hey guys Dagan here from PMTVUK and welcome to the wonderful world of bass
guitars It can be quite daunting choosing your first bass guitar but I'm
here today to help you through it to show you why things sound the way they do
what certain things do what's active what's passive why do I need a battery oh god
it's terrifying I'm here to talk you through everything and hopefully help
you out on making your first bass guitar purchase. Firstly I'm going to say don't
listen to anyone on when they say some thing is bad. Things aren't bad. Personal
preferences are a thing the bass itself in all its different incarnations the
matter what brand it is have been around for a number of years
everyone knows the styles I'm talking about they've been copied by other
brands there's nothing bad with certain basses get off the forums thats a
Thunderbird's neck heavy Thunderbirds are neck heavy but the
sound great and if you have a strap with a decent leather strap with a bit of
suede on the inside the weight of it keeps it there but if you get like a
seat belt strap it will necktie all the time
nice strap Thunderbird blowing the mind out of all the forums you've been
looking at saying Thunderbirds I'm like heaven you shouldn't buy one there are
amazing humbuckers are too loud or playing anything other than punk rock
and all that malarkey on that's not true anything can sound as good as as you
like it so if your favorite bass player plays a stingray or it's Nikki Sixx of
Motley Crue and he plays the Thunderbird there's nothing wrong with getting that
and making it fit your needs now that's off my chest I'll get down to
the important things so first question is usually active and passive what's an
active bass what a passive bass passive basses are just the pickups why to the
volume pot and a tone control to the output or something to that effect it's
the way electric guitars usually our bass guitars usually are it's how
they've been for years and years and yes active security gets interesting because
it introduces preamps and active pickups so say this Mexican player P bass
classic P bass the way it's always been pick up volume tone control but when you
see active circuits I come on Blue Peter here's one I made earlier
yet these intimidating knobs and all that malarkey what's going on what's all
this what it is is it introduces more of tone shaping really so active
pickups are it more clunky is a bit more clarity clarity and natural compression
which is grief not for everyone probably not as warm
some might say but it's all personal preference you've got to try them out
for yourselves and you get things like eq's so bass middle treble you'll have
that on an amp as well and any effects you've got but it's just a little bit
more tone shaping so you can get a unique sound is suitable for yourself
just because I said back there basses give you more tone shaping as well
doesn't necessarily mean the pair don't think oh I need get an active bass
because you can shake your toe more make it more unique to yourself
people would just find the for active basis and the traditional way is
certainly not a bad thing I have a very traditional but active 15 years I'm
gonna say it's a couple of sinus shot this sort of video always try them out
and I'm gonna try to help don't take my word as gospel at all you need a common
with shop something like a musical instrument is very important to you that
you have one in your hands and try a couple of wands out because you might
think the idea of active circuitry is amazing but fall in love with a
traditional P bass or a Fender Jazz Bass just for the sound and you think this is
the sound I'm gonna use forever so yeah hope that kind of makes sense so what
style of beer should you go for I always think well my opinion jazz basses are
the most versatile bass is out there could be wrong let me know in the
comments if you disagree on what your favorite pieces and why I'm wrong but
jazz basses are versatile but go off what your your Idol is because everyone
plays an instrument for a reason myself anglish young so I pretty much only play
gibson SG z these days and that's ingrained in me so if you're not Jaco
Pastorius fan jazz bass Lemmy fan gets something like a Rickenbacker if you're
a fan of flea stingray bases they all kind of do different things but again
contrast enough you gotta come into a store and try one out for yourselves
like jazz basses are nice and warm but you can't get a sound like a P bass
can't get P bass to sound like a stingray does the act if they make you
more versatile sure but you can't make an active bass sound like a P bass or a
jazz bass it's an interesting thing but again you got to try them off for
yourselves and I'm just realized the PB s I got down to show you before they all
the active circuitry and there's nearly 2,000 pounds not all active circuit
basses are 2,000 pounds Ibanez makes some of the greatest
affordable active preamp circuit bases and they're only 230 pound I think I saw
a lot which is crazy they have humbuckers in as well
and there's lots of switches on soon bases and not being timid about Tim
intimidated by that because single calls and humbuckers are the two major kinds
of pickups a high and a half explain what active and passive pickups do
before with the clarity and the bit of clunk single coils and humbuckers single
coils are one single line of magnets like on a jazz bass humbuckers are the
Joule rows here to show you yeah like this music man so take a look at that so
if the jeweler Oh magnets as opposed to like the single ones on a jazz bass or
something similar and with this it's a lot more there's a lot more there it's
picking because all these are magnets and they pick up the vibration of the
string turn it into sound free witchcraft and put it into your
amplifier so with the thicker humbucker the tip would essentially to singer
calls in one wrapped in copper wire gives you a thicker sound a wall warmer
sound just a different kind of tone so it's up to you whether you want to have
a single coil with a bit more Clank before you have to sing cause running it
wants to make them hum book essentially there's two of them or a humbucker with
switches with most humbucker guitars as well you can call tap them with a little
switch to make only one of the sets of magnets fire will turn into a single
coil again just pouring you with words here but I'm hopefully telling you
what's what got this ugly beast of a sound back to show you now that this
comes with a single coil pickup and a humbucker so that's variation right
there and its finest just give you an idea and the music man I picked up
before was a five string 5 string basses are becoming well already very popular 6
and 7 string basses are written mad but five string basses give it that extra
low B string when you want to get down low essentially because bass players
can't get bit high when it comes to certain guitar stuff it's just an extra
total string to your bow string to your bass if needs be firing basses are great
with that you do get a thicker neck profiler and that's something you should
be very aware of neck profile people come in all the time wanting certain
things because they like it certain artists come in try the bass I don't get
on with the neck I prefer the P bass I prefer the jazz bass this you reckon
back is amazing this music man is amazing always come in try out for
yourselves because you have to have it in your hand to find out what is
comfortable they were fingerboard as well a lot so much Ibanez but fenders I
think I'm with pal Faro rosewood or maple fingerboard
maple you get bit more snap on it maple is the paler wood rosewood or the
slightly darker woods rose was a little bit warmer a little bit snappier again
all personal preference you've got a try one for yourself so the big question how
much should you spend obviously it would just no option get something lovely and
versatile but if you're starting out and budget is a bit more tight don't get
something naff don't get something just because it's cheap play something and
save up for something one you'll appreciate it more if you save for it
and two it'll suit your needs more don't try and jump in it something just
because it's a deal or it's cheap and it's awesome because it will be a bit
enough bases are a lot better than the way back in the day you can get an
amazing bass for 150 quid these days and go up to 200 through the pound to get
the squire jazz bass it's nice to play a squire jazz bass and a cover band and it
was amazing I had all these basses to choose from but chose that because it
was cheap cheerful and absolutely mint organized bass is like I'm saying
versatile without active circuitry 203 quit the starter it's crazy you can get
some crazy aesthetic looks on the Ibanez basis as well it's awesome so money-wise
start around 150 200 quid anything less might be bit enough don't is bison
because it's the deal Squires amazing can't praise them highly enough got into
the Mexican range as well I can't stop talking to my friend abases I'm looking
at them now anyways if you liked this video give it
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