I have the same bass as this, 2011 model & it had the same issue with the allen key fouling on the pickguard. I put an aftermarket mirror pickguard on mine & it has a slightly bigger slot where the truss rod adjustment is & now it works a lot better
I put a set of flats on my PJ bass over the weekend.. I tried them on my Jazz bass but I actually liked the jazz with the rounds... they sound awsome on the PJ.. so I did a lot of stringin' & re-stringin oner the last few days
all you followers out there listen to dave he is so good at de mystifying the trussrod that i set my own on my les paul and she plays like butter in fact i learned how to do a full setup and saved myself a fortune i now have a complete set of tools geared and picked so i can do any adjustments on my guitarp
I've been using the string thru option with D'Addario Chromes ECB82 because I didn't know any better. I have them on a Jazz and a P bass with the same bridge. They haven't cracked yet and the ball to silk length looks ok on all of the strings. Keeping my fingers crossed that they don't break. Sounds good so far.
I like the Jazz bass I think they have a nice feel to them but thats just me. My favorite bass however is Zach Smith, Alembic - Stanley Clarke. I played that bass once and totally made a fool of myself. But its all good I got invited to go see him play in february in San Diego. I actually got invited to stay at their place. So thats really neat. Not every day that your music idols wife offers you a place to stay for a reunion show of your favorite band.
I had the same problem on a Gibby SG bass. The hole in the tuner was too small to accommodate the diameter of the E string. The bridge had to be replaced with the hipshot so it could be intonated (the saddle wouldn't do back far enough) and one of the cover screw holes missed the bloody wood underneath and went into the void. They've lost the plot at both Gibson and Fender it seems.
Dave's World of Fun Stuff I absolutely agree Dave. When they tried you had a awkwardly balanced muddy sounding wooden thingy. Seems they viewed bassists as an afterthought. Heavy guitars shaped to resemble the contours if a violin. Violins are hollow & are made that shape to give them strength; lost on Gibson & don't get me started on that pathetic neck angle & no volute. tut tut tut!
Amen Bro, Leo Fender got them "almost" right the first time.. The folks at Gibson are still experimenting with the electric bass and their 19th century way of building guitars.
I love how Americans love British rock music and how Brits love American rock music. It's wonderful and has been a constant fuel for creativity over the last 60 years! Oh, and stop squabbling over what kind of strings you prefer because nobody really gives a fuck and it isn't really that important! Peace!
Flatwounds are ok on fretless, they're kinder to the fingerboard. I put some on my Hohner Arbor MX Fretless & they sound cool. My other basses have roundwounds on & they growl atcha!
PhuckHue2 Don't use them. I agtee on a fretted bass they sound very muddy & unless you want a traditional 60"s sound keep clear but like I said on fretless.......
I bet he bought all these Fender Basses through Musician's Friend. They sold that Blue P-Bass for $899 on a super clearance and the others had good sales too. The only problem, no tech to set them up so I bet he got the deals played them for a while and then sent them to you to finally get the pro treatment they needed.
Most modern flats can handle string-through-body now. With the exception of some Labella sets. I have a buddy who uses Fender flats with with MiA P-bass through the body, never a problem. He does say that you can't use the strings after on a top-loader because of the kinks in the strings.
These strings can handle the break angle of the string-through-body bridge. They were designed with a 38" winding length for that option. You can't, however, use them top-loaded afterward, since they will have a kink in them.
hey Dave I'm a guitar player I own a strat and a jazzmaster. so I was wondering as far as having the tremolo arm in the guitar while its in the case is that ok for the guitar mainly for my jazzmaster its in a hardshell case. pls let me know.
Crazy Uncle Duke WHAT? Are we talking about the same strings? Flats are tight dull and hard to pull notes. After sex most are loose and just wet. Unless its a Pencil being used.
Crazy Uncle Duke Ok, its just that I use flats on all my Jazz boxes for that mellow tone that they produce naturally. As compared to a round wind that are bright and sharp sounding. Just makes it easier to get that Mellow Tone sound without always going to the Tone controls and bass them up. Have a good one.
