[quote name='thisnameistaken' post='1353391' date='Aug 27 2011, 10:37 AM']The jazz in that first clip sounds terrible. That's the only bad thing I have to say about anything I've heard her do.[/quote]
Agreed, only it's not the bass, bizarrely, I'd say it's the bassist, and it's not uncommon..
I find it so frustrating when people play like that. She's an amazing player but to my ears thatSodomd is shocking. But it's not the bass, it's playing over the neck pickup like that.
The string is loose and flappy and uncontrolled there, and the neck pickup sound has that plonky character.
If she played that same bass over the bridge pickup, where the string is tighter, and knocked the neck pickup and tone controls back a touch; she'd have a beautiful, tight, burly, burbly, punchy fingerstyke tone which was far more expressive and controlled and would make those glissandos really sing.
I only tend to play over the neck when apeing a particular sound or when after a deliberately plonky vintage tone. Even then it has to be done gently with restraint to avoid the that tone. It suits a slower bass line too.
Of course she's the famous bassist, I'm just some dude that's done a bit here 'n there, so
IMHO IME YMMV etc etc.
Everyone's tone goals are different, I just happen to hate that particular sound, and feel it's really out of place in that context.
Shes blimmin amazing though and I'm well after more of her when I get paid!! Cheers B5
Ps: any jazz players that havnt tried this, give it a whirl, it hurts your fingers more initially. But it makes for a very tidy and punchy tone, esp when compressed.
Ime IMHO ymmv etc etc