mcnach Posted August 30, 2012 Author Share Posted August 30, 2012 [quote name='uncle psychosis' timestamp='1346312109' post='1787673'] I changed them after I broke a string at a gig...I looked in our calendar and that was back in April 2011! [/quote] ah, I've had older Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andydye Posted August 30, 2012 Share Posted August 30, 2012 [quote name='mcnach' timestamp='1346278244' post='1787530'] So, Fender USA pickups in the Vintage... a very marked difference! Before it had a nice enough sound, even if not very "Jazzy". Now it's clearly a Jazz. I was surprised it made so much difference. It sounds a bit "woody". It reminds me of a roadworn Jazz a friend of mine has. Do they have the same type of oickups? The strings are pretty old, over a year I'm told, but it still sounded pretty good tonight at rehearsal. I will play with this on the gig on Friday [/quote] Ah, the age old 'electronics make more difference than the wood' adage strikes again! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcnach Posted August 30, 2012 Author Share Posted August 30, 2012 (edited) [quote name='andydye' timestamp='1346325854' post='1787846'] Ah, the age old 'electronics make more difference than the wood' adage strikes again! [/quote] I wouldn't go there. It was not my intention to go there. Although I do believe it [1]. Oh yes. Canned worms anybody? [1] ask the "wood matters" fanatics this question: when you want to change the sound of your bass, do you first... a.) replace the pickups? b.) replace preamp? c.) replace neck? d.) replace body? e.) replace passive electronics? f.) replace pickguard for a wooden one? Then sit down and smile as they try to maneouvre their way into a coherent argument whilst avoiding Abe. Ok, so I bit Edited August 30, 2012 by mcnach Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ezbass Posted August 30, 2012 Share Posted August 30, 2012 Everything contributes something, but the transducers have the biggest effect on tone, after all they are what convert all that mechanical energy into electricity and then back again. Oh no worms everywhere! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apa Posted August 30, 2012 Share Posted August 30, 2012 [quote name='mcnach' timestamp='1346344236' post='1788121'] I wouldn't go there. It was not my intention to go there. Although I do believe it [1]. Oh yes. Canned worms anybody? [1] ask the "wood matters" fanatics this question: when you want to change the sound of your bass, do you first... a.) replace the pickups? b.) replace preamp? c.) replace neck? d.) replace body? e.) replace passive electronics? f.) replace pickguard for a wooden one? Then sit down and smile as they try to maneouvre their way into a coherent argument whilst avoiding Abe. Ok, so I bit [/quote] 'f' of course A Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcnach Posted August 30, 2012 Author Share Posted August 30, 2012 [quote name='apa' timestamp='1346348137' post='1788186'] 'f' of course A [/quote] I knew that, of all people, you could relate to that one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcnach Posted September 1, 2012 Author Share Posted September 1, 2012 And this bass featured last night at Sea Bass Kid's gig last night at the Voodoo Rooms. Not the best Jazz I ever played, but not bad either. It was fun. My first gig with my very first bass Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcnach Posted September 2, 2012 Author Share Posted September 2, 2012 and here's a picture to prove it! (bit small, but it's the first one I received from the night) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LukeFRC Posted September 2, 2012 Share Posted September 2, 2012 your own brand headphones? or is it a B not a J? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcnach Posted September 2, 2012 Author Share Posted September 2, 2012 [quote name='LukeFRC' timestamp='1346610030' post='1791188'] your own brand headphones? or is it a B not a J? [/quote] we had a slideshow as backdrop with band images etc, but from time to time there had to be sponsorship messages... pity this picture was during one of them! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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