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This is my new cazpar bass. I'm switching over to it from my JCR because the JCR's 33" scale is just too big. I'd kind of like to have a true baritone guitar tuned to A but i'm digging this instrument...
I've also pretty much switched to fingerstyle full time. Haven't used a pick except for some videos I recorded for about a year. My chops with fingers are comparable to what I was able to do with the pick previously. Rhythmically more accurate, raw speed a little better with the pick. Still struggling with certain aspects but in other regards (arpeggios, etc) the fingers are inherently superior...
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09-07-2022 07:16 AM
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Wow love the sound!
And nice playing as always.
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Thanks. I think my other 6 string bass actually sounds better but the scale length is too long for me to play complex chords...
Originally Posted by Doctor Jeff
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Sounds good Jack. I like the finger style playing a lot. I'd love to hear you on something a little shorter going A to A. I think it would give it a little more clarity but I have no idea where you'd find one without having it made.
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Thanks Jim. Emerald makes an A-A baritone. I was thinking of trying to find one of yours. I kind of wonder if I could find a set of strings to do that with at 30" on this instrument... Originally Posted by Jim Soloway
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Wow Jack! That’s crazy. I cant believe you just picked up a bass and started playing it like that.
You are one talented dude.
Nice!
JD
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I recently bought an inexpensive Fender Bass VI, really digging it. Not like a 6-string bass, more like a longer scale guitar 8va down. I recently used it for the bass part for a production of "Guys and Dolls." The director (center) and the entire orchestra preferred its clarity over the traditional orchestral upright.
Last edited by Woody Sound; 09-08-2022 at 02:41 PM.
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Thanks for the kind words Joe. I've actually been playing bass almost exclusively since my pops died in 2021. It's been about 20 months now. The only time I have even used a pick is when recording some videos. Lately I have started playing guitar again some more and I'm playing fingerstyle on guitar too. Wish I had done this 20 years ago, lol... Originally Posted by Max405
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You are very welcome Jack.
I didnt want to mention it because I didnt want to drum up any sadness but I ABSOLUTELY noticed, you look a lot happier. You played most of the videos with a smile on your face. Very calm, very relaxed and you look happy. I know the pain will never completely go away, but I am glad you are finding some peace. And you look fit as a fiddle bud. Very cool.
Thanks for sharing your overwhelming talent with us.
Joe D
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Thanks my friend. I am finding some peace. It is hard but I feel like my dad is with me all the time, especially when I am playing guitar or bass. I hope he's looking down at me and knows how much he inspired me. Originally Posted by Max405
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What is the scale? What strings do you use? The strings that came with the guitar were horribly unbalanced. I put these on and it's much better.
La Bella 767-6S Bass VI 6-String Round Wound Bass Strings | Reverb
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So far, I'm using the strings that came on it which were a custom set of nickel plated rounds from stringjoy. Originally Posted by Woody Sound
.100 .080 .060 .050 .040 .030
I feel like the bottom G B E strings are a tad too heavy but on my 33" JCR I was using .100 .080 .065 .045 .032 .022
The top 2 strings on that setup feel too light and I get a plinky sound on them. I don't know if .040 and .030 would work at 33" scale. They'd probably break. I decided to sell that instrument anyway because it's just to hard on my left hand...
I'd like to try .045 .035 .026 with the stringjoy when I get around to it...There's a fine line with playing rest strokes with bare fingers though where if it's too light it just sounds awful. I notice with a pick the JCR string set with the .022 sounds fine. Another issue is that the .022 and a .024 I tried for a high E are noticably lower volume unless you use the special alloy strings that GHS makes that are more magnetically active than steel. But they are also brighter!
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Glen Campbell on the Bass VI. Plays it like a guitar.
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these are the ghs strings that have more magnetic output
GHS Progressives "Alloy 52" Wound .022, PR22
Note that they are not very long. My high E barely fit on the 33" jcr going through the body.
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Even though I am proficient on classical guitar, I find it difficult to play the Bass VI with my fingers, would rather use a pick. On the other hand, on a regular spaced bass, I prefer using my fingers. Strange, I can't explain it. It took some practice to mimic bowing with a pick, by "fluttering" it close to he bridge where the strings are tight.
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Yeah, it's a weird phenomenon going back and forth for me. Because I don't use nails, I can't get i/m happening on guitar but because of the heavier strings on bass I'm fairly proficient at it. i find that alternating thumb/index/thumb/middle works on both. Not sure why... Originally Posted by Woody Sound
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Hello Jack,
Wow, that’s some killer playing on bass, with a really original right hand technique!
Are you tuning in fourths or guitar tuning? What is your low string? What is the scale length of this instrument?
Thanks!
Russell
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Hi Russell, thanks for the comments. I started out the summer trying to learn matt garrison's technique of alternating thumb/index/middle/ring (PIMA) and found that I couldn't do it. It kept sounding like a gallop between the middle and ring finger. So I switched to thumb/index/middle but found that to be awkward for many things. I finally settled on thumb/index/thumb/middle and I think that seems to work well and should keep getting better. Originally Posted by Rustic
Like the the PIMA, i started out tuning in 4ths B-C and after a month of sounding like a beginner, I retuned it E-E and it's really changed things for me. I miss the low B though...It's a 30" scale.
I have to say though, that I like my JCR 6 string bass better but at 33 and wider fingerboard, it's a wrist killer for playing guitar arrangements.
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I see you like photographing women.
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My entire studio is covered in photos and original art by myself and various artists that I admire. I have paintings and photographs of my dad, john coltrane, charlie parker, pat martino, jaco, hadrien feraud, jimi hendrix. Originally Posted by Woody Sound
I see you like photographing women.
More photos and paintings of my dad than anyone else. I have 2 large paintings and 2 large photos of him. He's my biggest source of admiration and inspiration. I actually had a large picture of him directly behind where I shoot but I had to move it because my camera tries to do a smart-focus on faces and it kept focusing on the picture in the background when he was back there. I think it was trying to tell me something.
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another one...
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