Rather Good Bass Comparison Video

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[quote name='Zenitram' timestamp='1361807798' post='1991181']
Right. So it's a crap video, then, and he's an arsehole.
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D'oh! I was hoping for at least another three pages of nonsense before we came to that conclusion.

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[quote name='Dingus' timestamp='1361806639' post='1991158']
Apparently the P Bass is a 2010 Am. St. with a Seymour Duncan SB3 pickup , so on paper at least there is no reason why it should sound anything less than very meaty . Must be how it was recorded / eq'd .
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Ah, the SB3 does tend to be rather gentle in the mids for a P pickup (it's that modern big bottom end and sizzly high it's going for I think). It was the authority of the P's mids I was missing in the vid. All makes sense now.

[Paul S]

[quote name='hamfist' timestamp='1361810891' post='1991253']
Ah, the SB3 does tend to be rather gentle in the mids for a P pickup (it's that modern big bottom end and sizzly high it's going for I think). It was the authority of the P's mids I was missing in the vid. All makes sense now.
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Maybe it is my ears but I found a SPB-3 made my P-Bass more aggressive and middy rather than scooped.

[Kalim]

Intelligently put toegether, good stuff.

Kalim

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[quote name='Paul S' timestamp='1361811281' post='1991260']
Maybe it is my ears but I found a SPB-3 made my P-Bass more aggressive and middy rather than scooped.
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I have no experience of the SBP-3 personally, and I know Seymour Duncan claim a "tremendous mid-range presence". However the common "internet wisdom", on TB for example, generally seems to agree that it is actually a bit mid-scooped compared to more traditional P pickup designs. (cue the disparaging comments about TB......)

[Musicman20]

That P bass does sound awful! The Jazz/Ray/Bongo sound lovely. Cool vid.

[chrismuzz]

But which is best for metal??

Nah, great video! My favourite was actually the Bongo. Surprisingly hated the Stingray sound!

[BassTractor]

In this vid, only thing I liked less than my beloved Bongo, was the P.

1 Matize and/or StingRay,
3 Jazz,
4 Bongo,
5 Precision

Hm...


best,
bert