Speaking as a bassist
This isn't quite as elaborate as it seems, each note you play has a 'ladder' to it, and once you're au fait with your scales, the ladder becomes apparent. All the lad does is walk up and down those ladders.
That said, I play a Fender Jazz Bass too, so respect for that. So - so much better than that terrible Precision Bass. The pickups on the P-Bass are designed to take chunks from your fingers, and sound like a goose farting in the fog.
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Quiver Search for FATALISTS on Spotify, Amazon, Apple, &c, Fri 25 Jul 2014, 19:38,
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I play a single coil JB and Musicman Humbucker setup. Just like this one, but using Seymour Duncan BassLines pickups. Gives you a wide range of possibilities, unlike the dreaded PB, as you mentioned.
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Mastarbeiter came into your mind on, Fri 25 Jul 2014, 19:50,
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Single coil is good. Humbuckers have little place on a bass guitar, a bass needs a bit of top end to make it noticeable, not more bottom end. You end up sounding like a bad tuba with humbuckers. I've often considered a Musicman, but honestly, I would only really take a couple of options it gives, so I'll stick to the J-Bass, ta! (The exact same reasoning prevents me from getting a Jag Bass, no matter how sexy they look!)
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Quiver Search for FATALISTS on Spotify, Amazon, Apple, &c, Fri 25 Jul 2014, 19:57,
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I installed a coil splitter for the Hum recently.
With this, I can switch between a more MM-like sound and the JB. Also, I'm playing light strings, so I do get good tops with this setup. The bridge is quite important, too (I'm using a Babicz Full Contact).
My luthier used well aged ash wood for the body, since I was looking for more "twang", I don't like this muddy bottom end sound either. All in all, it's a pretty nice setup, I'm really happy with it.
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Your username is quite appropriate then
To be fair, and not sarky, your setup sounds good for what you want to do. As a matter of fact, I've gaffer-taped-up all the dials on my J-Bass to full volume, full neck pickup. I use a fuckton of pedals to alter the sound, so the native 'sound' of a bass isn't much use to me, beyond the actual 'this is a kick-ass bass sound'..
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Yeah, we put a lot of thought into this project, it surely wasn't just some random guitar.
Since my Bass-God is John Entwistle, I wanted to go for a lot of treble, while still keeping the option to go down, when needed. Worked out just fine.
The JB is definitely my favourite Fender model, my bass is pretty much a '75 JB with the above mentioned hardware. Looks good, sounds good, lots of fun playing it. ;)
What's your JB model?
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Mastarbeiter came into your mind on, Fri 25 Jul 2014, 21:01,
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It's a shitty Squier JB, very beat up. Had it for nearly a decade now. Sounds like hellfire though!
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Quiver Search for FATALISTS on Spotify, Amazon, Apple, &c, Fri 25 Jul 2014, 21:19,
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Hey, as long as it works out for you, that counts.
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Mastarbeiter came into your mind on, Fri 25 Jul 2014, 21:24,
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I like this
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Quiver Search for FATALISTS on Spotify, Amazon, Apple, &c, Fri 25 Jul 2014, 21:26,
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Elaborate.....
....has nothing to do with 'great' :)
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routine has perfected burgers, Fri 25 Jul 2014, 20:25,
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