Getting Different Tones From A Fender Jazz Bass

Learn how to get loads of different tones out of your Fender Jazz or two pickup bass guitar.
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  • @Bass_Playa_Two_Point.O
    @Bass_Playa_Two_Point.O Жыл бұрын

    Thanks for mentioning Joe Osborn. He was a tremendously underrated, unknown, and influential bassist.

  • @Harlembrown
    @Harlembrown3 жыл бұрын

    Another excellent video, Mr. Hawkins. You have a gift for teaching bass. I’ve watched MANY of them, but I always learn something from yours. Every time. Your videos are inspiring. For that I’m grateful.

  • @OnlineBassCourses

    @OnlineBassCourses

    3 жыл бұрын

    Thanks so much, that means a lot to me. 🙏🙏

  • @aussierule
    @aussierule3 жыл бұрын

    I appreciate the video! I play my Jazz pretty much exclusively. I've pretty much always had passive basses run through a pre-amp or most recently a SansAmp bass DI which boosts the gain as well as gives you your full band EQ and a couple of other bits and bobs. I'm sure you probably know all about it, I picked one up out of necessity due to COVID to stream and pre record our live shows. I run my guitar through the input and my patch cable from output 1 into my amp and output 2 to our mixer. I love this setup because we play full volume all the time and it allows me to use my amp for the room tone and get a 'live mix' with in ear monitors in our DAW since we all like different things in our monitors, effects, etc. (drummer likes hearing bass and a metronome, I listen to the full band with a metronome, and our guitarist listens full band, and our singer only listens to his acoustic and himself through the monitors). And when we do live shows, we bring our mixer with auxiliary XLR from each track ready for the house engineer or for smaller venues, output directly to the PA using a DAW with all of our settings/fx loops we programmed in for live shows. The Jazz bass works perfectly with everything we're doing. It's such a versatile instrument.

  • @OnlineBassCourses

    @OnlineBassCourses

    3 жыл бұрын

    Yeah, that is a great setup! Pretty simple but with everything you need to hear yourself and play well, and send a good signal.

  • @cuneytsonmez
    @cuneytsonmez4 жыл бұрын

    12:50 - 13:00 This is why I prefer passive basses.

  • @peadookie

    @peadookie

    3 жыл бұрын

    Why's that?

  • @musenw8834

    @musenw8834

    2 жыл бұрын

    Personal preference. also an active/passive toggle switch is a need for me if I ever want an active bass. still, to each our own. if your bass is active and doesn't have that A/P toggle switch, it won't work without battery power thanks to the preamp.

  • @The_Mindful_Mototorcyclist
    @The_Mindful_Mototorcyclist2 жыл бұрын

    Just got a Fender American Professional II J bass in sunburst with Rosewood fingerboard...the neck feels great and the latest Vintage tone noiseless pick ups are great. Love it. The excellent information in this video on the '75 J bass translates to my 2020 one. Thanks

  • @OnlineBassCourses

    @OnlineBassCourses

    2 жыл бұрын

    Cool bass, Jonathan! 👍

  • @nicklindley9565
    @nicklindley9565 Жыл бұрын

    I really enjoy your videos Dan - I get so much out of them and many of them have inspired me to learn more about playing the bass and developing my own style - many thanks!

  • @OnlineBassCourses

    @OnlineBassCourses

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks, Nick! Keep exploring.

  • @marklowe7431
    @marklowe74315 ай бұрын

    If you want the identical Marcus Miller setup all you need is a 70's jazz bass (70's pickup spacing) Bartolini TCT 2 band and a set of DR fat beams. Then a bit of compression.

  • @josephpickard3108
    @josephpickard31082 жыл бұрын

    Just picked up my first ever bass after 20 years of guitar, so this info is gold!

  • @OnlineBassCourses

    @OnlineBassCourses

    2 жыл бұрын

    Amazing! Have fun with it once again.

  • @Paul-vs7pr
    @Paul-vs7pr2 жыл бұрын

    Very informative Dan. You have a knack of explaining things well

  • @OnlineBassCourses

    @OnlineBassCourses

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thanks very much, Paul!

  • @Slydeil
    @Slydeil8 ай бұрын

    Excellent video 👍 I have a Fender Jazz Geddy Lee, which is the only Fender I've ever loved to play as the neck is slimmer. I've never liked the Precision to play. But gigging wise I always use my EB MM Sterling as it's lighter and feels ever better to play (and is active).

  • @Juanjose-ii7gd
    @Juanjose-ii7gd4 жыл бұрын

    thanks, nice video!

  • @InSearchof8
    @InSearchof84 жыл бұрын

    Good playing, thanks for posting.

  • @OnlineBassCourses

    @OnlineBassCourses

    4 жыл бұрын

    RobinNJ1963 thanks very much for watching.

