I don't see her having a future in advertising since she's honest about things like the product being expensive, cheap DIY alternatives and pointing out poor quality,😀
Haha! Such luck noone involved with this channel is interested in brainless advertisments and faking. :) So Julia is the perfect bass host for us I guess. //cheers, Kris
No, I don't think so. Credibility and integrity are two key features if you make gear reviews. We should not forget that most folks is pretty lazy. Yes you could take a sponge and cut it to a fitting stripe, but the lazy guy or gal just grabs that device and is done. And as she told a hairband could be used, but to get the right pressure is trial and error and time consuming. A remember Carol Keye once said in an interview: Mostly she did not change strings, often simply she got a new bass.
@Bigg Papa Last time i was at thomann, the place wasn't horrible at all. It's some beautiful place somewhere 10 Miles off the highway in a small village. Wouldn't mind living there.
Julia are these easy to slide with thumb when loose (and do they lose functionality then?) Trying to find these fretwraps but seems hard to get them (at least on amazon) Victor Wooton shows that you can slide these fast with your thumb when tapping, wondering which are best and because if a loose fretwrap does similar job to hairband maybe no need to hunt for wraps?
@@ManWithoutThePants Sorry, I saw some software that told you the key and melody of a song and I had some things to say about being a musician and did I get them. Just a bit of child coming out an (not too) old guy.
Lies and and sugarcoating are for the weak. Plus she's Austrian 🇦🇹 (my best female friend is Austrian and she's very proud in being direct and sincere, whether a personality trait coincidence or a national trait, it means a life to me)
I just got ne of these to try. I played bass professionally many years ago and I never used one. However, now I am busy recording the songs I write, I use a 5 string fretless, and am getting tired editing out string noise. I had noticed several bass players using these string mutes , particularly the bass guitarist Andrew Gouche I watched him playing bass he is awesome! So i will give it a go, however that's a good point you made about harmonics, and i do use those in certain songs and pieces of music, but I think for the most part this will work for me. I like your bass playing!
@@crashvanier3642 I mean I still find the information interesting as a guitar player. How is it creepy? I watch interesting and entertaining presenters. Just like I watch Kris and Andy doing videos about things I don't use. It's because I like the hosts and am interested in the topics. That's not creepy, that's normal.
@@RockABaula Don't think you know what a simp is... lol. I do the same with people like Kris or Andy. I watch them doing bass videos when they do as well. They're good and entertaining presenters, presenting interesting info. Nothing I mentioned had anything to do with anyone's sex.
The fretwrap/hairband looks amazing... but what I'm curious about is for someone who is just getting their head around muting, especially with slapping/popping, does this possibly become a crutch and make me lazy before my time?
I've been considering using one but at this point I'm looking at my opinions and thinking I should consult outside tech giants to determine my opinion.
I use these on all of my acoustic guitars so the guitars don't speak until I need them to. The sympathetic resonance will ring out when recording in my room, so I just throw these on and it stops that issue completely.
I do the same on my acoustics. Particularly to stop the strings behind the nut ringing out when I play. Otherwise I don't find them useful unless playing 6 string basses. I use a form of floating thumb technique to mute lower strings, and my fretting hand to mute higher ones and never had muting problems on a 4 string. I can see these being very useful for people who don't use a form of floating thumb technique, though, and for certain situations. Can't be too good if you want to play open strings, mind you!
Talented player and product analyst or whatever it's called :) She presents both the pros and the cons. To me, honesty is everything! It builds trust and boosts sales :)
Didn't they just stick some foam under the strings at the bridge? I know Carol Kaye showed this in her interview so she would have a cleaner sound in the studio.
For a vintage "sponge under the strings" tone, try the Nordymute by Nordstrand. Its an intelligent solution, it takes seconds to attach or remove it, no rattling noise at all. Give it a try.
She has a great future in advertising, if you want to hear the truth, I like to hear the truth, now is up to you if you want to pay what the product is worth to get the sound that will make you feel better and sound better. Keep on ROCKING GIRL.
Why? To cover up your poor and sloppy playing technique. Use this for a year and then try playing a bass without it and it will sound like a mess. A great way to embarrass yourself and make yourself a worse player
I watched it to the end but still I don't recommend this gizmo. It's always better to for the extra mile in music. If you don't you'll have the mainstream music we enjoy today😁
@JimmySpadeful i suppose we should look to you for guidence then? Mate you're taking the piss, a lot of great bassists admire Davie's skill, and dislike his content. He is a fantastic bassist, have you seen him performing live? You bellend. 👌
Why do you move the Fretwrap to the area on the fretboard where you are playing? Seems impractical when playing over several octaves of the nexk. Help me here. Learning a thumb mute technique can be used all over the fretboard. Thanks.
