I'm generally in the sustain slightly overdrive sound camp. Bobby Vega is the effin' man though. I love his right hand rhythm. He's one of my plectrum all-stars alongside Carol Kaye!
I do love the dampened sound. It is one, in a well equipped arsenal, of go to tones/effects any self respecting behsist ought to have at their disposal. I also want to ask you if the Fender VI, behs seemed very heavey to you ? I just purchased a new Fender VI Vintera II, and it is by far the heaviest axe I have ever played. Then again, 61 trips around the sun, may be something to factor into the equation. I love your vidz. Danny. Your playing, sense of humour, and quality content, are the benchmark for UA-cam excellence, imho. Cheers, mate, and a Happy Christmas to ye.
@@eyeball226No, you can't. They're just on a bent piece of aluminum. I mean, you can bend the aluminum but that's a serious stretch calling bending a piece of metal 'adjustable'. Also, I really do know what I'm talking about here; I've got a 1961 jazz bass with the original mutes. I've also had a set fabricated for for my 1966 jazz bass. I've been obsessed muting basses since the late-90s.
@@eyeball226 if the mute can't be fine-tuned without taking it and bending it into position by hand, I think that would make it non-adjustable. Compare that to the mutes on a Mustang Bass or a MM Stingray, where adjusting the screw lets you raise and lower the mute to whatever height you want.
Bobby Vega is a Funk Beast! I wish I could pick like he does. A Jazz Bass always sounds great, but I think the classic P-Bass has more of that thump to it.
That flat funky playing is fine when you're in a Starsky n Hutch mode, Fuzzy Bear with all his gold , bend at the knee, get down Bro! Teabag everything!
I wear gloves for dampening and my fist for sustain. Using your hip bone, or leaning foreword so the behs body doesn't touch your body, hold the note and mute the other strings, pluck the note and pound on the behs body with your fist. Essentially you're transferring vibrations into the string. Manufacturing more sustain. It's great if you're about to go into a breakdown. Keep that last note ringing out as long as possible. It's like musical edging 😅 Hold the audience in a state of anticipation.
Bobby V has my dream bass. Nice n worn in. I'd put all black hardware on it, and only play that bass and no other. If I were to pop a string live, I'd give a quick lesson on changing a string, no back up bass.
It reminds me of early 00's PC games, very synth-y. I feel like I should be seeing some ultra pixeled dungeon crawler booting up with that sound. 11/10
I could never play bass well... im a guitarist. I have mad respect for bass players especially slap amd the finger picking style of playing. I love bass even as a guitarist nothing but love and respect for the craft.
I absolutely love a muted bass with flats. Personally, I never got the appeal of long sustain on a bass. It's just muddying up the rest of the mix. Also, if you have a short, plucky tone you can get away with busier bass lines. That's part of why Jamerson and Paul McCartney were able to be so busy with their playing.
If you leave them on long enough to REALLY start sounding dead, try turning the tone back up and even boosting it a bit on the amp and you'll find out the high end sound great because it's a really natural sound, without the metallic clang.
I love the sound of a good jazz bass. Maybe you think I’m crazy, but it has something similar to a Rickenbacker 4003. There’s probably an English word for it, but hey, I’m not English, so I have no idea how to explain. Beide bassen knorren zo lekker. 😋
Definitely a throwback sound. Depends if that is what the bass tone in your band is. Keep in mind there's the tone you have when you are by yourself and the tone you have in the mix. A P-Bass with round wound strings should be able to get you 99% of your band tone. Some people might not like this but you should hear how much of the guitar player's tone gets strangled in a mix... it's A LOT. 😳 My main bass is an upgraded early 2000s Squier Precision Bass with P/J pickups in it (I put in a set of Duncan Designed pickups from a more recent Squier Jaguar Bass), a Fender Hi Mass Bridge and DR flatwound strings. I also put a thumb rest above the P pickup (the pickup spring was too soft to use the pickup itself) and I play with fingers, a thumb, but mainly picks. Those flats with those pickups growl! And my tone is just into an amp. Bands like me because I keep the bass parts simple and don't step on other people's feet. I just lock in with the drummer and stay in the pocket. Any changes in tone is just where I play on the string, my right hand as a mute if needed (a transferable skill from playing guitar) by resting on the bridge. Or you can play a note and pull up with your left hand and use your finger to dampen the note too. All your heroes use technique more than tricks to get those sounds.
I agree but muted flats always tend to fit better in mix/band situation because you're simply not fighting with as many frequencies of the other instruments. Palm muting is definitely a solid technique, but you're severely limited if you need to play anything even remotely busy.