  • @reubenkinsey2947
    @reubenkinsey2947 Жыл бұрын

    Hope you are doing well, the JAZZ BASS just kicks ass period Rock county JAZZ blue's it does the job

  • @terrancecopley3978
    @terrancecopley39784 жыл бұрын

    Love love love all your vids !!!

  • @OnlineBassCourses

    @OnlineBassCourses

    4 жыл бұрын

    Very kind Terrance. Thanks for watching!

  • @parkeaudio1338
    @parkeaudio13383 жыл бұрын

    Got alot of those sunburst with tortoiseshell pickguards, but thanks for the info!

  • @PaulWilliamGibson
    @PaulWilliamGibson4 жыл бұрын

    Good stuff, informative!

  • @OnlineBassCourses

    @OnlineBassCourses

    4 жыл бұрын

    +Paul Gibson Music thanks very much!

  • @vanderHoffTeachings
    @vanderHoffTeachings3 жыл бұрын

    Great sounding bass. Well recorded too !

  • @OnlineBassCourses

    @OnlineBassCourses

    3 жыл бұрын

    🙏

  • @yorganyog
    @yorganyog2 жыл бұрын

    In 2003 I got a Washburn Lyon. Is in a jazz fender configuration. After my degree in electronics and a deeper passion in guitars I Opened that. The capacitor was not soldered!!! I put another One after many trials. He is só deeper thats swallows the silence!!!! Now Im wondering why my bridge Pickup never worked!!!!! The knobs are so with bad contact also. Nice project coming on.

  • @richardrichard5409
    @richardrichard54092 жыл бұрын

    Very good Jazz bass primer, well done sir😎👌

  • @OnlineBassCourses

    @OnlineBassCourses

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thanks!

  • @garethde-witt6433
    @garethde-witt64333 жыл бұрын

    I have never liked the P bass, I do have one but I rarely use it. I seem to use either my Stingray or my Jazz Bass more

  • @musenw8834

    @musenw8834

    2 жыл бұрын

    Are you a slapper or prefer the scooped mids tone?

  • @PM-oq6ku

    @PM-oq6ku

    2 жыл бұрын

    What? How's that possible. Do you have a hearing problem?

  • @mrebear9758

    @mrebear9758

    2 жыл бұрын

    I agree. It often doesn't have enough treble to cut through.

  • @halo20763
    @halo207633 ай бұрын

    Excellent show Dan. Thanks!

  • @OnlineBassCourses

    @OnlineBassCourses

    3 ай бұрын

    🙏🙏

  • @garychait3353
    @garychait33535 ай бұрын

    Well Done! Yes, Fender was the first electric bass./I have a few/Thanks!

  • @MikeGuerr
    @MikeGuerr7 ай бұрын

    Nice video Dan! I’d like to mention another tone that you can get from a Jazz bass that you and others may find useful. On my Jazz bass there’s a “sweet spot” on the volume controls that I use fairly often. Rather than having the volume up all the way I roll it back just until I hear a noticeable change in tone, you don’t need to turn the knob very much to hear the shift. To me it seems to keep the volume and eliminate some of the harshness of a wide open volume pot. This works on either pickup or both. This doesn’t seem to do nearly as much to affect the tone of my P Basses, so I’m thinking that this may be a unique phenomenon to the passive single-coil Jazz pickups.

  • @OnlineBassCourses

    @OnlineBassCourses

    7 ай бұрын

    That’s a cool tip!

  • @mauricior.t.7098
    @mauricior.t.70983 жыл бұрын

    Lovely sound on the first bass, very versatile! Are you going direct into the interface or using any DI box? I'm guessing you are going into that tube preamp on the back? What's that? The passive sound on the second one is pure gold! Thanks!!

  • @OnlineBassCourses

    @OnlineBassCourses

    3 жыл бұрын

    Thanks! The preamp is a Jules Monique which I love. I usually go into an Avalon U5 then out into Monique or something else. Sometimes I blend the signals, sometimes I just use one. Unfortunately, I don’t remember exactly what I did here...

  • @BreadLightPray_EWFMgtr
    @BreadLightPray_EWFMgtr Жыл бұрын

    ☑️ thanks ❗️ brand new to electric bass after forty years of acoustic fingerstyle ; so very recently got myself the Fender Player P-bass and the Squire 40th anniversary Jazz bass and the Ampeg RB-112 [for home use] /hope it all works out well for me ⁉️😋😝😊

  • @OnlineBassCourses

    @OnlineBassCourses

    Жыл бұрын

    Cool! Have fun.

  • @socialmeaslesinpartnership1252
    @socialmeaslesinpartnership1252 Жыл бұрын

    Thank you.

  • @TheShotsii
    @TheShotsii Жыл бұрын

    Just went from an active 5 to a passive 5 J and its been a tough transition switching to the completely opposite spectrum of tone. I figured it would be good to have that exposure but my ears are so used to the active mid-present sound. I suppose throwing a preamp and noiseless pickups would solve it but i gotta stick this out and let my ear adjust i think. Your comparison between the two pretty much solidified in my head my preference for the active tone. Seems like thats why most passive guys are die-hard. Thats all they've known, the active tone just sounds "bad" to them.

