You two knuckleheads are such a gift and joy to the bass community. Young bass players don’t realize how accessible learning is compared to when we learned by picking up and down the record player needle every stinking measure. Praying for your continued success for all our sakes.

@Azajndo

9 ай бұрын

Lol, when I started, i didn’t knew how to tune the bass properly. Started on classical guitar, so I tuned the bass as the guitar’s top 4 strings, E B G D 😂 played the instrument like that for 3 years!! 😂😂 It was almost 25 years ago, time flies, huh..

@squirelova1815

9 ай бұрын

My arms are still sore from all that needle hovering and cassette tape rewinding.

@paulquinn344

9 ай бұрын

You forgot slowing the record down to its slowest

@michaelanthony9068

9 ай бұрын

I agree, but, “knuckleheads” ?

@johnwilliams2420

9 ай бұрын

It’s a term of endearment plus they’d same the same thing about themselves.

No mention of john paul jones from 1968-76? Criminal! He made full tonal use of the jazz bass throughout the first zep album to presence. The lemon song demonstrates how much p bass tone you can get from the jazz. Great video though! Love my jazz bass!

Who knew an Englishman and an American could be bass twins!? Ian has been a massive shot in the arm of Scott’s bass lessons.

@devinebass

9 ай бұрын

🧡🧡🧡

The chemistry/interaction between the two you you really makes these videos. Thank you

@devinebass

7 ай бұрын

🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻

The Reggae thing has to do with how the electronics interact. When you turn down the volume you raise the pickup's resistance, which leads to less treble. That's why a lot of guitarists install a "treble-bleed (high pass)" circuit, which keeps the treble no matter what volume you have. Fender has a good explanation on their website.

@Brad5161

9 ай бұрын

Yep, treble loss at anything less that wide open volume on passive basses is a thing.

@Bob-of-Zoid

9 ай бұрын

You can't raise the resistance of the pickup! That would require adding windings, but because it's the generator (With the string movement) it would result in more output! You are raising the resistance of the volume pot, but also changing it's capacitance (A phantom property) it's sending some of the signal to ground. It's called a voltage split circuit. Volume all the way up = resistance is all the way down (none) turn the volume down, and you are turning up the resistance to the signal coming from the pickup, and in the split, more of it goes to ground because it follows the least path of resistance. A tone control is a high pass filter, which bleeds treble to ground via a capacitor, controlled by the potentiometer, the more resistance in line with the cap, the less treble passes, there too, turning the resistance up, turns the treble down, and it splits to the signal lead of the volume, so no voltage split there, or else using the volume would activate the tone too. A high pass filter capacitor on a volume pot helps with hot wound pickups, mostly humbuckers because turning the volume down on one results in treble loss and they can sound muddy, the capacitor lets the trebles bypass the volume pot so it can't remove them. That wasn't a problem before Metal, and adding ever more windings to pickups to get them to distort. Watch closely when you see old videos of Hendrix, Clapton, Terry reed, Jeff beck and on and on, they just rolled down the volume a tad, and mellowed out the sound for rhythm playing; no mud, then turn it back up for leads, hardly ever using the tone knob. Can't do that with hot pickups! In a passive circuit you cannot turn anything up from a physics/energy perspective, only down. If you want more, that's what active circuits are for, as you are adding energy to the system.

@didifischervideo

8 ай бұрын

...some guitarists love that treble bleed - because it smoothens the singel coil and humbucker sound in clean sounds. Especially semi-accoustics and archtops ; )

@dmoore0079

3 ай бұрын

@@Bob-of-Zoid Perfect explanation!

@Bob-of-Zoid

3 ай бұрын

@@dmoore0079 Thanks! I freak out when I see people explaining electronics, Lutherie, physics, psychology or philosophy related things and get it wrong. I'm old and addicted to science and have a higher degree related to some of it. If I don't know a thing, I ask questions and look for answers, and I don't explain it to others until I am sure I can sufficiently!

Bobby Vega is a friend of a bass player friend of mine, so I’ve met him a few times and even played his bass! Super nice guy and just amazing bass player.

