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My favourite still the Stingray, but then it has been the last few times I've sat and played a few different basses.
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Just because you're paranoid, don't mean they're not after youWe obviously like very different things. The Rickenbacker is by far the best sounding in that demo for me - it has the most low-end and punch and responds the best to the different playing styles.
And yes, I did listen on proper speakers.
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By contrast I reckon you could even tell if he was slapping on the rick. I agree with whoever said above that it almost sounded like clipping.
I reckon the rick would do one specific sound pretty well but since i think the beatles such the big one it's not the bass for me. The others I reckon could prob do most styles but had different strengths and weaknesses
FWIW, this is pretty much the definition of good bass tone:
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Just because you're paranoid, don't mean they're not after youThe one they used is an all valve posh job which may just have disagreed with the Ric. It's quite possible.
The Beatles sound is completely different, McCartney mostly used the neck pickup and the mute.
In that demo is it's the one that sounds the best to me, but differently for each of the styles - the P sounds great too, but always basically the same. I agree the Rick does clip when it's played with a pick, but that's not the fault of the bass - other than for being too punchy and dynamic, and the gear not being set to cope with it!
Whereas I really don't like that at all.
For what it's worth I've owned a Warwick - a Dolphin, which I took in a trade. The worst-sounding 'quality' bass I've ever played, it was all top-end and fizz, just like what I'm hearing here.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
I guess that’s another reason why I play fretless.
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Just because you're paranoid, don't mean they're not after youWe all have an individual sound - specially with finger style, muting, phrasing etc. there is so much variance that 3 bassists could play the same bass and all sound completely different.
Then there's preferences on how you set up EQ, amps, cabs etc. etc. which give just as much variance.
I do think some basses sound better with the low end boost coming from a preamp.
For actual naturally occurring low end I think the Jazz style setup is the way to go. The sound you get with both pickups on accentuates the low end.
It's quite interesting if you get a J and a P and a Ray all up to the same level, the J has the most low end by quite a clear margin with both pickups on. The P is all upper bass thump and fat mids, it has a lot less sub low end. The Ray really needs help from the preamp, the pickup on its own really isn't that punchy sounding IMO.
Its about developing as sense of what is sub bass, bass, low and high mids and highs. As well as understanding how harmonics and fundamentals come across.
I have developed a liking for low mids and decent punchy bass but not so much sub bass hence why Pbasses work for me.
Having said that, I like the sounds my Ibanez semi makes - and that’s a bridge piezo only that has a lot of sub bass in it.
My takeaway from it was; Stingrays and Warwicks should be avoided, Thunderbird's are a bit meh, Rics are weird (and fab) and the Precision is a bass colossus bestriding the musical universe. And maybe the action on the Jazz could have been raised a bit?