Why every bassist HAS to own a J Bass (Bass Tales Ep.15 w/Nicole Row)
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- Опубліковано 1 кві 2022
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There are only a few things that all bass players agree on:
Flea belongs on every Top 10 list.
Jaco only needed four strings.
And every bassist HAS to try a Jazz Bass.
Almost everything else is up for debate…well, almost.
In today’s video we catch up with LA session bassist Nicole Row to discuss her awesome bass collection, from her modded P Bass to the Jazz Bass she bought for her gig with Panic! at the Disco.
As always, see you in the shed…
Scott :)
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Just have to add that Nicole is the best human! A few years ago she sat in with my young person's all-grrrl rock band. She could not have been nicer or more encouraging ❤️
Great line of great basses. I dig how chill and laid back you are, no ego. Props for Noble
First time I heard Geddy Lee's J-Bass clank I was sold for life. The perfect bass IMO
I went to the shop to buy this one 18 years ago and it was gone so i took a Marcus Miller instead and I looooove it. Great bass!
Love the diversity of sounds there, thanks for sharing!
Well, Jaco said the JB is "the only bass". Couldn't find better advice.
It's so cool to see Nicole Row on Scott's channel. Such a gifted player, badass on so many levels. I too own the Marcus Miller Jazz Bass, which is 20 years old now & aged beautifully. Nice vintage yellow hue, and boy does the whole instrument resonate (must have to do with the wood becomer drier over time, while being played). I really recommend to check out Nicole's work with Panic, there are some youtube films out there of concerts with Nicole playing, amazing. Please, Nicole do more for SBL!
I owned a Marco Jazz Bass and I really tried to like it, but there was nothing about it that I liked, it was a well constructed bass but somehow nothing on it felt right to me, so I traded it. Ironically I picked that over the Marcus Miller Jazz, which she also played on this clip. The Marco was really well built but a Jazz Bass design I really couldn't connect with.
Also in this video I didn't like the sound of either of the two *shrugg*
More videos with Nicole please. She seems so friendly and nice when she speaks and she plays so well.
My daughter is a big fan of Panic at the Disco...good work.
Same! Took my daughter to see Panic! in a bar show a few years ago and became a fan myself.
Really love the tune headspace!!!
Ah, Nicole featured at SBL. At last! 😍
Nicole, you groove!
I agree. A Passive J Bass.
Although, a P/J configuration would fulfill most needs 😎
Greetings from Uganda 🇺🇬👊🏿🖤
Yeah, a Squier Affinity PJ. you retain that studio mix sound + you can play scooped mids of a jazz bass. you just won't have the jazz neck pickup tone. which comes close.
you might as well play a passive J for the heaviest genres like metalcore instead of just pop music. These days you'll see some metalcore bassists hold a jazz and probably a darkglass with them, if not a bass from schecter, spectre or ibanez
@@musenw8834 a Dark glass preamp?
Yeah, Darkglass is a pedal brand.
J is a far better choice than a PJ. A J can easily sound like a P (with a bit of hum) but a PJ doesn't at all sound like a J.
That was fun. Some nice Basses, love her playing style too.
My passive J Bass is the most powerful weapon in my bass arsenal. Nothing quite like it in terms of versatility and tonal qualities. A fully open J Bass with rounds is the quintessential rock/punk bass tone, in my opinion. Rolling off the bridge pickup gets me into P Bass territory. You can get great funky slap tones, or thick thuddy jazz tones, or a solid rock tone all from the same instrument, without any sort of modifications. Versatility! The J Bass just works "out of the box". I never have to fight the instrument to make it sound good or play well, either.
I prefer the J . I can get a P bass sound by rolling off the bridge and a twist to the amp that i can't get with a P. Ironically I play a 86 Squire which i prefer to the Fender. 35 years playing, 7 other basses, and nothing beats my (much modified) Squire, believe me I don't understand why myself, must have gotten a magic one.
Love your chops, Nicole!
Amazing timing, I'm heading to a music shop tomorrow to grab a Sire V7 (a decision I made after watching this channel's demos)! Really looking forward to picking up my own J style!
I love mine and have owned it for two years now, only thing i’ll say is make sure your super comfortable with the weight. It’s a heavy instrument
I own one of the first fretless acoustic Breedlove basses. These were all solid wood. I love it ❤️ I put on black tape strings some time ago and it sounds and plays great
I just received my Overwater SDJ bass in February. LOVE this bass. Best constructed/sounding J bass I've ever owned. For me the narrow string spacing and 33" scale are prefect (I bet my hands are smaller than Nicole's!) :) Cheers!
My top favorite basses to play are the precision bass and the jazz fretless. Beyond that, I have a lot of favorites!🥳👨🏻
Shout out to Tina at the Amp Shop!!!! I’ve been taking my basses to her for ten plus years. The best in town.