I started as a jazz bass player. I love the neck and look of a jazz bass. But I've come to realize over the years that I just prefer the sound of a P bass. It just sounds like a bass "should" sound in my head. And it works perfectly in any recording. So now I just end up with P basses with thinner necks.

@cacadordorio

9 ай бұрын

Me too p bass is so much easy to get a good bass tone even the distortions overdrive and fuzz pedals has a better response on my jazz basses the low output of pickups doesnt sound agressive like pbass does

@OswaldBatesIIIEsq

9 ай бұрын

Tough choices though the years may always be Coke vs. Pepsi and Duracell vs. Energizer. Jazz bass vs. precision is another but I will always choose the jazz bass.

@blackswanaudiostudios3947

9 ай бұрын

I feel the complete opposite. The sound of a real bass to me is a jazz bass. That's the sound of the late 70's and 80s pop stuff I grew up with, played finger style. It's also easier to get a (properly played) jazz bass to sit in a mix. You'll hear many people say they prefer a p bass in a mix compared to a jazz bass in both pickups full / scooped config. But in my experience this is pure laziness. It takes just a litte eq to compensate for that with a jazz with both pickups on full to get to where you suddenly have the best of all worlds: the harmonics the lows and the transients. The p bass tends to get lost easier in a mix because the initial transient is either flat or more of a thuddy sound, whereas you get snappy punch and quick transient from the bridge pickup on a jazz. The ear catches that punch/burp thing, giving it more perceived loudness even if the bulk of the note is lower in volume than the P. The jazz bass also has additional harmonics where the p bass is basically just the fundamental. That is one of the reasons the jazz bass translates much better on smaller speakers, it's actually audible on phones and ear pods within a mix, and it's one of the reasons a lot of guys playing in tv shows play either jazz or PJ basses, because you come to realize that due to the bridge pickup it translates better on tv's, phones and laptops than a p bass.

@jimiburns6891

9 ай бұрын

Just the opposite for me. Started out with a p bass for a few years and really liked it, but after trying many other basses, I discovered the amazing versatility of the jazz, and found punchy rock tones that p basses can only dream of.

@oenobuzzoenobuzz832

9 ай бұрын

You’re right P bass is the BASS!

The volume rollback works on Scott's bass because it's just an ordinary passive bass with an active EQ that follows the passive pickups with passive volume controls. Scott's "Active bass" isn't really any different than if Scott plugged a passive bass into a two band EQ pedal. The volume rolloff wouldn't work the same with EMG active pickups where the "active" is before the volume control.

@dernicolas6281

9 ай бұрын

just wanted to write the exact same stuff, checked before if so else mentioned it before.. :D

@KyleS.1987

9 ай бұрын

I thought I had a bass with active pickups until I brought it into a guitar tech and he kindly explained that the EQ was active, not the pickups. Live and learn, lol.

@willie9148

5 ай бұрын

❤ Excellent Review Guys!

Played a gig just last night using my Jazz the whole night. I'm super fond of the neck pickup with the tone all the way up. If I could only have one bass, it would be a jazz.

Thanks for including Meshell she deserves way more recognition as the sublime bassplayer she is (and composer, lyricist, singer, innovator etc.). Joe Osborn is yet another great example of Jazz Bass versatility played with a pick and eternally old flats. Great and very educational vid thanks for the raggae tip.

@jensclarberg6419

9 ай бұрын

Indeed. I believe she is one of Janek Gwizdalas absolute favourite bassists.

Macca - Band on the Run & parts of The White Album Rick Danko - Music from Big Pink Herbie Flowers - Everything he's ever recorded probably John Paul Jones - Most of Zeppelin (specifically Heartbreaker) My favorite JB tones

That is a very good tip about rolling the neck volume back a bit for reggae tones. What’s happening is the resistance at the pot is causing a low pass filter effect, similar to the tone knob but at a different frequency. To avoid this happening, some guitars have a treble bleed circuit which uses a cap across the pot terminals so the highs can take an easier route via the cap rather than through the pot, keeping your highs as you turn down. This effect will happen with any bass with passive pickups and passive volume controls, even if there’s an active circuit later in the signal chain.

