Matt Freeman - My 1969 Fender Jazz Bass

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  • Опубликовано: 5 июн 2024
  • Matt Freeman - My 1969 Fender Jazz Bass
    Hey everyone. In this video, I go into detail about my 1969 Fender Jazz Bass which I picked up in Chicago in the late ‘90s. Hope you enjoy learning about it. Please LIKE and SUBSCRIBE, and let me know what you think of this one in the comments below. Thanks for watching, I really appreciate it
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Комментарии • 129

  • @alextinu8841
    @alextinu8841 Месяц назад +12

    Man, imagine being that bass sitting alone next to oher shiny ones in the shop and one day magic happends and you wake up playing all those great Rancid basslines. How lucky that bass is, one in a million! 🎸 Thank you mr. Freeman for your videos! ❤

  • @spaceiliad2001
    @spaceiliad2001 Месяц назад +18

    Matt thank you so much for being our big brother all these years. ✊✊ It's been an honor.

  • @Ben_Mdws
    @Ben_Mdws Месяц назад +4

    I could watch videos of musicians talking about their instruments like this all day.

  • @juanandres4558
    @juanandres4558 Месяц назад +7

    Very cool! Please keep showing us more of your gear!

  • @MasterFailureOfficialChannel
    @MasterFailureOfficialChannel Месяц назад +4

    This Jazz Bass is so gorgeous!

  • @guiguipvn
    @guiguipvn Месяц назад +3

    I could hear Matt talking about anything everyday

  • @L4MB_games
    @L4MB_games Месяц назад

    I went into *the shop in Edmonton Alberta at the age of 18 with 3 bass guitars on my mind: Stingray, P-bass, and J-bass. Played them all but you cannot beat the tone of the Jazz. Absolutely phenomenal. I hope to age my J-bass as exquisitely as yours is aged, already started on that belt buckle rash

  • @dustydooshe372
    @dustydooshe372 Месяц назад +1

    It would be awesome to see a video of how you get your tone in the studio, and how or if, you have changed it over the years!

  • @reikenkayzer
    @reikenkayzer Месяц назад +1

    I love instruments with histories, even if current owners don't know it. Buying second-hand is always more interesting than stock from the store.
    It does tickle me funny thinking the original owner of that bass recognizes it in the hands of a legend. Great stuff Matt, as always.

  • @ChristopherGronlund
    @ChristopherGronlund Месяц назад +2

    Thanks for another bass spotlight video. They're a blast!

  • @parkerhuish7305
    @parkerhuish7305 Месяц назад

    I’m so glad these videos exist, I adore your playing dude!

  • @jamesskow7354
    @jamesskow7354 Месяц назад

    Thanks Matt!! Always nice to see the tools of the trade and hear the stories about them. As always good stuff.

  • @MrPasseh
    @MrPasseh Месяц назад

    Love the look of blocks and binding on a bass and a well loved example like that looks so much cooler than a case queen.

  • @fantakaccy
    @fantakaccy Месяц назад

    Gold. Thank you for your videos.

  • @dustinlamendola4484
    @dustinlamendola4484 Месяц назад

    Thank you for sharing these awesome stories.

  • @xMTLKx
    @xMTLKx Месяц назад +1

    Perfect finish, beautiful instrument

  • @mattxcaustic13
    @mattxcaustic13 Месяц назад

    Been waiting for this. Thanks for making this 🙌

  • @eliandrus3136
    @eliandrus3136 Месяц назад

    So cool!

  • @melir0x138
    @melir0x138 Месяц назад

    Love it, thank you

  • @danthegeetarman
    @danthegeetarman 4 дня назад

    What a beauty. Such an amazing bass

  • @KeiraKeiraTime
    @KeiraKeiraTime Месяц назад

    i remember Jeremy had one just like that. instantly got brought back by seeing it 🖤

  • @Andy-if3sv
    @Andy-if3sv Месяц назад

    Beautiful bas!!!

  • @hedgecore416
    @hedgecore416 Месяц назад

    Love these kinds of videos. The how-to vids as well!
    I'd love to see what's on the other end of the patch cable, your settings, etc.

