The Best Bass Guitars for Worship with David Curran
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- Опубликовано: 29 авг 2024
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Ever wondered what bass guitars are best for worship? In this two part series, Worship Online instructor, David Curran, walks you through his all time favorite basses for worship! David has years of professional experience playing with artists such as Kari Jobe, Elevation Worship, and currently tours with Lauren Daigle.
Don’t miss this in depth look into David’s favorite types of basses, their different woods, necks, picks-ups and everything else you need to know to find the right bass for you and how to use it in a worship setting.
Click the link above to watch Part 2 where David shares his personal bass collection!
I own the Stingray5 and Jazz bass. They are both versatile and easy to play
Stingray player here. Tonal versitility is the reason I went with this bass.
Great choice! 👊
My intake:
1. Fretboard wood doesn't make that much of a difference. If you can hear it, fine, but in a live and band setting, you won't hear any difference at all because it's all buried in the mix.
2. Precision Bass can do everything you want it to do. Jazz Bass can also do everything you want it to do
2b) You cannot replicate a P-Bass tone with a Jazz Bass' front single coil; you can get close but a single coil will never be the same as a humbucker (which is what a P-Bass's pickup is just split)
3. I personally use a Jazz Bass if a song has a lot of bass lines and I want to be heard better.
4. Precision Bass is pure low and mid end. Jazz Bass is a lot of mid and high range.
5. A Precision Jazz bass is the perfect compromise for both if one is uncertain but I have both as a "reason" to go gear hunting!
6. Stingrays sound too scooped for me...not my personal favorite but to each their own, especially if people enjoy having their own preamp and multi-band EQ on their basses.
7. Never tried a Mustang bass so no comment.
8. Setup, intonation, and stable parts are key! Cheap basses will likely have average quality parts and I'd recommend swapping them if possible. Any bass, $2k or $150, will sound and feel like utter junk if setup poorly. High action, fret buzz, out of tune intonation, will break your will to play.
Thanks for ur summary
I have a 5 string HH stingray, unfortunately in this video he didn’t EQ the bass right, granted it was only a single humbucker. I can get my HH to produce just about any sound I want. My next bass will definitely either be a P or a PJ bass with active/passive and EQ if I go with new Fender PJ.
@Jody Moses Jazz Bass single coils can never be the same as a split coil humbucker. What are you talking about? Just not the same. Close but not close enough
Incredible summary! Thank you!
This ^^^ @allghilliedup21 is right.
Just my 2c, but I’ve been A/Bing stuff a ton this year in the studio:
The lower mids of a P really add warmth and depth and sit out of the way of vocals and guitar; it serves the mix soooo well cause it sits between kick and snare, adds gorgeous harmonics, and stays out of the way of everything else. But you can drive it hard with amp or pedal to add higher mids if you want it to pop a little.
A J puts out higher mids instead; they sound much prettier. However, they’re in the attention-hog area, where piano and guitars and vocals are starting to really stack up. So they’re great if the bass line is important to the arrangement of the song, and you actually want it to take a bit more attention away from other instruments.
Both are friggin great. There’s a reason they’re always debated between as the top 2. A jazz is more fun to most players when noodling solo or wanting to make themselves pop out of the band-but in the studio, P’s seem to be reached for 1st for the way they serve the song.
I own a jazz bass and took your advice on setting the neck pickup at full max volume with the others to taste at practice today and I loved my tone. I was so happy. Great video! God bless you!
Love to hear it! 👏👏👏👏
That line you ran on Beautiful Day is amazing.
David Curran really did a great job creating this video. His advice is spot onThe P-Bass has probably been used to record more music than any other Bass from the 1950's until is day. You can't go wrong with a P-Bass. Fender Basses are a tonal bench mark. Whats really amazing is how Leo Fender produced and was part of building Music Man basses and developed G&L bases all of which are amazing instruments. Today the sky is the limit on Bass builders and custom boutique bass guitars. I just acquired a Lakalnd 55-02, so far I'm impressed. The 35 inch scale really tightens up the B string and it rings out very clear, I'm able to nearly duplicate the P-Bass, the Jazz Bass and the Music Man. Just to be clear this is not a replacement for each of the Basses I mentioned. If I had 5k laying around to pick up all 3 I mentioned I would.
