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narrowed down to mtd, sadowsky, lakland
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CtNjgypgHtA&feature=youtube_gdata_player
If i want this kind of Low, which would be best?
I dont think ive really seen a sadowsky played for this kind of style of music.
If i want this kind of Low, which would be best?
I dont think ive really seen a sadowsky played for this kind of style of music.
I have owned a few Lakland's and a few Sadowsky's. No MTD's.
I think I'd go Sadowsky, except that now I don't know if I can play anything but Roscoe. The necks are amazing and the B strings are devastating. Search Jimmy Haslip on You Tube.
I think I'd go Sadowsky, except that now I don't know if I can play anything but Roscoe. The necks are amazing and the B strings are devastating. Search Jimmy Haslip on You Tube.
Plenty of Sadowskys get played in that kind of context. If you want really deep lows then, to me, that says soapbars (and the kind of sound you'll get from an MTD). A Sadowsky is going to give you a very tight bottom end - wrapped up very neatly. But that's not a bad thing. It's tough because you're looking at two very different kinds of sounds. Both great but what will work best for you is anyone's guess (I'm not addressing Laklands here simply because I don't have enough experience with them)!
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It almost sounds like he's using flatwound strings but they could just be old and dull...definitely cool for this kind of vibe.
I noticed he's playing an F Bass with the dual P pickups(another interesting configuration)
F basses are pretty nice too..I've had the pleasure of playing quite a few and even landed an artist deal with them but,ended up with Lakland because they were in the U.S.
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Like the shadow-built 6 string jazz I picked up used a few years ago. It was made in Japan and still well under your budget.
You don't know of any custom builders over there?
He's playing an older F bass with P pickups. I've probably had more than a couple of dozen basses that could nail that vibe including my F basses. My MTD, all of my Brubakers, Fodera Contrabass, Surines, Bone Avatar... the list goes on. I even have a wild looking old school Innerwood neck-through six from Japan that does this. I've had other basses that did well, these were exemplary FOR ME. I owned basses that many claim had the best B and IME they fell short of what I've kept.
The trick is finding a bass that will do this AND not screw up the slap sound. On my gigging basses I can go from this to a robust slap to a Jamerson vibe without having to mess with controls. Again, something I learned how to do, done on basses that easily allow it.
Any of the three you are considering would have been entirely appropriate to that ensemble. In that setting way more the player than the specific instrument. Pretty straightforward mix. All involved are aware and respecting space. Nice group.
IMO
+1 That is a very forgiving mix. Lots of space, and it looks like what you are hearing is a classic WT800/XLT rig mic'd up... midrange city with a very tight low end (one of my favorite rigs when I had my MTD...smoking match-up there!).
I could hear a P Bass, an MTD, a J bass, or a fancy soapbar active bass all sounding great (and quite different
) with that very good player in that nice open mix.
Exactly, what do i need for that low, still a good slap tone, and also versatile? Would soab bar pickups be better?
I think ive heard of some custom builders here.
+1 That is a very forgiving mix. Lots of space, and it looks like what you are hearing is a classic WT800/XLT rig mic'd up... midrange city with a very tight low end (one of my favorite rigs when I had my MTD...smoking match-up there!).
I could hear a P Bass, an MTD, a J bass, or a fancy soapbar active bass all sounding great (and quite different
I was wondering if anyone would mention the rig. Those old Eden rigs sound awesome.
On the last bass I had built ( a Brubaker JXB-6) I went with soap bars with a coil tap to allow single coil operation. Bartolini electronics. The bass is a six string modeled after my 78 Fender Jazz. We put the pickups where the outer coils lined up with the pickups on the Fender. Worked out even better than expected. Killer 70's Fender sound that goes massive at the flick of a switch. Same 34" scale length.
I'd think you could find someone nearby to build you a bolt-on jazz with soapbars for a reasonable price, much less than a $3500 bass here. Or you could keep looking at the US used market and see what pops up.
So you think a bolt on jazz with soapbars can get me close to the sound i want?
I have an mtd 635 mahogany body with wenge/wenge neck redwood top. Smooth, deep with a beutiful mid range with that wood combo. Definitely nail that vibe plus many other tones.
For what you described, yes. But IME you can miss by using the wrong pickups, electronics and body woods.
