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Hiya,

I've discovered a few bits of long forgotten gear while clearing me house ready for a house move.

Among them is a spare strap, going free to a new home of its own.

I think its a Dimarzio one from the mid 90s or so - regular seatbelt material strap, but it the two clip-on leather ends which stay attached to the strap pins.

Yours if you want it…. destined for the nearest charity shop otherwise...

NOW GONE

My very first bass was a short-scale Satellite back in 1986. It was unbelievably bad even for an absolute beginner. Thin plywood body, and a neck so bent you might as well have put a Fyffes sticker on it.

Truly rubbish.

PM Sent

Just sold my Fender Modern Player Jazz to Pestie.

Dead easy transaction all round - very prompt payment and a very pleasant chap to deal with. Very happy to deal with him any time!

I've got one of these and can vouch for them as incredibly good cabinets. Take LOUD volumes really well and sound really cooking.

Have a bump sir!

Now sold

Bump for a bargainous bass - almost new condition, for £250 delivered instead of £400 rrp....

Bump for a great looking and great playing bass delivered to your door...

Bump

Potential sale fallen through so still available.

Hi all thanks for the kind comments! It is a lovely looking bass (a large part of the reason I bought it!)

Now on hold pending sale

[color=#000000]Hi all,[/color]

[color=#000000]Looking to sell on this very recently-bought bass.[/color]

[color=#000000]It's a 2011 Fender Modern Player Jazz Bass, MIC, which i bought just after Christmas in very good condition. [/color]

[color=#000000]I bought it secondhand, but still had the plastic film on the pickups and scratchplate and even the original strings. Most likely an unwanted present of some sort.[/color]

[color=#000000]The neck is very comfortable, slim and jazz bass like - feels like a slightly more substantial version of the Squier Classic Vibes bass neck. [/color]

[color=#000000]Frets are pretty much unmarked, and bodywise there are no scratches, dings or knocks to speak of. Now strung with fresh Rotosound swing bass 40-100s.[/color]

[color=#000000]The only signs of wear are a couple of slight roundwound string marks on the fretboard beneath the E string around the second and third frets, which don't affect the sound at all.[/color]

[color=#000000]Medium weight body, gloss finish three-tone-sunburst and humbuckers which are like two pairs of standard jazz bass pickups. The bridge is a big, brass saddled job as seen on the Classic Vibes series.[/color]

[color=#000000]The build quality seems really good considering its a fairly budget model. The newer model of this bass has changed to include a matt finish, different pickups and a different high mass bridge.[/color]

[color=#000000]I've taken it to two fairly polite country pub gigs, where it performed well. The sound is a lot fatter than single coils, which suits me as a P bass player. Lots of good things said about them on Basschat (including by me!) as a few have come and gone here in recent months.[/color]

[color=#000000]So why am I selling it?[/color]

[color=#000000]Originally the plan was to sell it to fund something else I'd had my eye on, but my car has just spectacularly died which has the air of a job costing a good few quid - so that's where the money is going now instead![/color]

[color=#000000]Plus, as much as I like it, it was bought as a spare which I can live without under the circumstances.[/color]

[color=#000000]I'm after £250 ono including delivery as hoping for a fairly quick sale - or £230 collected if anyone wants to pop to Leicester and crank it through my Markbass/Schroeder rig. UK delivery only.[/color]

Cheers

PM incoming....

I bought a Schroeder 1210 from Basschat in late 2012 when my other cab was playing up. I'd read a fair bit online beforehand about it having a "mid hump" etc soundwise, which made me hesitate initially.

I decided to bite the bullet - and I'm very glad I did. It's one of the best bits of kit I've ever used, and it sounds incredible live (in my case with a Little Mark III and a P Bass)

So much so that the local amp repair / techie guy (and general alll-round sound afficionado) who was in the audience immediately asked me for details of what gear I was using, and has now swapped his older, larger rig for a LM3 and Schroeder 1210 on the strength of that gig.

In short, they're killer cabs. Absolutely brilliant.

Mike just purchased my SGC Nanyo Bass Collection bass.

Very prompt payment and easy guy to deal with all round - good man.

Just received a bass Fatfinger sustainer from Bob - arrived quickly, great condition, good deal all round.
Nice one Bob

Now sold thanks!

On hold pending sale

I have almost exactly this bass from 1970 and they're lovely - the B neck is lovely and comfy too.

Great basses.

cheers folks for all the info.

Given the responses here I don't think i'll change anything.

I've managed to put quite a lot of string round both the A and E string tuners so no real rattle problems, and the big brass-saddled bridge seems fine.

I guess I'm just used to the real heavy duty hardware/tuners on my oldish MIA P bass, but I've also got a knackered old cheap fretless with a very rudimentary rubbish-looking bridge which has worked absolutely fine for the last 26 years, so maybe I'm worrying too much!

Cheers for all the responses tho. Now about those boots and beer....

I'll save my money for a pair of cool boots or something then instead! Cheers folks

Cheers both for the info! Yes they seem to work perfectly well - but the scooped waist you mentioned is there alright.

I wondered if cool replacements might help the tone too, but jury's out on that one.

I might just stick with it as it is then, turned up and slung low for maximum enjoyment

hiya,

Hoping someone can shed light on this...

I have a Fender Modern Player jazz, and am weighing up whether to upgrade the tuners on it.

They look exactly like those on both a standard MIM Fender bass and a Squier Vintage Modified bass.

Now i'm assuming the MIM and VMJ don't have the same machine heads, but does anyone know the difference?

I'd narrowed the choice of upgrades down to Hipshot Hb7s, which are a direct MIM replacement - then along came the nigh-on identical VMJ tuners and threw a spanner in the works....

I suppose the question is whether they're the same size, and whether anyone has replaced VMJ tuners with Hb7s....

Can anyone help?

Bump for a good bargain!

Sunday morning bump.

I've got a cardboard bass box sorted now so can arrange delivery at buyers expense.

My recently bought Modern Player Jazz has taken this one's place as "cool spare bass" in last few gigs so this one is going.

This is a hell of a lot of bass for £165 and one that I've done a lot of good gigs with!