SHOOTOUT ...fender Jazz , P, V musicman stingray, bongo

[funkgod]

Found this intresting.
my cash over the counter is for the jazz.
but could hear right away why duck dunn used a P.

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKEHQdONP90[/media]

Edited August 9, 2013 by funkgod

[stingrayPete1977]

I liked the Bongo best overall, shame I dont like the look of them! The P did nothing for me in any genre.

[Roger2611]

Ridiculously (being as I have just got rid of mine because I didn't like the sound) I liked the Stingray more times than any of the others, then the Bongo then the Precision wasn't taken with either the Jazz or the Fretless.

[Lozz196]

Precision, then Bongo (neck pickup).

[machinehead]

Very confusing. I liked them all, but Jazz best, then Precision, then Stingray. I wasn't really struck with the Bongo at all.

Frank

[Marvin]

I disliked the Stingray the most...had no depth for my liking.

Either the P or Jazz.

[risingson]

[quote name='Marvin' timestamp='1376256363' post='2171500']
I disliked the Stingray the most...had no depth for my liking.
[/quote]

I don't know why people always EQ Stingrays up like that, they can do so much more!

Also, welcome back

[Marvin]

[quote name='risingson' timestamp='1376256676' post='2171505']
I don't know why people always EQ Stingrays up like that, they can do so much more!

Also, welcome back
[/quote]

Thank you

I like Stingrays, just not the sound of that one on that clip.

[Roland Rock]

I remember this from a while back:
http://basschat.co.uk/topic/200630-rather-good-bass-comparison-video/page__p__1991120__hl__rather%20good%20yet%20comparison__fromsearch__1#entry1991120

Love that Bongo tone

[fumps]

OOO I fell in love with the Bongo. It's a shame I dont like the look of them.

[funkgod]

[quote name='Roland Rock' timestamp='1376287192' post='2171636']
I remember this from a while back:
[url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/200630-rather-good-bass-comparison-video/page__p__1991120__hl__rather%20good%20yet%20comparison__fromsearch__1#entry1991120"]http://basschat.co.u..._1#entry1991120[/url]

Love that Bongo tone
[/quote]

Bugger, sorry i must of missed that,

i did not like the bongo at all with the fingers it almost sounded compressed, not open enough.
poss an EQ thing?

Edited August 12, 2013 by funkgod

[karlfer]

Rather liked the Bongo to say the least. Loved the video, missed it first time round. Even the slap was quite nice and didn't make me want to put a pitchfork through both my ears.

[AndyTravis]

Miss my bongo. Hate the new sucked sweet machine heads they've started putting on them.

And the lower horn was a bit of a pain in the thigh.

Epic sounds though.

[uncle psychosis]

Interesting video. Being absolutely honest, I didn't rate the tone of any of them. Too clanky on all of them. The fretless sounded most appealing to my ears. And Bongos must be one of the most ugly "mainstream" basses ever. Ugh.

Great video though and some really nice playing. Just put some flats on and tweak the EQ to my tastes...

[Musicman20]

Interesting to see the Bongo stands out the most. I know its a very obscure looking instrument, (although in my eyes, much more to my tastes than a single cut bass with an expensive figured top) but I found after a while I just got used to it, and now I actually like it.

[Dingus]

I don't think the Bongo looks ugly at all . I never have done . It looks unapologetically modern , and sounds that way too , but I think its' stylised lines and 3-D chamfering look beautiful . I like the sound of all the basses , although I like the sound of the fretless and the Stingray 5 the least , and the Bongo would be my favourite . .

[steve-bbb]

not a huge ray fan but cant help thinking that that particular ray might not be a good ambassasdor for the whole species

[BassTractor]

[quote name='AndyTravis' timestamp='1376347130' post='2172747']
And the lower horn was a bit of a pain in the thigh.
[/quote]

Its only drawback imho.
That and the fact I didn't like it in this vid!

Its looks are stellar in my view, and the only worthy competitor to the Steinberger headless.
Courses for horses, I presume.

best,
bert

[Lowender]

In general, in straight up comparisons, active tend to be preferable because they're hotter and have a wider frequency range. Passive (especially single coil) basses need to be amplified more in order to match the output. That in itself may make passive, single coils seem inferior, but once that adjustment is made, they have a tonal quality that actives basses can't match. In fact, basses with preamps can sound a little "false."

I like active and passive and single coil and humbucker all for different reasons. But head to head, active HB will always seem more "present" -- to me at least.

Edited August 13, 2013 by Lowender

[Highfox]

I agree the Stingray could of been eq'd a little better, maybe he tried to set it flat! We all know the bass full up and treble to taste is the way it's done on a ray. (at least on the 2eq)

I'm also very much in the passive club when it comes to bass's.. at least for what I do. For some reason I like active soloed and recorded in a controlled environment.. but using one live with the band I'm always fiddling and never completely happy.

Saying all that, another Ray is deffo on the radar at some point.

[stingrayPete1977]

[quote name='Highfox' timestamp='1376403719' post='2173427']
I agree the Stingray could of been eq'd a little better, maybe he tried to set it flat! We all know the bass full up and treble to taste is the way it's done on a ray. (at least on the 2eq)

I'm also very much in the passive club when it comes to bass's.. at least for what I do. For some reason I like active soloed and recorded in a controlled environment.. but using one live with the band I'm always fiddling and never completely happy.

Saying all that, another Ray is deffo on the radar at some point.
[/quote]
I have a John East 2 band in my Classic5 (I'm not the only one either) and for the first time ever on a 2 EQ ray I dont use the bass flat out, maybe I have turned a corner but more likely the JE just has a beefier output

[BottomE]

Watched the whole thing and my order of preference would be - Jazz, Stingray, P-Bass, Bongo

To my ears the Jazz sounds best in most of the clips (EDIT for stupidity)

Edited August 13, 2013 by BottomE