@allrequiredfields I am a "Bass-ic Bitch" when it comes to bass. I'm looking to add color and depth to a band's sound over my technique. So I mainly stick to root notes and put the song first. So I am rarely busy and when I am busy, I use a pick to get the attack, so sustain is not the name of the game. But having that bridge all I have to do is play with fingers and half notes and whole notes it is.😎 This is what you have when you are a guitar player first. Bass is more something that if you're good, most people don't notice. If you are a bad bass player, EVERYBODY notices!😋👍✨
Rotosound roundwounds and occasional palm muting on my Squier P/J get me anywhere I need to be, over a variety of styles. It worked great on my recently retired Electra Futura with BC Rich precision pups as well.
@kjaze Never tried Rotos, I was always told they ate up frets. D'Addario is my "go to" brand for strings but I play other brands too. For the flats, the DRs were the best set at the time and I am enjoying them.
I love my Jazz Bass with Flats. My StingRay has Rounds and I put Half-Rounds on my Carvin Fretless. My Schecter 8 String has MASSIVE Sustain. (It's still resonating.🤣🤣🤣🤣😆😆😆🤣🤣🤣)
Hey Danny, I notice Charles B gave away a bass to a fan the other day.. Maybe you could give a poor old git like me your lovely red Squier with the tortoiseshell pick guard 😂. Love the videos. Keep up the good work 😊
It sounds very friendly!
Perfect description. It’s there, but it’s just chill and happy to be there.
idk, to me it sounds like an angry dx7
@@joshuatyson1907 Yeah, it's just contentedly enjoying its job.
Love or hate this sound?? It's a bass sound!! Just simply love it!!
You won’t if you’re a lead guitarist. They “won’t even hear it”.
Muted Jazz basses have always been my favorite. Yours here might be a TINY bit too muted but yeah, Zeppelin II is my all-time favorite bass tone.
Ramble On and What Is and What Should Never Be come to mind
@@TealScarab - And leave us not forget "The Lemon Song" ...
its only cuz he aint got a pick.
Agreed
my Hip bone's connected to ma... BAHS
😂
Danny please sing more on this channel, we all love your voice❤
And play the keyboard more.
Looking for more dampening?
I was very surprised the first time I heard him sing.
Agreed i was pleasantly surprised by his voice! All around just a badass musician
Lies!
i met bobby vega at small local bass shop in florida, sweetest guy ever. he gave me his pick
Bobby Vega is so fkin badass!
I'm generally in the sustain slightly overdrive sound camp. Bobby Vega is the effin' man though. I love his right hand rhythm.
He's one of my plectrum all-stars alongside Carol Kaye!
@@kjaze bobby's main bass is a jazz bass tho
@@robotariancod3 I don't play the P- bass vs jazz bass thing. Oddball basses are what I really dig.
Once again, Bobby Vega is the effin' man!
I prefer the growl of brighter rounds. But i LOVE that groove at the end. SAPKO!! WOOOOO!
JB with a mute is tops! Fender even designed a special foam mute for them in 1960 to replace the foam glued into the ashtray of the P❤
Danny - NICE playing on that end clip, bro! I love the muted tone, in the right context
great sound! love the shirt too, one of my favorite albums :)
I adore Bobby Vega. His tone and technique are stellar, but the way he plays is so full of joy. I hear he’s a very nice guy, too.
I do love the dampened sound. It is one, in a well equipped arsenal, of go to tones/effects any self respecting behsist ought to have at their disposal. I also want to ask you if the Fender VI, behs seemed very heavey to you ? I just purchased a new Fender VI Vintera II, and it is by far the heaviest axe I have ever played. Then again, 61 trips around the sun, may be something to factor into the equation.
I love your vidz. Danny. Your playing, sense of humour, and quality content, are the benchmark for UA-cam excellence, imho. Cheers, mate, and a Happy Christmas to ye.
I love the sound of a muted P bass with flats and played with a pick!
Love the flat wound, muted with the edge of the hand PICK sound!
Jazz basses came with adjustable mutes from the factory originally. The sound of flats on a muted Jazz Bass is all over the White Album.
They weren't adjustable, they were just individual mutes on the underside of each string.
@allrequiredfields You could change the pressure they were applying to the string, and since they were separate they were individually adjustable.
@@eyeball226No, you can't. They're just on a bent piece of aluminum. I mean, you can bend the aluminum but that's a serious stretch calling bending a piece of metal 'adjustable'.
Also, I really do know what I'm talking about here; I've got a 1961 jazz bass with the original mutes. I've also had a set fabricated for for my 1966 jazz bass. I've been obsessed muting basses since the late-90s.
@@allrequiredfields I was talking about bending it, yeah. But I'm happy to agree to disagree over whether that constitutes adjustable.