Loved the bass tour you gave in this video! Also loved that you play w Panic (they're cool and I know another person in their tour band... pm for more). I loved your back-stories about the camping and recording sessions. I stayed at home and worked too much. Opportunities lost I guess. I am still working to be consistent on one of my 2 basses, but just for the love of the sounds it makes.
Thats why I own two Jazzbasses. A Fender Marcus Miller Sig )sam as hers, but diffrent color) and a American Deluxe V string. Use them both the most these days. Also owning a P Bass and a five string Sting Ray. Love them all! :-)
Great video! Thanks for playing your instruments. May I ask-- what strings do you use on this video?
I used to listen to P!ATD
But for a long time I never knew that this absolutely amazing woman was responsible for those basslines
For that
You have officially won my respect girl
Keep rocking!!!!!!!🤘🤘🤘🤘
Nobody cares
She's not responsible for creating them.. but for playing the parts live. Still a great bassist that I am glad to learn of.
She’s a touring bassist she’s not a member of any band. She’s a session musician too which is arguably better than being on tour.
I was sans j bass for 20 years. Now I can’t afford one, so I built a parts j bass with allparts neck and fender Mexico body. And original pickups from my first J.
I feel complete now. It gives me a feeling of everything being right with the world (which, obviously, it ain’t). But that’s what it’s about, the groove illusion! Forgive me, I’m C19 positive and going crazy in my panic room 😵💫
I absolutely love my jazz basses and feel like I play better on jazz basses. However, I own P basses as well. Love your energy Nicole and your grooves. Big ups to the females out there holding down the low end.
I'm currently playing with a Paramore tribute and at first I was a little bit overwhelmed with their tunings, but I guess this was one of the best advices from 5:20
Playing with the 5-string could mean more challenging digitations but it's worth it
Beautiful Bass, Beautiful Bassist, Beautiful Sounds. From one Bassist to another, you are Rockin' my Sister 🎸❤👍👏
Scott, thanks for this! Yeah, love the slightly grainy but well-defined tone
of the Fender at 2:00. In mixing, it's nearly impossible to clarify a
tubby woofy bass :)
Putting flats on the Marcus Miller might be breaking some law of the universe somewhere. Haha, sounds great!
It's the only way to make a Jazz bass tolerable for me :)
Love the acoustic bass love. So many seem to hate on them, but ive had a few over the years, and they just have a beautiful tone. I currently have a Michael Kelly Firefly acoustic bass, and absolutely love it.
I haven't seen one of these episodes in a while but I am a huge Nicole Row fan so my hands are tied
I have the Geddy Lee Jazz Bass with the shaved neck. It is my favorite bass...tone, action..Geddy knows bass.
So soft spoken for such a killer player. Great playing!
Finally! someone playing slow melodic note to hear the actual tone of the instrument instead of a bunch of strumming percussions, pulls and slaps.
Hear, hear!!!!!
Incredible - I am rocking out my taxes and streamed the new 2am funk dance party with The Pockets and quickly became mesmerized with your sound - Threw out a Google and this video popped up - Everything sounded terrific and enjoyed the story telling but then the room billowed with sound - That Acoustic Bass Flipping ROCKS - I highly encourage you to get back in that car a record a few tracks with that beauty - Sending Positive Vibes From Colorado
Cheers
P.S. Puppy Love, Nothing Better
Real good bass sounds (no obligatory slapping, finally) and a very charming lady.
Since I have small hands myself, I'm very curious about the Marcus Miller Signature and F Bass.
Great video! I also have small hands, what do I need to know to buy the 4 string bass?
Such a beautiful bass you have there!
I have only one question: what is the amp that is on the video?
Cheers from Mexico
I had a '65 fender jazz and loved it! but not as much as my '66 precision.
Nice to discover Nicole and her basses here! I'll check her out for sure..Love your music and playing Nicole...!
👊🏻👊🏻👊🏻
@@devinebass Thank you!!
In case anyone is wandering what that knob is in the green P bass that gives 'different P bass sounds' - it's a Tone Styler.
Such a beauty from inside out... love her demeanour. Oh yes, the J Bass, yes that's the main topic here... I love my Fender Jazz, American Pro Series, but my Sadowsky 5-string Metro is da bom!
Charming video but slightly low on information regarding signal chain, strings, electronics etc for the curious! I take it the rotary tone switch on the P is a 'Tonestyler'. Great collection, the acoustic bass sounds really nice!
Love when you throw down The Funk at 5:10
Must say, I love the sound of that P BASS! What is the tone control knob?
Tina is awesome. And love the Amp shop. Bought a few basses from Gary. Tina did some exceptional work for me. Can't recommend her enough. I've since moved away from LA and can't find anyone that comes close to Tina.
