Recommend me a Studio Bass

[everybody's x]

P-Bass with quarter pounders!

 

[colonel kurtz]

someone give me a link to the right Fender Jazz bass i would want to look at for doing metal? there is a billion lol

just like a link to musiciam friends or something.....i just want to make sure im looking at the right ones

fuckin' a, man...go to MF.com and search "fender jazz bass"

it'll give you a list of all of them

 

[deanbailey]

"Ernie Ball Music Man Stringray" seems to be used on most of the albums that have the bass tone i like.

For eg.
Despised Icon

and Decapitated

EDIT: Just re-read your post. I don't think this bass is in that price range (roughly converting from my currency)

 

[egan.]

One issue is here is that active and passive sound fundamentally different. You need to decide which sound you prefer before you buy.

 

[KeithRT99]

passive!

 

[egan.]

passive!

I meant figure it out in your head before purchase....not whoever yells first wins.

 

[Jevil]

I've always used active Warwick Streamer LX:
http://www.warwickbass.com/basses/streamer_lx.html

Not bad, but in my opinion it takes all noises when you pull the pick on the strings, "clak clak" if you know what I mean.

 

[ghostofbridgeport]

yeah that warwick is nice but its also prolly 1200-1300 bucks

 

[Loren Littlejohn]

I thought you were recomending an american jazz standard.

Yes the mexican's can be had for the price range your talkin.

I just ebay'ed "fender american jazz bass" and didn't come up with anything under $600. I was also thinking of the new price as well ($1049.99-$1154.99).


To the OP the bass most likely being recomended (as far as the fender one goes) is this one: Fender 5 string Jazz

 

[ghostofbridgeport]

Alright so its between

Fender Standard Jazz Bass

or

Fender Standard Precision Bass

Which one is used for metal mostly out of them?

 

[colonel kurtz]

personally, i don't like the p-bass...both from a tone and aesthetic perspective

 

[whitedamp]

active.
put two EMG 35-DC on any bass with fresh strings and you are done.

 

[Skaldir]

Just wanted to say that I can't share the praising of the "Jazz Bass".
That was the worst Bass I recorded for a metal tone.
With his wooden sound I think it is more usable for jazzy stuff. Maybe that's why he got that name

 

[egan.]

I could go either way on the active/passive issue but I reiterate that you should know which sound you're after before you buy.
Lots of guys love fenders. Other guys find them really dull sounding. It really is a matter of taste.
What tones do you like on records? That might narrow things down a bit as opposed to everybody recommending you buy the same thing they did.

 

[ghostofbridgeport]

im not breaking any new ground here.....i play,write , and listen to everything everyone else listens too on here

 

[Loren Littlejohn]

I got a 400 series LTD that a band brought in that I could post a sample of (active pickups).

I also have an 83 american J that I could post a sample from (passive).

If you like.

 

[ghostofbridgeport]

yeah that would be cool.....whats the biggest difference between active and passive......besides the 9volt battery deal

 

[Loren Littlejohn]

You know I didn't notice that much except forward punch, also there is a pretty big difference in bass response between the 2 pickups (the ltd was emg actives and the fender were single coil j pickups).

I can't post samples till tomarrow.

 

[Phoncible]

its not just "active or passives", its all about what you pack it in, which spesific kinds of mics etc etc..

say, an active fodera will sound better than a passive squier, no doubt, but if you popped actives in the squier and compared to a passive fodera, the fodera still wins..