    • @MattFreemansBassBunker
      @MattFreemansBassBunker  Месяц назад +1

      Ok. At some point I will do an “ inside the Bass Bunker@ video and show everyone how I do it. Thanks for wartching

  • @user-ts9qx6ip7v
    @user-ts9qx6ip7v Месяц назад

    Really cool you showing and explaining your rig.

  • @potterpotter8953
    @potterpotter8953 Месяц назад +1

    I play one of these because of YOU! It sounds amazing.

  • @tonyp1313
    @tonyp1313 Месяц назад

    Beautiful. Love a heavily played Sunburst finish. Thanks Matt!

  • @oaklandish-metalboy1194
    @oaklandish-metalboy1194 Месяц назад

    Love Jazz Basses!

  • @patsgarage8593
    @patsgarage8593 Месяц назад

    Beautiful bass!!

  • @jkanecutlery
    @jkanecutlery Месяц назад

    Sweet!

  • @lowend
    @lowend Месяц назад

    Very awesome J Bass!!!! Really bright, but punchy too! Definitely would love to see more lesson videos! Thanks as always Matt!

  • @1234drums
    @1234drums Месяц назад

    Awesome instrument ❤❤❤❤

  • @iocat
    @iocat Месяц назад

    Awesome video, thanks!

  • @lesbetteraves1
    @lesbetteraves1 Месяц назад

    thank you its awesome ! as a big life wont wait fan i realy appreciate this 🙌

  • @pb5531
    @pb5531 Месяц назад

    As a younger man when I owned a bass I got a midnight blue Fender Jazz purely because I was playing your stuff. I was surprised recently in an interview at how you started/always had a precision and how much more than I realised you used fingers as well as a plectrum (pick to you).
    I was young and naive. However I loved that Jazz

  • @gordongreensill2699
    @gordongreensill2699 Месяц назад

    Thanks for posting these videos,like everyone else on here I love watching you play but it’s interesting when you show your Basses off. I like the one you gave Ross by the way

  • @Nokiathrower
    @Nokiathrower Месяц назад

    Hi Matt, I don't listen to Rancid a lot, but as bass-player I like to come back to your play-along songs, which are great for me to see what I need to learn. Would be great to see you playing this j-bass though, maybe on next vid?

  • @POP_N_HORROR
    @POP_N_HORROR Месяц назад

    Wow! That bass looks amazing and with the jazz bass pickups I bet you can get some warm round tones thanks for sharing bro!

  • @tombuck
    @tombuck Месяц назад

    This is so interesting, I love these behind the gear videos! I'd be super interested in knowing how your basses are setup to allow to pretty intense picking without much (or any) buzz.

  • @a_ionuin
    @a_ionuin Месяц назад

    I have a very similar sunburst jazz and its fast becoming my go-to gigging bass. Sounds amazing. Be a while before its as worn in as yours though. Thanks for these videos - they're a treat each week!

  • @sebaaceste5109
    @sebaaceste5109 Месяц назад

    Great Bass!

  • @AlexShackle
    @AlexShackle Месяц назад

    Coming to see you in Toronto this summer, can’t wait. Would love to hear All American Neighbourhood or Beauty of the Pool Hall on this channel. Troublemaker doesn’t get enough love ❤

  • @FrankGBSDC
    @FrankGBSDC Месяц назад

    Would’ve loved to see a more close up view of the binding on the side.
    I haven’t seen one in person, but those era Jazz basses with the pearl block inlays looks so beautiful.

  • @brennanpatrick
    @brennanpatrick Месяц назад

    That thing is sick!

  • @sharulmizahamzah3560
    @sharulmizahamzah3560 21 день назад

    Love those vintage look and natural relic, had chance played some 70s jazz from one of the collector here in malaysia, speechless..i owned a ton of modern bass but always prefer the vintage one..of course i love rancid and punk rock too..

  • @WilDBeestMF
    @WilDBeestMF Месяц назад

    That's how a Jazz bass oughta sound, Matt. She's beautiful.

  • @ePRmu
    @ePRmu Месяц назад

    Love these videos Matt. Jay B from BR has been posting about his bass amps through the years and advice to get the best full sound. Maybe some videos about your amps?

  • @UltraPerception
    @UltraPerception Месяц назад

    Oh you played it v nice sound the Jazz mate.