  • @BobHolland1949
    @BobHolland19492 жыл бұрын

    Maybe not heard of but the sound of a Jazz Bass with foam mute & round wound strings. A sound I have been trying lately.

  • @OnlineBassCourses

    @OnlineBassCourses

    2 жыл бұрын

    Great idea.

  • @marklowe7431
    @marklowe74315 ай бұрын

    You can get a jazz to sound very fat like a P. Roll of the tone but also roll of the volume a little and use your pre-amp to compensate.

  • @rrdream2400
    @rrdream24003 жыл бұрын

    Jazz bass is awesome but I find the one sound of a P bass is more versatile. Meaning some songs the Jazz is better than anything, some songs it's good and some songs it just fights the mix and doesn't sound all that good. I feel the same about a Stingray. I find a P-bass either sounds great or good, it never sounds bad, ever, it works on anything. It's quite amazing actually. It doesn't "cut through" the mix, it fills in the missing holes while stepping on nothing.

  • @adamgreenhill110

    @adamgreenhill110

    2 жыл бұрын

    Absolutely. The P bass just "fills in" the mix perfectly without being too loud or quiet. A Jazz tends to get buried in mixes, but it depends on the use case

  • @mrebear9758

    @mrebear9758

    2 жыл бұрын

    Don't agree, often a P Bass sounds like mud in a live mix. More often than not.

  • @rrdream2400

    @rrdream2400

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@mrebear9758 Then someone isn't doing their job, the soundman, other players or from boosting below 80Hz. Check out Donny Hathaway's Live album and Tina Turner 1985 Birmingham. Just a few vids of how a P bass should sound. What are some examples of it sounding like mud?

  • @mrebear9758

    @mrebear9758

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@rrdream2400 we are all at the mercy of engineers, so having a P Bass in that setting isn't doing yourself any favours. They're fine for small venues but struggle in arenas and concert halls. Michael League with Snarky Puppy , Pino Palladino with both John Mayer and with NIN sounded like mud each time I saw them. Pino sounded much better when he was playing a Moon Jazz Bass with D'Angelo. Michael League takes the cake as the worst live bass sound I've ever heard from a band that size.

  • @mrebear9758

    @mrebear9758

    2 жыл бұрын

    Donny Benet is also a good example. I've heard him play with a P Bass, Jazz Bass and Stingray at medium sized venues. Always sounded like garbage with the P Bass (although he uses flats on that, which is definitely a large part of the problem). Sounds the best with his pre-EB Stingray, 77 Jazz also sounded decent.

  • @mezatron
    @mezatron3 жыл бұрын

    Dan! Love the channel. Very informational and easy to follow along. Just solid videos. I had an idea for a video that you may like to make. As a bass player exploring tone, I hear so many words to describe tone. Clank, dirt, grit, thump, etc. Perhaps an exploration of those adjectives and what they actually mean when someone says them. Thoughts?

  • @OnlineBassCourses

    @OnlineBassCourses

    3 жыл бұрын

    Thanks Daniel! I think that’s a really good idea. Could you give me some more that you come across and I’ll put it on the list. Thanks for the comment.

  • @peadookie

    @peadookie

    3 жыл бұрын

    Round, bright, thin, tight, growly. Those are my submissions. Great idea @Daniel Meza

  • @jocelinoribeiroweizenmann874
    @jocelinoribeiroweizenmann8743 жыл бұрын

    That vingage JB sure has a crystal clear sound

  • @OnlineBassCourses

    @OnlineBassCourses

    3 жыл бұрын

    It’s a classic!

  • @kevmac1230
    @kevmac12302 жыл бұрын

    You have a good one there,sounds great.

  • @OnlineBassCourses

    @OnlineBassCourses

    2 жыл бұрын

    It is a good one. 👍

  • @o-g-ob4399
    @o-g-ob4399 Жыл бұрын

    Marcus Miller does not have a Sadowsky preamp in his Fender bass. FWITW, he has a Bartolini TCT preamp in his bass that was installed by Roger Sadowsky back in the day.

  • @davidfox7983
    @davidfox79832 жыл бұрын

    Gorgeous bass Prefer the Jazz to the Precision Cheers Dan

  • @OnlineBassCourses

    @OnlineBassCourses

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thanks, David. It's a cool bass!

  • @staypress
    @staypress4 жыл бұрын

    I have a jazz bass and normally play with the neck pick up fully on and the bridge pick up off and the tone slightly on .I play with flatwounds and put a piece of sponge under the strings by the bridge . 1960s motown and beach boys sound plus a nice deep muted bass sound with a deep undertone . Even without the sponge I get that gr8 60s deep tone . I dont like that mid to top trebly sound ur getting really. For me a bass is for bass .

