Tale Of The Fingers. Thanks for not slapping, nice playing great warm tone. I really love your demo because you don't sound like a guitar player trying to play bass.
SOLD! Your video is what convinced me to buy these (effing expensive!) strings. I can't wait to throw them on my MIA P-bass and let them age for as long as they last. Great playing!
Beauty! Just ordered a set for my recent FrankenFender Jazz ‘assembly’- Geddy Lee body (70’s pu spacing), American Pro J neck, Seymour Duncan Apollo (linear humbucking pups)... mmmmm
FIRST FIRST FIRST time ive ever heard a JAZZ bass that I actually LIKED!! Who'd a thunk those damn flats would have made it sound so awesome! P bass - yeah - but wow...great playin too pal!
I know he played a P-bass but I'm definitely being reminded of Paul Jackson from the Headhunters. Especially those little hammer-on trills. I ended up putting TI flats on my jazz too. I don't think I'll ever go back! Great playing!
Love your style and tone. You truly sound like a Bass player, thanks for not strumming the Bass like a Banjo with a pick, flesh on strings pure Bass. A tribute to Jamerson, Duck and Family Man Barrett the round sound is the truth. Great Demo.
Hi Paul. The combination that you have here- a '62 slab J-Bass strung with flats, was crucial to the ealry Zeppelin sound. It's been said that John Entwhistle once said: "Zeppelin taught me how to play bass." With deep rooted British humor and tongue in cheek...there was a lot of truth to that statement. Jones is the king of bass. Your sound and playing are REALLY nice here my friend. I very much enjoyed listening. I too am a fan of the Slab Jazz Bass...I have five of them. There is NOTHING like a slab Jazz Bass. I tell all my player friends that who have no idea what it is I'm telling them. When someone comes to me and says "how did you learn how to play?" I simply tell them- "Go get an old P-Bass and the first five Zeppelin albums and get to work."
As a Who fan I have never heard Entwistle say that JPJ taught him how to play bass. Entwistle was revolutionizing bass playing whilst JPJ was still looking for work as a session bass guitarist. Sorry fo going off subject but those Zep fan boys do my head in. By the way great tone with those TI's they are a top flatwound bass string, they sound great on a P Bass too!
Hi Nerkoids, thanks for the kind words! Yes, I tend to use the fingers of my left hand that arn't fretting to do the muting. That and the fact that the flatwounds create a 'tic tac' tone quite easily. Good luck with your new vintage modified squier, they really are very good instruments (I have a vm squier mustang bass). The necks are excellent as are the pickups imho. Thanks too for the request to get some more old school funkiness together...I'll get on it!
Thanks for sharing a great groove without the madness of going left and right at the same time on the fret board! (smile) Your tone is wonderful. The 62-reissue Jazz is one of my dream basses; but I may just get 62-reissue p/up's, new pots, shield it, and call it a life. Also, your fluidness on the fret board is impressive..looks as if you're hardly moving your fingers except for the pull-offs...that's smooth. Be safe.
That honestly just sounds like pure butter. Killer tone. I'm a huge fan of vintage instruments. I have a 74 Gibson grabber. A 75 g3. And my main bass is a 1972 fender precision. I would love to get a "high tier" vintage bass like a early jazz bass or a 1957 p bass. But man dropping 15-20k on a bass would be hard to do.
Thanks! I'd like to try an early 70's P bass one day. I bet it's amazing. Yep, the price of vintage instruments these days is nuts. Even the refins are pushing it. I guess it's collectors pushing up prices more than players. Which is a shame.
@@Paulosrecordsofficial yeah. I just turned 18 a couple months ago but back when I was 15/16 I first got into the vintage side of things. I remember seeing even back then for a 60 jazz bass stack knob was barely pushing 16k. Now just like 2.5 years later I see them going for 40k even. It's honestly ridiculous. The most I could really feel good spending on a bass is around 10k-15k. But I suppose for certain pieces of musical history it would be worth it. I just wish I was born like 5 years earlier with my same taste lol stuff was so much cheaper. When my dad was a teen back in the early 80s he had a friend who had a 64 jazz bass and a 60 p bass. He showed me old band photos where he let him borrow them. The kid traded them BOTH on a Kramer. Those basses could easily worth over 30k now a days and he traded them back in the 80s for practically pocket change. If only he had a crystal ball 😂
@@2002nkpB Congrats on turning 18. I was your age in the 80's and should've bought a couple of stack pots back then! Just didn't cross my mind (I was broke too) so played a Tokai Jazz Bass most of the time. It was a really nice instrument, very well made and playable. I'm sure one day the instrument of your dreams will fall into your hands...they have a habit of finding the people who need them the most. Maybe a collector will lend you one. This happens in the classical world a lot. Rich collectors lend their mega-expensive violins and 'cellos to young gifted musicians. Also, there are a lot of great instruments out there that are not vintage Fenders. Fender Custom Shop, Nash...etc. With the right pickups, strings and set-up you can get 99% of the way there I think. All the best with your bass journey. I kind-a envy you, so much learning material out there on the internet!
great playing paul! greetings from the big apple. i just recorded donna lee on my 64 jazz with ti's ill post soon. happy holidays. you made mine happier!
