JazzBass sound?

[corny]

PS: Kevin, very nice bass. Got any sound samples?
 
PPS: Thank you all for replying. Very impressed by the interest of other people at the Alembic club:-)

[tbrannon]

Cor-
What were your filter settings on that Youtube clip?  I'm far from the most knowledgable Alembic owner, but I'm absolutely overwhelmed with the variety of settings I can get with the signature electronics on my Rogue 5.  
 
Where were your filters and Q's set for that clip?
 
Toby

[olieoliver]

Cor, I'm with Toby here. I can get that fat funk sound from any one of my Alembic basses. I do have to EQ them a little different than my Jazz. But that goes for mt other axes too, they all need a lttle something different to get a real fat , but crisp tone.  
Try cutting the mids and maybe even boosting the lows some.

[olieoliver]

Cor, here is a clip recorded with my MK 5. Nothing fancy but I do like the tone, and IMHO has a very good fat funk sound.
This was recorded with the bass plugged straight in to my sound card with out any preamp or EQ, other than the control on the bass itself.

[rklisme]

 
 
(Message edited by rklisme on October 22, 2006)

[rklisme]

I am not a slap guy but I have to agree with Olie. You need to cut the mids to start acheiving the tone you are looking for. By the way excellent job from both you guys I enjoyed listening to you!
 
Rory
 
(Message edited by rklisme on October 22, 2006)

[corny]

Straight in to the sound card Olie? Sounds good!
 
The filter settings on the YouTube clip were easy. Balance knob in the middle and the other pots open (clockwise). Yes, I cut the mids on the EQ of my amp.  
 
In the meanwhile I discovered that Adriaan's suggestion of adjusting the trimpots was very helpful (I rotated the neck PU trimpot a quarter clockwise).
Also, replacing the battery helped (blush...)
 
And finally, I'm expecting my brandnew second hand unknown brand JazzBass this afternoon by the mail:-)
 
Again, thank y'all for your encouragements.
 
Kind regards,
Cor

[palmann]

Did you record your clip with the cameras microfone? The other guy seems to plug his bass directly into a mixer or soundcard.
 
Gruesse, Pablo

[lg71]

Hey guys, thanks for posting those clips, to me you all sound great, you shouldn't envy Clarke, King or Miller if I may... Each its own style. I would start to worry and get bored if everyone sounded like Marcus Miller lol What makes life interesting is variety, maybe you tend to forget that none of the following named players sound the same; Jamerson, Clarke, Johnson, Pastorius, King, Miller, Claypool, Graham,  so about you get you get your own sound, and listeners can say: this is him or her you know...
 
Cor, glad to hear that you went for one of the option I suggested, although I am not saying that I am responsible for it. The great thing about it, is that you can always upgrade the PUs if needed, as well as any other parts, including tuners, bridge, neck, body, scratch-plate, pots knobs and so on... We hope you're keeping your BAD ASS ALEMBIC! Because, you may have not realized that everyone can get a cheap Jazz bass and make it sound like a Jazz, but that is not the case with Alembic!  
 
On the subject of Soundcard, computer and software... why not start a new section excusively devoted to the subject? I am sure that many members could benefit from it, i.e: How to get started, minimum specs, soundcard, software, sample libraries and so on... I'd be happy to advise and help, as I am very comfortable in this field. I am sure there are some technophobes amongst us, I have met plenty and help many, they never looked back once up and running...

[olieoliver]

Excellent suggestion LG, I recently installed an EMU-1820 in my PC and could use some suggestions.

[lg71]

Hi Olieoliver, we'd have get the Goahead from Mica or Dave I guess...
 
Meanwhile the EMU-1820 is a great card, the preamps are designed by Ted Fletcher who has worked on the Joeemeek stuff, and the AD/DA converters are the same they use on Protools boards. I used to have two EMU ESI32 samplers, EMU were/are still highly respected for the fantastic + unique sounding algorithms for their Filters, much superior than the Akai. In fact Akai samplers are dead, because of computer technology you don't really need the hardware version anymore (although can be useful and more reliable than computers for live work). But EMU did the right thing, they came up with a software version of the hardware, with more flexibility and feature I guess, but I never tried it though.

[lg71]

Cor, have you received the Jazz bass? What's the verdict then?

[rraymond]

May be a little late for this, but how about using a Sadowsky outboard preamp. As Marcus has an onboard version on his Jazz, the outboard might be just the ticket.
 
Good luck on the tone quest!
 
Reid

[corny]

Yes LG, I received the unknown brand JazzBass. I now realize that I'm a bit spoilt with the Alembic, because there were many, many things about the bass that annoyed me.
 
On the other hand, I must admit that the basic sound is quite OK.  
 
I'll see if I can Tube something this afternoon;-).
 
Groetjes,
Cor.

[corny]

Here's a short sample of the cheap JazzBass clone. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9m7Bp3UMJeE
(The video gets out of sync pretty soon, but hey...)
 
Now that I'm able to compare it with my Alembic MK I'm absolutely convinced that I can't get this specific sound out of the Alembic, which I regret, since the Alembic is a lot easier to play.
 
Kind regards,
Cor