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My Geddy: More Bridge Pickup Tone and Both Pickup Tone

Discussion in 'Basses [BG]' started by Dr. Cheese, Jun 28, 2020.

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  1. Jun 28, 2020 #1
    Dr. Cheese

    Dr. Cheese Gold Supporting Member

    Mar 3, 2004
    Metro St. Louis


    I think the bridge pickup sounds quite warm although sounding a bit thinner on video than than it does to me live. I thought it was pretty good on this snippet of My Forbidden Lover by Chic, featuring the great Bernard Edwards. I will record it with both pickups for comparison too. Both pickups is definitely a fatter sound, but that is to be expected. I think either one sounds good for that bassline.
     
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  2. Jun 28, 2020 #2
    SJan3

    SJan3 Supporting Member

    Dec 8, 2010
    Ct.
    I prefer the bridge pup for that particular tune. It's closer to Bernard's tone.
    You're making me remember why I played a Stingray exclusively for over 22 years.
    Think I'll have to get another. :)
     
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  3. Jun 28, 2020 #3
    Dr. Cheese

    Dr. Cheese Gold Supporting Member

    Mar 3, 2004
    Metro St. Louis
    Yes, Bernard’s Stingray was a perfect mix of brightness and bottom. My Jazz sounds good, but can’t match that Stingray girth.
     
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  4. Jun 28, 2020 #4
    P Cheen

    P Cheen Alembics and parametric mid knobs scare me.

    Apr 4, 2015
    Southern Oregon
    Love that bridge tone! This is why I prefer 70s style J pickups even if the bass doesn’t have 70s pickup spacing!
     
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  5. Jun 28, 2020 #5
    LadyLoveStingRay5

    LadyLoveStingRay5

    Jul 17, 2004
    Both sound nice!! That back pickup sounds fuller than I expected.
    Keep showing us what this bass can do. These Geddy models sound great.
     
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  6. Jun 28, 2020 #6
    Dr. Cheese

    Dr. Cheese Gold Supporting Member

    Mar 3, 2004
    Metro St. Louis
    In the case of my Geddy, it has Seventies pickups and Seventies spacing.:thumbsup:
     
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  7. Jun 28, 2020 #7
    crobasster

    crobasster

    Jun 16, 2009
    croatia
    Both sound very nice .
     
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  8. Jun 28, 2020 #8
    SJan3

    SJan3 Supporting Member

    Dec 8, 2010
    Ct.
    Yes, and I'm not sure but Bernard may have used flats on a 2EQ Stingray which had way less sizzle. It's a tone I covet.
     
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  9. Jun 28, 2020 #9
    Dr. Cheese

    Dr. Cheese Gold Supporting Member

    Mar 3, 2004
    Metro St. Louis
    I am pretty sure Bernard Edwards used flats. If not, they were the deadest rounds in history.
     
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  10. Jun 28, 2020 #10
    SJan3

    SJan3 Supporting Member

    Dec 8, 2010
    Ct.
    Lol!! No doubt, Doc.
     
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  11. Jun 28, 2020 #11
    Fender4Me

    Fender4Me The Undertaker

    Dec 2, 2008
    Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex
    Sounds awesome as usual Doc! Are those the stock Fender rounds on it?
     
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  12. Jun 28, 2020 #12
    Dr. Cheese

    Dr. Cheese Gold Supporting Member

    Mar 3, 2004
    Metro St. Louis
    Yes, they are stock Fender rounds indeed.:thumbsup:
     
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  13. Jun 28, 2020 #13
    Chrisk-K

    Chrisk-K

    Jan 20, 2010
    Scottsdale, AZ
    Both pickups on will result in a mid-scooped sound. To me, that’s a thinner sound than either pickup soloed. But I understand everyone’s definition of a fat tone is different.
     
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  14. Jun 28, 2020 #14
    luciens

    luciens

    Feb 9, 2020
    What kind of amp is that you're using your vids doc?

    L
     
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  15. Jun 28, 2020 #15
    Dr. Cheese

    Dr. Cheese Gold Supporting Member

    Mar 3, 2004
    Metro St. Louis
    I usually use a four channel Behringer combination keyboard amp and PA. Behringer claims it is 600w, but I am guessing it is really 200w.
     
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  16. Jun 28, 2020 #16
    luciens

    luciens

    Feb 9, 2020
    K. Just wondering why your setup sounds so good, and mine sounds so bad.. :). I'm using my GK 1001RB-II and 410SBX plus cab, but it's the naseliest, brittlest sounding amp I've ever heard. I don't know what possessed me to get it, when was it, 20 years ago.

    It could be my hearing too, where everything sounds kind of lousy when I'm sitting in front of it nowadays. Through headphones tho, things are fine, but I dunno. Everything can't sound lousy, so maybe it's my deef ears :).

    But your Geddy is inspiring me to fix the tone on my jaco. :)

    Since I can't buy new ears, I'm getting my mask and going down to the local GC for a set of rounds for it, since it might just be the flats it has on it. They sound great on the neck PU, but on the bridge PU, my Tony Franklin just runs rings around it tone-wise....

    L
     
  17. Jun 28, 2020 #17
    Dr. Cheese

    Dr. Cheese Gold Supporting Member

    Mar 3, 2004
    Metro St. Louis
    Change your strings, it might be an easy fix.
     
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  18. Jun 28, 2020 #18
    Claymore

    Claymore

    Nov 10, 2019
    Rhode Island
    If my bridge sounded like that, I would use it WAY more often! :laugh: I am ignorant about Geddys... Is the neck profile different than your garden variety Jazz bass? I heard someone say it was thinner.
     
  19. Jun 28, 2020 #19
    Dr. Cheese

    Dr. Cheese Gold Supporting Member

    Mar 3, 2004
    Metro St. Louis
    Mine is an American Geddy Lee which has a more standard size neck, but has the vintage voiced pickups.
     
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  20. Jun 28, 2020 #20
    luciens

    luciens

    Feb 9, 2020
    I just put on a set of d'addario medium rounds, which helped the tone considerably. But I also just finished the nut on my Tony Franklin and now my fingers are too beat up to play it. :)

    But I'm pretty sure it was the flats. They're designed for thump, not pop.. :)

    L
     
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