Jellyfish Posted September 3, 2014 Share Posted September 3, 2014 Is there a track that you reckon has that typical 'Jazz bass' type sound? Genuinely curious as the Precision seems really recognisable, but the Jazz has always been a bit of a grey area for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thisnameistaken Posted September 3, 2014 Share Posted September 3, 2014 That's because the Jazz does a lot of sounds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LukeFRC Posted September 3, 2014 Share Posted September 3, 2014 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eqfiHfDmOnw Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LukeFRC Posted September 3, 2014 Share Posted September 3, 2014 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Ptrc2cWRxU Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HowieBass Posted September 3, 2014 Share Posted September 3, 2014 I'd forgotten how much I liked 'Evil' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheSiberian Posted September 3, 2014 Share Posted September 3, 2014 The sound of a Strat is known as before and after Hendrix. The sound of Jazz Bass is known as before and after Jaco. In fact the specific signature sound of a bass is given by the artist who play it. Can we recognize this sound unless we play a specific technique or song? Nice question... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discreet Posted September 3, 2014 Share Posted September 3, 2014 http://youtu.be/EJESRIJJu2E Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanovw Posted September 3, 2014 Share Posted September 3, 2014 (edited) This track has one of my fav Jazz Bass sounds, (lots of compression too!) [media]http://youtu.be/NKktKui4HcI[/media] and this one [url="http://youtu.be/TdT4t0ywppA"]http://youtu.be/TdT4t0ywppA[/url] Edited September 3, 2014 by deanovw Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JTUK Posted September 4, 2014 Share Posted September 4, 2014 [quote name='thisnameistaken' timestamp='1409769405' post='2543180'] That's because the Jazz does a lot of sounds. [/quote] Does indeed and they are all 'classic' The 3 sounds I go for in a jazz..and you wont get them all off the same bass, are Marcus Miller slap tone. Jaco rear pickup and then modern vintage...which comes from the late 60/70's type basses which Fender have started to replicate again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bassbiscuits Posted September 18, 2014 Share Posted September 18, 2014 On a related subject to this i've recently bought a jazz bass having been a staunch p bass player for years. I initially went for the 'everything on full' approach to vol/tone, which works well on the P bass, but I've now realised there's some very diverse good sounds from the jazz that aren't on P basses. 1. Neck p/up on full, bridge p/up on 75%, tone on 75% = sounds like a P bass with added definition from the bridge p/up, but fattened and smoothed off by rolling down tone. 2. Neck p/up on 75%, bridge p/up on full, tone on 75% = really fat, full, honky midrangy tone 3. Everything on full = really pleasing but slightly scooped mid sound which is ideal for slapping but seems less good for cutting thru a full band. Gonna keep on exploring as there's a world of sounds hiding in there (though i still like the plug in and go approach of the P Bass!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JTUK Posted September 18, 2014 Share Posted September 18, 2014 [quote name='thisnameistaken' timestamp='1409769405' post='2543180'] That's because the Jazz does a lot of sounds. [/quote] Indeed it does. For me, there is the Marcus Miller Jazz sound, Jaco and the vintage 60's sound but there are so many others and that is without getting into whether you play with a pick or not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gsgbass Posted September 20, 2014 Share Posted September 20, 2014 A Jazz sound, about any early Blue Cheer song with Dickie Peterson on bass. [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/JrORsjo.jpg[/IMG] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesBass Posted September 20, 2014 Share Posted September 20, 2014 Geddy Lee? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BetaFunk Posted September 21, 2014 Share Posted September 21, 2014 [quote name='deanovw' timestamp='1409773531' post='2543273'] This track has one of my fav Jazz Bass sounds, (lots of compression too!) [media]http://youtu.be/NKktKui4HcI[/media] [/quote] .......lots of George Clinton in that too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BetaFunk Posted September 21, 2014 Share Posted September 21, 2014 [quote name='TheSiberian' timestamp='1409772137' post='2543227'] The sound of Jazz Bass is known as before and after Jaco. [/quote] Well that's news to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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