Is there anyway to achieve the famous Jaco tone from a Stingray 4 HH? I really love the sound of his fretless and was wondering if my HH, with its wide varieties of tones could achieve the same sound. I'm not very good with messing with the equalizer to get unique sounds and only know the basics on pickup selection. If it's possible, what must I do to get a sound like Jaco?
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phatduckk
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im no jaco expert or anything but if i remember correctly a key part of his tone was the bridge PUP solo'd. i could be 100% wrong here but i think thats whats ive read online n stuff.
assuming im right... the positions 1 & 2 are gonna be closest to that config but still not the same. pos 1 is the bridge bucker (like a single H ray) and pos 2 is the coil cloest to the bridge from the bridge pup and the one cloest to the neck from the neck PUP.
so both "close" options have an extra coil at play. i dunno how u wanna use your bass, but IF you dont mind losing some versatility i think that if you flip to position 2 then lower the neck PUP a lot you might get something like a j bass' bridge pup solo'd. then with the eq starting at flat you can tweak a bit for fine tuning. actually, position 4 could work too.
this isnt something you can do mid gig (well, i guess you could but it would b annoying), but for recording etc it would be no biggie.
if you mess with PUP heights check out http://www.ernieball.com/faq_content.php?subjectcode=mm_basses for the factory specs so you can get it "back to normal".
again, i could be 100% wrong... but if im not then this may be a decent option.
good luck and let us know how it goes
-arin
assuming im right... the positions 1 & 2 are gonna be closest to that config but still not the same. pos 1 is the bridge bucker (like a single H ray) and pos 2 is the coil cloest to the bridge from the bridge pup and the one cloest to the neck from the neck PUP.
so both "close" options have an extra coil at play. i dunno how u wanna use your bass, but IF you dont mind losing some versatility i think that if you flip to position 2 then lower the neck PUP a lot you might get something like a j bass' bridge pup solo'd. then with the eq starting at flat you can tweak a bit for fine tuning. actually, position 4 could work too.
this isnt something you can do mid gig (well, i guess you could but it would b annoying), but for recording etc it would be no biggie.
if you mess with PUP heights check out http://www.ernieball.com/faq_content.php?subjectcode=mm_basses for the factory specs so you can get it "back to normal".
again, i could be 100% wrong... but if im not then this may be a decent option.
good luck and let us know how it goes
-arin
GassieBall
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I think the other really important thing is to play fingerstyle closer to the bridge. On a lot of video's I've seen, Jaco's right hand is playing right over his Jazz's bridge pickup and that accentuates the mwha sound. Playing near the neck will give you the opposite fuller tone.
MingusBASS
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Jaco turned the neck pickup down a tad to accentuate the sound of the bridge pickup(as apposed to soloing the bridge pickup). My Fretless Bongo HSCp can get some NASTY Jaco tones.
PocketGroove82
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I know this is an EBMM forum, in fact...I consider this "MY FORUM" cause it's been my favorite place to post/lurk for a few months. And I hate to say it...
but if you want to sound like jaco, well....there are some obvious things you might want to do to affect your tone.
I'm not going to post them...but it's pretty easy to get the jaco tone, if you read a little.
But I will say, it is easy/cheap to get a jaco tone...
and VERY HARD TO PLAY like jaco.
good luck!
but if you want to sound like jaco, well....there are some obvious things you might want to do to affect your tone.
I'm not going to post them...but it's pretty easy to get the jaco tone, if you read a little.
But I will say, it is easy/cheap to get a jaco tone...
and VERY HARD TO PLAY like jaco.
good luck!
GassieBall
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I can sound exactly like Jaco. When I had a Jazz I could get his tone almost perfectly. Only problem is, it would only work for a note or two.
For Wooten or Jaco fans, go to Bass Player TV and go to BP Live! '06 Clinics -> Victor Wooten -> Victor Wooten 6
He talks about trying to play like Jaco. Enlightening it is!
