Lozz196 Posted June 21, 2022 Share Posted June 21, 2022 25 minutes ago, Woodinblack said: I use 'hit me with your rythmn stick' as a guage on ease of use as it is on the edge of what I can play. I can play it on my ibanezes, I could play it on a J I had, but not a P. I can play it on my shuker, it is a bit hard going on the spector. If I get a bass its one of the first things I try. If I can't play it there is no point hanging onto the bass as I will eventually get fed up with it. The wider the string spacing and the higher the action, the harder it gets. If I used that song as a marker I`d throw all my basses away as I can`t play it 🤣 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reggaebass Posted June 21, 2022 Share Posted June 21, 2022 28 minutes ago, Lozz196 said: If I used that song as a marker I`d throw all my basses away as I can`t play it 🤣 I can play it but only 20bpm 😁 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nilorius Posted June 21, 2022 Share Posted June 21, 2022 How do You guys like this 2003.made Fender Jaco artist - mine refinished? Sounds beautiful. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marvin Posted June 21, 2022 Share Posted June 21, 2022 38 minutes ago, Reggaebass said: I can play it but only 20bpm 😁 Friend of mine and fellow bass player, his band suggested Hit me... I just went 'ooof, best of luck. It's a bit of a work out apparently'. Next time I saw him the band dropped the idea. He could play it up to about ¾ speed but not faster. I told him he did much better than me...as I'd never contemplated learning it. 😁 1 hour ago, Lozz196 said: If I used that song as a marker I`d throw all my basses away as I can`t play it 🤣 I tell myself it's a horrid song and I wouldn't want to know it anyway. Lying to myself means I get to keep my basses. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reggaebass Posted June 21, 2022 Share Posted June 21, 2022 24 minutes ago, Marvin said: play it up to about ¾ speed but not faster If anyone says it’s easy they are (imo) lying 🤥 , it became a bit of a personal challenge for me , I started in about 1982 and I’m probably up to just under 3/4 speed now 😁, there was a thread on it once 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulThePlug Posted June 21, 2022 Share Posted June 21, 2022 Can i join in... even with a Split P? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nilorius Posted June 21, 2022 Share Posted June 21, 2022 32 minutes ago, PaulThePlug said: Can i join in... even with a Split P? All in sound. If You like it, it's good, if You dream about it......a little be wourth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nilorius Posted June 21, 2022 Share Posted June 21, 2022 Actually a unique p-j bass, never seen it before. Hand or custom made like. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulThePlug Posted June 21, 2022 Share Posted June 21, 2022 I had the body custom made... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodinblack Posted June 21, 2022 Share Posted June 21, 2022 6 hours ago, Reggaebass said: If anyone says it’s easy they are (imo) lying 🤥 , it became a bit of a personal challenge for me , I started in about 1982 and I’m probably up to just under 3/4 speed now 😁, there was a thread on it once I don't find it easy and I mess up a lot on the part that goes back up. Which is why I use it, it is right on the edge of what I can do, so if the bass is harder to play I almost certainly wouldn't be able to play it. I couldn't play it on a P bass. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 24, 2022 Share Posted June 24, 2022 I love the jazz bass shape and the tone. I prefer active incarnations like a Sadowsky - never played a passive Fender J I liked, even 60s and 70s vintage, although I wouldn’t mind a 70s in the Antigua finish. I do find the J a bit uncomfortable playing seated due to the offset body - it really exacerbates neck dive. I’ve never been able to play with the bass on my left leg - feels totally unnatural to me and throws the first fret miles away unless you have the neck pointed almost vertical - but a 0.5Kg ankle weight wrapped around the strap next to the bottom strap button works wonders. My Jazz is well under 4Kg anyway and I don’t set the strap to pull on my shoulder so it doesn’t make the bass feel any heavier and balances perfectly seated. I didn’t think it would work as well as it does, but it does! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shoulderpet Posted June 24, 2022 Share Posted June 24, 2022 On 21/06/2022 at 15:21, Lozz196 said: If I used that song as a marker I`d throw all my basses away as I can`t play it 🤣 Neither me, I gave up trying to learn it, same with the fiddly section of Sir duke, I got an approximation going but the fact the part is mirrored on the horns makes it too obvious that im not playing it correctly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris_b Posted June 24, 2022 Share Posted June 24, 2022 1 hour ago, shoulderpet said: . . . . same with the fiddly section of Sir duke, I got an approximation going but the fact the part is mirrored on the horns makes it too obvious that im not playing it correctly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodinblack Posted June 24, 2022 Share Posted June 24, 2022 Took a while for me to get that one too - and the answer to all these things are to just do it slow and break it into smaller steps that you repeat until you don't get it wrong. Sir duke is pretty good in that it naturally breaks into a series of obvious phrases. I have a problem with all of these as my two finger picking is bad (my nail picking and 3 finger picking is fine) and I always try to force it. It really is just small section repetition and speed increases. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lozz196 Posted July 9, 2022 Share Posted July 9, 2022 After many years of struggling with Jazzes I think I’ve finally found out a way to make them work for me. Ive never managed to set an amp to work well with a Jazz so now I set the amp the same as I would for my Precision (which with everything on the Jazz on full makes the it far too shrill on the top end for me) then use the tone & volume controls to get whatever sound I’m after. It tends to be tone on something like 75% then pickups depending on sound wanted. I’ve always been an everything on full kind of guy but am finding this is really working and am now - at last - understanding the versatility of the Jazz bass. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nilorius Posted July 9, 2022 Share Posted July 9, 2022 On 27/05/2022 at 13:48, Newfoundfreedom said: I don't think I've ever even picked one up. Do it ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MyNameIsMark Posted July 10, 2022 Share Posted July 10, 2022 I've been a P person for donkeys years... I just had my first rehearsal with a lovely new-to-me AVRI62 Jazz bass. I could hear it all! Every nuance. And that was with flats. Chef's kiss. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supernaut Posted August 9, 2022 Author Share Posted August 9, 2022 Restrung this morning with DR Pure Blues. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bagman Posted August 9, 2022 Share Posted August 9, 2022 On 10/07/2022 at 03:52, Lozz196 said: After many years of struggling with Jazzes I think I’ve finally found out a way to make them work for me. Ive never managed to set an amp to work well with a Jazz so now I set the amp the same as I would for my Precision (which with everything on the Jazz on full makes the it far too shrill on the top end for me) then use the tone & volume controls to get whatever sound I’m after. It tends to be tone on something like 75% then pickups depending on sound wanted. I’ve always been an everything on full kind of guy but am finding this is really working and am now - at last - understanding the versatility of the Jazz bass. I think I went 20 years on a Jazz without using the bridge pickup Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diskwave Posted August 9, 2022 Share Posted August 9, 2022 Oh well, forever the voice of dissent and to give the thread a bit of balance. I rather dislike them and owned about seven over the years. Kept buying them thinking the next one would be grt but nope...The best was the last one, a Mex RW which for the right bod was a superb instrument. Guess I cannot get over the offset, the skinny lil nut and all that PU/knob palava. I'm a P bass guy thru and thru but even their not as simple as some would think, but once you get a P bass dialled in, ie technique, strings, (dead flats), amp etc there's no going back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supernaut Posted August 9, 2022 Author Share Posted August 9, 2022 4 hours ago, greavesbass said: Oh well, forever the voice of dissent and to give the thread a bit of balance. I rather dislike them and owned about seven over the years. Kept buying them thinking the next one would be grt but nope...The best was the last one, a Mex RW which for the right bod was a superb instrument. Guess I cannot get over the offset, the skinny lil nut and all that PU/knob palava. I'm a P bass guy thru and thru but even their not as simple as some would think, but once you get a P bass dialled in, ie technique, strings, (dead flats), amp etc there's no going back. Go on the P bass thread then... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lowdown Posted August 9, 2022 Share Posted August 9, 2022 43 minutes ago, Supernaut said: Go on the P bass thread then... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diskwave Posted August 9, 2022 Share Posted August 9, 2022 Man, this sites gone downhill and not a word about Livvy, Jeez...the vibe around here is odd to say the least. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mickeyboro Posted August 9, 2022 Share Posted August 9, 2022 24 minutes ago, greavesbass said: Man, this sites gone downhill and not a word about Livvy, Jeez...the vibe around here is odd to say the least. Try the Notable Deaths 2022 thread… Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lowdown Posted August 9, 2022 Share Posted August 9, 2022 (edited) 28 minutes ago, greavesbass said: Man, this sites gone downhill and not a word about Livvy, Jeez...the vibe around here is odd to say the least. Notable Deaths 2022 - Page 29 - Off Topic - Basschat EDIT: Sorry, Mickeyboro (above) has just pointed the thread out. Edited August 9, 2022 by lowdown 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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