I think I'm gonna use one for rythm guitar parts. Can imagine a much easier experience not needing to take care of proper muting and just beeing more relaxed in sessions
Herm Ask sometimes you don’t want that sustain. I normally play with foam under my bridge cover like Jamerson, Dunn etc. It gives the bass a way more powerful and immediate sound. It’s a big oldschool thud! when you listen to Stax and Motown records you will recognize it.
Good idea....for those that don't know how to use the tone knob, or palm muting...This product will simply make you a lazy sloppy player in the long run!
Cool channel and videos! Could you do one on bass effect pedals (cheap, mid, expensive/pro)? What could be considered a must and how to combine them? (I know, not an easy one as the fret wraps 😜)
It depends on where you put it. If you pull it up it around the 3rd fret, it mutes out the open strings, but if you just have it on top of the nut it makes the open strings sound more or less like the fretted strings, which I find really useful. I play fretless for the most part and use open strings a lot because they're always in tune and help calibrate my ear. However, I don't want them to pop out more than fingered notes.
You can achieve the same results for cleaning up the unwanted noise from open strings by spending more time practicing. The sponge or foam bridge mute is a much better alternative than that Gruvgear Frump thing - $22.00 and it didn't even work properly.
I agree. Practice first. And if its at the neck like that its not getting the overtones of any played strings. Bridge mutes work much better and allow harmonics.
True to a point, but a bridge mute mutes the string all the time, whereas muting at/near the bridge mutes only open strings - fretted notes still ring and possess the harmonic content of the string between bridge and fret...
@@hazardeur Yeah but what can you do, just how music industry is now. To be competitive on radio etc. you edit out mistakes, quantize every drum hit by hand etc.. it's like loudness war has been for years now, mastering everything too loud so that it loses dynamics. Because everyone else does too. Non-musicians who complain about autotune often fail to notice how even without melodyne/autotune, everything they hear is processed and singer may have done vocals 1 word at a time
Or you could learn to play bass. Why is today's culture about shortcuts? and not about spending sufficient time with the instrument to have the basic skills required to mute with both hands? The fretwrap is short changing people with their technique, and encouraging a generation of bass players to be lazy.
Just let them use whatever makes it a little easier for them, still its beficial. Ofcourse ts good to learn proper muting. She did say to not use it 24/7 fr you tont develop bad muting techniques
I’m just starting bass (after 55+ years of acoustic guitar). I really appreciate your insights and suggestions on cool bass licks. Your playing is amazing and your enthusiasm makes me want to learn more. I’m still trying to get my scales, arpeggios and triads to sound right (I’ve only .been practicing 2 weeks). But I can see that most of these bass lines are contained in those concepts. I just watched the interview with Carol Kaye and was blown away. Thank you for suggesting looking her up. Hope to see more of your stuff in the future. Thank you.
@@hops110 Well, I'm a German person myself, and after some Duolingo Dutch lessons I can definetely hear some things I'd recognize in this language. But you're the cap here, so I'll agree with you
I fingerpick on the guitar a lot. When I mess around on the bass, muting isn’t an issue. My right and left hand work together to mute strings while I play.
This. If you have good muting technique, you don't need fretwraps. You can actually use some of the sounds fretwraps remove intentionally if you want, or if you have good technique, you can eliminate those noises at will. It's just for people who haven't taken the time to practice their instrument, in my opinion.
Even sitting behind the nut, it cleans the sound up (and there is no technique for muting that by hand). That alone is a good reason to get one. Some higher end basses even put a piece of foam there for that reason. Which is how I use it 95% of the time. The other 5% is tapping licks. It makes no sense to avoid being able to make the absolute cleanest sound possible.
Fret-wrap near the nut works great for me. For that P-bass old school’ sound (as the youngster’s call it), nothing works as well as trimming a quality sponge... cheap, 100% reliable, lots of colors, can AND you don’t have to order it! Alternative: Buy a 60’s or 70’s P-bass, but who can afford those now? Blessings.