Hi Dave. As the proud owner of several string through body basses ( first of which being a 1952 Fender P-bass (not a repro but the real deal built in 1952) I'm curious about your comments about how flat wounds are not "friendly " in string through basses. Is there a particular science that has drawn you to these conclusions? Call me "curious" but I still continue using flats on most of my basses. (mostly because I love the tone of them and they don't eat frets like round wounds do.) For sure there are a few premature deaths ( especially on the E string ) on some of the brands I've used but for the most part it's a rare occurrence. As always. Thanks for seven years of great videos. Cheers, Duke
Thanks for the reply Dave. I've found some flats have so many wraps of their "proprietary" colored cloth wrap at the ball end of their strings that it's next to impossible to get them through the string ferrules in the body. The folks at Dick my DaddyO are the biggest offenders. I no longer use them and moved on to RotoSound 77 flats. Problem solved. My basses stay in tune and are correctly intonated since the cloth doesn't pass over the bridge saddles. CHEERS!
I just don't know whats wrong with that trus rod... I have the same model but five strings, same year, same key and the trus rod turns just nice and smooth
@@PhuckHue2it really depends bro because if a user never had any adjustment over the years the trussrod treats can slow to turn and u have to lubricate it to go smooth
FlatWound Strings are old technology. They are a dull, thuddy sounding string that features extra string tension to abuse your Bass necks with. Now if you like the sound they create, then fine, have at it, but the one-dimensionality of the sound I find limiting. Round wound strings allow for so much more of a spectrum of sounds and techniques, with the only real down side being, increased fret/fingerboard wear and callusses. Just one Opinion.
Seems Dave could tighten the truss rod more, then raise the saddles. Why afraid to turn the truss nut a few full 360 degree turns. File the nut a hair, intonated if needed. The best playing Ive experienced is from a super straight neck...sometimes the saddles will need to be raised quite a bit. The straighter the neck, the lower that 1st fret will be, along with an intonated nut. I'm never afraid to file nut slots just slightly
they have had the Jazz base model for how long and the only Innovation I've noticed so far is variable string spacing and string through body come on Fender can do better for that much money you can literally buy a base with twice as many features for half as much I cannot comprehend how Fender and Gibson are still in business
So you're saying that everybody that buys a fender or Gibson is over 50 to 60 years old? Chapman guitars are not made using slave labor ever. are way better than Gibson and Fender In every way. Most of them are made in South Korea so they cost about half as much as the equivalent Fender or Gibson and they honestly are way better guitars I would know I own a fender from 1967 a fender from 2012 a fender from 2003. And a 2005 Les Paul. All of them have basic parts stock Chapman guitars come with coil split stock with no extra cost. Now that guitar companies are not allowed to use Rosewood anymore I will probably sell all my Fender guitars and my Gibson because the value will only go up and then I will have lots and lots of Chapman guitars
mike HAS THOUGHTS I didn't say that everyone who uses them is old, but that they are looking for an old sound. I am 26 and use Fender instruments almost exclusively because I want my bass to sound like MoTown and not Nu Metal. If I wanted a modern sound I would grab a Yamaha, but instead I trust that if I pick up a P Bass of literally any year ever and stuff a sock in the bridge I will get the sound I am looking for.
I can make my hundred dollars active Hamner Bass sound exactly like my $750 P bass and yes you did insinuate that, you should have used better context, next time
mike HAS THOUGHTS You aren't wrong, and I said what I meant. You can get those two to sound very similar even indistinguishable (although the Fender will likely be more comfortable). I wasn't saying why people SHOULD buy Fenders, just why they buy them (or why I do anyway).
I have flats on my Jazz -- the same type of flats that are in this video. Dave has a Jazz with flats on it too, IIRC from an earlier video. The Jazz sounds great with flats, as it would with plenty of other types of strings.
I'd rather play with my thumb with rounds, with the tone down, and palm muting, and still be able to rip the jungle funk any time I needed. Flats are too limiting for me.
