I was at USC when Nick was there - the school had some serious bass talent. Nick, Sam Wilkes, Amin Jazayeri, Brian Jones, Corbin Jones and other great players were all on campus. As a jazz grad student, I literally saw these guys all do certain things I've never seen other bass players ever do. No lie.
Fender Jazz, Fender Mini P, Jack's old Tobias, the Ernie ball signature modeled after Jack's bass, the string ray from the 1612 video, red squire pj..... think that's everything played publicly, but enough basses to fill a video talking about them all
@@patrickmcpartland1398 pretty sure the Jazz and his signature model are the only basses Joe owns. The tiny one is actually a Fender Precision Jr and the one his signature model is based on is a Carlo Robelli. (Oh no, I've become the "actually" guy!)
Finally!! I've wanted to know what he uses on his musicmaster for quite a while, I do have a rough idea but I just want to hear it from him lol. I swear if he doesn't say because he's said in the past he wanted to keep it a secret! EDIT: FUCK SAKE!!
@@willobst2772 & on his jazzer.... it never bothered rickenbacker, hiding six pole pieces under a toaster & lobbing it on a bass. I've often considered a p90 on one of my basses, & my 74 4001 has a strat pickup in its tailpiece, & I swear I didn't know about cliff burton when I did it! 😂
His enthusiasm for the older basses shines thru , explains nicely why all basses have their own sound and style , I know he’s not famous as such but has anybody watched Ayumu playing
Great stuff. I've enjoyed Nick's playing a lot, and listening to him talk about his basses is just as good -- kinda the same, only words instead of notes.
@@jorgerodriguezsierra7593 I think he means learn the different modes of the major scale all up and down the neck and incorporate that into your playing. When you're playing with a band, you can switch modes with to match the chord changes and it gives your parts more flavor.
Tony Levin on bass tales would be great. I know He was involved in Ian's "Bass Albums That Changed Music. Ep1. Tony Levin /Peter Gabriel" but man, I'd love to see this guy talk about the stick and everything...
I'm no pickup expert, but the neck on the Musicmaster looks like a Curtis Novak gold foil guitar pickup? At least that's the only brand I've seen that looks like that.
I've been really enjoying this series, its really interesting to see what everyone uses, why they like it, hearing the tales behind them etc. I would love to see either John Paul Jones, Geddy Lee, or Dusty Hill at some point that would be awesome.
Finally, someone else who uses a felt pick. I love mine for lighter hybrid pick (kinda approximates fingerpicking when I’m not in the mood to do that but want the sound) and for consistent attack with a boomier sound.
I have 2 60’s P basses 63’ and 69’, a 74’ Jazz, a 57’ Custom Shop, a 54’ P, a 64’ Jazz fretless, a 64’ Hofner Beatle Bass, but I can’t put down my 78’ Musicmaster.. I can play it all day long. I upgraded it to an Aero pickup but even the original MM pickup has a vibe. I always go back to the Musicmaster. Maybe one day I’ll buy a 60’s Mustang and hopefully play half as good as Nick 😂
Damn tho, that 65’ P bass…………looks and sounds killer. This guy is great player, he has got timing and feel for sure. I would die to play drums with this dude.
Those pickups look like a Jazzmaster single coil and some kind of Gold Foil style pickup, that sound of a Gold Foil is so distinctive, but I never thought it would sound good in a Bass.
That's a later model Musicmaster based on the headstock logo. They were made from surplus Fender parts, so it's no wonder the neck and body are different years.
Interesting video. Whilst searching for a bass guitar (on eBay) I noticed the plethora of bass guitar manufacturers both old and new. It is confusing unless you know a manufacturer is 'kosha'. What is the real story behind mass-produce bass guitars? Are they all made in the same factory with different names paste to them? What makes the quality - is it the price or the name? Why do the older mass-produced Japanese basses still holding their money? and,.... why has Ibanez got so many model variants with a secret code that needs to be deciphered? Perhaps you could let us know about this Scott...
I wouldn't touch eBay with a bargepole, you could very easily end up with a bass with major problem like a warped neck and a seller refusing to refund you. If you're looking for a cheap bass I'd suggest buying from a well regarded store like GAK or Guitar Guitar and getting something like a Mexican made Fender 'P' bass. They sell for just over £600. Or even cheaper and made in the Far East, one of Fender's Squire brand. The Squire Classic Vibe range is just over £300 and reasonable quality. Guitars and basses are made in the third world solely to reduce costs. How good they are depends on the factory and the specifications and quality control of the firm employing their services. Japan did have a reputation for well made instruments, but it now costs as much to build there as in the US. The large number of different model basses manufactured by Ibanez is I imagine a marketing decision. They are trying to cover all the bases so to speak.
I think it'd be awesome to see Pino Palladino! His new music he's released is amazing and of course I'd love to hear the history on his fretless Stingray.
SICK LICKS NICK!!!! 😁 Dude! Please share what the secret pickups are. That way those of us who suck can dream that will be as cool as you one day, just because we have the same pickups.
The players I'd like to see Bass tales on...Geezer Butler, Nikki Sixx, Adam Clayton...i could go thru a whole list of heros but the ones i most want to see are a couple of guys who just dont ever talk about gear stuff ,at least not that i've found ; Simon Gallop of the Cure and my personal fretless inspiration David J of Bauhaus/ Love and Rockets
Are the pickups in the musicmaster not a Fender Jazzmaster pickup in bridge and a gold foil (Ry cooder style) in the neck? Guitar pickups.. makes sense on the "doesn't sound like it's supposed to"
Get an interview with Bruce Foxton, so underrated and very few if any interviews are done by guys who play bass so never ask the right questions really, I bet he's kept some basses over the years and has an amazing collection. He might be super private and reject offers for interviews but I don't think so as there's bits and pieces on youtube but nothing really in depth about his equipment and what he likes to play really. there are some fan zines with some good stuff in them but pretty old and not really out there, he is so under rated and deserves so much more limelight as a player, The Jam finished to early, he played for a pretty heavy punk band that would never get much exposure and then his solo career wasn't really well received as the song writing wasn't exceptional (in my opinion) but as a Bass player he is exceptional, could never of had The Jam without him, Weller was a song writer and a pretty poor guitarist really. Another on is JJ Burnell and then Matt Freeman, his stuff with Operation Ivy and most importantly Rancid has a massive following as the bass lines are works of genius if your into that genre of music. There's three names to consider, lol. Oh, wait Norman Watt-Roy, there's four legends to interview.