  • @OnlineBassCourses

    @OnlineBassCourses

    4 жыл бұрын

    Each to their own... It's more important what it sounds like in a mix or band situation. I can get that great tone you talk about too with a slightly different set up.

  • @staypress

    @staypress

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@OnlineBassCourses ye i wish that would have been included in ur demo . Actually I think muted is the wrong word .I meant dampened Nice playing

  • @OnlineBassCourses

    @OnlineBassCourses

    4 жыл бұрын

    Thanks. I do have plenty of other videos and basses. It's never possible to get everything in one video and you definitely can't please everyone either. I will do a video with the tone you mention though!

  • @staypress

    @staypress

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@OnlineBassCourses hey thanks mate .no i wasnt displeased .I thought the top end tones were interesting

  • @andybrown141
    @andybrown1413 жыл бұрын

    This is so funny, I clicked on this to learn about bass sounds. And I just picked up my first bass and it is a precision bass. Do you recommend having both I take it?

  • @OnlineBassCourses

    @OnlineBassCourses

    3 жыл бұрын

    Cool! Not necessarily. Some people just don't like the P bass sound. Those people shouldn't get one! It's a classic sound though and I think if you're doing sessions, you need one. I think with both, you can cover a lot of different styles. But, each to their own I say.

  • @gcvrsa
    @gcvrsa3 жыл бұрын

    I think this might be the first Jazz Bass video I've seen where the player starts right off with a right hand position similar to mine, thumb anchored in front of the neck pickup. For some reason, most Jazz players seem to use a hand position where they are plucking in the area of the bridge pickup, which sounds awful to me, and where I find the string feel overly stiff. I don't use the tips of my fingers, because I find that sound weak and lacking in dynamic range. I use the side of my finger, more like an upright technique, and I dig in. I would never pluck so close to the bridge, I would never solo the bridge pickup, and I would never turn the Tone down. My tone is either both pickups or just the neck pickup, tone control wide open, and preferably an active preamp. My first bass was a 1992 Jazz Bass Plus V Ash with the Lace Sensors and Kubicki preamp.

  • @OnlineBassCourses

    @OnlineBassCourses

    3 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for the comment, Gemma. I guess the bridge thing is a Jaco influence. I definitely use that from time to time but love the tone you go for too!

  • @aussierule

    @aussierule

    3 жыл бұрын

    I play the same way on my Jazz bass. I pluck across and almost diagonally with the meaty part of my finger. Thumb anchored on the front pickup or "floating" there, both pickups on and tone control wide open. I don't like playing near the bridge either as I also find it stiff and unnatural feeling however I do understand when to play there to get a certain tone or play a transition/pick up on higher strings at a live show to cut through the mix.

  • @BlackRootsUNLIMITED

    @BlackRootsUNLIMITED

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@OnlineBassCourses I think different types of Music call for different thumb anchoring. As a matter of fact, some people don't anchor their thumb at all. The great Anthony Jackson comes to mind, he's usually floating while plucking (he has no bridge pickup on his Contras, but even when he played the Jazz Bass, he rarely anchored). When I'm playing Roots Reggae Music and Cuban Tumbao, my thumb is anchored in front of the neck pick up, on the fretboard. For everything else, my thumb is either anchored on the neck pickup, on the 5th string or floating, but plucking just over the bridge pick up. I prefer that percussive sound. Oh, and I have foam at the bridge. I love the woody vintage sound of a Bass.

  • @OnlineBassCourses

    @OnlineBassCourses

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@BlackRootsUNLIMITED very cool.

  • @musenw8834

    @musenw8834

    2 жыл бұрын

    I'd say the playing near the bridge on a jazz bass and using only bridge pickup has more presence and mids, which is more ideal for a jazzy tone (since basslines on jazz may not always require fat heavy lows, but more mids), is harder to play and of course generally less vibration/amplitude picked up; most of the time neck pick-up is being used for that low tone. jazz can match close to precisions in tone (save for a bit of single coil brightness) but not exactly output.

  • @natespringer9934
    @natespringer9934 Жыл бұрын

    Hey I was curious how similar these tones will be if done with a musicman, it would be awesome to see a full video on musicman tones! Thanks so much

  • @OnlineBassCourses

    @OnlineBassCourses

    Жыл бұрын

    Great idea! I think it’s a less versatile bass I think I will make that video…

  • @rmorris8544

    @rmorris8544

    Жыл бұрын

    Surely the versatility depends a lot of what pickup configuration the Musicman bass has. There's more than one model.

  • @rmorris8544

    @rmorris8544

    Жыл бұрын

    And it would be good to compare with a PJ configuration.

  • @OnlineBassCourses

    @OnlineBassCourses

    Жыл бұрын

    @@rmorris8544 yes. Got a StingRay video coming out next week…Although I don’t have all the pickup configurations so can’t demo that.