@craigridley9618

9 ай бұрын

Doing the same thing with the bridge pickup wide open can hive the bass a more focused sound than the typical wide open sound too. It’s really useful. Bring back the tone a bit and it jumps out from under the guitars in the mix 👍

@andreamariani1401

9 ай бұрын

Actually single pickup guitars generally do not show this effect due to a different wiring. E.g. P basses

@msmucr

9 ай бұрын

Exactly, great they mentioned it. Your last bit is important for this trick (voltage divider at volume pot interacting with passive filter), it won't work with any bass with active electronics. It worked at Scott's bass, because it's essentially a standard passive j-bass electronics with passive tone control and active preamp after that at its output. However plenty of other preamps are designed exactly to avoid such impedance interactions - to decouple volume and tone controls and to keep the same tone regardless of volume at each pickup and its blend. And of course, in case of active pickups with built-in buffer in its shell like classic EMGs, that trick also won't work.

@ludeka6383

9 ай бұрын

Even though my active J bass (Fender CS Classic) doesn’t support that significant tonal change (when lowering down the volume) - still it’s pretty great improvement to pure neck pickup sound. I have never been using pure neck pickup sound until now. If the volume is lowered by 20-30% down (and additional volume added on amp accordingly), it sounds great! Really appreciate such hint 👍

@Spacula1

9 ай бұрын

If you want more "wood" in your tone, just play further up, off your neck pickup towards the fretboard.

This is a great video guys! You should do more like this one; your joy in playing together was infectious to watch and your skills are inspiring. Thanks for sharing!!

You guys are CRUSHING IT with these videos! Love the jazz bass tips.

The best heavy/distorted bass tones I've ever heard at live shows have been with jazz basses. Extremely underrated use case for a jazz

@datutturugang666

9 ай бұрын

jazz have been several times in metal

@clintwilson6380

9 ай бұрын

Ben, what bassists do you recommend for heavy/distorted tones?

@BenMifsudJoslin

9 ай бұрын

@@clintwilson6380 check out a hardcore band called BILA, from Malta. He has a squier jazz and an overdrive pedal and just consistently has the best heavy tone ever. I'll also mention from a live perspective two of the best bass tones I've heard on a jazz are Leprous and Pulled Apart by Horses, who are both bands I enjoyed watching live but I'm not especially keen on in the studio.

@hhelminn

9 ай бұрын

Any recommendations? I'm buying my second bass soon, and I really want to try out a jazz bass.

@Underdog_on_the_Top

9 ай бұрын

Trujillo :)

This channel rocks, so informative, such good playing, great vibe, thank you!

One of your best episodes Thank you so much for being there and doing such a good job God bless you both and your team

Great video, gents! The ultimate Jazz bass tones for me are Joe Osborn and Herbie Flowers. Flats, foam and pick for Joe, while Herbie uses nylon tapewounds and alternates between pick and fingers.

Super interesting the Reggae trick. Now for those who want a bit more technical stuff: The slight volume roll off affects highs because that frequency range, since it's so fast and short, anything affects it. That's why there are different values for volume/tone pots too. 250k is darker than 500k, and so on. That's also why Humbuckers are darker sounding when wired in series. The more the electric current travels, the more highs you loose. For those of you who don't want that, there's the trebble bleed mod.

@arnlmndza

9 ай бұрын

and let's not forget the RH placement.

@CamiloPefaur

9 ай бұрын

@@arnlmndza oh, isn't it about tunning pegs?

You guys are so good, and just so much damn fun to watch.

I own a 73 jazz sunburst. All original including the case it came in. My dad got it in the 70s and was passed down to me. Love that bass!

