Blindfold bass tests - looking for a video

[Romeo2]

Resurrecting the ever *exciting* theme of why people pay sooo much for some instruments when similar stuff can be bought for much less, here's a video of guys from andertons testing various telecasters:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QCEdT2d43jU

Does anyone know of a similar test done on basses? I suspect outcome would be similar but damn, I'd love to see one such comparison.

[Silvia Bluejay]

This year's Herts Bass Bash featured a P-bass blind comparison with interesting results. Unfortunately we don't have the technology to record the differences in sound, but the results are discussed in my blog (scroll two thirds of the way down, or search for "P-bass test"): [url="http://wp.me/p2ZbyY-ik"]http://wp.me/p2ZbyY-ik[/url].

[Romeo2]

Thanks bluejay - awesome stuff.

From the results it seems upgrading pickups does the trick which [i]clearly[/i] justifies me buying a Squier VM PJ with EMG pups the other day

[Silvia Bluejay]

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Thanks bluejay - awesome stuff.

From the results it seems upgrading pickups does the trick which [i]clearly[/i] justifies me buying a Squier VM PJ with EMG pups the other day
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LOL - but the pickup isn't all! The Warwick Streamer had a P pickup but ended up last in the test. It had by far my favourite sound among the selection we listened to, but nobody else appeared to share my preference! Spot the Warwick addict, non-P-bass fan...

[Marc S]

Thanks to gjones of this fine forum for this link,
but here's an interesting youtube video, comparing basses
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[TheGreek]

Lozz and I have already discussed the possibility of a blind Jazz test at the next Herts Bash - the Pbass test threw up a few surprises so we'll be looking for something else to blow commonly held belief out of the water. Myself, I've been wondering whether there's a pedal out there that can make a low end bass sound high end (Parametric equalizer anybody??) so maybe a "best pedal" event....

Edited November 14, 2014 by TheGreek

[Silvia Bluejay]

Forgot to comment on this and say that a Jazz bass comparison would probably get my vote rather than a pedals test. Either test would be great, though, as this is all stuff that needs to be done live and can't be recorded properly (at least not with my equipment), so a bass bash is the ideal setting.