  • @voiksmusifan
    @voiksmusifan2 жыл бұрын

    Please show us how to use the finger rest, mounted on the pickguard just below the G string. I never saw anyone using this... Thank you!

  • @OnlineBassCourses

    @OnlineBassCourses

    2 жыл бұрын

    I don’t think anyone does use it anymore. It was designed to rest your fingers on whilst plucking the strings with the thumb.

  • @BrileyNeyenhuis
    @BrileyNeyenhuis Жыл бұрын

    I find the Jazz Bass to sound quite incredible on its own. But in the context of a band, the P bass just serves too much tonal justice to consider a Jazz bass over it

  • @gillyl9957

    @gillyl9957

    Жыл бұрын

    I think it is all in the fingers. Guys with great attack will make a J CUT. See Geddy Lee ……

  • @edjefferson9175
    @edjefferson91759 ай бұрын

    I had the “American Vintage ‘74’ version of that bass. It looks the part, and plays well (after hours of work and a neck shim) but the tone is not even close. Changing pickups made little difference. I think the body is just dead.

  • @paultraynorbsc627
    @paultraynorbsc6272 жыл бұрын

    Excellent jazz bass it just barks tones

  • @OnlineBassCourses

    @OnlineBassCourses

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thanks, Paul!

  • @stormbringer67
    @stormbringer67 Жыл бұрын

    Hello sir, i have a question: how would you set the knobs to get an overall good tone to suit pop/blues/country/soul music?

  • @OnlineBassCourses

    @OnlineBassCourses

    Жыл бұрын

    Beyond the tips in this video, I wouldn’t change things too much. Both pickups and tone on for most styles. A bit more back pickup for more punch (Funk/pop), maybe front with tone down for Soul. I’d concentrate a lot more on playing style, hand position, and groove than tone.

  • @ivolver3854
    @ivolver38544 жыл бұрын

    Love the sound of that passive jazz bass! If I’m correct you forgot to mention the specs of the jazz bass? What type of jazz bass is it and from what year? Thanks for sharing!

  • @OnlineBassCourses

    @OnlineBassCourses

    4 жыл бұрын

    I’m really digging this bass. The neck is slightly chunkier than a normal jazz and it feels great. This is a ‘75. Original pickups. Not sure exact specs of the wood etc. but I guess whatever was being used in that period...

  • @ivolver3854

    @ivolver3854

    4 жыл бұрын

    Online Bass Courses Thanks ! Is it the remake Original or is it really over 40 years old? I’m looking for one myself and if it’s really from 75 l, what new Fender would come close to the sound you have there? Love that barky sound of the bridge pickup!

  • @OnlineBassCourses

    @OnlineBassCourses

    4 жыл бұрын

    This is a genuine old one! I’m not really too up on the new Fenders. I’d love to review some but am not doing that right now. The feel of these old ones I think is hard to replicate. After market pickups are so good these days. Many companies are replicating sounds from particular eras. Find a bass you like the feel of and you can change the pickups to get close to what you want.

  • @ivolver3854

    @ivolver3854

    4 жыл бұрын

    Online Bass Courses Thanks! Yes like good wine the aging and the treatments over the years is probably not so easy to replicate.

  • @OnlineBassCourses

    @OnlineBassCourses

    4 жыл бұрын

    Yes I think that’s right. It’s the feel of this bass I love but the look too. Just try a few (when you can!) and see what speaks to you.

  • @m322_yt
    @m322_yt2 жыл бұрын

    How do you get rid of the singlecoil hum? For me it’s only off if both pickups are set to full vol.

  • @OnlineBassCourses

    @OnlineBassCourses

    2 жыл бұрын

    Yes, that's the main way of getting rid of it. Otherwise, you can get the bass professionally shielded or fit hum cancelling pickups (that's a more expensive option obviously).

  • @OhSoInsane
    @OhSoInsane2 жыл бұрын

    i've got a Squier Jazz Bass. Do the same 3 controls do the same thing in it? Also the second control has another control on top of it.. unsure what that does. Sorry for noob questions.

  • @OnlineBassCourses

    @OnlineBassCourses

    2 жыл бұрын

    I don't have one but I'm guessing it's the same. I'm not sure what the stacked control does. I doubt it's an active circuit? is it a new bass? Could be a mod.

  • @thearchive_mundane.to.3volving
    @thearchive_mundane.to.3volving6 ай бұрын

    3:27 sound i love it

  • @OnlineBassCourses

    @OnlineBassCourses

    6 ай бұрын

    🙏

  • @Jonny-wu6gk
    @Jonny-wu6gk2 жыл бұрын

    Fantastic playing, what string gauge are you using?

  • @OnlineBassCourses

    @OnlineBassCourses

    2 жыл бұрын

    Cheers, Jonny! 45-105 Elites.