Thank you for this. I have been playing bass for a few bits. This was very helpful and nice to go straight to the core of how our instrument works. Also, your tutorials are very helpful, even for folks who have a lot of experience behind the fretboard. Thank you again!
I use a 5-string JB, I love it, it is good for every genre
Love that!!
So doesn’t look like opinions differ much from any other opinions out there. However I’ve played different basses in worship and ‘in the mix’ you can get what sound you like especially with a EQ pedal ( much like guitars too ). Most people listening don’t care anyway, and in the worship context the focus should be on worshipping, and that’s not worshipping the musicians..
I appreciate your insight!
Although I use quite a few different basses, depending on my mood and the setlist for the week, my P-style bass is probably my default most weeks.
I still have never been able to hear the difference in tone between a jazz bass with the pickups wide open and a PJ bass with the pickups wide open.They both pretty much sound exactly the same to me.
Great insights into pros of active preamp and 5 strings (see Sterling segment)
I too use a Fender American Special P-bass and strings make a huge difference too.i use LaBella Low talkin Flats on it and I also use a fretless Fender Modern Player Jazz also with Labella Golden Flats.
both work great in worship at my church.
Forsure!! I love that!!
@@Worshiponline Ya don't see many players using a fretless in worship but for me it opens up many chances to enhance my intros and walks at least for me.Many in the congrgation comment on it.
I've been playing a MM DarkRay (18v, built-in Darkglass preamp) for worship and not only does it sound absolutely massive, it's just so effortless to play. Can't say enough about MusicMan quality. Solid video!
Totally agree! 👏👏🔥
I also use a darkray 5. Have you used the distortion or fuzz in a church setting?
I'm not a bass player but I still gleaned a lot from this video and appreciate all the work you put into it. Thank you!
Thanks for this awesome tutorial. Pretty humble guy with a lot of knowledge. God Bless :)
the 3 way switch is parallel/split/series.
I love maple sound
This was very informative. Thank you! I'm the bass player for our Praise Team and have a J Fender. Now I know that I want a PJ or a Stingray! lol Great guitars! : )
P Bass all the way. Thank you for the video.
Glad you enjoyed!!
Fender american jazz bass is an active bass
David! Been a long time since youth group! It looks like you are doing well!
5 string (and 6 strings) are great for a lot of the keys that worship music is in. Eb or D just don't sound as good with a 4 string (unless you are playing in drop D)
Yea I always tune down to DGCF for worship
@@zuzu6252 that is certainly one way to do it. I've though about setting one of my 4 strings up as BEAD just to have it as an option.
G&L fanboy here :-)
I came here looking for bass guitars but I noticed your glasses and really wanted to know where that was from 😅
Hahah we aren't sure, but go to IG and message @davidcurran! He's the bass player in video
If a bass player truly has the anointing of the Holy Spirit, they can use a student no name bass and you would think it is a high end bass guitar that they are playing.
I play a Rickenbacker through a Sansamp bass driver di set up for the Ampeg tone. Band mates like it, congregation does not care.
The ricky is a dream bass 5sure!!!
🔥🔥
Is the switch not series, single and parallel??
I would love to see you do a tutorial on I am who you say I am
they already have that song up i think!
We have the full bass tutorial for Who You Say I Am on our site! You can create an account at www.worshiponline.com and start a free trial to check it out.
Where does the overdrive comes from? From the DI? Sounds great
Ok so new to looking at basses, I see some that prefer fretless over fretted, what is tge real difference ? Better, worse ?
Just preference! Play them both and see how you feel!
What if you put steel strings on a mustang bass 🤔
It’s about what your ears love, I really like Nickel cause I don’t like the metallic sound,
On one of my basses I have Nickel except on the two thinners of five
I love ‘em both. I had round nickels on my mustang and had a great tone then put labella flats on and love that too.