  • @1thess523
    @1thess523 Месяц назад

    Nice bass 👌

  • @MonsieurZine
    @MonsieurZine Месяц назад

    Really nice one, i love this « used » aspect. As you said, this one must had played a lot of gigs. For sure a cool history, but we can’t always know the history of old guitar bass, or camera in my case. Just bought a not pretty medium format for 1935/1938, and love his bad aspect, it mist have a cool history, as your guitar bass must have.
    Hope to see you on stage again soon. (Was there in Hellfest / Clisson the last time)

  • @markslade6727
    @markslade6727 Месяц назад

    Matt Freeman's Bass Bunker the coolest place to hang out

  • @Sneed_formerly_chucks
    @Sneed_formerly_chucks Месяц назад +1

    I'd love to see you play some guitar. I bet you have some shredding chops

  • @enhabeer
    @enhabeer Месяц назад

    Once again many thanks for the video Matt ! 👍. I’d like to know more nerds info like the brand / gauge strings and how the bass sounds on its own and what vol/vol configuration your prefer. ✌️

  • @robspider1985
    @robspider1985 Месяц назад

    Hey matt, love watching your videos, mesmerising bass playing!! How would you feel about doing some cover songs from other bass legends? Be interesting to watch you play some like Flea or Cliff Burton for example? Either way can't wait for your next video!!🤘

  • @cdavies8056
    @cdavies8056 Месяц назад

    Great video, I'd some to see more operation ivy bass play-alongs

  • @meinross
    @meinross Месяц назад

    🔊

  • @twinlinkedstudio
    @twinlinkedstudio Месяц назад

    Good lookin jazz bass with a ton of history, I think you mentioned it was used on most of Out come the wolves if I remember correctly? Killer tone. For the next vid could you go over Bloodclot? Thanks Matt, keep on rockin!

  • @t.g.cat-rag941
    @t.g.cat-rag941 Месяц назад

    Thank you great man Matt !
    It's a very warm sound🎶Are the pickups original?
    The way the wood is worn down gives it a very aged look that is really cool !
    It's twice as cool when you have it✨✨

  • @pattonPwr
    @pattonPwr Месяц назад +1

    Would love you to tell us the exact basses you used for each Rancid album. Thanks! You are my fav bass player!

  • @bassplyr13
    @bassplyr13 Месяц назад

    I didn’t realize the 69s had the bridge pickup in the 70s position. Awesome Geddy tone!!

    • @MattFreemansBassBunker
      @MattFreemansBassBunker  Месяц назад

      I’m not sure it does. I was always told the 70s had the Bridge pickup a little farther back . I’m going to have to get one and measure.

  • @leighwilson6376
    @leighwilson6376 Месяц назад

    Hey Matt you should tell us some story's from time on the roads. Shashing up hotel room kind of stuff

  • @71bassg
    @71bassg Месяц назад +1

    you know if its been played its a good one

  • @doublestackradio
    @doublestackradio Месяц назад

    Matt - since Dominoes just turned 15, could we maybe get a play through of a song off that record soon? After the Wolves/LWW/2K trifecta, it's my favorite Rancid album! All the different styles on the record, it actually reminds me a lot of LWW.

  • @rom15555
    @rom15555 Месяц назад

    That's really cool Matt, thansk for the video! How often do you change the strings and what kind of strings do you use?

  • @mrextremophile
    @mrextremophile Месяц назад

    Would be great to have a video on how you approach writing bass for a song, and if this has changed over time. Like maybe Tim sends you a rough demo on acoustic, then you go from there? Do you apply much theory, or you just build around root notes and what you think might work for the song?

  • @BenjaminAbrahamNYC
    @BenjaminAbrahamNYC Месяц назад

    Wow so cool! I never knew Fender basses had ebony fingerboards.

  • @aj81ds
    @aj81ds Месяц назад

    Love the detail you go into on this Jazz bass and Brian Thrasher does amazing work. BTW, what picks are you using and is there a reason you use those specific picks. I still haven't settled in on a pick yet but I rotate between 60 and 88mm picks.

  • @DonkeyWalloper
    @DonkeyWalloper Месяц назад

    Radness. Can you do one on the upright? Always appreciated Matt. #LetsGoOakland 💚💛

  • @RobRy813
    @RobRy813 Месяц назад

    Would love a play through Arrested in Shanghai and/or some of your favorite X tunes.