The Rickenbacker 4001 has a built in bridge muting system (Felt or sleaze, not sure about the correct english word) which gives a great 60ies tone, but apparently nobody seems to use it
Sí, en el 4003 también. Se acciona con unos tornillos un poco difíciles de accionar, pero el sonido es bastante bueno. El material parece plástico, tipo goma EVA.
Jesus, why are you squeezing that Fump there? U have issues? Why did you guys choose this bass for this promo? IT DOESN'T FIT THERE FFS!! What's going on with Thomann?! In the last few years you guys kept making more and more idiotic mistakes. Then you tell me that your engineers said it's totally normal that you are not shielding your basses properly and it buzzes when not touched. It was my last purchase from you guys...
Original Precision and Jazz basses had a piece of hard rubber glued to the underside of the bridge cover that served the same purpose. Sometime in the '70s, players began to take them off and play free-ringing. Now they want dead-ringing ... It has taken a long time, but somethings take a while to come back around.
There is a way to avoid "the annoying ringing" of the strings: Fucking learn how to mute your strings with the left and the right hand, and you won't need to apply extra devices on your Instrument. (Old fart bassplayer leaving while gesticulating and murmuring about young people...)
My internet provider gave me a Velcro wrap thing with some cables. I just super glued a piece of a CLEAN kitchen sponge to it and it works fine as a fret wrap.
Yeah. I bought 3 of these: they're made like sh*t ; the velcro hasn't a valid surface to attach itself because it's meant to attach on another piece of matching velcro, not f*ckin neoprene + the padding is a lame piece of rigid foam that sucks).
Having used both the foam and the Fret Wraps, my 2 cents. PRO'S: If you play covers like we do, you can easily slide on/off between songs and "tune" the wraps much more easily than a piece of sponge. CONS: They cost a lot more.
I don't see her having a future in advertising since she's honest about things like the product being expensive, cheap DIY alternatives and pointing out poor quality,😀
Haha! Such luck noone involved with this channel is interested in brainless advertisments and faking. :)
So Julia is the perfect bass host for us I guess.
//cheers, Kris
No, I don't think so. Credibility and integrity are two key features if you make gear reviews. We should not forget that most folks is pretty lazy. Yes you could take a sponge and cut it to a fitting stripe, but the lazy guy or gal just grabs that device and is done. And as she told a hairband could be used, but to get the right pressure is trial and error and time consuming. A remember Carol Keye once said in an interview: Mostly she did not change strings, often simply she got a new bass.
@@ciddax754Keyword: Advertising
@Bigg Papa Reading comprehension and subtext: Work on those, mouth breather. You're attacking someone who was complimenting her. Dolt.
@Bigg Papa Last time i was at thomann, the place wasn't horrible at all. It's some beautiful place somewhere 10 Miles off the highway in a small village. Wouldn't mind living there.
Lol, toured with a sock on my bass all summer, worked fine
Julia are these easy to slide with thumb when loose (and do they lose functionality then?) Trying to find these fretwraps but seems hard to get them (at least on amazon) Victor Wooton shows that you can slide these fast with your thumb when tapping, wondering which are best and because if a loose fretwrap does similar job to hairband maybe no need to hunt for wraps?
Everyone:
bUt WhAt aBoUt TeCHnIQUe
I'm very open about my sloppiness.
OK Boomer
@@8nayrb How long will this "OK Boomer" thing last and what will be the next thing parrots will start repeating?
@@ManWithoutThePants Sorry, I saw some software that told you the key and melody of a song and I had some things to say about being a musician and did I get them. Just a bit of child coming out an (not too) old guy.
@Mark Seymour Ok boomer
Fretwraps are also good for getting rid of sympathetic resonance, especially to get a "cleaner" distorted tone.
I love it how she says: "Come on, who's gonna play a 7-string bass? That's ridiculous" and before we know it, she's there with a 7-string bass. ;D
Well i use socks..........
Uhm... yeah, but what about the bass?
@The dumb Boy lmao how cuz I have no money to buy these things
So does Mononeon, ha
I use the plastic of only Whaammoo frisbees I got on my last tour in Vietnam, but socks may work.
Same....
She is brutally honest lad 💝
Lies and and sugarcoating are for the weak. Plus she's Austrian 🇦🇹 (my best female friend is Austrian and she's very proud in being direct and sincere, whether a personality trait coincidence or a national trait, it means a life to me)
@@konradfraczek6482 Thanks for the correction. I thought she was German.
@@ericbraswell4713 no problemo!