Thanks for making this video! It cuts a huge amount of my 'figuring it out' time off by having both the dial settings and technique thoroughly explained! I have a 2019 Fender American professional J-bass. Wonderful instrument! The neck feels amazing. I also play a 1981 Gibson Victory (fretless with flats) which is Gibson's attempt at making a P-bass. Both are great instruments, but the J-bass is the real Ferrari and has so many different tones that I still am exploring everything it can do.

Even more happy with my decision to learn bass on my new Squier Classic Vibe 60's Jazz Bass. I was worried I should have gone with a PJ bass since my music taste is all over the place.

Thank you both, so much. I picked up bass again and I've just never been good at tone shaping. Watching you go through all the knob settings and being able to really hear the differences combined with both the musical AND historical explanations...just fantastic. Thank you, thank you.

@devinebass

9 ай бұрын

So great to hear the video helped you dude! Keep sculpting those tones 🔨🔨

Brilliant. You two work so well together and are an absolute joy to watch. Love the volume knob trick too. Thanks Ian.🔥🔥🔥

@gmailmama1653

7 ай бұрын

Who is that guy on his side?

That is one of your best videos. Congrats. Brilliant watch. Keep up the good work!:)

I love watching and learning from Scott and Ian. Truly, twin brothers of different Mothers!

You both are great together. Please do more vids. I started playing bass at 9 years old. I stopped playing when I moved to Florida 30 years ago and watching you both, who I believe are totally right on with your analysis, is giving me the itch again at 68.I have a 69 Fender Jazz bass and a reissue 62.

Great stuff! One bass player who absolutely deserves recognition as a Jazz bass icon for his tone, technique, ingenuity, and absolutely radical ability, is Darryl Jenifer of Bad Brains. Much Love!

The first J-bass tones that come to my mind are: Family Man on the neck pickup; JPJ mostly on the neck; the classic Jazz tone that’s on a million things with bridge max and neck backed off a little; Jaco on the bridge pickup and Marcus with both on full and added activeness. And of course, Larry Graham, with GCS! (Did he have a J-bass back in Sly & The Family Stone?)

@BARTFUNKBASS

9 ай бұрын

He used VOX Sidewinder between 1967-1968, then from 1969 it was a candy apple red Fender Jazz Bass with a matching headstock, rosewood fingerboard and block inlays.

That was great. It's good to hear the range of tones from the jazz; the reggae tone was a complete revelation. I nearly want one - nearly!

I just sent this video to my son, he was kind of crapped out about the jazz bass and I just made his day… I wanted to thank you for your great playing and sharing and the audio quality sounds great and thank you for having your Shiot together…

I think my biggest jazz bass hero might be Rutger Gunnarsson, bassist for ABBA. I think his performances helped to define that timeless music. Early Joe Dart is worth a mention too - reppin' the flats on a jazz bass sound! Probably the reason mine still has flats on. Great list over all!

@geraldfriend256

9 ай бұрын

Bassline for Dancing Queen is spankin hot

@bochafish

9 ай бұрын

He had that Jamerson style, great player.

@Musiknird

9 ай бұрын

Rutger is such a legend! People that say it's easy to play the bass in ABBA songs usually f up in seconds.

The thing about the volume knob is standard in the 6-string guitar world. In fact, some guitars have a bypass capacitor + resistor added to the volume knob so they can turn the volume down without losing any high freqs (for those who don't want the effect).

You two really work hard together Its lovely to see both on the same page Love it

You guys are SUCH AN AMAZING MATCH...!!! I still can't get over it!!!

God this was wonderful! Yes, I own three Jazz basses and love them but it was also the delight you both showed in exploring all these sounds and the techniques in took to create them. Keep it going. You guys are tops in terms of online bass instruction. And by the way… Bobby Vega says that Larry was using Black Tape strings with a maple neck jazz for that tune! That will certainly have an effect on the tone! Thanks again!

