Quote from Forum Archives on February 1, 2016, 9:42 am

Posted by: rxdca <rxdca@...>

Thanks. It sounds like I need to get some flat wound strings. Changing strings is really causing me some cognitive dissonance.

 

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Douglas

rxdca@usa.net

 

Phil 4:13

 

 

 

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From: "Jon McMillan" <lowfreqgeek@gmail.com>

To: churchbass@associate.com

Sent: 1/29/2016 2:39:25 AM

Subject: Re: Re[2]: [CB] How do I get this sound?

 

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To me, it sounds like a jazz bass with flats, the tone rolled back, and a pick (or a pretty firm finger pluck with a strong, but round attack). Sounds a lot like a felt pick, which has that round attack, but provides a more middy tone that cuts through. However, it could very well be a regular pick with the tone rolled back far enough that there's no picky-clicky. 

Not sure if you can put your Jazz Deluxe into passive, but if not, I'd roll back the bass a tad (that's not a real beefy sound to my ears), roll back the treble a bit more, and maybe even boost the mid just a touch. 

You'll have to play with some authority, too. The defining character to me is the strong attack.

On Thu, Jan 28, 2016 at 1:34 PM, Wulf Forrester-Barker <basswulf@gmail.com> wrote:

Douglas <rxdca@usa.net> asked:

> Anyone know how to put the Jazz V Deluxe Active into passive mode?

A quick Google search and it looks like there ought to be a toggle
switch (*). However I don't know if that is exactly the same bass
you've got. If you've got a toggle switch then flick it (you could
find you've been playing in passive mode all the time - I actually
prefer it on my basses, not least because I hate it when the battery
runs out!) - the other common switching method is to pull on one of
the knobs, which could be an in-out switch as well as a rotary
control.

Wulf

(*) http://www.musiciansfriend.com/bass/fender-american-deluxe-jazz-bass-v-5-string-electric-bass
- "active / passive mini toggle"

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Wulf Forrester-Barker
http://blog.webden.org.uk/

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