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#61,501
kat888 said:
Y'know I was thinking about jazz bassists of my acquaintance the other day -- Garrison, Mingus, Chambers, Carter ... none of them sound remotely like a Jazz bass. Weird huh?
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Ever since somebody introduced me to Joe Dart/Vulfpeck here recently... I've been spending a fair amount of time listening to him/them. Most of his work is on a stock Jazz bass... and doesn't sound like it. I'm still not particularly fond of his tone... but it sherrrrr don't sound like a Jazz bass!
 
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#61,503
dukeorock said:
...if you can’t play it with great time and feel, you lose. I dunno, I just check out with musicians who try to hard to show me something, when all I really want is for them to make me FEEL something.
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Exactly. I admit to getting carried away and playing too many notes. But, really, the bass is the keeper of the groove which causes people to be attracted to each other and lose their inhibitions. If you don't manage to cause a few babies nine months after every show, you aren't doing your job as a bass player. With great power comes great responsibility. It's our responsibility to make sure that the human species propagates. It's serious.
 
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#61,505
kat888 said:
Y'know I was thinking about jazz bassists of my acquaintance the other day -- Garrison, Mingus, Chambers, Carter ... none of them sound remotely like a Jazz bass. Weird huh?
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Thank goodness! I can't think of anything more awful than Mingus sounding like a Fender Jazz.
 
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#61,507
Gaolee said:
Exactly. I admit to getting carried away and playing too many notes. But, really, the bass is the keeper of the groove which causes people to be attracted to each other and lose their inhibitions. If you don't manage to cause a few babies nine months after every show, you aren't doing your job as a bass player. With great power comes great responsibility. It's our responsibility to make sure that the human species propagates. It's serious.
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:laugh::woot::laugh:
You guys crack me up!

But I do feel safer knowing the future of humanity rests on really cool baselines!
 
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#61,509
kat888 said:
Not to mention all the talk of 'competing' with guitars and drums. If ya hafta do that find a new band. Also why the need to 'cut through'! You're supposed to be part of an ensemble.



No that's 'bedroom' tone. You are supposed to have all EQ at 'noon' apart from bass, which you cut.
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We all know the bass is THE most important instrument - It’s not without reason a HiFi/Stereo system has a “Bass” knob, and not a “Guitar” knob... ;)
 
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Gaolee said:
Exactly. I admit to getting carried away and playing too many notes. But, really, the bass is the keeper of the groove which causes people to be attracted to each other and lose their inhibitions. If you don't manage to cause a few babies nine months after every show, you aren't doing your job as a bass player. With great power comes great responsibility. It's our responsibility to make sure that the human species propagates. It's serious.
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#61,515
hillerup said:
:rollno:
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It has everything needed for audio reproduction.

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