bass tone flow chart

[CatharsisStudios]

for teh br00tz just ask your self these simple questions

 

[P-E]

I like how fender jazz points straight to keep it haha.

 

[Ben Johnson]

Ben Johnson likes this.

 

[drew_drummer]

What the cunt is clank?

 

[OneDaySky]

Well ain't that the truth

 

[Habsburgs]

I like how fender jazz points straight to keep it haha.

i didnt notice at first

 

[sprack]

This flow tells me to sell the fretless. Dislike.

 

[cloy26]

Is a jazz really the best bet when looking for a bass?

 

[egan.]

If you want it to sound like a fender jazz it is. Seriously though, more than anything they're a known quantity and will consistently give solid tracks. There are plenty of other fantastic sounding basses.

 

[fatalforce]

gotta love a clanky bass

 

[Ermz]

The Fender basses are made largely of maple, aren't they?

I've come to realize the brighter tone-woods are the go with bass, so it would make sense they'd be a staple.

 

[MaellaJohn]

Clanky is awesome.
But what about a smooth jazzy prog solo? I want it to sound like that feeling you get when it's below freezing outside and you walk into the nice, warm 75 degrees of your home.

 

[colonel_claypoo]

The Fender basses are made largely of maple, aren't they?

I've come to realize the brighter tone-woods are the go with bass, so it would make sense they'd be a staple.

fender basses always have the neck made of maple, the fretboard of either maple or rosewood.
the body is mainly alder but a lot of 70's models used ash.

clank is mostly a matter of setup and playing style.
any bass can clank in my opinion.

for modern metal I'd prefer the jazz to the P but the stingray/sterling would get my first vote. on the same level: spectors
for a different flavour: warwick thumb

fretless clank is awesome, think steve digiorgio!

 

[gabriel g.]

Persicion and Fender basses ALL THE WAY

 

[Machinated]

fender jazz = great.

new strings and good pickups can go a surprising way though.

 

[Lon]

custom fender jazz copy (full maple) with a humbucker...

seriously, in my (limited!) experience, if you want a solid basstone to work with a jazz is a sure bet, all the other basses are just serving distinct tonal preferences (like the ibanez / bartolini combo for ultrahifi modern sound, the stingray for the lowmid-wind and nice highmids, warwick for a bit more wood) but the jazz is just THE bass that can always deliver a tone which will at least fit in the mix

 

[Skyweaver]

this is my next purchase, I spent a whole day checking out bass guitars chasing "the" tone, well worth checking it out

Marcus Miller Jazz Bass
http://www.fender.com.au/electricbasses/jbass/artistsignature/artistsig_jazz.php
[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NYQhOXLY3ZU&feature=related[/ame]

 

[Harry Hughes]

Not really a fan of the old school playability of Fender basses, as good as they can sound.
The flatter fretboard radius of Ibanez BTB basses is SO much nicer to play

 

[jangoux]

I've recorded a fair share of good basses and I can say that:

1) Jazz basses ALWAYS work for everything. You can find better things for a particular style, but they work OK for everything. The Marcus Miller sig J-Bass is AWESOME, btw.
2) Precisions don't work too well for modern stuff, due to a higher voiced sub bass.
3) That Sting signature P-Bass only works for light stuff.
4) Had a couple of Warwick basses on the studio I work on, and they're OK, but their tone is kinda mellow, lacks a little bit of clanckyness for rock.
5) The only Musicman Stingray I've ever recorded sounded like crap, maybe it was a bad one.

 

[colonel_claypoo]

this is my next purchase, I spent a whole day checking out bass guitars chasing "the" tone, well worth checking it out

Marcus Miller Jazz Bass
http://www.fender.com.au/electricbasses/jbass/artistsignature/artistsig_jazz.php
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NYQhOXLY3ZU&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CNO4fJ82p0k

won't sound like that unless you're such a great player as the one in the first vid.