  • @mcgrealtube
    @mcgrealtube2 жыл бұрын

    I just bought a usa standard jazz on reverb but am worried the knobs don't function as they should. Both pickup volumes go from no sound to quiet and then for the final 5% go quite a bit louder. Also the tone, starting all the way back, once turned the slightest bit round 'jumps' from one tone to another (no blend at all). If this is faulty is it an easy/inexpensive fix so I don't have to go through the pain of sending it back?

  • @OnlineBassCourses

    @OnlineBassCourses

    2 жыл бұрын

    It sounds faulty to me and could just be a question of changing the pots. If it were me, I’d point it out to the seller if they didn’t mention it. Then I’d get someone good and local to fix it. It shouldn’t be too difficult but do get a quote from a luthier or repair shop.

  • @pts5217
    @pts52173 жыл бұрын

    Great video! Just splurged on a Mexican Jazz bass. Ordered it online and was worried that it was a lemon, but apparently I didn’t fully understand the three knobs. Haha. What is it with the English being great at bass (McCartney, Entwhistle, JPJ etc...? You sound fantastic...

  • @OnlineBassCourses

    @OnlineBassCourses

    3 жыл бұрын

    You’re far too kind to put me in the same sentence! 🤣 Congratulations on the Jazz. Sometimes you get lucky and you can always get it setup well.

  • @nhchau
    @nhchau2 жыл бұрын

    For a beginner, mostly playing at home, would you recommend a Jazz or a Precision? I like rock/metal/blues/pop but don't like genres such as funk. Thank you!

  • @OnlineBassCourses

    @OnlineBassCourses

    2 жыл бұрын

    I’d really recommend trying a few in a shop - not just Fender. You may find an Ibanez or Sire or something else that you’d love. Try a few and see how that sound and feel in your hands.

  • @nhchau

    @nhchau

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@OnlineBassCourses thank you, do you have experience of G&L Tribute L-2000, I am impressed this bass watching reviews on KZread.

  • @OnlineBassCourses

    @OnlineBassCourses

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@nhchau I don't have experience with them but I've only ever heard really good things about them. I'd love to try one...

  • @richardrichard5409
    @richardrichard54092 жыл бұрын

    Jazz are more comfy to play sitting down, this was one of Leo's original intentions for the Deluxe bass as the Jazz was originally called😎 Worth pointing out the far slimmer Jazz neck too👍

  • @OnlineBassCourses

    @OnlineBassCourses

    2 жыл бұрын

    Interestingly, my P has a slimmer neck than my J but, yes, in general the necks are slimmer.

  • @musenw8834

    @musenw8834

    2 жыл бұрын

    ​@@OnlineBassCourses do you have a video on PJ basses? like the aerodyne, signature duff mckagan or Reggie Hamilton?

  • @OnlineBassCourses

    @OnlineBassCourses

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@musenw8834 I don’t - I only have one PJ bass and do love it. What do you want to know? I’ll do a video.

  • @ryandyc
    @ryandyc2 жыл бұрын

    I bought one years and years back to play along with my upright bass, but I abandoned both about 4 years ago, how do I start up again?

  • @OnlineBassCourses

    @OnlineBassCourses

    2 жыл бұрын

    Just pick it up and start playing everyday. Simple as that. I have loads of free beginner exercises and lessons on this channel and my website. They’ll help you. Good luck.

  • @marchangel7462
    @marchangel74623 жыл бұрын

    Great video. What gauge strings are you using here?

  • @OnlineBassCourses

    @OnlineBassCourses

    3 жыл бұрын

    Thanks very much. I think these are Elites 45-105.

  • @daveydoodle1916
    @daveydoodle19163 жыл бұрын

    Dan what kind of Fretless you play

  • @OnlineBassCourses

    @OnlineBassCourses

    3 жыл бұрын

    It's a Lakland fretless once owned by Pino Palladino (so an old-ish one from the 80s). Bartolini pickups and Rotosound strings. 👍

  • @ticsbassplace
    @ticsbassplaceАй бұрын

    Whats the brand on the bridge i may get 1 for my squire 70s jazz

  • @OnlineBassCourses

    @OnlineBassCourses

    Ай бұрын

    Original Fender from the 1970s.

  • @BlackRootsUNLIMITED
    @BlackRootsUNLIMITED2 жыл бұрын

    Yeap, Fender Jazz can replicate a P Bass, but the P Bass really doesn't replicate the Jazz. Nice video. Fender Jazz any day! 👌🏿 Are those hum canceling pick ups? Greetings from Uganda 🇺🇬👊🏿❤️

  • @OnlineBassCourses

    @OnlineBassCourses

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thanks! No. I did put some on but returned to the originals.

  • @BlackRootsUNLIMITED

    @BlackRootsUNLIMITED

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@OnlineBassCourses are the originals hum canceling?

  • @OnlineBassCourses

    @OnlineBassCourses

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@BlackRootsUNLIMITED No. I probably had both pickups on during this video...I did get the bass professionally shielded though.

