Fender Jazz Bass Deluxe
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Posted on Feb 20, 2004 08:27 am
Tadpui
I am not a crook's head
Member Since: Mar 14, 2003
A friend went out of town for a week, and I borrowed her bass, which turned out to be an American Deluxe Jazz bass. I was totally stumped as to what all of the controls do...I figured out the volume knob, but that's about it :) After looking online, I found that teh rest of the controls were a pickup pan knob (which explains why it was center-detented) adn a 3-band active EQ.
I'm hoping to do some recording this week with it, and I was wondering if anybody had any tips on recording or playing a Fender jazz bass? And which controls are which for the active EQ?
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MinkusMazBane of All ExistenceMember
Since: Mar 27, 2003
Feb 20, 2004 09:21 am active EQs typically are center-detented as well. i have it on my bass, but i don't like to throw in EQ until i get to the preamp stage and beyond. it can change how it interacts with your gain stage, which can be cool though. having a pickup pan is great, because you can get more specific tone (like 78% neck, 22% bridge) instead of only 50/50. track it like you'd track any other bass.
TadpuiI am not a crook's headMember
Since: Mar 14, 2003
Feb 20, 2004 09:36 am Cool thanks Minkus.
I'm going to have to record it direct thru an ART Tube MP preamp into my Delta 44 since I don't own a bass amp. I've never tracked a bass before, so I was wondering if it was more complicated than plug it in, turn it up, and press record.
Noize2uCzar of MidiAdministrator
Since: Apr 04, 2002
Feb 20, 2004 07:54 pm No it isnt. Just make shure you have your pre amp doing most of the gain work. This will keep it sounding a bit better. And leave your mixer EQ flat and worry about getting a good tone without that. You can always bring the bass to full life in the mix.
When I run a bass direct like that I will usually compress it in the mix later.
TadpuiI am not a crook's headMember
Since: Mar 14, 2003
Feb 20, 2004 10:05 pm nice, thanks noise. I made my first attempt at recording it tonight (putting those suggestions to use) and it came out pretty good, all things considered.
I am having one problem tho: the bass guitar and kick drum are competing too much. The kick, when it hits, makes the bass guitar sound like it is being plucked. But the bass guitar is just sustaining a note. I tried notching the bass around 80Hz to make room for the kick, but that kind of killed its oomph. The kick is just the fruity loops realistic kick 1...any suggestions?
Noize2uCzar of MidiAdministrator
Since: Apr 04, 2002
Feb 20, 2004 10:21 pm Make sure the kick is coming in around 80, if not you might try notching a bit lower or higher. You can also give a bit of boost around 100 to 150, this will give it a bit of life back and hopefully not effect the kick. The other alternative is to try another kick or Eq the kick a bit to help get it away from the bass track as well.
flame...bringing sexy backMember
Since: Jul 01, 2002
Feb 21, 2004 01:40 am some interesting advice here guys, ive got the same bass, and havent managed to get any good sounds from it yet...
never tried recording it flat (no eq) and gainy before...gonna try that laters
Noize2uCzar of MidiAdministrator
Since: Apr 04, 2002
Feb 21, 2004 11:44 am Remember, not too gainy unless you want some distortion or extremem warmth in there.
WaltChief Cook and Bottle WasherMember
Since: May 10, 2002
Feb 22, 2004 10:27 pm I've heard a lot about POD and suspect it is a good preamp / DI unit. Myself, I use a Fishman Pro-EQ Platinum. Five band EQ, compression, depth, ground lift, and phase shift as well as imput gain and output volume stages. Mic level XLR out for DI line level out for amp. Also a pre line level out for tuner. Above all, an extreamly high input impediance good for any pick up from active to Piezo. I bought it for my EUB but am now using it on all my basses. I give it a 10. Between it and the pick up blenders on my bass guitars I get very good sound and a very good latitude of sound.
