I think I love the editors more than the playing - and the playing is phenomenal. The editing just gets me.

Should have gotten Chapman - he could have told you where the forest was where the fretboard came from and the year is was cut down.

@davidcudlip6587

2 жыл бұрын

And who the lumber jack was. And the color of his truck.

9:49 nice work guys

More of a difference than I expected, and like Nathan I assumed the rosewood would sound darker but it didn't. Very interesting.

@gaysquirrels6915

4 жыл бұрын

I think the rosewood one was darker.

@evanroth2805

9 ай бұрын

Rosewood has more bass. Maple has more punch but is also duller - seemingly contradictory, but true.

Lee, you got it wrong when you said maple is harder than rosewood, check the Janka Hardness scale Rosewood: 1,780 lbf (7,900 N) Hard Rock Maple: 1,450 lbf (6,400 N) Peace!

I love all about the bass videos, you always brighten my day! :)) The surf green P - bass is so nice, especially with the dark headstock.

Just from my perspective as someone who owns two Standard P Vs, one with a maple board and one with a rosewood board, there is a minute difference. I spend the literal majority of my time with one of these basses in my hands daily. I don't think my maple bass sounds that closed off (those strings really do sound dead; mine are dead Elixirs and still much brighter at the moment) but I would recommend people start with the rosewood if they want the traditional P sound and growl. The maple is very stable because of the way it has to be finished, I believe. That's my most stable touring neck. It can go across continents for months and never need a truss rod adjustment. Great instruments no matter which you choose.

So so good fellas! More blindfold challenges please!!!!!!!!!

Solid state vs Valve, bass cabs with different ports, different speaker sizes...Thanks for another video guys!

Who ever edits all these video's is a genius. OOOH YYEEE OOOOOHHH YEEEEE, love it mate!

I have the solid rosewood neck P Bass and I love it!

My wild guess was 3 has brighter sounding strings

Maybe as an upcoming blindfold challenge: you geht like all different bass (or pickup) types (like Jazz, p, MusicMan, Firebird etc.) and you have to guess which is it

Chappers looks very different today.

Wow, I always thought the wood species effect on tone was exaggerated, but these were quite distinct. Great experiment.

You have amazing humor, laughed heartily! :)

Everyone in the comments saying that the tone is barely different, and would disappear in a mix... I mean, you're right but you're also missing the point. It's much more important how it changes the feel of the guitar, and the psychosomatic effect it has. If I think I play better using an all maple neck, or all rosewood, or combined, then I do play better using that. It's about what makes you pick the instrument up and play, not if you can plot a unique frequency response curve variation for each.

@shaft9000

4 жыл бұрын

in other words, " aesthetics rule" :D

@piratewhoisquiet

4 жыл бұрын

​@@rainvedu Well if we want to get into the linguistics of it, technically tone is a feeling. Hearing is one of the five senses, it is correct to say we feel tone. People just think our emotional feelings are disconnected from our physical ones, and this is not the case.

rosewood is a killer. Need this particular one right now.

I have a MIM Deluxe Active Precision and highly recommend it if you wanted to have a shot at a P/J configuration, the 18v preamp is quite nice on it as well, sure it's no darkglass but nice nonetheless. I don't recollect you guys doing a blindfold of the different manufacture locations so it'd be interesting to see if you could tell the difference between an American and Mexican model of both Precision and Jazz.

Thanks for sharing. I’m wishing the string type and condition were similar across the basses. Seems like neck wood would only affect transient response and the upper midrange and treble frequencies.

Nathan quickly mentioned the Pino custom shop, when’s that video coming out! 😁

I have a 2012 Squier Affinity P/J bass with an Indian Laurel neck. I upgraded the pots and cap to Full size 500K pots and a .022uf Orange Drop cap. I use Ernie Ball Cobalt flatwounds on it. It made a slight difference but still I hated the sound of it and I almost sold it. One day, I decided to put a 2014 Squier VM Maple Jazz neck I had lying around on it. Suddenly... Its an amazing sounding bass and I think I'm going to keep it.

Watched a podcast from Ben at Crimson Guitars who said that neck wood makes a miniscule, if any, difference to the tone. There are many more apsoects that make a significant difference, and if two professional players are struggling then I think this video sort of proves Ben's point.

@H_Oscarsson

4 жыл бұрын

It makes no difference to our ears. If you involve machines measuring it, you can pick up some difference. But yes, we can't hear that difference.

@rafalvarezsevilla

3 жыл бұрын

they weren't struggling, he clearly heard the differences

wonder when we'll get that Vintera offsets video.

Do a comparison of class d amplifiers! Compact, ultra compact, I'd love to see a shootout :)

More Bass Blindfold challenges!

All rosewood sounds great! Glassy. But strings can make as much difference

Before I watch this to the end it's kinda obvious with rosewood vs maple cause maple has to be sealed with a lacquer ect to prevent warping due to absorbing water and rosewood being an oily wood is naturally hydrophobic as long as you oil it occasionally. The feel on a lacquer vs oil finish is quite easy to feel IMO.

