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Posted: Tue May 26, 2009 3:38 pm
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don't like that slap thing at all, like the sound from the beginning of the More than ever people - levitation ,cafe del mar ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IogxAHYjNww )
but i guess its a synth bass. . .
Any way, something close to that, nothing to bright . . .
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Posted: Wed May 27, 2009 2:39 am
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The deepest, warmest sounding bass is a Precision.


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Posted: Wed May 27, 2009 12:49 pm
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brotherdave wrote:
The deepest, warmest sounding bass is a Precision.

is it the bass from your avatar ?


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Posted: Wed May 27, 2009 7:37 pm
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okavipra wrote:
brotherdave wrote:
The deepest, warmest sounding bass is a Precision.

is it the bass from your avatar ?


No that is a Mike Dirnt Artist Model. I have two first generation P-basses and chose that avatar because there wasn't a 51 or 54 avatar offered and it is close. The Dirnt is more of an upfront tone.

This is all JUST MY OPINION and your mileage may vary! If you like Jazzes the Precision Bass Special has a Jazz neck on it which will make it feel familiar to you....with an active P/J setup and killer lows and highs too depending on how you set the controls. Right now the P-Bass Special is about the best bargain Fender has out.

Also the passive P-basses just seem to have more low end than the passive Jazzes. The Jazz sits more up front though and thus works better for some things and especially works well in smaller groups because it stands more up front in the mix. Most of the stuff my band plays calls for a P-bass though.

I have an old passive P/J setup that I use a lot at rehearsals and as number 2 at gigs sometimes. When I first bought it the thing sounded very vanilla and frankly was weak but I liked everything else. So, I put a P/J matched pickup set from Bill Lawrence WILDE pickups along with Vitamin-Q type Paper In Oil vintage caps, copper shielded it, and put in new pots and a new jack. Now it has the deepest tones of any bass I have. Can't say enough good about those Bill Lawrence WILDE matched P/J sets. Anybody with an old Passive P/J should consider them.


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Posted: Fri May 29, 2009 8:36 am
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brotherdave wrote:
The deepest, warmest sounding bass is a Precision.


A Sixties Gibson is WAY deeper than any P-Bass ever!
Now, to answer the original question, concerning JAZZ Basses, of my 4 Jazzes the one with the ash body has more depth than the others. So I'd say get a Jazz with an ash body.


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Posted: Fri May 29, 2009 12:16 pm
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Lefty Bass wrote:
brotherdave wrote:
The deepest, warmest sounding bass is a Precision.


A Sixties Gibson is WAY deeper than any P-Bass ever!
Now, to answer the original question, concerning JAZZ Basses, of my 4 Jazzes the one with the ash body has more depth than the others. So I'd say get a Jazz with an ash body.


thats funny , my friend owns 74 ( realy nice peace, its MINTY MINT ) jazz bass , ash made body, and it sounds a little brighter that his 62 reisue, and you mentioned gibson, i guess you`ve played thunderbird , what is your opinion on its deepnes comparing to these two :) , because one is in game, 800 euros, 2007 year . . . but i cant try it because it has to be shipped from DEutchland . . .
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Posted: Fri May 29, 2009 12:45 pm
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okavipra wrote:
Lefty Bass wrote:
brotherdave wrote:
The deepest, warmest sounding bass is a Precision.


A Sixties Gibson is WAY deeper than any P-Bass ever!
Now, to answer the original question, concerning JAZZ Basses, of my 4 Jazzes the one with the ash body has more depth than the others. So I'd say get a Jazz with an ash body.


thats funny , my friend owns 74 ( realy nice peace, its MINTY MINT ) jazz bass , ash made body, and it sounds a little brighter that his 62 reisue, and you mentioned gibson, i guess you`ve played thunderbird , what is your opinion on its deepnes comparing to these two :) , because one is in game, 800 euros, 2007 year . . . but i cant try it because it has to be shipped from DEutchland . . .
Thanks man !!!


I wouldn't say a Thunderbird is deeper than an EB-0 or EB-3 (/ SG RI). Of the J-basses I've played, my MIM seemed a bit deeper than an AmStd I borrowed for a few weeks. In fact, the MIM sounded just a bit muddy, in a sense reminiscent of the classic Gibson sound.

Honesty disclosure: since I do like deep and 50s/60s era old school, I use m SG RI, American fretless P and '83 Squire (fretted) P for most of what I do. While you can argue that a J is more versatile than a P, I've never personally (my opinion keep in mind) found them overall deep enough.


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Lefty Bass wrote:
brotherdave wrote:
The deepest, warmest sounding bass is a Precision.


A Sixties Gibson is WAY deeper than any P-Bass ever!
Now, to answer the original question, concerning JAZZ Basses, of my 4 Jazzes the one with the ash body has more depth than the others. So I'd say get a Jazz with an ash body.


Dear Lefty, My post should have read, "THE DEEPEST, WARMEST SOUNDING FENDER BASS IS A PRECISION." Since this is the FENDER forum I didn't think putting the FENDER part in there was really necessary. My error.

I've never owned a Gibson but did try a few when I worked at a dealer and found them too muddy. I would not call them warm by any means. Just muddy. I don't think my rig could stand anything deeper than the Precision and the P/J with the Bill Lawrence pickups I'm using now. Most of the stuff I play is covers of stuff recorded with a P-Bass and some with a J-Bass.

As for an ash body, it actually should sound snappier with better upper mids than the alder. I'm guessing that your ash is nitro finished and the others are poly. Or maybe it has hotter pickups. All other things being equal, an ash P-bass sounds snappier than an alder P-bass. Of course it could also depend on the quality of the wood. You might have some really dense ash there,


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