"But Victor Wooten uses a..." Guess I can stop considering this at all.
NuncNuncNuncNunc thought exactly the same! Good thing I got long hair!
yeah and he should know better of all people its in the fingers he knows don’t think he doesn’t
Such great and genuine content. Thanks Thomann.
3:38 “Come on, who’s gonna play a 7 string bass?”
Davie504: **pulls out 24 string bass**
36 string bass now 👌
I play a 7 string- 4 string are boring
Preston Garvey this is why no one likes you, preston
@Preston Garvey *Manually saves game, and loads Fat Man with malicious intents*
"Enough already, I get it!"
Oh look it's the Davie Zoomer kids...I saw Davie at NAMM last year...hes a pussy. Eyes to the floor walking around.
I just got ne of these to try. I played bass professionally many years ago and I never used one. However, now I am busy recording the songs I write, I use a 5 string fretless, and am getting tired editing out string noise. I had noticed several bass players using these string mutes , particularly the bass guitarist Andrew Gouche I watched him playing bass he is awesome! So i will give it a go, however that's a good point you made about harmonics, and i do use those in certain songs and pieces of music, but I think for the most part this will work for me. I like your bass playing!
I don't play bass, and I don't own one. I just watch the bass videos because Julia is great! :D
Creepy, you just watch for Julie?
@@crashvanier3642 I mean I still find the information interesting as a guitar player. How is it creepy? I watch interesting and entertaining presenters. Just like I watch Kris and Andy doing videos about things I don't use. It's because I like the hosts and am interested in the topics. That's not creepy, that's normal.
#simpalert
@@RockABaula Don't think you know what a simp is... lol. I do the same with people like Kris or Andy. I watch them doing bass videos when they do as well. They're good and entertaining presenters, presenting interesting info. Nothing I mentioned had anything to do with anyone's sex.
ok simp
I don't have any annoying buzz sound of any of my open strings on all my four basses,while playing them, I actually love the open string sound.
Pff,try finding one for Davie's 24 strings bass
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You mean his 36 string bass? You think that’s something? He’s got a 69 string bass he’s waiting to reveal to us too
@@Bassistking yes
You guys must be from the past in 2030 he introduced a 999 string bass
horse saddle 🤣
The fretwrap/hairband looks amazing... but what I'm curious about is for someone who is just getting their head around muting, especially with slapping/popping, does this possibly become a crutch and make me lazy before my time?
Definitely my fear.
This is a classic example of something you can practice without so you learn to use proper technique and perform/record with it.
the advantage of a 7 string bass is that it can also be used to hang up and let the laundry dry.😊
God guys, if you don’t wanna use it DONT! Like y’all up here crying like it’s gonna play the bass for you.
LMAO
My exact thought.
I've been considering using one but at this point I'm looking at my opinions and thinking I should consult outside tech giants to determine my opinion.
I use these on all of my acoustic guitars so the guitars don't speak until I need them to. The sympathetic resonance will ring out when recording in my room, so I just throw these on and it stops that issue completely.
I do the same on my acoustics. Particularly to stop the strings behind the nut ringing out when I play. Otherwise I don't find them useful unless playing 6 string basses. I use a form of floating thumb technique to mute lower strings, and my fretting hand to mute higher ones and never had muting problems on a 4 string. I can see these being very useful for people who don't use a form of floating thumb technique, though, and for certain situations. Can't be too good if you want to play open strings, mind you!
I first saw these things in a concert if Spanish guitars, now I know why they used them.
Love how she pokes at herself about the 7 string bass earlier that year
Talented player and product analyst or whatever it's called :) She presents both the pros and the cons. To me, honesty is everything! It builds trust and boosts sales :)
I’ve always considered wraps a device only tappers would use, this is an eye opener.
Didn't they just stick some foam under the strings at the bridge? I know Carol Kaye showed this in her interview so she would have a cleaner sound in the studio.
Interesting but I think I'll just get a chicken wrap.
Julia is an awesome advocate for this instrument. Thoman very smart for presenting her. The videos are very productive and interesting.
I second that.
For a vintage "sponge under the strings" tone, try the Nordymute by Nordstrand. Its an intelligent solution, it takes seconds to attach or remove it, no rattling noise at all.
Give it a try.
I just fashioned a piece of dishwashing foam pad to make a damper sounded good for a James Jameson motown tone
Or you could also put a sponge under the strings???
