Thursday, April 24, 2025
BassGuitar Tips & Hacks

IS IT THE BASS OR YOUR HANDS!? #tone


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Back with a lesson discussing the importance of having the sound in your hands and instrument, as opposed to just relying on your gear to produce the sound you dream of.

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Gear Used

Bass – Squier Classic Vibe 60s Reissue
Ebony Fingerboard. Stock pick ups. Original Badass Bridge

Strings – DR Sunbeams 40-95
Nickel – Plated/Round core

Recorded and edited on Logic Pro X

#BASS #HANDS #tone

Originally posted by UClITO33PbLa-BgLfCByLsTA at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CCeq26b9-vM

32 thoughts on “IS IT THE BASS OR YOUR HANDS!? #tone

  • Anthony, man… You swapped the BoBT bridge for an original Badass => tone is in the bridge, period. 😉

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  • Wow…. a bassist that diagnoses beyond my recognition and imagination. For y'all? Multiple lessons in 1 video. Thank…junkyardawg..USA

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  • You're So right Anthony Jaco Said the Same thing in His Video The Sound is in your Head imagination thru your Heart to your Hands The Instrument is the Last piece of the puzzle. Thank you I Got a Lot out of this Lesson and it's back to the Shed. ????

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  • Thank you for your insight and I recall Jaco said the same thing Sound is in your Hands and then in your Bass I got a Lot out of what you were saying & I have some bass players Brothers of Mine think it's in the Instrument still.You are Truly a Master Teacher of the Bass the best on You Tube.

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  • I subscribed when i saw a video of you playing john coltrane and jaco pastorius,keep up the great content,love the sound of your bass btw

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  • Hello master, can you show how to play picking right hand in solo's speed
    Thanks for your channel
    Im subscribe you ????☺

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  • I feel like you should know the subtle ways to use either gear or fingers (both) to get the desired effect.

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  • Great video, as always! I've become recently a bit obsessed with educating myself in soloing in a jazz context on bass, and can't help but be in awe of players like yourself, Evan Marien and Janek Gwizdala among others. How would you suggest getting started with creating those long, flowing sequences? The 2-5-1 hack video really helped me with a bit of vocabulary, but as soon as it came to extending the lines, using the scale, my jaw hit the floor with how effortless you made it look. Any further tips?

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  • True , note choice and timing are the biggest part to recognize a player . Then the tone , gear matters . But you can hardly define some great session player or studio ace by the sound (they do need hundreds of setting )

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  • There was a time back in the 70s when I started to learn bass where playing rock and roll you had to project force and energy in order to be heard and drive the band. Jazz players in those days used to put down electric bass and say that electronics obscured the tone. To a certain extent that was true. Guitar and piano sounded much more musical than an electric bass. Todays bassist however seem to be alot more musical and picky about their sound. Bass players like yourself have a wonderful tone from the get go and sound just as beautiful and musical as a guitar or piano. I myself am becoming more and more aware of tone and like you I love a nice clean clear tone without alot of grit and grime. I also agree that a passive fender bass sound is very beautiful in the right hands. Bobby Vega does it with a pick and Jeff Berlin is another with a beauitful tone. Youre playing reminds me of Jeffs but youre a little more funky without resorting to slapping. But slap players too like Victor Wooten get a beautiful on their instruments. Thanks for posting and Im slowly learning from people like you and Jeff that a softer touch makes a diffrence.

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  • Jamerson played dead dirty old flatwounds he never changed and his action was way too high. And yet you know it's him just from his tone and style.

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  • All very true. I’m always buying nice gear, mainly for reliability though if I’m honest. I just bought a squier 5 string jag bass and replaced the pickups for Aguilar p/j’s. Partly for the sound but also because of the hum on bridge pickup.

    Just a side note though; do you think we sound better when we play more often? Not as in technique (that’s pretty obvious) but because your skin gets tougher and produces a better tone? I definitely feel like I notice if I haven’t played for a week or so and my skin has gotten soft?

    Keep up the great videos man. Big fan of your work! ????????

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  • So you say I don't have buy those new bertolini pick ups for my bass bro ? ????.

    By the way you made more bass faces in this video than you did when you dropped that monster solo on us .????

    Very good information. Great question from samari bass, and Great answer bro . Keep it coming.

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  • Love the “Jam in E” from Jacos instructional dvd…haven’t played that in years. ????

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