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  • All basses recorded into the TC Electronic WireTap and reamped through a Darkglass Microtubes 900 v2 with all controls set flat, Direct Out with Cab Sim engaged.
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Комментарии • 199

  • @edu9415
    @edu9415 5 лет назад +148

    The video: *ends*
    My brain: *TU TURUM TUM TURURUM*

  • @jameswarner8038
    @jameswarner8038 5 лет назад +181

    those Danelectros always sound so much better than i think they will

  • @rome8180
    @rome8180 5 лет назад +93

    I appreciated this demo. It was nice not to hear slap or aimless noodling around on the blues scale. My favorites in tone were the Music Man and the Hofner. People usually say Music Man is brighter than other basses, but this one was one of the bassiest options you played.

    • @bapt_andthebasses
      @bapt_andthebasses 5 лет назад +7

      Because of EQ. A MM should not sound like that by "default"

    • @rome8180
      @rome8180 5 лет назад

      @@bapt_andthebasses Sure. But if they are all set "flat," as I assume these were, the Music Man would normally sound the brightest. If you roll back on the tone, of course the Music Man is going to sound darker. But I doubt he had the tone rolled back on only that specific instrument.
      It's true that a Music Man is more warm and versatile than it's given credit for, though.

    • @bapt_andthebasses
      @bapt_andthebasses 5 лет назад +1

      @@rome8180 I'm not sure if you can roll the tone of such a MM, because it's only active (if I'm not mistaken ?). The description says it's all flat, BUT, a Cab simulation was engaged! I agree that it should definitively sounds brighter! A Music Man to me has some versatility but not as much as the 2 other classics we know as P's and J's, right? :)

    • @alexdattel2757
      @alexdattel2757 5 лет назад

      @@bapt_andthebasses My HH MM Stingray Special is really versatile. It has Bass, Middle and Treble controls, a setting that sounds like classic Ray, 1 that's similar to a J, 1 that's similar to a P and 2 positions I don't use too much.

    • @NamikazeKyuuga
      @NamikazeKyuuga 5 лет назад +5

      @@bapt_andthebasses Huh, you can "roll the tone off" in an even more powerful way since it's active (bass up, treble down).
      And the Stingray is more versatile than the P for sure and it's about even with the J. There's a TON of sounds you can get from a single sweet position pick-up + active EQ, from scooped mids slapping to heavy mids picking and everything in-between. P only gets you 2 sounds (tone up or tone down) and Jazz gets you a few more but not too many.

  • @robblestrange644
    @robblestrange644 4 года назад +28

    Spector and Fodera were my personal favorites. Other brands just dont reach that sort of tone without Eq.

    • @IgnisIban
      @IgnisIban 3 месяца назад

      The other basses don’t meant to do by any means the same dry hifi fodera or cutting spector tone at all, each bass have it’s own personality, that’s why there many different bodies, scales, pickups, woods and builds on basses

  • @BarnacleButtock
    @BarnacleButtock 5 лет назад +41

    First P Bass and the Mustang are my picks.

    • @esposoman
      @esposoman 5 лет назад +5

      That Mustang roars like a lion!!

  • @xVINCExHEUSERx
    @xVINCExHEUSERx 5 лет назад +14

    To me the Spector and the Fender 55 P bass are the best there!

  • @Guyallknowing
    @Guyallknowing 3 года назад +20

    I’m a guitarist looking to pick up bass. This always happens to me, I close my eyes and listen open them when I hear what sounds good, and it’s the fucking Fodera $4k. fml

  • @BurekOne
    @BurekOne 5 лет назад +13

    '55 P is straight up ballin'

  • @overdriven77
    @overdriven77 3 года назад +4

    None of these basses are bad sounding, just this song suits that vintage flatwoundy tone the best.

  • @TJ_Silvester
    @TJ_Silvester Год назад +2

    The Stingray suprised me most. I'll always be a P guy, but that Stringray had some comparable low down girth I was not expecting with that pickup placement.

  • @normg2242
    @normg2242 5 лет назад +20

    The Spector for me. Hands down.

  • @yvesbailey
    @yvesbailey 3 года назад +2

    No joke they all sound good.

  • @jeremystig98
    @jeremystig98 2 года назад +7

    Ive been listening to so much King Gizzard that i adore the Mustangs sound. How is it so recognizeable to my ears?

