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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tips out there for beginners that I've
probably missed comment down below and
if you're watching this as a beginner
look at the comments down below that
people's
either ripping me for one or giving you
advice because everyone's got their own
opinion and most of them are correct
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