Such nice playing.I'm an old geezer bassist with smallish hands and I love bass more than anything else in the world.I love my Jazz bass and all my others.I'm a cat guy though.
Dang! That kitten by her teakettle was a. dog, dog?I think people with dogs under 20 pounds or so are cat people at heart.Great grooves and tones here, nice lines.
Marco is such a nice guy and his basses feel great
Loved the Patitucci bit on the Fodera.
Brilliant video 🙏✨🙏
Nice history and to know a person with cool basslines! The one with natural wood finish has great harmonics!
I never liked JBs, my first bass was an PJ and I always used the P thinking the J pickup has a problem. This "melted" body style and fingerboard with only 20 frets also push me away to have one. Mine preferences are Ps, SGs, and RKs, and love short scales.
But I know their importance in the music history and their iconic bass players that use this model. It's an easy bass to play slap, the thin neck it's confortable and has no neck dive. Their normal sound is bad to me but a fretless became very decent.
Every bassist has to TEST a J-bass, but to own one, unfortunetly is out of my plans hahaha
I'm a P girl. 4 string long scale is my main
@@cityvibegirl precision basses are nice. I had only one with the classic design, but have more than one bass with their configuration and different designs.
Thank you Nicole for saying it! I love the P bass as much as the next cat... but wired right the J covers everything the P does and has a whole different element with the "bridge" pickup. Those bright wirey sounds - you need a J for that. :)
I love your style. Also I’m a proud owner of a Marco bass! Love it
Title: “Why every bassist has to own a J Bass”
P Bass @ 6:20 : “I am inevitable”
What was the rotary switch circuit in the P bass? I'm building a project P bass and might want to do that, too.
Justin Chancellor would be so cool to have on bass tales!
Can you tell me what your action is on your jazz bass/ i am trying to fing the lowest action numbers? You are awesome bass player.
J-basses are cool. i own a Sandberg 5string jbass and i love it
Five strings are the way to go! I’ve been playing fives so long that it’s hard to play a four now (feels so skinny). Great playing BTW! Love your tone
Yeah well Jaco only needed 4 str-
Just kidding lol
@@kingdeedee bahahahaha… bahahaaaaa… uhh… (slaps KingDavid with all five digits evenly enough to leave a mark) “keep Jacos name, out yo mouth”…
Lmao
Me too. five-string bassist here.
Yup, I often play in church, and some of those zippy exciting songs are in E flat.
In my other band, I used to have to transpose down a tone on demand (when you suddenly find the singer couldn't reach those notes) so being able to just move down two frets made it easier.
Find myself in the same place, except I’m probably hopping up to 6 strings eventually. I miss playing spicy chords from guitar and the tone is so nice up there. My 5 string PJ with flatwounds has served me well though and will continue to do so for a long time. It’s just a fun sound
Jazz Bass Power ! Love its !
YOU SOUND GREAT! WHAT AMP ARE YOU PLAYING THROUGH IN THIS VIDEO?
J Basses are all I play nowadays. I love them! I even have a P bass that I had built to include J pickups and it rips
Such a classic tone 🔥
So, I have a 5 string Fender American Standard Jazz Bass, much like yours. I'm a saxophone player, and I have giant hands. I'd prefer a wider neck. I've never played a P bass. You say they have wider necks that the Jazz bass? Thanks...
Dream girl..this one is a keeper
Hey Nicole! Shecter make the Stiletto Custom line of basses with thinner necks in mahogany with 4 & 5 string options. You might dig the feel of them, I certainly love mine. I love how approachable and down to earth you seem to be. Good luck with your career and future in general. Cheers from Down Under!
Cheers from America! Those Schecter Stilettos are great... I had a Studio 5 that was super comfortable to play with really versatile tone. I only sold it because I decided to stop playing 5 string and needed the money to fund my next bass. Fully support the Stilettos though.
So happy to see her playing my bass. I was 17, knew nothing and I spent all the money of my very first job on a Marcus Miller signature. I'm 35 now, and it's still the most precious thing I ever bought for myself ❤
I went from not having a j bass style instrument for years to now I bought 2 of in the same week and now I need to pick who you keep and who to flip!
Sounds like a good problem to have
Flip?!? You need to pick which to keep with roundwounds and which to put on flats. 😜
@@kyont Exactly! Alternatively if you only like one of these string types and want a deep option, give one bass a low B string instead of the high G (ie BEAD strings) 👍
I fell in love with her for the way she tells her stories. ❤️
What are your thoughts on fretless? I’ve always been a big Mick Karn fan…
That F Bass sounds and looks soooo good! Goosebumps! Had the opportunity to play this gorgeous fretless neck through F Bass about 25 years ago. It was amazing and i don't even think they make neck throughs anymore. It was brand new for $1600 and to this day i KICK my self in the arse for not buying it that day! It was gone when i went back. If it was that cheap it was probably more like 30 years ago. It had that organic look and tone like Nicole's bass. What a pair those two F basses would make. So that bass in this vid is awesome. I have played F basses afterwards that i was not thrilled about at all but that fretless was insane and this bass in the video looks to be insane as well. What a beautiful tone in her hands!
