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Removing the pickguard for more tone?

#42
Marcus Alan said:
This thread is gold.
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We've been through this already. Gold is bad for your tone. THe conductornessity properties keep the tone down like the LAPD.

I don't play in zipper hoodies...but that's only so it doesn't scratch the back of my bass. I have a friend that just got a $3000 Warrior and only plays it with his belt on sideways. A tone factor perhaps?

Peace
 
#46
I'm actually adding a pickguard to my Warmoth/Kubicki Jazz bass this weekend as I don't like the look of a control plated Jazz without the guard.

I don't expect it to have an adverse effect on the tone.

Come to think of it, Marcus Miller has a pickguard on his bass and I think he sounds pretty good.:hmm: :bassist:
 
#52
Here's a dilemma: I just bought a P bass that doesn't have a pickguard. Now, does it sound better than if it had one? Or would it sound better, if it had one, and if so, what kind?

Please reply: I can't stand thinking about the possiblity that my technicque is affecting my tone!
 
#54
CDT said:
I've gone to one wound on my tuning pegs...anymore than that and I lose all my low mids.
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hey man, I'm a beleiver in that! :crying:

I definitely try to get between 1 and 2 full turns on each tuning peg. Makes for a more consistent angle at the nut and more reliable tuning. To hell with what it does for tone!

I also must admit to crimping my strings before I cut them. Hey, if DR says to do it, then I'm doing it! If it makes my expensive strings last five minutes longer then it's worth it.
 
#55
Drake Kennedy said:
We've been through this already. Gold is bad for your tone. THe conductornessity properties keep the tone down like the LAPD.

I don't play in zipper hoodies...but that's only so it doesn't scratch the back of my bass. I have a friend that just got a $3000 Warrior and only plays it with his belt on sideways. A tone factor perhaps?

Peace
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I'm going to quote you some day.
 
#57
GlennStoneOcean said:
For me to be a killer player is to be able to nail it on ANY bass, and that's what i do. I don't look for little diffrences that wont heard by anyone live, I keep that for the studio. the thing for me is going to be time and time again killer groove. that will speak more then tiny tone changes.
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AMEN!!!
I know a guitar player with more talent than money and he can show up at a gig with cheap, borrowed gear, and still sound killer... tone and all.
 
#58
StringsOf4 said:
rare earth...sounds like a metal band. Hmmm...that explains everything!!! C'mon you know how much they know!
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Nah.. look them up. They are actually a Funk/Mo-town band from michigan. And this bass player is kinda a legend in my town, i always feel honored to share a stage with the guy.

But seriously, i almost forgot i started this thread, then i just came back to it. 3 pages?!! :o

So for those who are testing, any results?

for all the others, you have me rolling on the damn floor! Never thought a bass player could be as funny as to say that unless he wears his boxers backwards, his 60's jazz sounds like poop.
 
#60
BurningSkies said:
You've got to leave the pickguard on for good tone...that's where the magic pixies hide the 'tone dust' that makes your bass sound good.
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Those were pixies flying around my bass?:confused: They must have been trying to put pixie dust on my bass when I picked it up. I thought they were weird looking bugs so I killed them all with a fly swatter.:eek:

I feel really bad now.:crying:
 

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