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P Bass..... it just works!

#84
My #1

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JRA said:
pishawwww....:dead:




whoever said that a fretless bass was supposed to sound like an upright? o_O
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I didn't..... i just stated that i was surprised that a fretted Pbass sounded more like an upright that the fretless did...... which was a bit of a surprise.

The closest i've heard to an upright tone on an EB lately was an Ibanez SRH 500 with hollow body and piezo pickup.....If it wasn't for the frets it would have been the most convincing thing i've heard in a long time. If i was confident enough to gig a fretless i'd get the 500F tomorrow.
 
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BAG said:
I didn't..... i just stated that i was surprised that a fretted Pbass sounded more like an upright that the fretless did...... which was a bit of a surprise.

The closest i've heard to an upright tone on an EB lately was an Ibanez SRH 500 with hollow body and piezo pickup.....If it wasn't for the frets it would have been the most convincing thing i've heard in a long time. If i was confident enough to gig a fretless i'd get the 500F tomorrow.
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An upright can be emulated on most basses with plucking position and technique ( I use the side-of-thumb/palm mute technique roughly in the area I play slap bass) and rolling off highs (active) or tone (passive), and favoring the neck pickup (most are located at the P's split position anyway)..Like most emulations, it isnt a perfect match by itself but certainly does the job in the context of a band
 
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#96
Rib 13 said:
An upright can be emulated on most basses with plucking position and technique
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that's all we can do with any EB: imitate. but that's ok --- the EB isn't supposed to sound like a DB. and who is saying that a DB sound (DB's sound different, one to another!) is the holy grail? both instruments do the job of "bass" very nicely...and if the player can get different sounds and 'attitudes' from his/her instrument = cool beans.

BAG said:
If i was confident enough to gig a fretless i'd get the 500F tomorrow.
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i thought you had a beautiful fretless from a local cat and that you were gigging it? but if you like that ibanez = the confidence grows as the practice/playing goes --- i'd say get it...and go to town! :thumbsup:
 
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Gianni "Orlandez" Orlati said:
I'd like to hear sound samples from those Barts ...
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I'll see what I can do. I have band practice tonight and if my guitar player has his computer with him I may be able to record a couple clips tonight. it does have a set if broken in flats on it so the sustain isnt the best but when I had round wounds it would sustain for days. I have barts in all my basses except for my Ric.
 
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#99
Ah, the disappearing Jazz Bass tone. This was the bane of my playing in high school and into my 20s. Trying to make a Jazz fill as much space as a P does naturally was endlessly frustrating but, I learned a lot?

Played a ‘90s cover band gig the other night with the fretless Jazz. It did OK but mostly because I was ready for the challenges and EQ’d and compressed accordingly.
 
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#100
Just a couple of comments in passing.

Ummm, yup, the P Bass works really well. Particularly for getting a solid sound on a recording. Shouldn’t really be a revelation at this point. But, still good to see cats disproving the hypothesis to the contrary.

Regarding emulating an “upright tone” on a bass guitar: to begin with, whose upright tone? Eddie Gomez? Charles Mingus? Paul Chambers? Willie Dixon? Edgar Meyer? In case you haven’t noticed, the upright cats have been busy cultivating a wide array of upright tones for just a little while. An Eddie Gomez tone sounds almost nothing like a Willie Dixon tone. Just saying.

Anyhow.

There are techniques you can learn on the bass guitar to satisfy an uninformed BL. They are good tools for the kit.

Going back to the Jazz Bass; first of all there is no need to denigrate the Jazz Bass in order to validate the Precision Bass. That’s just the wrong way to think about things. The Jazz Bass is a little bit more complicated. In particular, players have figured out that the stock Jazz Bass performance is highly dependent on signal chain. To get the best out of a Jazz Bass, you have to pay attention to your signal chain. That may mean changing pickups, adding onboard preamps, getting the “right” amplifier, using the right cabinet, using the right DI. Etc.

And, there are plenty of righteous examples of what the Jazz Bass can do both recorded and live.

So, enjoy the P Bass. It well may be the only bass you need.
 
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