I prefer the aural sounds of the Jaco Tribute bass. It just seems so much more expressive. The other two, as they were recorded, sound too muted or muffled. They sounded very good, but too muted. They almost had a synthesizer-bass sound. I'm partial to the more expressive sound of the Fender single coils.
Your playing technique sounds great on all 3. The Gary Willis Signature maybe seems a little warmer and sits back in the mix a little more whereas the Fender and Fodera cut through a little more.
Of those 3? Easily the Ibanez GWB . I have owned a fretless fender jazz but use and prefer an Ibanez SRH500F for the sound , it's more acoustic archtop quality with piezo pickup works better for jazz to my ears.
Great playing ! I would take the Gary Willis because it is said to be very light… do you know the weight of that bass ? But, since the string spacing is too short, I would go for the Fender one. Is that Tribute model a 60s or 70s pickups spacing ?
Hi Amoud- the GWB 1 is the lightest bass I have…really, the stringspace is short but not problem to play. I don’t no which pickups spacing. For me all the 3 Fretless great. Every bass have something special ✌🏼
My usual propensity would be to say that I pick the one in the middle. Only, you played three instruments instead of two. You also played them equally well and made them sound equally appealing. I had to look at the screen in order to know you were playing different instruments.
I was just going to vote for the Gary Willis before you even started playing the other two, but then the Fender came out and wow....they all sound great , but going to have to go with the Fender
All of them sound great. I personally prefer the Jaco tribute, followed by the Gary Willis, sadly putting the Fodera in last even though it is very beautiful.
Mister Bachman , I have never played a fretless bass but all three of those instruments sounded beautiful especially the " Jaco " Bass. Should there be a fretless in a bassists arsenal ? And if one is a beginner to this type of bass. What model would be a good started fretless ?
Fender Player fretless jazz was my starter bass and I'd say it's a great starting point (internet generally agrees, aside from te usual Fender flame wars).
The Ibanez is nice but the Jaco has more of that classic sound, though I don't think you need that particular model to get it. The Fodera seemed a bit lifeless to me.
The Fender sounded more ballsy. Also the placement of the pickup on the Ibanez is not Idea. The Monarch was better than the Ibanez, but the Fender wins in my book.
Ich mag beim Fender den etwas gedeckteren Klang bei gleichzeitig schönem sustain. Dem Sound des Fodera fehlt mir ein bisschen der Körper (das klingt nach Weinverkostung, aber ich weiß nicht wie man das ausdrücken soll); Man mischt da ja subjektiv immer viel von den eigenen Hörgewohnheiten mit rein. Wieder ein cooles Video.
..ich finde es sehr schwer, denn alle drei Bässe sind auf ihre Art tolle Bässe und klingen richtig fein..aber für mich wäre die Reihenfolge Fender, GWB, Fodera. Der Fender klingt gut mittig und hat trotzdem Fundament, der GWB irgendwie mehr Wärme...und der Fodera klingt für meine Ohren etwas zu "seicht", da würde mir die Präsenz etwas fehlen. Sehr schönes Solo übrigens, klasse gespielt! 👍