@devinebass

9 ай бұрын

Yes dude! We're thrilled you enjoyed the video and the bass exploration! Thanks for the kind words and support. 🎸 Keep rockin' those Jazz basses and experimenting with different tones and techniques 🙌🏻🧡🔥

@CleoKawisha-sy5xt

9 ай бұрын

well i have 4 jazz basses, so im better than you

@bobbystereo936

8 ай бұрын

You guys forgot to mention the sound of the pre CBS jazz bass, a much darker sound - like on the Lenny Kravitz song "are you gonna go my way." A perfect example of this sound would be U2's Larry Muller or Rick Danko from the Band.

Early Led Zeppelin. John Paul Jones had a very wonderful round sound with an early 60s jazz bass. 2cents Greg Lake as well. Tim Commerford…

One of the basses I own is an all original John Suhr era Fender Jazz bass (1997) and having owned quite a few basses in my 30 years of playing, it is by far my favorite out of all of them. It plays like a dream, sounds absolutely incredible (and I do mean incredible!!!), and like y'all said, Jazz basses are known for being very versatile.

Very cool! I can't live without; passive Jazz, active Jazz, P-bass, Stingray, Stingray 5, and fretless 5 string period. Great post guys!

Great video and breakdown as usual. Yes my mind is blown also with that darkened "reggae" tone trick. Wow. Thanks guys!

@devinebass

9 ай бұрын

Awesome dude, thanks for checking out the video! 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻

I was not familiar with Meshell Ndgeoncello before this video... paused and looked up a bunch on KZread... Wow! Such feeling and EXCELLENT execution, always varying her techniques to suit it all! Another bassist to nerd out on for inspiration!😄 Thank you SBL, and please continue these podcast style videos that keep it a community, not just a rando tutorial channel!

@devinebass

9 ай бұрын

Absolutely, Meshell Ndegeocello is a true inspiration with her unique style and versatility! 🎸 Keep diving into her music and techniques - inspiration is everywhere. We're thrilled to create a community of fellow bass enthusiasts, and we've got more exciting content coming your way!

Wow, thanks for the tabs, I've watched your videos progress a lot from way back when, keep up the good work ;)

finally we talk about Me'shell Ndegeocello ! Good job guys love this video. It's you talk about all the bass player and even tracks that made me fall in love with the Jazz Bass and i got a nice one from 1978 !

I'm primarily a reggae bassist, and I had never heard to do that trick! I'm always at full neck, no bridge, tone mostly off, and I just instinctually keep my volume around 80% because I thought it sounded better (and I want the headroom on deck) good to know its a legit thing

@theduppykillah

6 ай бұрын

Same, dub reggae bass , I use front pickup , let the amp do the work, soft touch , very near or above the neck joint. I tune BEAD so I move the finger around on the low B to get a variety of super cream or round punch tones…full disclosure love your channel despite having attempted slapping exactly twice in 30 years. Watched the Marcus Miller bio and so impressed by his musical approach to the percussive technique I busted out Fame by Bowie, baby steps!

@eccentricgreen7249

6 ай бұрын

@@theduppykillah Good on ya with the BEAD tuning! I got a 5 string for the same purpose (well that and the bandleader loves to play in C# lol)

@theduppykillah

6 ай бұрын

@@eccentricgreen7249 never had much use for the G string so 4 strings work. You tune down another 1/2 step? That a good idea

My first real bass was a '69 Jazz bass which I still have about 45 years after buying it. Still play it occasionally to this day, and still prefer that late 60's-mid 70's neck profile over all other 4 bangers. My gigging 4 strings are all JB's although I'll occasionally play one of my P's Nothing else compares for feel, tone, and aesthetics.

@richardm8243

9 ай бұрын

Ooh, a '69 JB. So jealous. Mine was and still is a '73 Rick 4001. Cheers, Geddy.

@Bass_Playa_Two_Point.O

9 ай бұрын

@@richardm8243 I had a white '73 Rick during the early 80's. Nice bass, but I like the Jazz bass ergonomics much better. Perhaps I'll get another some day.

That was a terrific video guys. I just tried the jazz bass reggae trick and OMG it works. Turning down that neck pickup volume ever so slightly gets rid of that boxy sound and just leaves you with juicy low end. Perfect! Looks like you can still teach an old dog new tricks......thanks heaps!

