hillbilly deluxe Posted March 2, 2011 Share Posted March 2, 2011 Are you sure it's not your socks that are responsible for this tone nirvana ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xilddx Posted March 4, 2011 Author Share Posted March 4, 2011 Clip added - it's in the OP Cheers! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Linus27 Posted March 4, 2011 Share Posted March 4, 2011 [quote name='silddx' post='1147155' date='Mar 2 2011, 02:32 PM']And you can use the gap in the neck socket as a money clip, if you've got any left after the extra £600 for the [u]slightly better finish[/u]*. *citation needed[/quote] Well, I never buy new so my MIA Precision was £600 and my Jap one was £400 so only a small gap is needed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lee650 Posted March 4, 2011 Share Posted March 4, 2011 (edited) [quote name='silddx' post='1146624' date='Mar 2 2011, 12:16 AM']I tell you what lads, it feels like sitting in front of a roaring log fire you built yourself from cherry wood, sipping a glass of the finest warm, rich and smoky single malt, and telling your queen you caught a 68lb common carp of the Donald Leney strain from Redmire Pool today, while she smiles at you with deep, lustrous shining eyes. That's what it feels like.[/quote] Do you know what! im happy for you thats got to be the best description of a bass tone feeling ever, and listening to your clips it does sound gorgeous!! i'll hopefully be putting an east pre and black beauties on my JV jazz next month. Many congratulations- does this mean an end to GAS Edited March 4, 2011 by lee650 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xilddx Posted March 4, 2011 Author Share Posted March 4, 2011 [quote name='lee650' post='1149284' date='Mar 4 2011, 10:23 AM']Do you know what! im happy for you thats got to be the best description of a bass tone feeling ever, and listening to your clips it does sound gorgeous!! i'll hopefully be putting an east pre and black beauties on my JV jazz next month. Many congratulations- does this mean an end to GAS [/quote] Thanks man It really is the only bass I want to play, at the moment Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmccombe7 Posted March 4, 2011 Share Posted March 4, 2011 Impressive tone and nice mellow little clip. Enjoyed it. Give us more. Honestly didn't think it would make that much of a differance. I have a jazz and it doesn't sound that sweet and clear. Now worth having a look at East kit. Thanks for the clip cheers Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cat Burrito Posted March 4, 2011 Share Posted March 4, 2011 I quite like the tone in the soundclip having downloaded & listened. More importantly it's great if you find just how you want to sound. I'm sure if I posted my tone at least 75% of you would hate it & think I was stuck in the Stone Age. At least 10% of you wouldwant to marry me though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lozz196 Posted March 4, 2011 Share Posted March 4, 2011 I don`t know what I was expecting, but it certainly wasn`t the tone I heard. Am very surprised that has come from a Jazz - much mellower and mid present than I would have thought a Jazz would put out (from my limited experiences with Jazzes). Maybe that was the East doing that? Glad you`ve got the tone you want, I`m still going through that elusive tone search. I`m nearly there, have had it, but with gear that I can`t lift, so trying new lightweight options, so am glad when anyone gets exactly what they`re after. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikeg Posted March 4, 2011 Share Posted March 4, 2011 Very smooth sound and nice playing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcnach Posted March 4, 2011 Share Posted March 4, 2011 [quote name='allihts' post='1147312' date='Mar 2 2011, 04:23 PM']Quite excited to hear the samples, I was thinking about a P-retro for my Squier (already upgraded the pickup to a Duncan SPB-2) but not too sure if I need one/can justify spending more than I payed for the bass on a preamp.[/quote] If you really like how the bass plays and sounds... then *YES*. Don't do it if you hope it'll transform a meh bass into a great one, but if you already like what you have (regardless of the price or headstock label), then do it, and buy some anti-wrinkle cream, because you won't stop grinning Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcnach Posted March 4, 2011 Share Posted March 4, 2011 Listened to the clip. The tone was poo. No, not really. It sounded really nice. It's very far from the sound I usually want from my basses, but it sounded really nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
untune Posted March 4, 2011 Share Posted March 4, 2011 Nice tone, like it, very mellow and chilled out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lovetheblues Posted March 5, 2011 Share Posted March 5, 2011 [quote name='silddx' post='1146609' date='Mar 1 2011, 07:03 PM']I now have the most sumptuous, gorgeous, utterly lovely tones from my bass !! I can't tell you how beautiful it feels to want to play every note to its maximum effect. It's making me play differently, more sensitively, more simply. Everything I play feels like what I remember it being like on a lovely mushy trip in the 1980s (probably a bad thing to say, sorry!). I take delight in the simplest things, a simple octave, a grace note, a ghost, a tinkling of harmonics, a simple accent. It's wonderful, like fireworks going off in my head, to paraphrase Blue Oyster Cult. Coupled with the beautiful neck on my new Fender Jap Jazz, I could not be happier! For the first time, I feel like it's a true reflection of me. The chain .. Fender Japan 62RI Jazz, CAR with matched headstock, rosewood dot slab board, American Vintage pickups, Badass II, East J-Retro 01, DR Strings Black Beauties. POD X3 LIVE - amp model Acoustic 360 with a highish gain setting and the high mids up full, a little compression, a little basic digital chorus. Want some clips? Give me a few days to get that sorted. [attachment=73814:01_Track_1.mp3] 28 downloads and one nice comment. I guess most people think my tone is sh*t then Seriously all comments are welcome, even if you do think my sound is a pile of poo.