Awesome tone. Good job with the recording. So often you see YT videos demoing an instrument with little to no effort put into the audio recording. Killer bass....I'm jealous. Cheers!
I think you just saved me some money, lol. I'm in a reggae band and hate when people say "just roll to the front pickup and roll off all tone and mids"...what? I can palm mute my rounds but I have to detune slightly to compensate and there's really no time for that. These will now be the first ones I'll try.
Hi marvelousdeluxeful. Just measured the action and at the 12th fret it's 4/32" at the E string and 7/64" at the G string. Neck is straight with a slight relief. A nice easy to play medium action. It was set-up by the luthier Mo Clifton in London who I heartily recommend.
+paulosrecords totally man! fantastic! I just ordered a set of TIs and La Bella 760FS flats for my P to get that JPJ tone. Gotta test which ones I'll prefer, but I'm sliiightly going towards TIs by the clips.
Bravo! Splendid sound of bass. Excuse me Paul for my question. Would I be right in thinking that are you using DI box and audio interface on this video and without VST plug-in?
Thank you! Yes you are correct, recorded into the DI input of a ULN-8 interface. I think I added a touch of compression in Logic Pro...it was a while ago!
Hi Paul, phenomenal playing! Are you finger muting to get that slight tic-tac tone? I'm glad to hear it's quite possible to get that deep thump from a J-bass. I'm getting myself one this week (although not a vintage like yours, more like a cheapo Vintage Modified Squier, but it's a well-regarded model, tho. 3 tone, tortie shell pickguard to look like yours.) Please post more of this old school funkiness. Kids gotta know about this stuff, and how incredibly cool it is. Thanks!!!
Amazing tone, typed this in because I want to get a set of those. Your video was the first one and I'm sold! Thanks. How is the string tension? I like a loose string.
Many thanks AAron. Wishing you well with your set. Yes, the string tension is qute low. It took me a while to adjust from roundwounds to these, but once I got used to the Thomastiks I became really happy with them. Great strings!
What do you think about the tension of the TI? are they too lose? i had a set on a semi-hollow bass but the tension was very low and since i tried a set of LaBella's on my jazz bass and ruined the neck to the point of having to replace it (i'm glad Fender warranty covered it) i wan't to try flats on my jazz again but don't want to kill another neck, maybe the tension varies from one bass to another?
The tension of the TI flats is a bit lower than roundwounds. So there is a small learning curve until you get used to them. I havn't experienced any problems with my Jazz bass neck and the TI's.
@@Paulosrecordsofficial Maybe I just had a bad neck the first time. If there's a bit less tension than rounds it should be fine. Thanks for the answer!! Amazing playing btw!!
On curious to know how your action is set up. I have a terrible time with the settings clicking on the frets at each pluck. And I have at least a medium action. I have very little relief from the truss rod. Mostly a flat neck.
Hi Ben, they cost around £43 ($50) here in the UK. I'm guessing you're in the USA? The good news is they last for years and years and don't need to be changed regularly (unlike roundwound strings).
@@Paulosrecordsofficial thanks! I found thomastik strings that say the exact same thing. One has a yellow cover with a jazz bass and the other has a jazz bass on the whole cover. Which one did you demo?
i'm thinking of buying this strings but knowing the size are thinner than usual strings that i use, would i loose the bottom end. as they say the thicker strings the more bass you get. really need your opinion on this please thanks!
Hi popitn2nd. Can't say I noticed a drop in bass with these strings. I find them to be very well balanced and to work well with this bass. Of course results may vary depending on the bass guitar in question...
paulosrecords i do have a custom shop 64 jazz bass. i wonder how it's gonna sound live with these strings. although your set up on this video is totally different the way it would sound in live. i believe you are recording direct right?
***** o cool, well your 64 should sound similar to the 62, I should imagine. Yes indeed, this recording is direct into an audio interface. I'm happy with the bass response through an amp too...I think you'll enjoy the Thomastiks :)
