njr911 Posted October 22, 2015 Posted October 22, 2015 I have a 2009 Fender Road Worn Jazz which I totally love. It feels great, really nicely worn in and resonates when playing. it always sounds good live too. We did some studio work this week and I took it down. when DI'd it sounded awful. Quite thin and toppy even with old flat wounds and the tone rolled off. Even soloed on the neck pickup. Swapped to my USA P and it sounded much deeper and fuller. I can only put this down to the mex pickups in the RW Jazz now being the same quality as pickups in a 2001 USA P. Does this sound correct ? I might have to keep the Jazz as a live only bass. Quote
paul_5 Posted October 22, 2015 Posted October 22, 2015 Were you miking the cab at the same time? If so then you might have had a phasing issue between the two signals, which would account for the anaemic tone. I tend to use a 'low end enhancer' plugin with studio work (Waves RBass), which I never need live. Horses for courses. Quote
Sibob Posted October 22, 2015 Posted October 22, 2015 Why would you put the sound difference down to one being MIM & one being MIA? You're comparing a Precision to a Jazz, the P will always be deeper and fuller! Plus, yes, DI will always sound thinner compared to a mic'd cab, never record just with a DI.......unless you have a really nice tube DI. But still, I'd want some cab to mix in! Si Quote
Lozz196 Posted October 22, 2015 Posted October 22, 2015 Or failing being able to mic a cab up, do a split DI, one with your eq`d sound and one flat from the bass, then merge them. Really adds some bulk to the sound, adding in the flat bass one. Quote
discreet Posted October 22, 2015 Posted October 22, 2015 [quote name='Sibob' timestamp='1445542496' post='2892340'] Why would you put the sound difference down to one being MIM & one being MIA? You're comparing a Precision to a Jazz, the P will always be deeper and fuller! [/quote] +1 A Precision usually sounds pretty good straight into the desk. Quote
ahpook Posted October 22, 2015 Posted October 22, 2015 [quote name='Sibob' timestamp='1445542496' post='2892340'] You're comparing a Precision to a Jazz, the P will always be deeper and fuller! [/quote] Here be truth. Quote
njr911 Posted October 23, 2015 Author Posted October 23, 2015 Yes the cab wasn't mic'ed and it was a cheep DI box so that may explain it. Quote
cameltoe Posted October 23, 2015 Posted October 23, 2015 I emailed fender when I bought my Roadworn Precision who informed me they use USA pickups in the Roadworn series. Quote
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