to at the shop?
 
#177
fykozonisz said:
My 2 new 33" scale LEJ 6 strings........

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Those are goregeous mate!
How are you getting on with the 33" scale?
I got a 33" 6 string made a wee while ago and I love it, feels odd playing anything any bigger now.

I'm planning a 33" 6 string Jazz Bass with a Precision and Soapbar pickup somewhere along the line, maybe if I get my bonus next year...
As you can probably guess I am very very jealous!

Good skills dude,
Eude
 
#178
78Jazzlover said:
Hi, congrats on the beautiful bass. I was wondering which other basses did you compare this to at the shop?
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The quilted ash/maple frost white one Ace commented on, a quilt top red with an ash/maple board, I actually got to play a little on fyko's quilt top 6, the burgandy mist LEJ5, the F Clef jazz (now gone). . . a bunch of them.

The white one might have been my first choice, but it's brand new and I don't have the cabbage for that right now, but it was very, very nice! Truthfully, they were all great basses, it wasn't as if this one was head and shoulders above the crowd. It just happened to speak to me a little more - it has a VERY clear voice, quick response, and a positively amazing figure to the maple board.
 
#179
Hey guys,
Here's a link to me playing my LEJ at Saddleback church. We do three songs at the top with an orchestra and one at the end. The song at the end really has the bass out front!!!
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Click on "Watch." It's the "So You Think You Can Dance" service.
I am also going to be talking to Brian soon about a 4 string LEJ!!!!! You guys are killing me with your new basses!!!!!
 
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