I never liked the way a jazz sounded in my hands. I play precisions. They really are all you need; they sit in every mix perfectly. Simple and effective. Jazz basses are scooped, and on a single PU, kinda thin
That’s why you need a preamp on a jazz to boost the mids, (or cut both treble and bass) to reverse the scoop (upside-down smiley)
Here's the real answer: any bass guitar that's in tune is best for worship. As a sound guy, it really doesn't matter.
That is the most “sound guy” answer ever lol. Because the tone is shaped at foh the yeah it doesn’t matter sonically I guess. But as a musician, it does matter. There’s a lot more to consider than how it sounds alone.
@@robbynaumann439 but there's so many differences as well. What genre of music, how many musicians, straight through the system or through an amp? You can't have all these variables and limit it to 2 or 3 basses.
Tone from wood and electronics plus the feel of the construction impacts GREATLY the bassist’s inspiration and mood while playing.
Yeah but…its all in the fingers!
Great video, but would it have killed them to focus the camera on the close up shots??? xD
If you are playing a 5 string for an Eb, D, C#, C and B then you really should just keep practicing on a 4 string.
really nice video, but c'mon, one-finger-picking?
Look up james jamerson 😉
Single finger picking produces more consistent note spacing and volume this technique is used in recording settings. It’s actually a sign of a recording artist
@@SanNjig funny, but since this comment I tried in the studio using only 1 or max 2 strings and fewer fingers.. you were right ;)
I actuary use single finger playing. It’s actually more accurate. Sometimes I use the double.
great beginner-level explanation, but man that music sucks worse than vacuum.
warwick es mejor por lejos
This is all wrong , there are hundreds of quality basses out there , Fender is not the only manufacturer out there you can buy a far superior instrument for the same money hand made .
Fender have had their day , they do not have a monopoly on the market, if Fenders were a motor car it would be a Ford just an average car , im sure we would all like to know how it feels to drive a Mercedes ,ferrari or a Bentley .
Im sorry but this guy is a fender fan or being paid by Fender , do your homework don't be a sheep.
Thank you for your input, Pat!
But David is not being paid or endorsed by Fender. He genuinely loves the product! Which, at the end of the day, is all that matters!
@@Worshiponline Yes but its leading people down the wrong path , its the same in guitar shops they don't know any better and can probably get a better deal buy ordering 30 Fenders so they can make more profit.
My point is there are amazingly talented Bass builders / luthiers out there that deserve a chance. Fender are taking all the business.
@@patbassman8251 it’s an open market. However, Fenders just WORK. Studio peeps mostly use Jazz-style basses or Precision-Style basses for a reason 🤷🏾♂️
@@patbassman8251I think this video is meant to address a bunch of basic facts that beginners and newbies do not know. I’m sure he wasn’t describing the difference between the way a rosewood fretboard looks compared to a maple for a guy that is already sporting a tufted Italian leather case for his Ferrari bass. But the real question is why don’t you upload a video of you describing all of your Mercedes and Ferrari basses? That way all of us Ford driving beginners can be made aware of those choices and, hopefully, come away from it feeling so much more aware and satisfied. I have heard, but do not know if it’s true, that those two fender basses are the most recorded basses in history even to this day in every genre of music. I wonder if squire makes a Ferrari model?
“Ferrari Squire” …. epic!
I strongly disagree 👎🏼
Pat Bassman
Hi my name is Patrick from the Sea of Galilee Israel , I am reaching to you guys to get more information on Gospel bass players.
I am a Luthier and i make basses by the Sea of galilee ,Tiberias Israel , i have only been up and running a short while and thought perhaps there is a community of Gospel bassists I can contact that would be interested in my basses.
I have my own designs but still would be interested to know what the requirements would be for a fine Gospel bass .
I would appreciate any help or interest in my work and of coarse protentional buyers , perhaps there is a facebook group I can contact , Thank you.
Thank you, Pat!