I have the same bass as this, 2011 model & it had the same issue with the allen key fouling on the pickguard. I put an aftermarket mirror pickguard on mine & it has a slightly bigger slot where the truss rod adjustment is & now it works a lot better
String spacing looks wide on the A and D...?
Dave, I realy would love to watch a video of you playing your basses, your favourite songs to play with them.
"It might be that I'm the first guy in there. You know how that goes."
Dave - can't wait to see 2016 Gooch Of The Year. I live to see you in hand to hand combat with the Gooch.
I put a set of flats on my PJ bass over the weekend.. I tried them on my Jazz bass but I actually liked the jazz with the rounds... they sound awsome on the PJ.. so I did a lot of stringin' & re-stringin oner the last few days
all you followers out there listen to dave he is so good at de mystifying the trussrod that i set my own on my les paul and she plays like butter in fact i learned how to do a full setup and saved myself a fortune i now have a complete set of tools geared and picked so i can do any adjustments on my guitarp
I've been using the string thru option with D'Addario Chromes ECB82 because I didn't know any better. I have them on a Jazz and a P bass with the same bridge. They haven't cracked yet and the ball to silk length looks ok on all of the strings. Keeping my fingers crossed that they don't break. Sounds good so far.
You have to remove the pickguard
From us old geezers, thank you for the Boris the Spider reference.
An old christmas sayin here in Norway goes: "once the virgin is devirginized, things seem to go smoother" Keep it up Dave. Almost a patron, almost.
I love your style, Dave!
I like the Jazz bass I think they have a nice feel to them but thats just me. My favorite bass however is Zach Smith, Alembic - Stanley Clarke. I played that bass once and totally made a fool of myself. But its all good I got invited to go see him play in february in San Diego. I actually got invited to stay at their place. So thats really neat. Not every day that your music idols wife offers you a place to stay for a reunion show of your favorite band.
I had the same problem on a Gibby SG bass. The hole in the tuner was too small to accommodate the diameter of the E string. The bridge had to be replaced with the hipshot so it could be intonated (the saddle wouldn't do back far enough) and one of the cover screw holes missed the bloody wood underneath and went into the void. They've lost the plot at both Gibson and Fender it seems.
Dave's World of Fun Stuff
I absolutely agree Dave. When they tried you had a awkwardly balanced muddy sounding wooden thingy. Seems they viewed bassists as an afterthought. Heavy guitars shaped to resemble the contours if a violin. Violins are hollow & are made that shape to give them strength; lost on Gibson & don't get me started on that pathetic neck angle & no volute. tut tut tut!
Amen Bro,
Leo Fender got them "almost" right the first time..
The folks at Gibson are still experimenting with the electric bass and their 19th century way of building guitars.
Digging Fender bass week.
Love your channel and have a merry Christmas
I love how Americans love British rock music and how Brits love American rock music. It's wonderful and has been a constant fuel for creativity over the last 60 years! Oh, and stop squabbling over what kind of strings you prefer because nobody really gives a fuck and it isn't really that important! Peace!
Hey Dave, Merry Christmas.. Hope the coming year is full of Fun Stuff and baskets of Moola.
I take the pickguard off and use the hex key straight in.
Hi Dave, What's the advantage of the strings going through the body? Great videos!
I have exactly the same bass,my main axe,only one year younger.
That's was my first bass. Love it, but should have started with the P bass.
Beautiful Bass.
With Flats I always bend the string so that you don't' unwind or Frey when inserting into the turner.
Beautiful..
Flatwounds are ok on fretless, they're kinder to the fingerboard. I put some on my Hohner Arbor MX Fretless & they sound cool. My other basses have roundwounds on & they growl atcha!
flats are crap, can't stand them
PhuckHue2
Don't use them. I agtee on a fretted bass they sound very muddy & unless you want a traditional 60"s sound keep clear but like I said on fretless.......
its 2016. the 60's have been gone for 50 years
I have an "American Standard" like this one, but with a Rosewood fretboard. Fortunately, I haven't had the problem that this one is experiencing.