Man, such great basses dude!
If I were to get one bucket list item wish - it would be to meet and share a beer around a camp fire or whatever with a handful of my favorite musical artists... and Nicole would be one of them. So down to earth - has to be the coolest cat on the planet.
a thumbs up for the GC story
I know Nicole from her amazing funky works with Scary Pockets and she´s got them fo´ sho´!!!
👌.. Thank You 🎸💓🎶
I've heard that Sadowsky circuit is quite a battery eater // but is a beautiful bass !! And great playing!!!
There are the Aguilar and Sadowsky preamp pedals..
That knob on her P bass is a Stellartone ToneStyler.
Someone PLEASE tell me what song she’s playing @1:10 !! It grooves incredibly hard!
lmao I love how the demo for the 5 string was just a single note
With all that slick r/h muting it was hard to tell if a bass had flats or not .
I have a Sire v7 Marcus Miller Jazz Bass.
I am sorry for going completely off topic, but could some nice person here please tell me what race this dog is? Damn this little guy is cuteness overkill. 🥰😍
And as always, this is a cool video, a nice interview and a really cool person with lots of cool bass guitars. 😎😊
I don't get why she's so keen on the tiny nut widths. She has great technique so the size of her hands doesn't really matter. A thin nut width only really gives you an advantage if you play with your palm on the back of the neck. I used to love jazz necks before I got my left hand technique together, but since then they just feel so cramped up by the nut. I guess it must just be personal preference.
active 5 string schecter is all I need, sold my jazz bass cuz passive just isnt enough
A Marcus Miller Jazz Bass is one I have my eye on
Cool tone! Are those flats?
Talented bassist!
Hi Nicole, what about the Kay bass I saw you playing on a Professional Musicians React video?
I love mime
Tina at the amp shop bass exchange in Noho!
And I love it.
For months I've been saving up and trying to decide between a passive jazz or an active Warwick/Spector. Guess this video is a sign !
If this helps... and have in mind that the sound you like, may not be the sound I like: I had a Warick as my main axe for some years, then I saw a Sire V7 (Jazz bass copy basically) at a low price... 2 or 3 years latter, I just sould my Warwick, because I never used it anymore.
I play a Fender Jazz bass and a Warwick Thumb bass. I love them both. If I could only have one it would be the Jazz bass because it fits in anywhere. However, the Thumb bass has tones I love and is really fun and I think easier to play.
I have a jazz bass but I’d really like a Spector, just can’t afford one. Got a Sire V7 like someone else here
I adore Warwicks. Have a pretty fancy vintage one, also have a jazz 5. If I had to pick one as my only bass for versatility it would be the Jazz. I prefer my Warwick, but the Jazz is so much more versatile. You can’t really take the growly Warwick midrange thing away.
I want a spector but I want a passive one I'm into active electronics myself
I'm a J-Bass guy myself. Not really a P fan, can't get on with the neck. Love that accoustic though. Sounds way better than mine.
Love a J!
Going to play on the video itself and not knowing the music from Panic at the Disco or any of their personnel, I can definitely tell you Nicole is very relatable and very good. If somebody pressured me into getting a P-bass the way she said she was, I would have made it to PJ (ir is it JP?) bass. I would have wanted that bridge pickup and the slimmer neck.
Nicole sure brings relatable energy to the video! It's fascinating how personal preferences shape our gear choices - finding that sweet spot between playability and style is what makes our bass journey unique. Keep on grooving and exploring, you're in great company! 🎸🎵
I definitely have come to that conclusion, @@devinebass, and I appreciate whenever a channel administrator answers my comments.
All of those basses have wonderful tones especially that acoustic. The only problem with acoustic bass guitars is un amplified if you play with acoustic guitar players you can't hear them. One is better off with a stand up.
True.Most of them have bodies way too small for bass response.A vintage Earthwood is big enough and ironically a Dean cheapo acoustic bass has the right size...still not quite there for loud campfire jams tho.
I bought a vintage P but I'm upgrading my J. So there's that.
i love the j bass, but unlike her I have massive arachnid hands and a j bass feels tiny to me, a p bass feels better with the wider chunkier neck, but now i just play a 5 string gibson eb bass and its perfect! i can get both jazz and percision like tones with it and its completely passive! totally underrated bass imo
WOW!❤
Sitting here with my brand new 5 string squier j bass watching this.
Wow, 1st off you are awesome! Wish I could play like you. 2nd who is that adorable 🐶 at the end
nice