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Some form of Spector with two soap-bar humbuckers or a dual humbucker Stingray would be a good place to start.

I’ve found that with the gear I’ve had that had presets they were just too full-on, and the levels of the preset effects needed reducing by at least half for my tastes.

I think you’re right Ted, I have lighter gauge strings on my Jazzes than on my Precisions and I enjoy playing those more as a result. I think after years of my style being hard hitting/hard fretting I’m going for the easy life from now on.

Protection Racket or Mono. Mono get sold on here a fair bit so can be picked up at fairly good prices and imo are the business.

Yep, I think Markbass cabs pair very well with passive Precisions but there’s no doubt that Barefaced are a step up.

That is a great looking Jazz, congrats

When I saved up to buy my first bass, £45 which was a fair bit of dosh in 1980, my Mum & Grandparents bought new my first amp. Other than that nothing at all, but help at the start is worth much more imo.

In my old covers band the guitarist had that very same rig, sounded great but what a ‘mare to move about. He ended up with two Marshall 1x12s and if I recall correctly an a Orange Terror amp and was just as loud as before, but sooo much more practical.

I reckon it would have in the hair-metal late eighties.

I used one years back, with the matching 4x12 and it was loud enough for indie/rock covers with guitar (Les Paul & Marshall half stack), drums & keys.

Sounds good, and go for guitarist 2, it will be like looking at a photo negative when the band are on stage!

You are Eric Cantona!

As soon as I saw this thread my suggestion was going to be the Ashdown RM210T. I have a pair of them, they sound great.

I’ve just ordered a set of Fender Vintage Noiseless for one of my Jazzes, so I’ll update on here once they’re in and been out to task.

Well last night I used both the .73s and the .88s at rehearsal and in the mix not much difference, but the .73s were just much more enjoyable and easy to use so sticking with them.

At present it’s Fender Jazz bass into (studio owned) Ampeg amp/8x10, not even a tuner, aside from a clip-on. Should add, at present am doing classic rock in a band with guitar & keys, so leave any kind of effects to them, my job in this is to stick with the drums.

You’ll work up your biceps with that amp Tim, but it will be worth it, they sound awesome.

If I recall correctly Dave Swift does the opposite, flats E to G, roundwound B for greater clarity in the mix.

My steels are 50-105, whereas nickels are 45-100 so can’t say exactly re the feel due to higher tension, but sound wise yes it’s same as regular nickel/steel comparison, nickels warmer & steels edgier.

Yes I have the steels on my Precision, been on since about April and similarly still sound great.

You’re in for a treat, I use these on my Jazzes to get a bit of warmth/tame too much top end and have been very impressed. My main bass for home use at moment has had them on since around Feb this year and they still sound good.

My fave bass is my black/black/maple US Fender Precision, but it isn’t my most played at present. It has such sentimental value to me that it’s the one bass I’ll never get rid of (unless I have to of course). Edit - my most played at present is my black/black/maple US Fender Professional Jazz, due to it fitting the band I’m in better.

Good points, I probably should have been clearer on the picks I use, all Dunlop Tortex Wedges, started off using 1mm, went down to .88m, but then tried the .73mm and found those are the ones I enjoy using the most, but annoyingly are the only ones that don’t give me the initial attack that I like. It’s strange that such a small difference in dimensions makes such a difference in both sound and enjoyment of playing.