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I have had very limited experience of a Jazz bass, and was not fond of the weight and ergonomics. I don’t need more neck-divey basses in my life. I know that Sadowsky, Mike Lull and others have done a lot of work to improve on the Jazz template, and there are mods you can do, but I’m honestly not keen enough on the sound or the look to bother. I really don’t like the treble pickup tone by itself. Listening to Geddy Lee over the years, I was struck by the amount of work he (& his techs) have had to put in to get the sound he wants out of his Jazz. I know the situation was complicated by him being one of the first major players to go amp-less, direct to PA with cab sims etc. Even so, if I rank his tones over the years, the Jazz is low on the table behind his Steinberger, the red “horny” Wal, and his Rickenbacker. Maybe if he had stuck with the Jazz through the Ampeg as on “Animate” I might feel more kindly, but the amp was doing a lot of the work there.

Gouda ‘Nuff - Van Halen

Paths and Angles - Ultravox

Roll The Bones - Rush

Highway Star - Deep Purple

I have a Tone City Matcha Cream, which is a green muff type mini pedal. I don’t use it a lot, but it definitely has the fatness, though I have to keep the tone control dialed back or I lose low end.I’m not a fuzz connoisseur, but another I’m considering is the EHX Lizard King.

Dude (Looks Like a Lady) - Aerosmith

Strangelove - Depeche Mode

Riders On The Storm - The Doors

Louie Louie - The Kingsmen

Accent On Youth - Ultravox (from Rage In Eden, which I don’t mind admitting I really like.)

The Clam Lies Down on Broadway - Genesis

Sole Man - Sam & Dave

Norwegian Wood - The Beatles

BangMeringue - Skrillex

Quiche In Our Time - Big Country

Seven Seas of Rye - Queen

Pork Soda - Primus

Safe & Sound - Taylor Swift and The Civil Wars

Slip Slidin' Away - Paul Simon

White Broom - Cream

New Europeans - Ultravox

The Way It Is - Bruce Hornsby & the Range

What A Fool Believes - Doobie Brothers

Cuckoo Cocoon - Genesis