Telebass

If rounds are ok, what about Ernie Ball 6-string Slinky Bass Guitar w/ small ball end 29 5/8 scale .020w - .090( 2837) - £13.95. They are for the Silhouette Bass Guitar, which is 29.5" scale. However, they may be too short because of the trem...

[quote name='skej21' timestamp='1407453541' post='2520817'] As much as I love everything about the jazz bass, the sound of a Precision with flats is the sound in my head and that's something I can never escape from, so it has to be a precision for me. Luckily I've stumbled across the revelation of getting a jazz neck profile on a Precision and now I get the best of both. Playability of a jazz and the tone of a precision. Never looking back. [/quote] Great, isn't it?

One bonus is that the agathis VM P is very light. Sounds the same. Who needs alder?

Seems weirdly prescient, seeing that black P-bass. I put mine together (after the original neck went bad) to be a blackguard version of the custom-order shown on page 54 of The Fender Bass: A History. That one, and mine had the A width Jazz-type neck. I know there was a MIJ 70s P, but that had a B neck width, as does this Squier. Otherwise, I'd probably be getting one as a backup backup!

If the neck doesn't work out, see if you can get hold of a Squier VM77 Jazz neck. have one on my gigging P, and it's wonderful.

This goes just as much for very expensive ones. A weakness in undersaddle pickups, methinks, when applied to bass.

PS - you can't have mine!

Around 330 new. Well within your budget if bought used from on here, for example. Washburns also, as anove.

[quote name='leschirons' timestamp='1406997329' post='2516566'] There are awards for it. They're called a bad back and impaired hearing [/quote] Oh how true this is!

I'm with you, Blue. Must be in a gigging band. It has to pay, because I have few other ways of keeping bread on the table. But I do enjoy it. I too am getting on a bit, 61, but there's no stopping now. Bad shoulders, back, and eyes have all been repaired to keep me going! My main band for nearly 8 years stops at Christmas, so I've changed direction to an acoustic covers trio. The new bit for me is it's MY band. Looking forward to seeing how it pans out!

For those of upright persuasion, check out Liz Frencham from Oz. Very nice sounds!

Beyond accepting that apart from home noodling, these things do need amplification, world's your oyster. A Fender Kingman is as good as any, but pushes your budget unless s/h. Almost certainly plenty on Thomann and GAK.

The middle one is pure Squier, with some minor upgrades. .[attachment=168348:Dsc00003.jpg]

Done my own SQUIER custom p already. Sunburst with all maple white/pearl blocks/binding. And the black one also, but that's a Fender bitsa rather than Squier. The Squier wins, though. That's my go to bass.

My home bass shop. And I live in Devon!

Cut-down TI Jazz Flats on the Alien, Fender 9050s (?) 55-105 on the Kingman.

Regret: '69 Telecaster bass. It just worked, on every level. Glad to be rid of: '68 Jazz Bass. It just didn't work, on any level.

Will check that out immediately!

Liked.

Wedding gig at Tavistock Town Hall. Extraordinarily hot! Definitely lost a few pounds!

Jeezus, even my plexiglass one wasn't that heavy!

[quote name='stingrayPete1977' timestamp='1406394164' post='2511184'] Your bitsa P is literally half the weight of the last one I played [/quote] It really is almost toy-like. I can wear it for hours and not notice. If I did the Hipshot Ultralites mod, it would not only be better balanced, but half a pound lighter still! The only fly in that ointment, if you like, is that the tuners would almost be more expensive than the rest of the bass!

The scales back up results I've had before. Thwe Squier Bitsa is my main gigging bass because it weighs nothing. The perfectly normal weight Fender now seems MUCH too heavy! Try a current VM Precision. the6y weigh nothing at all! In fact, I may have to go the route of Hipshot Ultalite tuners eventually, because it's not as well balanced as it could be.