  • @erickswd6793
    @erickswd6793 5 лет назад +10

    This song is amazing!!

    • @donrnichols7831
      @donrnichols7831 3 года назад

      whatb is the song in this bass demo? very cool

    • @possibly8180
      @possibly8180 3 года назад

      Kumomi, by uhh, kumomi

  • @BassRacerx
    @BassRacerx 5 лет назад +5

    THANK YOU FOR THIS VIDEO!

  • @monolith385
    @monolith385 5 лет назад +22

    I'm impressed that Ibanez has warm tone for active bass.

  • @billbarton63
    @billbarton63 5 лет назад +14

    The Fender Jazz and Precision were my favorites. But I did like Stingray too.

  • @Ssllayer
    @Ssllayer 3 месяца назад

    Excellent move; presenting basses in the mix, and then sole sounds of them. Love it!

  • @expurple
    @expurple 4 года назад +4

    Thunderbird fits this song the best. Also liked the Fodera, I'm a PJ guy

  • @kaiqian310
    @kaiqian310 3 года назад +8

    Nice comparison video, except for a minor concern: the bass at 0:53 is a Hofner Contemporary Violin Bass instead of Hofner Ignition Beatle Bass.

  • @luciosalustiano5837
    @luciosalustiano5837 3 года назад +4

    Stingray always sound so good, but specially in this video Stingray was just PERFECT!
    The best tone i ever heard!

  • @thomasmacken6297
    @thomasmacken6297 5 лет назад +6

    Would have liked to hear this with a few riffs, or even just one that isn't almost entirely halfway up the neck, so we can hear what they sound like in that lower register most of us are going to use the majority of the time

  • @alexskibicki2262
    @alexskibicki2262 5 лет назад +3

    Cool demo. of all the basses on this clip, I like the jazz basses, the stingray, the danelectro, and the Ibanez the most.

  • @newbiebass
    @newbiebass 4 года назад +3

    My top 3 for sound and design: Music Man Stingray, Epiphone Thunderbird, Fender Precision

  • @individualthotpatterns9067
    @individualthotpatterns9067 4 года назад +4

    I'd say Warwick Thumb or Fodera sounded best overall, but the Fender Mustang fit the song the best

  • @ahrress9346
    @ahrress9346 5 лет назад +2

    Love that '55

  • @pawelm.456
    @pawelm.456 5 лет назад +3

    Great test

  • @airworthy777
    @airworthy777 3 года назад +2

    Damn, the bite of the 75 Jazz Bass sounds so good!!!... Yo, where's the Rick?! 😱😱😱

  • @esposoman
    @esposoman 5 лет назад +5

    P Bass all the way!

  • @actionfigureplus
    @actionfigureplus 5 лет назад +3

    Awesome review an amazing flavor of basses!

    • @actionfigureplus
      @actionfigureplus 5 лет назад +1

      Have a few there but need to add a few as well to be rounded out!

  • @lordundhimself1310
    @lordundhimself1310 5 лет назад +7

    Welp. I've said it before and I'll say it again...Fender Jazz fo lyfe

  • @rogueybear2363
    @rogueybear2363 3 года назад

    Loved the demos, loved the groove. Thank you!

  • @gcvrsa
    @gcvrsa 4 года назад +11

    The player is playing too close to the bridge for me to get any real idea of how these basses would sound in my hands. My right hand position is a good 3" further toward the neck. On a Fender Jazz, the neck pickup is my thumb rest. That's how you get solid rock tone. Playing close to the bridge like that leads to anemic tone, too heavily weighted toward high partials and no *oomph* in the bass register.

    • @jamesl.
      @jamesl. Год назад +1

      Agree. Was disappointed in how the thumb and spector sounded because of this.

  • @crazeyjoe
    @crazeyjoe 4 года назад +3

    Based on this comparison, I prefer 1. Spector 2. Ibanez 3. Fener J

  • @bentpolski
    @bentpolski 3 года назад +2

    Music Man and Hofner. Would have liked to see a Yamaha BB in the mix!

  • @seanmason7948
    @seanmason7948 4 года назад +1

    I own the strandberg boden prog and honestly they are amazing basses!!!!!!