@@eyeball226 if the mute can't be fine-tuned without taking it and bending it into position by hand, I think that would make it non-adjustable. Compare that to the mutes on a Mustang Bass or a MM Stingray, where adjusting the screw lets you raise and lower the mute to whatever height you want.
Bobby Vega is a Funk Beast! I wish I could pick like he does. A Jazz Bass always sounds great, but I think the classic P-Bass has more of that thump to it.
It's my absolute favourite sound in the world, muted jazz bass with flats is the best thing in the world to me
It’s nicely thunk-ey. Sounds good!
You missed a great opportunity to talk about the Rickenbacker string mutes on the bridge! 👌
There’s funk and soul all over that tone!
Jazz bass, with black tapes. Gorgeous
The guy claiming his hip bone gives him sustain apparently his hip turns up the volume as well.
Flats on a jazz bass is such a great vibe. Next move for me is foam mutes for the bridge.
Sounds sic AF🤘🤘🤘.
rounds or flats , jazz or precision, no combination can be wrong, they are all great
All part of the rich palette of techniques at our disposal 😎👍
Word!
Love your sound on the flats!
Is it just me, or have we been seeing more of Danny’s playing on his channel since the battle with Charles? All I can say is, I’m here for it!
Love the tone of the bass lines at the end 🎸
RYO YAMADA BASS TONE DAY 286
That flat funky playing is fine when you're in a Starsky n Hutch mode, Fuzzy Bear with all his gold , bend at the knee, get down Bro! Teabag everything!
The jazz bass was so 70’s cop drama… I LOVE IT. Maybe I’m bias biased because I use that sound occasionally
I like how soft it is
Sing us a song Danny! You have a killer voice!
It's nine o'clock on a Saturday
The regular crowd shuffles in..
For a precise and funky behs Sound it‘s a go for! Sounds nice for me. 🎉
I wear gloves for dampening and my fist for sustain. Using your hip bone, or leaning foreword so the behs body doesn't touch your body, hold the note and mute the other strings, pluck the note and pound on the behs body with your fist.
Essentially you're transferring vibrations into the string. Manufacturing more sustain. It's great if you're about to go into a breakdown. Keep that last note ringing out as long as possible.
It's like musical edging 😅 Hold the audience in a state of anticipation.
Bobby V has my dream bass. Nice n worn in. I'd put all black hardware on it, and only play that bass and no other. If I were to pop a string live, I'd give a quick lesson on changing a string, no back up bass.
I really like that sound. Jazz basses are a usually a bit too bright and brittle for my tastes, but that is a big improvement.
The Rickenbacker 4001 and probably the 4003 have a adjustable foam mute at the bridge. 👍
Love that muted Jazz sound. I'm going to try it on my Mustang.
It fits for the genres you'd expect it to fit
Sounds funky. Very ...er...Chic.
That punchy tone at the end is awesome.
Sounds great
I love your funky muted bass!
That’s sounds like perfect 70’s funk!
It reminds me of early 00's PC games, very synth-y. I feel like I should be seeing some ultra pixeled dungeon crawler booting up with that sound. 11/10
Bobby Vega with Steve Kimmock and Alan Hertz is peak talent
It’s cool
Play the right groove
And it’s ultra cool
Sounds good.
i always have some kind of mute on my bass, can't afford a dedicated mute so i just use a sock
If you use a teenagers sock, you can cut off your old strings, too. Wilkinson Sword hasn't got anything on Satan the Wank-sock 😅😂
Love it!
Sounds great!👍
Love that muted jazz bass sound!
I could never play bass well... im a guitarist. I have mad respect for bass players especially slap amd the finger picking style of playing. I love bass even as a guitarist nothing but love and respect for the craft.
Bobby Vega giving me motown funk vibes so it's a win
Love the jazz style bass 👍🏻
Any Fender with flats and a mute is the definitive old school bass tone.
I absolutely love a muted bass with flats. Personally, I never got the appeal of long sustain on a bass. It's just muddying up the rest of the mix. Also, if you have a short, plucky tone you can get away with busier bass lines. That's part of why Jamerson and Paul McCartney were able to be so busy with their playing.
Love hearing you play man
I love your Behs tone Danny….certainly not as trebly with flats. 🎶🎸👍
That Jazz Bass sounds great!
Get serious. I love all behs sounds. 😂
Sounds good 😊❤👍
Love it. I just bought a Fender US made Jazz Bass (Geddy Lee Signature Edition).
Just play wearing fleece winter gloves.😅
Love it
I always string my Jazz with nylon wound and roll all the treble off. Through a 4x10 sounds f##kin awesome
If you leave them on long enough to REALLY start sounding dead, try turning the tone back up and even boosting it a bit on the amp and you'll find out the high end sound great because it's a really natural sound, without the metallic clang.