Chappers goggles chapped ol' Nathans face, LOL! Can't fool ol' Nate.

13:53 What do you prefer?? The cheapest one , HAHAHA!!!!

Cool video, guys. No question... the 3 axes would sound differently, even if you'd set 'm up the same way and put on identical sets of strings. In the end it would be a matter of taste, I believe... and some minor twists of the freq knobs on your amp could probably make the 3 sounding very similar. Now... what if you made a proper 'sans bass' play along and recorded the different bass guitars on to said tracks? Would then anyone still be able to spot/hear and/or identify any of the basses in such a band context?

Could you do a video on micro bass heads? (Trace Elliott ELF, TC Electronic BAM200) Thanks! c:

could the tone differences be inconsistency in the coil wrapping?

Blindfold shortscale basses please!

Well to be fair, Bass no.2 all maple neck sounded like it had either different strings or definitely older than the other 2

Are they all new strings? The Maple bass strings sound dead (or flatwound), whereas the Ebony board sound new. That can completely twist the result.

Epiphone vs Gibson maybe a sire version love these blindfold cHALLENGE S

I notice a little difference in the mids more than the highs. Either way it's pretty small.

Comparing Pau Ferro would've been an obvious choice since most Fender bass options nowadays are either maple or pau and not rosewood.

Questions for the next FAQ video . Can you guys do small bios on each of you ? From all the videos we " know" rob and "owner Lee" and Rebea and Pete. We wanna know you guys. I know Nathan plays guitar in Level 42 . (which I love that because I play guitar in one band and bass in another ). What other bands does he play in ? He's too good of a bass player to not be ...And Lee, Do you do the weekend pub thing Like I do ? Curious ... Thanks guys ,Love your playing .( Maybe the 30 second -to a minute club gig .iphone .footage like Dan and Mick do would be a good idea ?)Or rig rundowns of favorite gear . I like knowing a bit about the guys who demo the gear I end up buying . It helps to know where there coming from, when they give an opinion . Back to the video ,I like the sound of the maple the best . (I have a Maple boarded P as well .)

I would have put money on the all maple being the brightest. I'm quite surprised.

That's weird, why would the maple sound so much more muffled?

The maple one just sounds like it has old strings.

Mixed neck, mixed gage strings... at least one with flat wound... four and six strings. P and jazz are nice but the old music man's are my personal favorites for four strings.

Wow that maple neck with maple board really was a duller sound. Did they all have fresh strings? Older strings could deaden the sound, as I’m sure these guys know.

Gotta love beffy p sound

"I've gone Deaf." nice.

Please do it with Jazz Basses, pleeeeeeeeeeeease

Seeing the different neck woods, I remembered the bright-looking maple actually provides a darker timbre because it's denser and heavier than the other woods Did I misremember?

@michelvanbriemen3459

4 жыл бұрын

@@rainvedu I know it has nothing to do with aesthetics, just thought it was the case that maple has a darker sound because of it.

i full on choked with laughter on my pot noodle at the 9:50 and 10:05 mark with all the back and forth and slow mo!

OOOO YEAHHHH

@Empyrean55

4 жыл бұрын

OOOO YEAHHHH

I ❤️ Frost*

Stingray vs. Sterling vs. G&L Kiloton

The editing almost reminds me of Rory.

I wish Nathan was my uncle

9:50 and I'm laughing like a fool.

For a real test, you should use the SAME bass and swap the neck only.

@kappa7365

4 жыл бұрын

Saxoprane it’s the same bass. Same series, pickups and body

@AVEEGEELIK

4 жыл бұрын

@@kappa7365 No, it is not. The tolerances in electronics, production, strings and therefore differences between the basses will have an influence, most likely more than any type of wood used.

@Burnt_Gerbil

4 жыл бұрын

AVEEGEELIK - Saying the wood has influence is like saying a different type of plastic used on a microphone makes a difference... The electronics make the sounds. 🤦‍♂️

@YTPartyTonight

3 жыл бұрын

@@Burnt_Gerbil Please tell me you’re joking. Are you really complaining species of wood to plastics??? 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️ Seriously? Go play your balsa wood P bass, or your Delrin Acetal one, if that’s your thing. You like high mass bridges and active electronics, too?

@Burnt_Gerbil

3 жыл бұрын

@@YTPartyTonight Yes, I am making the comparison... because the materials don’t matter to electronic instruments. It’s all marketing to make you spend more. Someone made a corrugated cardboard Stratocaster. Guess what. It sounded exactly the same as wood! There is a video on KZread. 😬

At least Nathan didn't cheat by checking how the fingerboard felt.