  • @ifgwelf
    @ifgwelf Год назад

    You can see why people love Fodera. Well rounded tone

  • @russellsingleton9341
    @russellsingleton9341 5 лет назад +4

    Top 3:
    1. American Professional P Bass
    2. Fodera Yin Yang Standard
    3. Music Man Stingray Special
    Honorable Mention to the Warwick Thumb.

  • @StuntcatTV
    @StuntcatTV 4 года назад +4

    I'm a beginner still, so i might not get yet what it's actually about, but the Precision Bass is the only bass in this that sounds like a proper musical instrument to me.

    • @21DaHoagie12
      @21DaHoagie12 4 года назад +5

      Hopefully you’ll grow out of that 👍

  • @jannetoropainen9865
    @jannetoropainen9865 4 года назад +1

    Warwick thumb ofc

  • @miket2646
    @miket2646 3 года назад +1

    Really surprised at that Sandberg

  • @SevanStick
    @SevanStick 3 года назад

    The Fender jazz am prof was amazing

  • @juzek1958
    @juzek1958 4 года назад +2

    I would have preferred the plucking to be about halfway between the bridge and the end of the fingerboard, especially for a tone comparison.

  • @larsetom1
    @larsetom1 2 года назад +1

    Sounds like you have the toned rolled off on the Stingray and have some overdrive on the Mustang...

  • @jamesl.
    @jamesl. Год назад

    Sandberg 48, stingray and the danelectro for me

  • @advancedtheoreticalresearc6992
    @advancedtheoreticalresearc6992 3 года назад +1

    WARWICK Rules!

  • @robertsands5837
    @robertsands5837 Год назад

    Fender's all the way.

  • @trance9158
    @trance9158 5 лет назад +30

    Not a single Yamaha bass? SMH

    • @lordofrims
      @lordofrims 5 лет назад +1

      Maybe in part 2? If there's one

    • @trance9158
      @trance9158 5 лет назад +1

      @@lordofrims one can only hope.

    • @peterorton2009
      @peterorton2009 3 года назад +1

      Yamaha is begging level

    • @trance9158
      @trance9158 3 года назад

      @@peterorton2009 you haven't played a BB series or signature series or there older RBX basses then

  • @nick.raptis
    @nick.raptis 5 лет назад +1

    I love the P-bass sound as much as I hate their necks.
    I'm this close to retrofiting a P on my Deluxe MiM J.
    Or sell it and get a Player Jaguar, if Fender ever decides to put some nice colours on that line 😃😃😃😃

  • @DrKeremKoseoglu
    @DrKeremKoseoglu 5 лет назад +1

    American Professional P Bass worked the best for the song IMHO; I subjectively prefer Alder + Rosewood though.

  • @ankreni7380
    @ankreni7380 3 года назад

    MusicMan love

  • @frsdert
    @frsdert 5 лет назад

    75 jazz bass....good vibes!

  • @davidleamy7564
    @davidleamy7564 5 лет назад +3

    How did the fodera feel? I'll probably never touch one. But I don't think they sound super special for the price. But there is obviously something to them.

    • @TheBassChannel
      @TheBassChannel  5 лет назад +3

      The Fodera was incredible. Once you pick it up you can just feel that it’s pretty special.

  • @cumsex5705
    @cumsex5705 2 года назад

    My favorite basses, Warick Thumbs, Fender Precisions, Ibanez SRs, and Epiphone Thunderbirds (I do not like the gibson ones, the epi vintage pro has the same pickups for 1/3 of the price and sounds just as good to my ears), all in one video

    • @cumsex5705
      @cumsex5705 2 года назад

      Although I do prefer the Thumbs with the pickups placed much closer to the bridge than the old placement (the one in the video has the old placement)

  • @MrWilson-WithaPbass
    @MrWilson-WithaPbass 5 лет назад +1

    ...interesting how some sound better "in the mix" and others are better by them selves . For me The Jazz bass covers all bases ....:-)

  • @Javier-qk7ms
    @Javier-qk7ms 5 лет назад +2

    Great, I hope you recorded the DI so you can reamp them and do another shootout with some distortion

    • @TheBassChannel
      @TheBassChannel  5 лет назад +3

      We did! As we almost always do 👍🏻

    • @Javier-qk7ms
      @Javier-qk7ms 5 лет назад +2

      ​@@TheBassChannel I have to say this has been the most useful video comparing sounds of all these basses.