[/quote] I know that tone! I have it stored on my laptop using my Squire P Bass with '62 Fender Pups run through my Line 6 Pod Farm amp modeling software and Toneport GX. I call it my "William Ackerman" tone 'cause it reminds me of his music I love it too! Nice job finding the one you love Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Musicman20 Posted March 5, 2011 Share Posted March 5, 2011 On the topic of Jazz tones...I don't listen to Incubus much, but their Jazz (I think) bass tone on later albums is glorious! Very very deep, not too much twang, smooth and 'full'. How does he do it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rOB Posted March 5, 2011 Share Posted March 5, 2011 love it. happy that you're happy with it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Musicman20 Posted March 5, 2011 Share Posted March 5, 2011 Nice, very 80s Cure-like. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gub Posted March 5, 2011 Share Posted March 5, 2011 That sounds amazing mate ,very nice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skej21 Posted March 5, 2011 Share Posted March 5, 2011 Mate, that sounds really nice. I particularly like the way the harmonics match the full sound, there's a lot of presence! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmccombe7 Posted March 6, 2011 Share Posted March 6, 2011 (edited) [quote name='skej21' post='1150745' date='Mar 5 2011, 05:36 PM']Mate, that sounds really nice. I particularly like the way the harmonics match the full sound, there's a lot of presence![/quote] Matt Checked out your website and that's a really nice sound you have too. Nice style and technique on the samples. Liked it. Cheers Dave Edited March 6, 2011 by dmccombe7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skej21 Posted March 6, 2011 Share Posted March 6, 2011 [quote name='dmccombe7' post='1151236' date='Mar 6 2011, 10:31 AM']Matt Checked out your website and that's a really nice sound you have too. Nice style and technique on the samples. Liked it. Cheers Dave [/quote] Cheers Dave *whispers due to hi-jacking a Jazz bass thread* Those recordings were done on a P bass though! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umph Posted March 6, 2011 Share Posted March 6, 2011 [quote name='silddx' post='1146609' date='Mar 2 2011, 12:03 AM']I now have the most sumptuous, gorgeous, utterly lovely tones from my bass !! I can't tell you how beautiful it feels to want to play every note to its maximum effect. It's making me play differently, more sensitively, more simply. Everything I play feels like what I remember it being like on a lovely mushy trip in the 1980s (probably a bad thing to say, sorry!). I take delight in the simplest things, a simple octave, a grace note, a ghost, a tinkling of harmonics, a simple accent. It's wonderful, like fireworks going off in my head, to paraphrase Blue Oyster Cult. Coupled with the beautiful neck on my new Fender Jap Jazz, I could not be happier! For the first time, I feel like it's a true reflection of me. The chain .. Fender Japan 62RI Jazz, CAR with matched headstock, rosewood dot slab board, American Vintage pickups, Badass II, East J-Retro 01, DR Strings Black Beauties. POD X3 LIVE - amp model Acoustic 360 with a highish gain setting and the high mids up full, a little compression, a little basic digital chorus. Want some clips? Give me a few days to get that sorted. [attachment=73814:01_Track_1.mp3] 28 downloads and one nice comment. I guess most people think my tone is sh*t then Seriously all comments are welcome, even if you do think my sound is a pile of poo.[/quote] nice sounds, sounds like you want a valve amp though! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balcro Posted March 6, 2011 Share Posted March 6, 2011 Nice clips Silldx. As I'm not a fan of single malts, I'd say that was like a nicely rounded port or madeira. Is there a touch of reverb in there? Balcro. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bh2 Posted March 6, 2011 Share Posted March 6, 2011 Lovely... Will try to post clips too... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gjones Posted March 7, 2011 Share Posted March 7, 2011 Yes, I'm a happy bunny with my new (preloved) CIJ 62 RI as well. For the price - £380 - it's a cracker. I've kept the Fender strings it came with on it because it sounds so good but will soon try out a set of DR Hi-Beams. The neck is almost as slim as my Geddy Lee and it's very easy to play and ooozes quality. I have to say, I've really liked every Jazz I've ever owned (even the bog standard Indonesian Squier that cost me £95) as they all had their own individual qualities. But because of the combination of sound and playability this one is probably the best of the lot. I think you may be well and truly converted to 'The way of the Jazz' as well now. Long may the love affair continue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
faiz0802 Posted March 16, 2011 Share Posted March 16, 2011 WOW!! That is just beautiful, just plain and simple Beee Yuuu Teee Full... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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