How well do I know my basses? | Blindfolded Bass Shootout ft Matt Parker
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- Опубліковано 26 чер 2023
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How much does our vision impact our opinion on sound?? Can I tell my basses apart just using my ears?! With help from Matt Parker, I'm about to see if I can rate and tell my basses apart whilst being blindfolded...
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Fun video concept! Must be weird having someone else play your basses to you, kinda like sitting in the passenger seat of your own car.
Super strange. Different playing style really threw me off
What is it about us bass players that compels us to engage, actively or passively (unintended bass pun) with this kind of exercise? By all reasonable measure, a long video of two (admittedly nice) blokes doing a blind comparison of bass guitars should be the musical equivalent of watching paint dry. Yet, here I am, 44 minutes and 23 seconds later having sat wide-eyed and glued to it all in wonder. This is why my wife rolls her eyes at me when I then say things like, "but did you hear how good that Squier P bass sounded?" Excellent video chaps!...and that Squier really did sound good.
Haha thanks so much man! I think its down to a lack of attention we get as bass players...
Unless I watched it wrong? You got the 83 Jazz correct but thought the FGN was the Glarry. So you should of re-listened to the FGN
Matt is such a good bassist though, definitely need more episodes with him. Gear reviews would be good with the way you both discuss.
Thats what i saw too.
Same here
Aha! So I got them all right in the end! 😝
I love how you tried to trick Jonny by playing short note with that fretless🤣
It was the only way I could try and not make it sound like a fretless, they're so distinctive! 🙈
I wrote this before the end. YOU NEED TO REWATCH IT! You thought the FGN was the Glarry.
I can’t believe how well you did. I was impressed. The funniest part is when it was the FNG, I wasn’t looking at the screen, and I thought it was the Glarry too. What’s interesting about that is, when i got mine, I thought it was really great, but the longer I’ve had it, i think it’s one of the worst basses I own. I think Will pumped that brand so hard, it caused a placebo…
Brilliant video!
Btw, I wanted to say “thank you” for pushing the gain/trim on the podcasts. I can actually hear you and Chris when I listen at work. Cheers
That shook me. But i still love the FGN when I play it haha. We worked out we were pushing it too much to try and compensate so the platform was reducing the volume! Thanks very much for tuning in! 😁
@@JonnyDibble you are kicking ass my friend.
@@JonnyDibble cheers friend, not that it matters but this is Tommy Tung. I see our name don’t appear anymore. All the best Jonny.
Great video Jonny. I'd hate to think how I would have done trying to ID my own basses blindfolded.
please do a review on the guild!
Haha great video.
I actually reaaally liked what came out of the Glarry (pick) 😂
Nice collection
I know I would suck at this.. although really tempted to try it. Great video, but I did think you got the 83 jazz correct. It was also quite mean/brilliant to use fingering, pickup selection and tone to try and trick you.
It's super hard - I thought I got them all wrong! 😆
Last evening I went to play my 4-5 year old USA Fender P bass . Admittedly it has been 5-6 months since I last played it. Instead favoring either my Spector or Sire.
I quickly noticed that I was working too hard with my fretting hand. So I put my slotted straight edge on it and sure enough the neck relief needs to be adjusted. I then grabbed my Harley Benton Marquess 4 string. Which had also been hanging unplayed for the same amount of time, same room, same conditions. It was buttery smooth and played very easily. I put the notched straight edge on it and the neck was perfect. Chaulk one up for Harley Benton. It sure surprised me.
They do make some cracking basses!
Fun video you did better than thought, i could see you really listening out for tell tale character quirks. Like buzzy frets or notes..ect, on the same style or model instruments 🎸
Have you both hit hard times, and got summer jobs working at Wimbledon as ball boys..🎾
Not sure about Wimbledon but there was definitely some foul balls 😂
@@mattparkerbass That's funny, more ball jokes... I really meant the matching, ball boy inspired outfits😉
Love this! I won’t lie, to my ear…..the Glarry sounded better than the 82’ Jazz…..how mad is that?!?
Overall the Squier Blonde 40th Aniversary was my favourite of all.
Glad you enjoyed it!! 😁 What a bass
so you didn't keep the Yamaha BB434? Did you not like it that much after all?
That went about 2 years ago! Great bass but I didn’t get on with the neck in the long run. Unfortunately I have to keep selling to be able to buy more basses to review them
@@JonnyDibble It's also a great way to try a lot of bases and stay only with the ones you like the best. What is your favorite? The Squier 40th an? I just bought one of those
Well done Jonny...i think it proves that yes while what type of wood does make a difference to tone..paying £4000 for a fancy bit of rare Siberian Rock Maple or rarest African Sandle wood is not gonna make much of a difference...no-one would know what wood is under the paint...the fretboard wood does make a small difference to a bass's 'tone'...their are noticeable differences in tone due to each bass's design & build quality but after a couple hundred ft of cable into the mixing desk then back to a PA ,nowhere near the sound of your bass or back line, most people would not be able to tell blindfolded what type of bass is being played nevermind the maker...i think you done well,most people would toil to do better..the Guild,Stingray,Jazz & Precision do have different tones but live at a gig or on record it would be interesting to know how know many people could genuinelly tell which is which...very interesting...🎸👍
Thanks! Super fun test
I expected to see your Sires in the mix!? I own 12 basses and my D5 is top 5 for sure..
Haven't had the Sires for a while! Sadly can't keep everything I buy for the channel 😪
The 83 setup sounds like the strings are too close to the neck, the strings are chocking ^^
It's set-up for a specific playing style, less convenient for this test, but very convenient for Matt 😊
Yeah this one is usually for slap only, so I have the action decked for those treble pops! It means for finger style there's a bit of buzz though 😬
@@mattparkerbass interesting I always thought the setup for slapping was higher action, thanks for the explanation!
@@valendis it's the opposite! Lower action is less fatiguing and you get more percussive sounds. Higher action means you're having to hit the strings further and harder for the same effect!
I did this before and it's a lot more difficult than I thought.
Super tricky!
I stopped watching when you called a ‘83 bass a vintage😝😝
It's transitional spec so has a load of leftover parts from the 70s (even has a 78 serial) but also, it's 40 years old and anything vintage is 30+ 😂😅
erm, that "blindfold" also went over your ears!!! don't know how you could have heard anything properly...
It were a bit loud