  • @Salguine
    @Salguine 3 года назад +1

    It would have been interesting to hear them below the ninth fret.

  • @BassRacerx
    @BassRacerx 5 лет назад +1

    The fedora has some secret sauce it Cut the mix so well! But I guess for 5 grand It better! would love to to try one someday maybe when i'm an old man I'll have the cash to have one someday.

    • @craigmoran893
      @craigmoran893 5 лет назад +4

      A Fedora is a nice hat. A Fodera is a nice bass.

  • @darthhaggis9252
    @darthhaggis9252 5 лет назад +3

    sounds like Into the Mystic

  • @ferox965
    @ferox965 4 года назад

    The Marleaux and the Fender 55 for me.

  • @anocsalepo
    @anocsalepo 5 лет назад +2

    fender justin🤘

  • @zadoksstudio8353
    @zadoksstudio8353 4 года назад

    I play Lead but boy do I love some good bass

  • @demiandapunkcovers6144
    @demiandapunkcovers6144 5 лет назад +14

    The Jazz bass sound has always sounded thin and rattley to me. Precision, Mustang, and Ernie Ball were my favorites

    • @overdriven77
      @overdriven77 3 года назад

      that's jazz bass with both pickups full on. It sounds the best on neck pickup and tone rolled a little away IMHO.

    • @demiandapunkcovers6144
      @demiandapunkcovers6144 3 года назад +1

      @@overdriven77 I said that a year ago, since then I've fallen in love with jazz basses and I now own a Squire Classic Vibe 60s Jazz Bass in Daphne Blue LOLLL

  • @jarrettpennington4579
    @jarrettpennington4579 5 лет назад +2

    Ibanez and Spector.....a winner is them.

    • @esposoman
      @esposoman 5 лет назад +2

      That Spector sounded like plastic to me....

  • @T-Hawkeyes
    @T-Hawkeyes 5 лет назад

    That Justang is a gut punch.

  • @banemen27
    @banemen27 3 года назад

    Warwick ❤

  • @Astral_Wave
    @Astral_Wave 2 года назад

    Music Man

  • @user-qk7vf8rr6r
    @user-qk7vf8rr6r Год назад

    どれも素晴らしい

  • @giangianni503
    @giangianni503 3 года назад +1

    did you adjusted each bass or you just hold the same settings (effects, eq) for all the basses? they sounds quite the same, the fender JB sounds bad :/

    • @possibly8180
      @possibly8180 3 года назад

      The hofner sounded pretty boomy to me, normally it'd sound that way when the bridge pup's turned off, or maybe it's just me.

  • @neno2420
    @neno2420 3 года назад

    🎸~🎵*TURURUM TURUMRUM TUM!*🎶~

  • @eljapel
    @eljapel 5 лет назад +3

    The musicman sounded odd.
    I’m in love with the spector, well, to be honest, with all of them.

  • @StuntcatTV
    @StuntcatTV 5 лет назад +2

    Preci is the only one for me in this case. But the Yamaha TRBX still rules them all

  • @paolozak3014
    @paolozak3014 3 года назад +1

    the cheap series Höfner bass response really is impressive

  • @wea69420
    @wea69420 5 лет назад

    Daaaamn that Strandberg is pretty

  • @yayes
    @yayes 5 лет назад

    I really did like the danelectro.

  • @shawns.7281
    @shawns.7281 5 лет назад +22

    Where’s a G&L?!?
    You all need some MFDs in your life!

    • @NamikazeKyuuga
      @NamikazeKyuuga 5 лет назад

      Thomann unfortunately doesn't have G&Ls...

    • @joelsk7149
      @joelsk7149 5 лет назад

      M2000 tribute for life

  • @patbianco7671
    @patbianco7671 4 года назад +2

    Love this...
    I'm a long time drummer just starting to learn the bass.
    Does anyone know what song he is using..?
    Sounds like Cheryl Crow.