  • @Juanjose-ii7gd
    @Juanjose-ii7gd4 жыл бұрын

    in your opinion, do you think the jb its good for recording rock on studio like a p bass?

  • @OnlineBassCourses

    @OnlineBassCourses

    4 жыл бұрын

    They're two different animals (check out my P bass video on my channel). Ideally, you'd have both and choose which sits best in whatever song you're recording. It's totally down to context and what you want to hear. A P bass is perhaps more 'traditional' for rock but there's no reason not to use a jazz.

  • @w0rmmboyy

    @w0rmmboyy

    4 жыл бұрын

    This video is 4 years old lol

  • @user-rz2sq9fm2g

    @user-rz2sq9fm2g

    4 жыл бұрын

    JPJ made it work so why not

  • @OnlineBassCourses

    @OnlineBassCourses

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@user-rz2sq9fm2g Absolutely. And Geddy.

  • @grahamalexander5800

    @grahamalexander5800

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@w0rmmboyy Your type of comment is much older lol

  • @Louis-cu3pj
    @Louis-cu3pj4 жыл бұрын

    For my band, we play like alternative rock and just general rock music. What bass would you recommend?

  • @OnlineBassCourses

    @OnlineBassCourses

    4 жыл бұрын

    Lots of options! Find your 3 favourite players/tones and see what they play. I’d say you can’t go wrong with a Fender P bass or similar. Get a couple of overdrives too and a decent amp and you’re good to go.

  • @mashilmy

    @mashilmy

    4 жыл бұрын

    Maybe you should try a p bass, or musicman stingray or something like that..fatter bass tone are better for rock and punk song.

  • @Louis-cu3pj

    @Louis-cu3pj

    4 жыл бұрын

    Muhammad Hilmy do you with a pj bass, specifically the Marcus Miller p7, I can still get that fat bass tone?

  • @Louis-cu3pj

    @Louis-cu3pj

    4 жыл бұрын

    Online Bass Courses is there a difference between a p bass and pj bass apart from the extra optional jazz bass pickup? Like would the precision pickup on a pj be exactly the same as a precision pickup on a regular p bass

  • @Louis-cu3pj

    @Louis-cu3pj

    4 жыл бұрын

    Or more specifically the Marcus Miller p7 pj

  • @easyabc1404
    @easyabc1404 Жыл бұрын

    Are you directly connected to your amp without anything else? I have a Jazz bass (not a Fender) and i can't get that ron ron ron sound you have. My amp is a Fender Rumble and i tried all the settings and no ron ron ron sound. Have a P bass as well and no ron ron ron sound either. But the Jazz one first. Thanks.

  • @easyabc1404

    @easyabc1404

    Жыл бұрын

    By ron ron ron sound i mean also pop pop pop sound. Not pop music but pop pop pop. Darn!

  • @OnlineBassCourses

    @OnlineBassCourses

    Жыл бұрын

    Right - I was wondering!

  • @OnlineBassCourses

    @OnlineBassCourses

    Жыл бұрын

    No amp - straight in via Avalon u5. It’s the bass plus strings plus pickups plus setup.

  • @jacquesMFS

    @jacquesMFS

    Жыл бұрын

    I havé comment than you… i dont have tbe basic sound of a JB. I havé à 2005 active Deluxe, i practice à lot on fingers and tunîng on pre amp. I changed my old strings for Savarez explosion: too much bright, i just changed for Roto bass… Next step is to change thé genuine pickups for Dimarzio DP123 and step after thé preamp

  • @colebennett6424
    @colebennett64242 жыл бұрын

    Why are classic P-basses better than newer ones? I missed that point.

  • @OnlineBassCourses

    @OnlineBassCourses

    2 жыл бұрын

    I wouldn’t say necessarily better (ok, maybe I would!). They tend to play and feel better, not to mention the pickups have a certain played in, warm tone (although there are great modern replacement pickup options too). They also appreciate in value which can’t hurt. That’s not to say you can’t find a great modern P (not even a Fender). You can, you just have to try a few.

  • @henryfreeman7748
    @henryfreeman77483 жыл бұрын

    Can you get those really great tones out the Fender mustang P/J

  • @OnlineBassCourses

    @OnlineBassCourses

    3 жыл бұрын

    Hi Henry. I've not tried one but I think you'd get really cool tones from that but not exactly like a Jazz. The back pick up on its own, maybe, but the P will (obviously) have more of a Precision character.

  • @henryfreeman7748

    @henryfreeman7748

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@OnlineBassCourses Thank you for your honest response,that meant a lot to me.

  • @OnlineBassCourses

    @OnlineBassCourses

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@henryfreeman7748 No problem at all - anytime!

  • @onlyjoetee
    @onlyjoetee Жыл бұрын

    THIS is the greatest electric bass ever made, I don’t care what no man say. THIS is THE bass. The fender jazz. Aston Family man Barrett, Bob Marley’s bass player. Go listen to him and see…

  • @OnlineBassCourses

    @OnlineBassCourses

    Жыл бұрын

    Great player!

