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P Bass help-chasing some James Jamerson/Pino vibes

#21
Jim C said:
Jammerson could with have played a brand new Rick with worn round wounds and it would have sounded like him.

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Define "Sounded Like Him":-)
I disagree. He would still be and sound like one of the most gifted not just bass-player, but musician of the last century.
This said: If you don't have a clue about bass playing or are 1000000000 million miles away from Jamerson's talent and you plug a string on a P with 110 Labella Flatwounds, it immediately has this Jameson sound.
If Jamerson just plugs an open string on a Rick with worn round wounds: noone would thing: Oh that must be Jamerson.
Feel and musicality aren't sound and the other way round.
 
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#22
My buddy had this old 1997 Squier Affinty he bought for $100 a few years ago. Sounded ok, had a bad set up, needed someone to give it some TLC. I had some parts sitting around (pickup from an '08 American Standard, vintage style Fender bridge, knobs, I made a new wiring harness and had a tort pickguard in my parts box, and threw on a set of GHS Precision Flats I had). Just finished it about a half hour ago.

IF this thing isn't a Motown, thump machine I don't know what is. The neck feels great and is chunkier/fuller feeling than my American Standard, and this bass is like 8.6-8.75lbs. Pretty light for a Squier. Some of the pickguard screws are a little off, but noting glaringly off. And did I mention this thing thumps?! Proof that you don't have to spend a ton to get a great old-school sound out of a P bass.

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P-bass, DEAD flats, foam by the bridge, higher action, above-average neck relief -- you won't get anywhere near his tone without most of these. But, the real secret -- that extra magic that nobody can seem to figure out -- comes from unique gain staging and proper saturation.

After endless experimentation, I feel like I've come the closest to the true isolated Jamerson tone than anyone I'm aware of (forgive the missed note and sloppiness, as I had just come off a 4-month bass hiatus):

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Beef of the Sea said:
P-bass, DEAD flats, foam by the bridge, higher action, above-average neck relief -- you won't get anywhere near his tone without most of these. But, the real secret -- that extra magic that nobody can seem to figure out -- comes from unique gain staging and proper saturation.

After endless experimentation, I feel like I've come the closest to the true isolated Jamerson tone than anyone I'm aware of (forgive the missed note and sloppiness, as I had just come off a 4-month bass hiatus):

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not sure is THE CLOSEST, but it surely sounds nice
 

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