  • @lifeformco
    @lifeformco Месяц назад

    Loved this. Did you use this bass on a lot of songs on Life Won't Wait?

  • @meipr
    @meipr Месяц назад

    Killer bass. I also prefer player basses. Instruments that's been used have a nicer feel. Also, if you make a ding, it doesn't feel as bad is if it was a bass in pristine condition.

  • @TerribleBassCovers
    @TerribleBassCovers Месяц назад

    It's a beautiful thing Matt. Did you use it on any albums or is it purely for live performance?

  • @fortwaynecrownshc8215
    @fortwaynecrownshc8215 Месяц назад

    Is that the jazz bass used on some of the recordings for life won’t wait?
    I would love to hear some of these videos talk about the insights of recording some of these tracks in the studio, especially life won’t wait because if I remember correctly. I read an article at the time back in 1998 where Rancid traveled to multiple different cities and countries to record.

  • @dandelionestudios
    @dandelionestudios Месяц назад

    What basses do you usually take to a rancid show? Do you switch basses depending on the songs, or do you play de whole show with just one bass? Thanks!

  • @mettaton5348
    @mettaton5348 Месяц назад

    What's that awesome looking doubleneck!!!

  • @matt_hayward
    @matt_hayward Месяц назад

    Also Matt, as a self confessed Rickenbacker nerd, have you ever used one? I'm constantly torn between lemming and Matt Freeman-ing. My two biggest inspirations

    • @floppydeers
      @floppydeers Месяц назад +1

      There's a live video of them in Japan where he has one with his name engraved in the fretboard, it looks like a Rickenbacker but I have poor eyesight so I can't make out the name on the head

    • @MattFreemansBassBunker
      @MattFreemansBassBunker  Месяц назад +1

      So I love Rics. I have had a couple but the tone just doesn’t go well sonically with Tim’s and Lar’s tone. They seem to get lost in there frequency’s. The one I played in Japan that time was not an actual Ric. It was a custom bass that had the same body shape( because Rics look awesome) and a Bartolini pickup. It also had my name in the neck. Play whatever makes you happy. Thanks for watching.

    • @matt_hayward
      @matt_hayward Месяц назад

      @@MattFreemansBassBunker rics are unobtainium in Australia! So I was lucky enough to find a cheaper one so i have to make it work. Thanks heaps for replying Matt!

  • @HipsterNgariman
    @HipsterNgariman Месяц назад

    It's so bright, I would have sworn Life Won't Wait was played on a 70's Jazz Bass !
    Was the 95 album also done on that bass ?

  • @filipalexiev1028
    @filipalexiev1028 Месяц назад +1

    What bass did you record the 1993 and 1994 Rancid albums with? 🙂

  • @davidjordan6587
    @davidjordan6587 Месяц назад

    Upload a video playing your favorite James Jamerson riffs.

  • @dzingiskan7841
    @dzingiskan7841 Месяц назад +1

    Hi Matt, do you use any pedals? If you do, can you show it? Thank you!

  • @acklin83
    @acklin83 Месяц назад

    Nice Bass! I love the Jazz - one question to all you players: Volume on the Pickups always both full up, right? As soon as one pickup isn't fully open, it loses that throaty quality and gets wobbly. At least mine does. Is that the general consensus with you bassy folks? Awesome channel, thx Matt!

    • @MattFreemansBassBunker
      @MattFreemansBassBunker  Месяц назад

      They all do that. You can get a really cool Jaco tone if you put just the bridge pickup on and turn the tone down all the way. Thanks for watching

  • @matt_hayward
    @matt_hayward Месяц назад

    Hey Matt what did you record with your jazzy?

  • @Ochoduckie
    @Ochoduckie Месяц назад

    Thanks for sharing! Is this the same Jazz Bass from the Ruby SoHo video?

    • @MattFreemansBassBunker
      @MattFreemansBassBunker  Месяц назад

      No. That’s another Jazz. A 1994. I will do a video on that one soon. Thanks for watching

  • @Ryan-The-Super-Lion
    @Ryan-The-Super-Lion Месяц назад +1

    10years ago i bought the Tim Armstrong signature gretsch and was going to your signature fender jazz bass but i tore ligaments in both elbows which meant i temporarily lost the ability to play as well as income. so between interest fading due to lack of playomg plus my savings going to cover lost income I never did. I may buy your next signature model and just wall hang it. Beside Tim's guitar.

