152 - Why learning Jazz Bass SUCKS (5 reasons no one talks about)

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Scott's Bass Lessons

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🗓️ 13 May 2024

⏱️ 57 minutes

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The hate that some bass players have for jazz can transcend space, time, and the laws of nature. We get it. It can feel like your band mates are speaking another language, and you feel kind of left out. But, with practice, learning some jazz can give you musical superpowers. In this episode, we’re here to reveal why you should take the leap! In this episode Scott’s worst EVER audition story.Why all the best musicians play jazz.How it can be a bass player’s best friend.Should non-jazz musicia...

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0:00.0	Yeah, dude, but first, let's talk about jazz bases.
0:05.0	Okay.
0:06.3	We're here to talk about jazz, but before we even go there, show me that bass, show me the neck.
0:11.6	I've been geeking out of it, silently looking at it like a...
0:15.0	Have you?
0:15.6	You've been checking it out across the pond?
0:17.7	Yeah, like something like hiding the bushes.
0:21.2	This isn't a linto, and it's, you know, Cross the pond. Yeah, like something like hiding the bushes. This, this is an Alinto.
0:23.4	And it's, you know, their jazz base that they make.
0:26.7	They did this sort of like gold Antigua finish.
0:29.3	The neck is crazy.
0:31.1	It's all roasted.
0:32.3	The whole thing, I believe, I believe it's roasted ash.
0:35.4	And then roasted maple, maple cap, birds eye, maple neck. The neck, no, like, flamed. Flamed. Yeah, the neck is, the neck's crazy. What about the fingerboard? Is the fingerboard bird's eye? Yep. Had to just check. Is it? Yes. And is it going to dethrone? Is it going to dethrone the Charles Bais?
0:55.8	The, uh, the Antigua.
0:57.5	The poor Antigua.
0:59.4	Right back here, right back here.
1:01.4	Um, the crazy thing about this is that, uh, on paper, it is better in every way.
1:07.3	Like it's lighter.
1:08.7	It's better built.
1:09.6	Like the pickups are better. That the construction is better. Like, it's lighter. It's better built. Like, the pickups are better.
1:11.6	The construction is better.
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