Terry M.

Got it 👍 Thanks a lot John,yes it's me ☺️

I mentioned artistic freedom and reworking with reference to projects that are avoiding playing songs as was originally composed on purpose. That is separate and apart from projects that look to nail an original note for note. I'm not suggesting that hitting a wrong note accidentally should be passed off as an interpretation,by all means it should be corrected.

Okay. So how does artistic freedom and reworking equate to "playing a load of wrong notes?"

We're discussing one semitone 🤣

I've never heard this said before about Sadowskys 🤔 Interestingly I've had passive Fender Jazz basses that disappeared into the mix with both pickups on full.

That's my point,no matter who played it an A is an A and it sounded good. Had no idea this cover version even existed before the start of this thread. Otis Redding fan here.

And I bet it didn't sound "wrong?"

This.

Thank you 👍

This is identical to my first and last Encore and first ever bass that I owned and learned on. Bought off E-Bay as part of a bundle pack. Good memories 😊

No red flags to me. Maybe he's right about the lack of soul funk groove players in Devon. What in particular is making you feel wary?

No it means literally that. Some projects avoid exact interpretations and entertain artistic freedom. Reworking isn't the same as "can't be bothered"

I'm not disagreeing with any of this (apart from maybe what the audience notices) but there's also a ton of enjoyment to be had reworking basslines (entire songs even) and putting an individual stamp on it and making it your own.

At no point did you come off as being judgemental. I thought this thread was a good exercise in highlighting what we play and think we hear vs what is actually being played. Something every musician can relate to ☺️

I have to say you've made some excellent points here. I will dare to suggest that in some cases our own interpretations can surpass the original depending on who's ears are receiving it. I've heard too many cover versions that I prefer over the original. On the topic of this thread a semitone is really not going to "break" anything even though I understand the principle of the conversation.

A semitone won't alter the moon's orbit but I thought it was an interesting observation nonetheless 🤭 I definitely prefer the A over the G#.

Major 3rd up.minor 3rd down.

I've never heard this cover of the Otis Redding classic before but you are indeed hearing a G# not an A as you suspected and weirdly enough it sounds "off" to me. Much prefer the A. As has been mentioned it could be that this version has strayed from the original somewhat. IF the piece is in b minor then the G# is outside the key and explains why it sounds off to my ear.

This is exactly why I feel Sadowskys are better for being heard in a mix over Fender. You feel the Fender but really hear the Sad more in my experience.Depends on what your goals are. Currently rocking a Fender Player Plus Jazz V with a modified onboard Sad preamp with the VTC and when I play live I hear notes in a way I never did with unmodded Fenders whether American or Mexican.

I agree with this. I feel like the choice of bass is for the bassist but the end-product is for everybody else. If a bass can be heard and you play it well I don't think most people care what it is,and why should they? Most paying audience members and music consumers wouldn't successfully identify a bass from an electric guitar. Play what you like and play well.

It would be very interesting to see how many of us could tell the difference between a P and a neck only J on a recording.

If I want to cover both I'm happy with just the J personally. It's close enough to me and still gets the job done. I wouldn't necessarily see a PJ as an obvious solution,on both pickups it's not J enough to my ear.

The Jazz can "impersonate" a P bass using neck pickup only rather than emulate one. Two very different terms ☺️ In a live setting it gets close enough-a blind test in that environment would yield interesting results 👍

Let me know when you're bored of it 😁