Merry Christmas Dave. All the best in 2017. Cheers
Constantine Isslamow best wishes Constantine always enjoy your videos
I bet he bought all these Fender Basses through Musician's Friend. They sold that Blue P-Bass for $899 on a super clearance and the others had good sales too. The only problem, no tech to set them up so I bet he got the deals played them for a while and then sent them to you to finally get the pro treatment they needed.
La Bella makes through-body flatwounds!
Most modern flats can handle string-through-body now. With the exception of some Labella sets. I have a buddy who uses Fender flats with with MiA P-bass through the body, never a problem. He does say that you can't use the strings after on a top-loader because of the kinks in the strings.
GHS precisions... my favourite flats.
BTW Dave, those flats can be string-thru-body. That's why they have a longer winding length.
Wrong, It's not the length... It's the break angle.
These strings can handle the break angle of the string-through-body bridge. They were designed with a 38" winding length for that option. You can't, however, use them top-loaded afterward, since they will have a kink in them.
Dave is here .
I like that axe as well .
Ouch what's with the spacing between the A and D string?
hey Dave I'm a guitar player I own a strat and a jazzmaster. so I was wondering as far as having the tremolo arm in the guitar while its in the case is that ok for the guitar mainly for my jazzmaster its in a hardshell case. pls let me know.
nice work Dave a pity about the e string best wishes Paul
Why the flat wounds on a bass?
Because they're tight, bright and feel just right when they're new.
Much the same as a new girlfriend feels after you bang her. LOL
Crazy Uncle Duke WHAT? Are we talking about the same strings? Flats are tight dull and hard to pull notes. After sex most are loose and just wet. Unless its a Pencil being used.
LOL...Maybe it's the graphite I put on my nuts.
Crazy Uncle Duke Ok, its just that I use flats on all my Jazz boxes for that mellow tone that they produce naturally. As compared to a round wind that are bright and sharp sounding. Just makes it easier to get that Mellow Tone sound without always going to the Tone controls and bass them up. Have a good one.
And why not!
IS it me or does the G string set high on the neck like theres too much neck showing under it.
I think it may have been an optycal conclussion
Hi Dave.
As the proud owner of several string through body basses ( first of which being a 1952 Fender P-bass (not a repro but the real deal built in 1952) I'm curious about your comments about how flat wounds are not "friendly " in string through basses.
Is there a particular science that has drawn you to these conclusions?
Call me "curious" but I still continue using flats on most of my basses. (mostly because I love the tone of them and they don't eat frets like round wounds do.)
For sure there are a few premature deaths ( especially on the E string ) on some of the brands I've used but for the most part it's a rare occurrence.
As always. Thanks for seven years of great videos.
Cheers,
Duke
Thanks for the reply Dave.
I've found some flats have so many wraps of their "proprietary" colored cloth wrap at the ball end of their strings that it's next to impossible to get them through the string ferrules in the body.
The folks at Dick my DaddyO are the biggest offenders.
I no longer use them and moved on to RotoSound 77 flats.
Problem solved. My basses stay in tune and are correctly intonated since the cloth doesn't pass over the bridge saddles.
CHEERS!
is there a technical definition for "schwaaz"? 16:48
Wow
I just don't know whats wrong with that trus rod... I have the same model but five strings, same year, same key and the trus rod turns just nice and smooth
Dave's World of Fun Stuff She was a first timer lol
might be a fake bass. Fender has very detailed QC process. they wouldn't have let a truss rod that stiff get by
@@PhuckHue2it really depends bro because if a user never had any adjustment over the years the trussrod treats can slow to turn and u have to lubricate it to go smooth
Was the un-butchered E string long enuff to go string-thru-body?
...righ, right...now, where did my brain go?
Looking forward to seeing what's in case number 3 Dave.
String spacing.
As the owner of a few basses, who has never adjusted them at all, what should I be doing regularly to keep them in check?