    • @matthewsingh407
      @matthewsingh407 4 года назад +3

      The song is kumomi by kumomi

    • @possibly8180
      @possibly8180 3 года назад +2

      There's also a kumomi by nujabes if you're into his music

  • @oscarkingersau9302
    @oscarkingersau9302 2 года назад

    Stingray and Spector sounded great to me

  • @craftcrasher89
    @craftcrasher89 5 лет назад +1

    Make a video for the ibanez sr500e pleasee

  • @23MJ23.
    @23MJ23. 4 года назад

    IBANEZ 500 AND FODERA GREAT BASSSSSSS

  • @tp5292
    @tp5292 3 года назад +1

    Spector :-)

  • @searrg
    @searrg 5 лет назад +1

    Danelectro, Spector, Fodera, Marleaux, Strandberg, P Bass '55, and professional Jazz Bass they stand out for me, loved them. I like them all actually, bit disappointed by the Ibanez only. Kinda uninspired sonically.

  • @Uygkuyfkutfkytfkutfv
    @Uygkuyfkutfkytfkutfv 2 года назад

    Did you roll the tone off on the Stingray? It sounds like it.

  • @dylansatterfield1041
    @dylansatterfield1041 5 лет назад

    Damn that song fucken goes tho

  • @chrisjames7489
    @chrisjames7489 5 лет назад

    Something is wrong with that MM. Perhaps dieing preamp battery? They always have a high cut to the tone on top of the bottom end. Unless you have the eq off by accident

  • @cristovaopt
    @cristovaopt 4 года назад

    Pbass, musicman, sandberg, 75 bass was good to

  • @Alanoffer
    @Alanoffer 5 лет назад +4

    Music man sounds best

  • @stevenvantrans7810
    @stevenvantrans7810 3 года назад

    The 75 reissue jazz is nothing like a 75 jazz. In 75 they didn't have matching paint head stocks,....and the maple necks had pearl blocks by 75 not black blocks.

  • @Schmebulock14
    @Schmebulock14 4 года назад

    Spector

  • @sidvicious3994
    @sidvicious3994 3 года назад

    👆Jazz bass✌️Precision bass....👍

  • @M2Mil7er
    @M2Mil7er 5 лет назад +1

    If anything, this video proves: the sound is in your fingers.

    • @Leo_ofRedKeep
      @Leo_ofRedKeep 5 лет назад +1

      There's always an idiot repeating this nonsense.

  • @czipendejs
    @czipendejs 5 лет назад +1

    strange, but imho Thunder sounds very Fender Jazz...

    • @McDoinky
      @McDoinky 5 лет назад +1

      imo tbirds are essentially deeper j basses

  • @VanDam93
    @VanDam93 3 года назад

    1 Stingray
    2 Fender Jazz
    3 Fender P

  • @therapscallion23
    @therapscallion23 5 лет назад

    I hope you had a Gibson Ripper.

  • @wmdbassplayer
    @wmdbassplayer 5 лет назад

    Nice video. Is that '55 P Bass an original or a reliced re-issue?

    • @TheBassChannel
      @TheBassChannel  5 лет назад

      Relic Reissue. As is the ‘75 Jazz (but without any relic)

  • @valendis
    @valendis 9 месяцев назад

    Fodera or the 70s JB

  • @IAmInfinitus208
    @IAmInfinitus208 4 года назад +3

    Where's Rickenbacker? That's another important bass in history!

  • @PisauraXTX
    @PisauraXTX 4 года назад

    Perfect demonstration of how passive basses always sound better than active ones, without fail.

    • @linyetang350
      @linyetang350 3 года назад

      Nah, the American Fender P kicked their asses and then some. Paying for mud isn't my thing.

  • @Thurgor_Supreme
    @Thurgor_Supreme 4 года назад

    Jeez, I really have grown out of Fenders. I thought my budget jazz fender was the coolest thing as a teenager, but now I just can't stand their tone. Fodera, Marleaux, or Strandberg if I had money to blow. No thanks to the rest of the list (I already have a Warwick though)

    • @Wheresthepepsibismol
      @Wheresthepepsibismol 3 года назад

      I've grown out of Ibanez soundgear basses I own a 1986 Ibanez Roadstar II RB650 bass which I play in C standard for Stoner Metal. But I'm planning on buying a Epiphone EB-3 because the mudbucker is the essential part of getting the kill em all bass tone and the Stoner Metal bass tone.

  • @IceyFlame500
    @IceyFlame500 5 лет назад +1

    T b h I prefer the jazz bass