@allrequiredfields I'll give that a go thanks
Awesome effin sound. Love it.
Danny playing on the Jazz BEHS sounds groovy
That sound scratches an itch in my brain
I dig it bro. Merry Christmas.
Love it.
Jazz bass got that cheeky Joe Dart vibe now.
Oh! Thats a nice sound that is ❤
I love the sound of a good jazz bass. Maybe you think I’m crazy, but it has something similar to a Rickenbacker 4003. There’s probably an English word for it, but hey, I’m not English, so I have no idea how to explain. Beide bassen knorren zo lekker. 😋
I love that sound!
Sounds great!
anyone who hates how that sounds needs their ears checked. To be fair tho pretty much any bass sounds good when danny plays it
☝️🙄 he's up there with the greatest.
..... he should do a reacts video
... about himself. first time listening to 😬
Squire Classic Vibe 60’s Jazz Bass in Forrest Green: JUSTIFIED.
Love the Ziggy Stardust shirt!
Definitely a throwback sound. Depends if that is what the bass tone in your band is. Keep in mind there's the tone you have when you are by yourself and the tone you have in the mix. A P-Bass with round wound strings should be able to get you 99% of your band tone. Some people might not like this but you should hear how much of the guitar player's tone gets strangled in a mix... it's A LOT. 😳
My main bass is an upgraded early 2000s Squier Precision Bass with P/J pickups in it (I put in a set of Duncan Designed pickups from a more recent Squier Jaguar Bass), a Fender Hi Mass Bridge and DR flatwound strings. I also put a thumb rest above the P pickup (the pickup spring was too soft to use the pickup itself) and I play with fingers, a thumb, but mainly picks. Those flats with those pickups growl! And my tone is just into an amp. Bands like me because I keep the bass parts simple and don't step on other people's feet. I just lock in with the drummer and stay in the pocket.
Any changes in tone is just where I play on the string, my right hand as a mute if needed (a transferable skill from playing guitar) by resting on the bridge. Or you can play a note and pull up with your left hand and use your finger to dampen the note too. All your heroes use technique more than tricks to get those sounds.
I agree but muted flats always tend to fit better in mix/band situation because you're simply not fighting with as many frequencies of the other instruments.
Palm muting is definitely a solid technique, but you're severely limited if you need to play anything even remotely busy.
@allrequiredfields
I am a "Bass-ic Bitch" when it comes to bass. I'm looking to add color and depth to a band's sound over my technique. So I mainly stick to root notes and put the song first. So I am rarely busy and when I am busy, I use a pick to get the attack, so sustain is not the name of the game. But having that bridge all I have to do is play with fingers and half notes and whole notes it is.😎
This is what you have when you are a guitar player first. Bass is more something that if you're good, most people don't notice. If you are a bad bass player, EVERYBODY notices!😋👍✨
Rotosound roundwounds and occasional palm muting on my Squier P/J get me anywhere I need to be, over a variety of styles.
It worked great on my recently retired Electra Futura with BC Rich precision pups as well.
@kjaze
Never tried Rotos, I was always told they ate up frets. D'Addario is my "go to" brand for strings but I play other brands too. For the flats, the DRs were the best set at the time and I am enjoying them.
Not a style I’m interested in playing, but I can definitely appreciate it!
Sounds good to me.
Vega sounds so sick in that clip.
Never thought I'd see Brazil featured in one of your videos, Danny 😂
não esperava um br louco aparecer ai kkkkkkkkkk
Diga aí, do nada véi kkkkkkk
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Love it! Very funky…
I like it.
To be picky all Fendre bass's used to come with a mute, under the bridge cover. First the bridge cover then the mute fell out of favor.
It sounds great!
It's 'damping'. "Dampening" is when you play in the rain.
I love my Jazz Bass with Flats. My StingRay has Rounds and I put Half-Rounds on my Carvin Fretless. My Schecter 8 String has MASSIVE Sustain. (It's still resonating.🤣🤣🤣🤣😆😆😆🤣🤣🤣)
The Jazz sounds kick ass with the mute. I sometimes use one on my P, depending on what I'm playing.
Hey Danny, I notice Charles B gave away a bass to a fan the other day.. Maybe you could give a poor old git like me your lovely red Squier with the tortoiseshell pick guard 😂. Love the videos. Keep up the good work 😊
i knew this was a bass video immediately by the thumbnail just cuz ik only bassists would come up with crazy techniques like that lol
I am running semi flats on my jazz and play with a 1mm pick. Sounds nice to me
love it of course
Bass players are always so mad about not being heard in the mix, then they do everything they can to be a muted and quiet as possible.