About the PJ is best of both worlds thing: For me PJ is just a more versatile P bass but it still doesn't sound like a J. You gotta decide what you want or get both. If you just play the Jazz for the bridge pickup sound PJ will get you to both sounds but you won't get that scooped slappy sound with a PJ.

@rickc2102

4 жыл бұрын

Really, doesn't one need 4 Fender bases: a Jazz, a P, a PJ Jazz, and a PJ P?

@alexdattel2757

4 жыл бұрын

@@rickc2102 As I said I think PJ and P can do the same tones if you just turn down the J.

Hearing only, he was 0-3, he said, Maple, Combo & All Rosewood in that order 1-3. Playing them, he was 1-3 as he changed to All Rosewood, Combo & Maple in that order 1-3. So it doesn't really matter beyond what is visually more appealing & what anyone would want for a life time maintenance for ownership.

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Grabs popcorn

"Ehhhhhhhhhhh.....","Yeeeahhhhhhhhh".

Pickup adjustments and they could all sound the same..............

I enjoyed the video. But, if you didn't set all three basses up the same; pickup height, new strings (same brand and gauge) and adjusted the neck relief.... It's pointless. Also I do realise that when margins are that small the audience doesn't have a clue. But then YOU decided to do a direct comparison video. I liked the one piece maple neck best ;-*

The maple neck bass had dead strings!

P bass the best no matter the neck

I never get the premise of these videos. Even if you can tell them apart, who cares? The only relevant factor is whether it sounds good.

@johnnewton1830

4 жыл бұрын

Boudicawasnotreallyallthat Smith The premise is fun. Also advertising for Anderson’s.

No

Solid rosewood sounded great imo! bright and zingy. rosewood is harder than maple. an all maple board will sound warmer than solid rosewood because its softer. On an acoustic guitar, having maple back and sides, reflects a lot of high end. but thats not as much of a thing on an electric neck compared to a speaker cabinet on an acoustic. its more about the rigidity of the wood used. soft neck = warmer sound. Hard neck = brighter sound. in almost all situations this will be true from an acoustic standpoint. I have a Taylor 618e all flamed maple and its the warmest taylor ive ever played. listen more! and stop believing what every guitarist believes to be true.

@R.C.Bullar

4 жыл бұрын

rainvedu I mean the wood makes a difference. But it’s more about the structural rigidity of the wood.

@wbertie2604

4 жыл бұрын

the 'received' wisdom is that rosewood should sound warmer. It's probably not actually a significant factor in sound on a solid bodied instrument.

rosewood : more metallic sound

I didn't know that Rylan Clark-Neal could play bass 🤔

All praise the captain

That’s shocking. That maple neck doesn’t sound like my maple neck. Not at all. I want to get rid of my maple neck P. That’s shocking.

Wait, i though the whole tone wood is or isn't nonsense was just something guitaists got all hot and bothered about. Cant you just make a bass from any material so long as it looks cool

What are the tattoos of the guy on the right?

@joshuagoodger2451

4 жыл бұрын

Led zep symbols.

@hofferr19

4 жыл бұрын

Joshua Goodger that’s what I thought thanks

@hofferr19

4 жыл бұрын

rainvedu lol true

Does anyone find it annoying that people always use fender when you can use other basses like music man stingrays or ibenez to make it more interesting instead of always using fender

Wow...I made it in this early !!!

@lptomtom

4 жыл бұрын

No one cares

@HELLHAMMERHANDHIX

4 жыл бұрын

@@lptomtom ...but thanks for caring enough to comment !!!.

@cooltunesmadeeasy

4 жыл бұрын

My guess is they may need another blind guy to verify it all..

More of these videos please!!! Better than porn

There is no way you could tell the difference. The difference in wood is not about tone it's about how it feels and plays and then how it looks.

SPOILER No.

A test that shows nothing about ow wood affects the tone of an instrument. Three different sets of pots, and capacitors equal three slightly different sounding basses. Do better tests.

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Bass neck woods challenge..... looking forward to hearing the wenge of a Warwick...... disappointed

@skippityblippity8656

4 жыл бұрын

.. this isnt my world....

Rosewood is harder than maple

Lee and chappers off sick. What's up with this..?

@masterfulyushi7402

4 жыл бұрын

Clearly you haven't been here in a while

@cooltunesmadeeasy

4 жыл бұрын

@@masterfulyushi7402 yes its summer. At the beach enjoying weather. Summer is short.....sorry I missed it all..cheers!

@markkozielec2200

4 жыл бұрын

The content has been dreadful lately. I hope they’re ok.

@cooltunesmadeeasy

4 жыл бұрын

@@markkozielec2200 running out of content

No because it makes no difference

@johnnewton1830

4 жыл бұрын

José Alberto Um So they all sound the same to you?

Does anyone find it annoying that people always use fender when you can use other basses like music man stingrays or ibenez to make it more interesting instead of always using fender

@wbertie2604

4 жыл бұрын

I think in this case it was about the only way to get the three different neck constructions on otherwise identical basses.