  • @PM-oq6ku
    @PM-oq6ku Жыл бұрын

    Only play Metal. P bass is the only tool i need.

  • @Pro1938ftc3ch
    @Pro1938ftc3ch4 жыл бұрын

    Do u think it's not bad of idea if u use that bass and play rock songs

  • @OnlineBassCourses

    @OnlineBassCourses

    4 жыл бұрын

    John Paul Jones and Geddy Lee do a great job with a jazz. So go for it!

  • @Pro1938ftc3ch

    @Pro1938ftc3ch

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@OnlineBassCourses thanks

  • @bdraidian6280
    @bdraidian62802 жыл бұрын

    You use flats or rounds on jass bass

  • @OnlineBassCourses

    @OnlineBassCourses

    2 жыл бұрын

    Elites Players or Stadiums (rounds)

  • @bdraidian6280

    @bdraidian6280

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@OnlineBassCourses thank you. Great video

  • @Abbynorml1979
    @Abbynorml19792 жыл бұрын

    I put new pups in my j bass, maybe wired wrong. So hollow, no bass (compared to my other basses). Just horrible. Maple fretboard, cheap pots. Fingers crossed I wired out of phase?

  • @Abbynorml1979

    @Abbynorml1979

    2 жыл бұрын

    Squirt 70s jazz bass (added fender pups) all maple. Body, neck, fretboard

  • @OnlineBassCourses

    @OnlineBassCourses

    2 жыл бұрын

    It does sound like it might be out of phase…

  • @bassistdc
    @bassistdc2 жыл бұрын

    Marcus Miller does use mids in his preamp. Will Lee prefers not not to.

  • @OnlineBassCourses

    @OnlineBassCourses

    2 жыл бұрын

    I think Marcus tends not to touch the mid control but it's there if he needs it. Didn't Will Lee get Roger Sadowsky to put a mid control in his signature bass (when the standard preamp doesn't have one). I guess as a session player he wants control over tone.

  • @bassistdc

    @bassistdc

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@OnlineBassCourses I misspoke on both points. In an interview MM said the mids were important to the basses sound, but he was referring to his Sire bass. WL did want a mid control on his bass, It was Roger who did not like the mid control. Thanks Dan.

  • @OnlineBassCourses

    @OnlineBassCourses

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@bassistdc Ah that makes sense - thanks for the comment!

  • @redwawst3258
    @redwawst3258 Жыл бұрын

    😊

  • @kevincummins3438
    @kevincummins34385 ай бұрын

    🙏🙏🙏

  • @hunpisi8829
    @hunpisi88292 жыл бұрын

    Xavi playing bass

  • @OnlineBassCourses

    @OnlineBassCourses

    2 жыл бұрын

    I do happen to play football VERY much like him. Not really.

  • @steveokon5431
    @steveokon54312 жыл бұрын

    The knobs are out of the frame

  • @OnlineBassCourses

    @OnlineBassCourses

    2 жыл бұрын

    They are a bit aren’t they?

  • @brettuhl7818
    @brettuhl78183 жыл бұрын

    Hey for new bass players on a budget the idea that a vintage sounds better than a modern is bullshit

  • @OnlineBassCourses

    @OnlineBassCourses

    3 жыл бұрын

    Do I say that in the video (can’t remember - did it a long time ago!)?

  • @bradmoses3339
    @bradmoses33392 жыл бұрын

    You are getting different tones. Would be helpful if we could see the knobs you are using to get the tones. Otherwise...??

  • @OnlineBassCourses

    @OnlineBassCourses

    2 жыл бұрын

    I am getting different tones, yes. Agreed - it’s a terrible camera angle! But you should get the basic idea no problem. Just experiment with different settings.

  • @ReptarasuaresRex
    @ReptarasuaresRex2 жыл бұрын

    Literally stopped scrolling because i thought oscar de la oya was playing bass now

  • @OnlineBassCourses

    @OnlineBassCourses

    2 жыл бұрын

    🥊

  • @2BsWraith
    @2BsWraith2 жыл бұрын

    Dan please, I'm soaking already and im not 5 minutes in.

  • @sirenwavemtv8334
    @sirenwavemtv83344 жыл бұрын

    More tonal diversity doesn’t necessarily mean more versatile

  • @OnlineBassCourses

    @OnlineBassCourses

    4 жыл бұрын

    Of course. That’s down to the player. But it does mean more tones. Thanks for watching!

  • @sirenwavemtv8334

    @sirenwavemtv8334

    4 жыл бұрын

    Online Bass Courses true. Np

  • @TheLvGordo
    @TheLvGordo11 ай бұрын

    I want to eat back pickup only played w a pick.

  • @OnlineBassCourses

    @OnlineBassCourses

    11 ай бұрын

    I'll do a video one day!