Top!!! Adoro a vossa vibe... É sempre ótimo ouvir-vos . Parabéns!!!!

That Bobby Vega part was spectacular

@devinebass

9 ай бұрын

🧡🧡🧡

Without ever knowing it was a reggae tone thing, I use the volume lowering trick a lot. It’s a curse on electric six strings with modern wiring because when you turn down the volume, you lose treble from your signal, but on a bass that’s actually a useable feature.

Thank you for this video, it is so much fun to see you guy’s having fun with a bass 👍😁

Just found your channel and I love it just love it!!

Joe Osborne was one of if not the first Jazz bass users when Fender gave him one of the first ever made. These guys are too good!!!

Also, to get the marcus sound, you need a 70’s jazz, because the pickups are in the 70’s position, which makes a massive difference

@christopherweise438

9 ай бұрын

Great point. They did move the bridge pick up closer to the bridge in the 70's which makes it a little brighter.

@77jazzbass

9 ай бұрын

@@christopherweise438 exactly, check out when marcus slaps an open E, you can only get that note to waveform like that with pickups in the 70’s position

@57precision

9 ай бұрын

Yes I'm surprised they didn't mention the very different tones between the two jazz basses. The 70s is great for Miller/Barrett/Lee stuff, but utterly fails at Jaco. Bridge solo'd is just too thin, Leo got it right the first time for that tone.

Love your energy, passion and especially your caps! The whole package inspires me! 🥰

@devinebass

9 ай бұрын

🧢💙

This was so entertaining, and informative too. So much fun!

I think being Meshell’s bassist would be even worse than being Sting’s bassist! The pressure!

You guys are amazing! I always prefer the sound of flats with a neck pickup - such a lovely warm and mellow tone - I prefer that sound with slap bass too haha! It's so great to hear you letting rip on the bass and having fun! 😀

@devinebass

9 ай бұрын

Awesome Tim, great to hear you enjoyed it! Thanks for watching! 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻

@theduppykillah

6 ай бұрын

Played flats forever I do dub reggae, recently bought an Eventide H9 for a direct type set up and tuned BEAD, found the flats a little indistinct so switched over to DR Blues 125 105 85 65 and it’s best both worlds, creamy lows but much faster fingering on the neck

Watching you two jam brought a smile to my face man!

I have both a Jazz and a P bass, and I love them both, but the jazz bass has always been my favorite. It has been copied in so many other brands. Love it, love it, love it, love it.

Jazz bass for me is Meshell Ndegeocello …. 60’s Jazz with flats . That’s the ultimate Jazz sound to me. ❤

@IanMartinAllison

9 ай бұрын

God same. Absolutely incredible

@kingdeedee

9 ай бұрын

She’s so underrated man

I’ve been into PJ basses since I started on bass. Both pickups on it definitely has its own sound but then it can do the p bass thing and the j bass bridge thing.

Love these guys - So informative and entertaining

Great video! I had great time watching and listening. Thanks!

@devinebass

4 ай бұрын

Cheers for that!!

Something you guys didn't really touch on is how good even a passive Jazz bass can sound in a heavier context. They can hang with a P bass when it comes to punchiness, but that scooped full-open sound can really come a live and sound massive with a good amount of drive.

@AllbeeHivezChristianAllbee

8 ай бұрын

They kind of covered that with Geddy Lee's Jazz Bass tone.

I love the sound of flat wound strings, particularly on a Jazz bass

@vyshawnforeman8384

9 ай бұрын

I agree, flatwounds on a five string jazz bass!

I learned to play on a jazz and one of the first songs I learned was 'message to you, rudy' and that was the tone I dialled in for it!

you guys bring joy to my days lol, seriously love your videos!!! Thank you!!!

@devinebass

23 күн бұрын

Cheers for the warm words!