40 USD is fucking ridiculous, just use a piece of foam.
plus shipping...
Nah, $40 for a product made of about $4. No thanks.
She has a great future in advertising, if you want to hear the truth, I like to hear the truth, now is up to you if you want to pay what the product is worth to get the sound that will make you feel better and sound better. Keep on ROCKING GIRL.
The piece of foam sounded the best.
Why? To cover up your poor and sloppy playing technique. Use this for a year and then try playing a bass without it and it will sound like a mess. A great way to embarrass yourself and make yourself a worse player
You just embarrassed yourself because she said that in the video. If you're going to criticise a video, you should at least watch it.
I watched it to the end but still I don't recommend this gizmo. It's always better to for the extra mile in music. If you don't you'll have the mainstream music we enjoy today😁
Althought, the screencap said Bass muting for dummies 😂
@@jnbeissi87 Title should have been "Bass muting for dummies too lazy for real practicing "😂
Who is going to play a 7 string bass
Davie504: 32 string bass
Am I a joke to you?
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@JimmySpadeful you mean davie?
@JimmySpadeful i suppose we should look to you for guidence then? Mate you're taking the piss, a lot of great bassists admire Davie's skill, and dislike his content.
He is a fantastic bassist, have you seen him performing live? You bellend. 👌
Don't need to watch. Already use them. Whatever she says, she's right.
She sold me on them, and I play drums
Why do you move the Fretwrap to the area on the fretboard where you are playing? Seems impractical when playing over several octaves of the nexk. Help me here. Learning a thumb mute technique can be used all over the fretboard. Thanks.
That Sandburg is gorgeous 😍😍😍
I think I'm gonna use one for rythm guitar parts. Can imagine a much easier experience not needing to take care of proper muting and just beeing more relaxed in sessions
I really wanna get one of those, but unfortunately they are not in stock in South Korea.
Do you have kitchen sponges? Or a sock? Just as good.
Go to Gmarket and you'll find one if you search for "기타 프렛랩"
You can get them on coupang too
More gagets to make up for poor technique
baron von chickenpants so you’re saying victor wooten has poor technique?
fretwrap is good in studio when you want to record a solo, i mean hardest solos with string skipping for example, to be clean as possible
I’m not a bass player, but doesn’t it kill the sustain of the string that’s supposed to sound?
I just said the same thing
Herm Ask sometimes you don’t want that sustain.
I normally play with foam under my bridge cover like Jamerson, Dunn etc.
It gives the bass a way more powerful and immediate sound.
It’s a big oldschool thud!
when you listen to Stax and Motown records you will recognize it.
Good idea....for those that don't know how to use the tone knob, or palm muting...This product will simply make you a lazy sloppy player in the long run!
Bingo! No substitute for good technique!
@@stevennemeth6256 true but it can be useful. Its good to learn technique obviously but sometimes its fun to use crazy stuff like this haha
Tell it to the amazing players who use them, lol! Cars are also gonna make you unable to walk, btw....
@@keithklassen5320 ...you make zero sense!
Cool channel and videos! Could you do one on bass effect pedals (cheap, mid, expensive/pro)? What could be considered a must and how to combine them? (I know, not an easy one as the fret wraps 😜)
Interesting, i've always used a kitchen sponge pre-bridge like that. Nice. And refreshing to have an honest review, top content. Subscribed.
she's such a cool girl
I liked the dampening effect more from the fretwrap vs the actual Frum Damper Gruv Gear created. Much better sound (and probably cheaper in the end)
Aleister Crowley in the main picture. As for the fretwrap, a stocking costs much less.
I noticed that too.
But then you can't use the open string, right?
It depends on where you put it. If you pull it up it around the 3rd fret, it mutes out the open strings, but if you just have it on top of the nut it makes the open strings sound more or less like the fretted strings, which I find really useful. I play fretless for the most part and use open strings a lot because they're always in tune and help calibrate my ear. However, I don't want them to pop out more than fingered notes.
Nice ! I always wondered if we can really hear the differences !
You can achieve the same results for cleaning up the unwanted noise from open strings by spending more time practicing.
The sponge or foam bridge mute is a much better alternative than that Gruvgear Frump thing - $22.00 and it didn't even work properly.
I agree. Practice first. And if its at the neck like that its not getting the overtones of any played strings. Bridge mutes work much better and allow harmonics.
True to a point, but a bridge mute mutes the string all the time, whereas muting at/near the bridge mutes only open strings - fretted notes still ring and possess the harmonic content of the string between bridge and fret...
