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One bass that does it all well? P, J, Ray?

#42
If you mean a bass that can cop a bunch of different tones then the G&L L-2000 is the one you want. If you mean a bass that fit into many different styles of music without ever really changing its tone then I'd say Fender Precision Bass.
 
#43
paganjack said:
A Warwick $$ does a nice impersonation of those basses. IMO it gets a modern jazz and Ray pretty much dead on, and the P tone is about as close as you can get without having an actual precision pickup in there.
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I don't own a real $$, but I modified one of my Dean Sledgehammer basses to be a really good replica. I also modified the Series/Parallel/Split coil wiring to accomodate Series/Split Coil North/Split Coil South on each pickup. There is no parallel. Also, added to the split coil feature is a .1uF cap that boosts low end and output (no loss of output as in standard coil splitting with a humbucker)

With about 12 distinct tones it has, I'd say this is the one that can "do it all".
 
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#46
StrangerDanger said:
If you mean a bass that can cop a bunch of different tones then the G&L L-2000 is the one you want. If you mean a bass that fit into many different styles of music without ever really changing its tone then I'd say Fender Precision Bass.
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I can say without fear that the P-bass is probably the most ubiquitous bass in modern music, in just about every genre there is, and it seems to work in all of them.
 
#47
Yup, P-bass is definately on the list, any of you played the new classic series rays? Do you have a preference vs. the modern one with the 3 band onboard pre? What I've heard of the classics are good, but I do like the body style of the sculpted 5ers better. Ah to dream....
 
#51
Kwesi said:
Damn near any bass can do damn near anything. Pick whatever you want and enjoy it.
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Sorry, but this is just plain wrong!

A P or a J sounds like a P or a J. A Ray sounds like a Ray. Even though a G&L L2500 has a wide range of sounds it still sounds like itself. Each bass style has it's own personality. They do not "do damn near anything". If they did I would only need one bass instead of my herd.

Now the part about "pick what you want and enjoy it" is correct.
 
#52
actually imho any good, articulate instrument can cover most any musical situation. It might not be an ideal fit, or be what you or others expect, but 99% of the time it can serve the song. I've played my Rob Allen on a variety of funk tunes that originally were played on P, J and who knows what else. It didn't sound the same as on the record, but the tune still funked.

The whole "right bass for the right song" is more about expectations and personal bias than reality. That said I have different basses because they excel at different things, and I want to use what I want to use. But I have taken any of my basses out and gigged with any of the 4 bands I'm in.
 
#56
bassbenj said:
Sorry, but this is just plain wrong!

A P or a J sounds like a P or a J. A Ray sounds like a Ray. Even though a G&L L2500 has a wide range of sounds it still sounds like itself. Each bass style has it's own personality. They do not "do damn near anything". If they did I would only need one bass instead of my herd.

Now the part about "pick what you want and enjoy it" is correct.
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I meant musically, not tonally.
 
#57
To be dogmatic...............the Jazz Bass does it all (pretty much). Neck pickup alone, pretty much P Bass sound. Bridge pickup with the neck back off a hair and pluck near or over the bridge pickup, Stingray sound. Both pickups full, Jazz Bass sound. If only allowed on bass, it'd have to be a Jazz Bass. IMHO.
 

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