The beginning of your video was an unexpected delight for me, as I recorded Jaco for six of the most exciting years of our lives. That sound you describe was a little bit of my magic laid on top of a lot of his magic. We were a true team. I haven’t felt that warm and fuzzy for a long, LONG time. You’d be surprised at the lifespan of grief, misunderstanding, and disrespect for my dear friend and colleague for so many years. When people forget his humanity to regale his worst moments, it is crushingly sad for me. We created that music with pure love in our hearts and the same kind of spontaneous joy most musicians know. That it doesn’t sound spontaneous is, I guess, a victory of sorts. All of Word Of Mouth was ecstatically happy and free music-making. We constantly challenged ourselves, and later everyone else on the record to be their favorite selves. For us, it was a rebuke of the worst excesses of jazz improv. That thinking is what brought us together in the first place. We did not utter the four-letter word. Ever. Melody, harmony, and groove - the elements - can be assembled in myriad ways, and I came to produce with Jaco because I’d finally found the composer/player of my dreams, delightfully devoid of a riffing snooze-fest. Thank you both for sending me down a truly happy lane of memories. I deeply appreciate it.

@devinebass

9 ай бұрын

Wow, what an incredible journey you shared with Jaco! Your partnership's magic lives on, reminding us all of the beauty and joy in music collaboration. Thank you for taking us down memory lane with your heartfelt story. 🎶🎸

Nwt! (Now we're talkin'). Best bass chat I've seen. Agree that jazz bass is the way to go. 2 pickups = versatility

@devinebass

9 ай бұрын

Awesome dude, thanks for checking out the video! 🙌🏻

Great playing. Really enjoyed this.

Reminds me of Bonamossa and how he rolls the volumes around on dual humbuckers to change the tone. It's the little intricacies that make music so amazing and mysterious.

I know for some it's a sacrilege, but I like the passive PJ bass I have. Being able to blend the thump with the waka is just infinity options.

@ajhauter5049

9 ай бұрын

I'd love to try one of those basses one day but they're not common at my local music stores.

I LOVE the bass tone, on the Evil Empire album, by Rage Against The Machine. Jazz basses kick ass!!!!!

@andrewpappas9311

Ай бұрын

Hell yeah, Tim Commerford's tones on Bulls On Parade and Down Rodeo are just explosive and I fucking love it

Never ever knew nothing about the Bob Marley's tone! And is this even possibile to an active bass too? What the heck guys, you're the prophets of bass culture sharing that the bass world always needed! THANK YOU! 🍻

Awesome video and a joy to watch you guys. So much passion and fun Love to see more of you both. Would like to see a special on Peter Cetera original Bass player with Chicago. One of the most underrated players of the 60s and 70s Greetz from Hamburg

The “tone secret” with the Jazz bass is to have one of the two pickups rolled off a bit. Both on full is too scooped. Lots of tone variations available with different string types and tone levels.

Did anybody mention its gorgeous aesthetics? ❤❤❤❤

This is such a good video. Nice job guys!! Thank you!! 👍👏🙌🔥

Watching this, I found myself wanting you two to jam over some of these tunes, taking turns soloing maybe, just to see what you'd play over these bass parts that we know so well. Thanks guys!

Heh really liked this video. Sometimes the algorithm serve you some gold nuggets!

Would love to hear your thoughts on a fender PJ bass and if you think it can compete with a jazz bass for versatility? Thanks A1

@gssong7111

9 ай бұрын

the problem is the bridge needs to be a humbucker to compete with the P...then it's no longer a "real" J .

@rrdream2400

9 ай бұрын

Some players love them, like Tony Franklin and he's great. I found it can get the Jaco sound but can't get the Marcus sound because the pups don't match. It does get a unique sound that you might like with both pups on. I put a J pu in a 70's P and didn't like it, I could be crazy, but I thought it made the strings slightly tighter because of the added magnetic pull.

Sounds great guys!

P bass may not be as versatile in sound. But it seems to just have one sound that just always works. Not always the best for the situation, but you can't go wrong with a P bass.

I've played both, but I'm a P-Bass guy. Whichever bass works for you, even if it's not a P or J-Bass, and lets you make the music you want to, is really all that matters.