I have to say I've always considered them a crutch outside of tapping so have never used them. It's much better to just work on your muting IMO
They are a crutch, but in studio recording I use them. Modern studio recording is one big crutch anyway, goal is to get perfect takes
@@shredd5705 it shouldn't be though. perfect takes are boring. give me a very good real take over a cut and paste perfect one ANY day of the week
@@hazardeur Yeah but what can you do, just how music industry is now. To be competitive on radio etc. you edit out mistakes, quantize every drum hit by hand etc.. it's like loudness war has been for years now, mastering everything too loud so that it loses dynamics. Because everyone else does too. Non-musicians who complain about autotune often fail to notice how even without melodyne/autotune, everything they hear is processed and singer may have done vocals 1 word at a time
She Plays great. She's cute. She's cool. :)
Looks nice for the leads, especially when recording👍🏻
Added to thomann wish list
What Brand/Model number is the decibel meter?
THOMANN DMS-V1
Or you could learn to play bass. Why is today's culture about shortcuts? and not about spending sufficient time with the instrument to have the basic skills required to mute with both hands? The fretwrap is short changing people with their technique, and encouraging a generation of bass players to be lazy.
Janek Gwizdala Victor Wooten sometimes uses a hair band, so...
Or... Just learn proper muting technique. That is free and will make you a overall better player :)
Or be a real bassist and learn proper techniques and don’t rely on gimmicks.
Just let them use whatever makes it a little easier for them, still its beficial. Ofcourse ts good to learn proper muting. She did say to not use it 24/7 fr you tont develop bad muting techniques
Exactly. Or learn techniques that get you gigs. PS crazy tapping that need mutes isn't one...
@@richardjcranium Depends on what type of music you play.
She basically said that too, so...
So what are you saying about Victor Wooten?
“I done had my eyes on you for a while, girl there’s something bout cho act and I sure do like your style” hehe some Superbad @ 6:00, Mc Lovin! 🤘
I’m just starting bass (after 55+ years of acoustic guitar). I really appreciate your insights and suggestions on cool bass licks. Your playing is amazing and your enthusiasm makes me want to learn more. I’m still trying to get my scales, arpeggios and triads to sound right (I’ve only .been practicing 2 weeks). But I can see that most of these bass lines are contained in those concepts. I just watched the interview with Carol Kaye and was blown away. Thank you for suggesting looking her up. Hope to see more of your stuff in the future. Thank you.
Acoustic guitar is fantastic. Great to see a guitarist is open to playing bass too. Very cool.
I can tell that Julia is Dutch! Or at least I guess so.
Mark Wither - As a Dutch person myself, she sound more German
Austrian
@@hops110 Well, I'm a German person myself, and after some Duolingo Dutch lessons I can definetely hear some things I'd recognize in this language. But you're the cap here, so I'll agree with you
Victor Wooten uses the hair bands ("scrunchies") to create harmonics, not for tapping, but other than that, cool vid with good advice!
Wierd.. it's it some kind of ASMR?
Why i have feel the tingles?
Some kind of ASMR for bass-players..
Love your bass face :-)
I fingerpick on the guitar a lot. When I mess around on the bass, muting isn’t an issue. My right and left hand work together to mute strings while I play.
This. If you have good muting technique, you don't need fretwraps. You can actually use some of the sounds fretwraps remove intentionally if you want, or if you have good technique, you can eliminate those noises at will.
It's just for people who haven't taken the time to practice their instrument, in my opinion.
Hair band works fine, much cheaper. Just other b/s to make money. I think Wooten managed just fine without this overpriced crap.
Meh that plastic thing sounds like crap IMO. Stick with the Velcro band.
Even sitting behind the nut, it cleans the sound up (and there is no technique for muting that by hand). That alone is a good reason to get one. Some higher end basses even put a piece of foam there for that reason.
Which is how I use it 95% of the time. The other 5% is tapping licks. It makes no sense to avoid being able to make the absolute cleanest sound possible.
Nice! The Fump sounds like shit though. Old school sponge is much better
"Who's gonna play a 7 string bass?"
davie504 with a 12 string bass:
Fret-wrap near the nut works great for me. For that P-bass old school’ sound (as the youngster’s call it), nothing works as well as trimming a quality sponge... cheap, 100% reliable, lots of colors, can AND you don’t have to order it! Alternative: Buy a 60’s or 70’s P-bass, but who can afford those now? Blessings.
you can buy 62 'custom shop pickups and vintage electronics and it is the same result of buying a 60s or 70s bass
.....yes, a thought for consideration but IMHO, it is never quite the same as an original. Thanks 🙏...happy low-end playing!