Thanks. Do you have any details on the setup? Or should I just watch a bunch of your videos and get the idea of what needs to happen?
Is the gauge that Dave uses .020?
6:52 - Is this gonna turn dirty? nahhh!
7:01 - "Once the virgin..." welp. it did LOL
All the best dave !
"Somebody ate pizza and played it." 😂🍕🎸
Dave in Texas where the frick are you in Texas , I'm in Texas , Ive never seen you.
Flat wounds on a Jazz.
Nice job ,,,
love all the "fucks" he threw in there
Why not just take the Pickguard off?
D string is out of the saddle notch slightly although I'm sure you will notice it soon : P
Do I win a prize?? lol jk, great vids as always...
tick
Whole different banana
FlatWound Strings are old technology. They are a dull, thuddy sounding string that features extra string tension to abuse your Bass necks with. Now if you like the sound they create, then fine, have at it, but the one-dimensionality of the sound I find limiting. Round wound strings allow for so much more of a spectrum of sounds and techniques, with the only real down side being, increased fret/fingerboard wear and callusses. Just one Opinion.
Seems Dave could tighten the truss rod more, then raise the saddles. Why afraid to turn the truss nut a few full 360 degree turns. File the nut a hair, intonated if needed. The best playing Ive experienced is from a super straight neck...sometimes the saddles will need to be raised quite a bit. The straighter the neck, the lower that 1st fret will be, along with an intonated nut. I'm never afraid to file nut slots just slightly
Biology class as well.
boris the spider
something is wrong with that neck..it shouldnt have non-tapered tuners on it..in 2012 they used tapered tuners
Creamy.
Brilliant ! ! ! I love that CAMBIOYFUERA/MANDYTO/
they have had the Jazz base model for how long and the only Innovation I've noticed so far is variable string spacing and string through body come on Fender can do better for that much money you can literally buy a base with twice as many features for half as much I cannot comprehend how Fender and Gibson are still in business
People buy Fender and Gibson because they don't want innovation, they want the instrument they heard on recordings 50-60 years ago with new parts.
So you're saying that everybody that buys a fender or Gibson is over 50 to 60 years old?
Chapman guitars are not made using slave labor ever. are way better than Gibson and Fender
In every way. Most of them are made in South Korea so they cost about half as much as the equivalent Fender or Gibson and they honestly are way better guitars I would know I own a fender from 1967 a fender from 2012 a fender from 2003. And a 2005 Les Paul. All of them have basic parts stock Chapman guitars come with coil split stock with no extra cost. Now that guitar companies are not allowed to use Rosewood anymore I will probably sell all my Fender guitars and my Gibson because the value will only go up and then I will have lots and lots of Chapman guitars
mike HAS THOUGHTS I didn't say that everyone who uses them is old, but that they are looking for an old sound. I am 26 and use Fender instruments almost exclusively because I want my bass to sound like MoTown and not Nu Metal. If I wanted a modern sound I would grab a Yamaha, but instead I trust that if I pick up a P Bass of literally any year ever and stuff a sock in the bridge I will get the sound I am looking for.
I can make my hundred dollars active Hamner Bass sound exactly like my $750 P bass and yes you did insinuate that, you should have used better context, next time
mike HAS THOUGHTS You aren't wrong, and I said what I meant. You can get those two to sound very similar even indistinguishable (although the Fender will likely be more comfortable). I wasn't saying why people SHOULD buy Fenders, just why they buy them (or why I do anyway).
Early Squad
Why would anyone want flats on a Jazz? Get a frickin' Hofner for that noise. Or, a Precision, at least. Will never understand that.
a lot of bassists like that dead sound
I have flats on my Jazz -- the same type of flats that are in this video. Dave has a Jazz with flats on it too, IIRC from an earlier video. The Jazz sounds great with flats, as it would with plenty of other types of strings.
flats on a maple jazz bass?
I'd rather play with my thumb with rounds, with the tone down, and palm muting, and still be able to rip the jungle funk any time I needed. Flats are too limiting for me.
Why not?