    • @Ryan-The-Super-Lion
      @Ryan-The-Super-Lion Месяц назад +1

      So if I did i would eventually need Lars. His $1700usd (not sure date) and Matt's about $650usd, but that was the 2015 price. I only find used with current dates. Is it still available new?

    • @MattFreemansBassBunker
      @MattFreemansBassBunker  Месяц назад +1

      Fender discontinued my Sig in 2016. I would try to find a used one. Thanks for watching

  • @Mar33322
    @Mar33322 Месяц назад

    That is one sweet bass. That the one you used on the Charger albums ?

    • @MattFreemansBassBunker
      @MattFreemansBassBunker  Месяц назад +1

      No. I played an American Professional 2 on the Charger record. Thanks for watching

  • @4theCHIEF4
    @4theCHIEF4 Месяц назад

    Bass rig for your OP Ivy days

  • @user-rq4xd4qm9r
    @user-rq4xd4qm9r Месяц назад +1

    素晴らしい😂🎉🎉🎉👏👏👏✨✨✨

  • @tallbass
    @tallbass Месяц назад

    Rosewood fingerboard

  • @repeater2469
    @repeater2469 Месяц назад

    The jazz bass sounds nice…Matt who are your influences?

  • @fretlessman71
    @fretlessman71 Месяц назад

    2:35 - that's a rosewood fretboard, not ebony. It's dark because it's old. 🙂

  • @stepsonday
    @stepsonday Месяц назад

    Maxwell Murder tone?

  • @drewkopas
    @drewkopas Месяц назад

    Black Derby Jacket and you sing it at the same time.

  • @bapt_andthebasses
    @bapt_andthebasses Месяц назад

    Hey Matt, small correction, this is rosewood and not ebony! Small info: It has the block inlays, but being from 69 it has the "60s" tone. In 1971 the bridge pickup was moved 1/4 of an inch closer to the bridge, and the tone of the Jazz Bass changed quite a bit. Until 1983. Great sounding bass!

    • @bapt_andthebasses
      @bapt_andthebasses Месяц назад

      Also your G string bridge saddle looks fine to me. It's supposed to be this way

    • @bapt_andthebasses
      @bapt_andthebasses Месяц назад

      Please do your Squier next!

    • @MattFreemansBassBunker
      @MattFreemansBassBunker  Месяц назад +1

      Yes. Your right. I miss spoke. Also, my 78 Jazz sound way different. Thanks for watching

  • @elliottquent
    @elliottquent Месяц назад

    Cool Jazz bass! Rosewood, not ebony fingerboard however....

  • @wranx
    @wranx Месяц назад

    do you use light gauge strings for the vintage bass?

  • @SergeyIvanovichStallone
    @SergeyIvanovichStallone Месяц назад

    YO BRO NOW DO THE TOUR OF YER AMPS

  • @PunkTome
    @PunkTome Месяц назад

    It was once owned by a now very proud person, for sure.

  • @fattypacquiao
    @fattypacquiao Месяц назад

    Is there a song you that you warm up or to?

    • @MattFreemansBassBunker
      @MattFreemansBassBunker  Месяц назад

      Hyena and Poison. Stretches out my left hand and Poison works my right wrist. Thanks for watching

  • @Ty-138
    @Ty-138 Месяц назад

    Aww shit. The day has come!!! K let's do this. Life won't wait, full album. Haha black lung?

  • @WilDBeestMF
    @WilDBeestMF 29 дней назад

    Side question. Sorry to be annoying haha. Is this the Jazz used on And out come the wolves?

  • @ricklien8123
    @ricklien8123 Месяц назад

    Do a close up video of the crowd by operation ivy. All the tabs are wrong on that solo.

    • @MattFreemansBassBunker
      @MattFreemansBassBunker  Месяц назад

      Good idea. Thanks for watching

    • @ricklien8123
      @ricklien8123 Месяц назад

      @@MattFreemansBassBunker dude your so fuckin sick. I learned a million different ways of that damn solo. If it takes the man that wrote it.