Bill

well, its good ear training to work it out without tabs/dots go for it, i believe in you...

Thanks man, actual 'chucking' i have not tried in aaaages, since having to learn ''everybody dance'' a fair few years back

Thanks Cameron, it's a USA Elite Fender Jazz 🙂

Anyone else here using one of these? i've had one for around a year now and its been a great bit of kit for tracking a solid D.I at home and on the move, I'm using logic all the time to create music and have still not yet purchased a bigger interface because this has been so clean!

Hi basschat, i've been using this exercise as a warm-up and warm-down for a long time and thought i would share! let me know how you get on, Bill.

Cheers! yeah he is definitely an inspiration!

Haha, glad you dug it Cameron, just a random jam in E! i was really feeling the Pick on this vid, but have found the fingers to suit other things when it comes to warmth and attack.

Actually the jazz IMO sounds killer with a pick and new strings, will do a vid soon on it!

Cheers brother, glad you dug!

Thanks man - i actually did a vid a few months ago on this bass with thumb style playing, linked below 🙂

This was the first video i did comparing both fingers and pick, maybe this one is a little less staccato..

Will keep this in mind for the next vid

I also love how light this bass is, its by far the lightest Precision i've played!

Hey basschat, thought it would be only fair to try this bass out with a pick and A/B next to the fingerstyle tone, since i've not yet done a Precision video in this style.. i've also attached a DI recording of the fingerstyle going into Logic with no extra EQ (i'll be doing the same with the Pick so it really represents the pick tone)

For anyone interested, heres a photo of her in some nice daylight! 🙂

Cheers Adee, yeah the pick definitely has more attack, i'm coming round to the pick thing a little more after completely neglecting it for 15 years! 🙂

Thanks man, i've had her for just under a year now and only used it for studio / jamming / practice stuff, yet to try out on a gig!

For a bit of fun, thought it may interest some people doing these videos with a few of my basses, this is my 1978 Mustang bass that i picked up from Chicago Music Exchange last year, i really dig the pick on this thing, but the fingerstyle records beautifully and has a lot of thump!

Wow, that is cheap compared to the price they're going for these days, i dig the black ones just as much as the natural bodied rippers.

That is a beauty, love the cream pickup against the black body! lovely! How much was she?

Hey Basschat, i did one of these with the Mustang and thought it would be cool to do the same for the Ripper! i personally prefer and really like the sound of the pick on this bass (coming from a 99 percent fingerstyle player) What are you guys feeling? oh and also feel free to share pics and vids of your Ripper basses. Bill.

Its not a huge setup dude, bass into a Apogee Jam 96k into Logic Pro X on a MacBook Pro!

New addition to the rig..