@marcel-jt3dy

9 ай бұрын

I prefer a stingray, it's like a sporty P bass, and in my mind still a fender.

Great vid, I primary use a Jazz myself. My favorite Jazz Bass tone is from Brendan Kelly from The Lawrence Arms. Wide open volume and tone, twangy round wounds, pick player, doesn't jam wildly complicated bass lines but he's extremely consistent and his bass GROWLS, cuts right through the mix perfectly.

Scott. I LOVE your videos !...and this one is GREAT. But I would love to see one on your assessment of the advantages, & Disadvantages on a PJ style Bass ! Thanks !

You mean, "Why the Jazz bass would crush everything, if we were in a world where Rickenbackers don't exist". Fixed it for ya 😉😁

Brilliant channel. Respect to you both.

Great video! I use to play my Jazz Bass with half round strings. So I can leave the tone control open for definition and bright attack, while the tone per se is thumpy, warm and rounded. I also like the "half rounds" for less finger noise, because I like to slide my hand up and down the fretboard rather than lifting fingers up, all the time. Yes, I´m that lazy! For hum cancellation reasons I stick with kind of always leaving both pickups on.

You guys jamming was too cool! Need to do a bass jam video! That Reggae trick is cool! I have messed with rolling back the volume on either of the volume knobs and it makes a big difference.

Thank you guys for making this. Super fun video with lots of great information. I think you just sold me another Jazz Bass. Clearly the Orange ones sound different than the burst paint ones.

Great vid, i never twigged to the tone effect of rolling back the volume. I love the jazz bass

Thank you so much! Another wonderful, inspiring video! I can't watch any of your vids without immediately wanting to pick up my bass and play! !!!

@devinebass

9 ай бұрын

So great to hear!

Fantastic video! 😊 Thanks!

What a cool video guys. Thanks for sharing. ✌🏻

@devinebass

9 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it dude, thanks for tuning in!

Nicely put out..too good. Thankyou 👌👌

This video exceeded my expectations. In my earlier days, no joke my top 5 bassists were Jaco, Marcus, Geddy. Family Man, and Me'shell. So that's quite a coincidence that warmed my heart. I've met Larry and Bobby Vega in person and seeing them live changed my life and added them into that pantheon of favorites. Nerd comment #1: I'm 98% sure that "Hair" was using tapewounds, and I think Bobby shared that with me. Nerd comment #2: The reggae trick works on that active bass it's fundamentally a passive pickup run through an active preamp. Active pickups like EMGs will not have that same effect due to the impedance loading within the pickup. Nerd comment #3: When I saw Larry, he was doing a bass duo with Marcus, similar to what both of you were doing. What surprised me was how modern Larry's sound was. And being that Marcus is that jazz fusion legend, I had expected him to have surpassed Larry's technical ability but Larry had just as much chops, and in fact played more impressively, though it could be it was because Marcus's level was a little lower and my ear tricked. But Marcus was still like a fanboy and was going on about amazing Larry was for being able to play like that AND sing and talk like that at the same time. Showmanship award went to Larry, and frankly, as much as slap/thumpin' and pluckin' started with Larry, it also ended with him as far as I'm concerned. Nerd comment #4: Bobby is an EXCELLENT slapper, and he can do a really mean Larry impersonation as well. Though he's not trained in jazz, he has a lot of bebop-like ideas and phrasing, especially when he's doing like chord melody solo bass stuff. Nerd comment #5: Agree with Ian about that neck pickup. It doesn't get enough love. Joe Osborne had that sound using the neck pickup, and it sounds like Geddy did for most of Moving Pictures; Tom Sawyer sounds more neck-like than his later both pickups sound from like "Driven." Nerd comment #6: Marcus's legendary 77 J-Bass actually had an early Stars Guitars preamp that fried during a session and was replaced with a Bartolini TCT. Contrary to popular belief, it's not that Sadowsky preamp as we know today, though Roger did the work on it.

@alexanderthebass

8 ай бұрын

Haha awesome, so many nerd comments, love it

Great video guys

you guys are having way too much fun! Love this!