Yes, that will never match but you can get a similar sound without spending a lot of money ...
The Rickenbacker 4001 has a built in bridge muting system (Felt or sleaze, not sure about the correct english word) which gives a great 60ies tone, but apparently nobody seems to use it
Sí, en el 4003 también. Se acciona con unos tornillos un poco difíciles de accionar, pero el sonido es bastante bueno. El material parece plástico, tipo goma EVA.
" don't use it 24.7 cuz u don't have to develop bad muting technique" GREAT ADVICE ! FOR A CLEAN SOUND IN THE STUDIO
tapping is witchcraft anyway
but i should learn it more
its more efficient ;p
Use my forearm to mute when I need to slap (which is hardly ever) and my palm to mute when I pluck with my thumb or pick. Cheers.
mine took out the overtones and the vibrations
Hey Julia, ever try the Nordy bass mute? They really kick it up a notch for old school.
She felt that funky smell at 4:40
Question about these wraps. Are they good at stopping B string vibration on a 5 string bass, if you have poor technique like myself?
Jesus, why are you squeezing that Fump there? U have issues? Why did you guys choose this bass for this promo? IT DOESN'T FIT THERE FFS!! What's going on with Thomann?! In the last few years you guys kept making more and more idiotic mistakes. Then you tell me that your engineers said it's totally normal that you are not shielding your basses properly and it buzzes when not touched. It was my last purchase from you guys...
Original Precision and Jazz basses had a piece of hard rubber glued to the underside of the bridge cover that served the same purpose. Sometime in the '70s, players began to take them off and play free-ringing. Now they want dead-ringing ... It has taken a long time, but somethings take a while to come back around.
There is a way to avoid "the annoying ringing" of the strings:
Fucking learn how to mute your strings with the left and the right hand, and you won't need to apply extra devices on your Instrument.
(Old fart bassplayer leaving while gesticulating and murmuring about young people...)
My internet provider gave me a Velcro wrap thing with some cables. I just super glued a piece of a CLEAN kitchen sponge to it and it works fine as a fret wrap.
3:01 That's exactly how I looked and sounded like when I first started playing bass.
some basses used to have mutes in bridge
Nice grooves should always be accompanied by stank face as shown at @6:39.
Yeah. I bought 3 of these: they're made like sh*t ; the velcro hasn't a valid surface to attach itself because it's meant to attach on another piece of matching velcro, not f*ckin neoprene + the padding is a lame piece of rigid foam that sucks).
Love her Bass I always thought a P and MM pickup combo would be awesome
2:40 use your fretting hand to mute the D and G strings. Just saved you 19 euro, you're welcome 😁
Who is Fredrick and why do you keep messing with the wristband on your bass? So many questions x.x
Romans 10:9
Because, if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.
Nice way to channel your inner James Jameson!!
I wish Julias videos was it's own youtube-channel, tbh. I like the other videos on here as well, but hers are the highlight!
So...why not learn how to play correctly and mute the strings with your hands? Why did this simple discipline die?
Having used both the foam and the Fret Wraps, my 2 cents. PRO'S: If you play covers like we do, you can easily slide on/off between songs and "tune" the wraps much more easily than a piece of sponge. CONS: They cost a lot more.
What if you play the Low F at the top of the neck? How would the wrap work? Do you put it the wrap higher? Close to the tuners?
It's like cheating on playing bass
The fret wrap isn’t too cheap? Get a thick hair band? Lol
So Dutch... lol
I like them but I just use them for recording. They are too annoying for live since they throw off your tuner.
love her
Does placement of the wrap on the neck have significances other that more muting? Can it act like a capo and affect the harmonics and scale?
Just try this : Foam in the bridge, flatwounds, p bass
or some really old round strings
What's old is new again... What a joke.
(Laughs in Optima Golds, while playing The Real me)
Also the fret wrap is a life saver on 6 string basses. And 5. For doing rediculus things such as classical thump by wooten
I use an strip cut from an old sponge I use to wash my car - works great!
Can i use it with my saxophone ?
All about the Thumbnail.
She's a Maniac, Maniac on the Bass.