What About Capo's

[howard]

Oh yes that works nicely

[terb]

… also a J …

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really I don’t like the sound of the J, but I love the way it sits in a mix. so … yeah. valid.

[howard]

@terb

really I don’t like the sound of the J, but I love the way it sits in a mix. so … yeah. valid.

Its thinner, hollow scoop can work really well in some cases. Not usually my thing though yeah.

[terb]

depends if you want to ear the notes or the growl at some point

[howard]

Yeah I am all about the punchy P goodness myself but I can appreciate what Opeth and Syberia did there. That did sound pretty killer.

pg.lost too I think, need to check.

[MikeC]

There are Js, and then there are Js. Not all sound alike. Differents brands can and do sound very different from one another.

My Sire V8 is way versatile and has tons of tones in it, and it sounds ballsy as hell. It can thump with the best P, if that is called for.

[howard]

I’ve actually had the luxury of owning the same bass in both a J/J and P/J configuration. Really helped solidify things for me.

[Al1885]

@MikeC

There are Js, and then there are Js. Not all sound alike. Differents brands can and do sound very different from one another.

My Sire V8 is way versatile and has tons of tones in it, and it sounds ballsy as hell. It can thump with the best P, if that is called for.

Not to mention same brand Fender with 2 pickups locations and preamp can also sound distinctively different, case and point, ‘62 jazz with the stacked volume/tone for each pickups offer wider range of tone than the 2 volume and one tone knob same goes to the vol/ blend/ tone there’s a difference.

Next and more in your face difference is the ‘75 jazz with the bridge pickup further away from the neck pickup and much closer to the bridge offering much brighter tone.

[MikeC]

@Al1885

Next and more in your face difference is the ‘75 jazz with the bridge pickup further away from the neck pickup and much closer to the bridge offering much brighter tone

Yep, I owned one of those.

[Paul]

There are J’s and then you have hundreds of (pre)amp options. I never understood why people are so hung up on just the sound of the bass without any processing. To me the fx, (pre)amp and cab are evenly as important for your sound.

For me it is more about the look & feel of the bass.

[groaner]

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@Bassdacious

Old threat re-ignited. What about if you tune to Eb to accommodate the singer, but then want to do the odd song in standard E tuning. A capo on the first fret means you don’t need to re-tune. Is this a decent reason to use a capo or am I missing something?

I have the opportunity to play with a friend who plays Pumped Up Kicks in F# with a capo on his first fret.

I figured for ease of playing, and avoiding having to retune everything, just throw a capo on 1, and yes, ignore the fret markers.

Alternatively, I guess I can transpose to E instead of F, but that broke may relatively new player brain.

EDIT: After playing a bit with the transposed version of the sont, it’s not so hard. Actually it’s easier! Played in E instead of F so no fretting at the start.