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[quote name='lou24d53' timestamp='1508487939' post='3392476'] Was hoping it was going to be positive feedback...! I'm taking a wee trip into Glasgow later to meet a mate for a few beers after work, so I'm planning on popping into Guitar Guitar first to see if they have any in stock to give them a wee try......it says awaiting stock on the website, but still, any excuse to visit.........initially I was looking at the black / maple but now I am being drawn to the sunburst more......and I've never (ever!) owned a sunburst bass in my 25+ years of playing...!!! As one who has mainly played and owned Jazzes over the years, my only concern[b] is the thickness and width of the neck......[/b] [/quote] It is going to be... noticeable wider! But it's relatively shallow too, which makes it very comfy for me (and my hands are not big)... I find I adapt pretty quickly to the wider spacing and then it never becomes a problem.

[quote name='JohnFitzgerald' timestamp='1508599924' post='3393232'] Backstage pass, fed all day, backline rider, experience of a lifetime. My rig was an SVT classic, as is the standard for these things. Backstage, there was a spare SVT - identical to the one on stage, just in case. And had the unimaginable happened and the spare had broken down, there was a third identical SVT classic stack. Just in case... [/quote] and then you went and broke a string and you neither had strings or a backup bass...

and as much joy as I derive from playing... one word: Drunks. I detest drunks who lose their senses. Which is a tough one when I spend so much time playing to people who get a bit drunk but most are ok. However, from time to time, the annoying drunk is inflicted upon me. Yesterday, it was two drunks. Loading the van. The two drunks go to cross the street between our van and the car parked behind. They see the back doors open and one of them dives in and grabs a case (a sax, it happened to be). I was right there... so I took it from him and pushed him away while yelling at him. Then the stupid conversation starts with them "not meaning anything"... I just want them gone. So I very clearly state my position. They insist in talking bullshit, so I push BOTH of them back. They don't like it. They keep trying to talk. I keep telling them to go away and don't come closer. By this time band is behind me. One guy gets a little aggressive so I drop my bass and take off my jacket and I tell him if he gets closer to me I'll feel threatened and assume he intends to harm me and I will hit first to defend myself. That's a very clear warning and seems to do the trick. For a bit. He goes away. He comes back... I'm getting really pissed off, I have no time for this crap, it's almost 3.30am. He came closer again and I almost hit him, I visualised where and how I was going to hit him, but fortunately I kept some sense and just pushed him away again (he was that close)... I really do not want to be seen as the aggressor if it comes to that and he was not really being dangerous, he was too drunk for that... but he was not drunk enough to not be a royal pain in the arse. Drummer and trombone guy get in, and a random passer by who saw the thing from the beginning, a big guy... together we seem to convince them to walk away and not come back. Why? What makes anyone behave that way? The amount of bullshit they'd talk... uff... I saw you getting into the van and grabbing one of our cases: there's nothing you can say to convince me that it was an accident or that you meant well. I give you a chance to walk away before getting hurt... and you still want to argue with me that you didn't mean anything, and get upset because I'm swearing at you to get you OUT of my space? I've been drunk MANY times, but I have never behaved in such a way. Alcohol is not the root cause of the behaviour, I'm convinced, it merely amplifies idiots' ability to show their true colours. Ugh. Still... it didn't entirely destroy the night for me. I had two gigs with the same band, a single set at 9.30pm, at a local fest in town, and then another between 00.30-3am. The first one was a bit quiet... but we had fun and was a great warm up... the second one was a blast. The place was packed and the atmosphere was fantastic. This was with Urang Matang (ska/reggae) and it's probably the most fun gig I've had in the past year... a couple of idiots afterwards will not spoil it for me.

[quote name='FinnDave' timestamp='1508456368' post='3392395'] Just back from a mid week gig in Oxford. Fourth time at this venue this year, and by far the biggest audience. Lots of people dancing, very uplifting gig. I played my new Fender Classic 50s Precision, through an Ashdown Rootmaster 800 and Super Compact - and it sounded epic! Also tried finger style for the first time in nearly two years, after a motorcycle accident left my right hand damaged. I tried using the knuckle joints with the hand flat on the bass rather than having my hand at almost right angles to the string and using the finger/hand joint. Amazingly, it works and I got through the entire gig without a pick! So much easier to control my sound. So, a significant step for me tonight. [/quote] Great to hear! Both on the Classic 50s Precision (I haven't gigged with mine in a while and your thread made me start playing it at home again... I should bring her out soon!), but also and more especially on the playing progress after your accident. I have never been in a situation where my playing would be compromised due to injury, but I know it would affect me a lot, I derive a lot of joy from playing bass... so it's great to hear that you're continuing to find ways to adapt.

[quote name='FinnDave' timestamp='1508456368' post='3392395'] Just back from a mid week gig in Oxford. Fourth time at this venue this year, and by far the biggest audience. Lots of people dancing, very uplifting gig. I played my new Fender Classic 50s Precision, through an Ashdown Rootmaster 800 and Super Compact - and it sounded epic! Also tried finger style for the first time in nearly two years, after a motorcycle accident left my right hand damaged. I tried using the knuckle joints with the hand flat on the bass rather than having my hand at almost right angles to the string and using the finger/hand joint. Amazingly, it works and I got through the entire gig without a pick! So much easier to control my sound. So, a significant step for me tonight. [/quote] Great to hear! Both on the Classic 50s Precision (I haven't gigged with mine in a while and your thread made me start playing it at home again... I should bring her out soon!), but also and more especially on the playing progress after your accident. I have never been in a situation where my playing would be compromised due to injury, but I know it would affect me a lot, I derive a lot of joy from playing bass... so it's great to hear that you're continuing to find ways to adapt.

[quote name='LukeFRC' timestamp='1508309761' post='3391167'] Every Fender Jazz bass I've owned, and I've tried a few... Sound brilliant Look even better Love the sound... Play in a band with them and I'm like, "argh where's that nice sound gone?" I want to love them, but can't [/quote] +1 Jazz: It's a bass I pretty much only use at home. In the band I just don't get it quite right: Stingray or Precision for me. Warwick Corvette $$... a 2005 model with a crazy thick neck. It sounded great but that neck... it had to go.

I hated Precisions for many years. My first 'real' bass was a Jazz and I chose it because especially coming from years of guitar, the neck felt a lot more comfortable, and I liked the range of sounds... the Precision on its own was pretty ugly (I thought at the time). I still love the Jazz sound... but I grew to like Precisions and I actually prefer the wider necks, and at some point I even started liking the sound of a Precision alone. No idea how or why. In the end, I started liking Precisions more than Jazz. The Jazz sounds great at home, but in the bands I play in the Precision works better. I ended up preferring a PJ to either Precision or Jazz, but with a humbucker (two bridge J pickups together) at the bridge: The sound with both pickups together is not quite as sweet as that of a Jazz but it's pretty good, and the double J at the bridge is meaty and balances very well with the P. And the P is... well, a P. Still... give me a Stingray any day

[quote name='The59Sound' timestamp='1508258640' post='3390956'] My Jazz could knock any P for six. It plays better, it sounds better and is more versatile for different genres. [/quote] I like balanced statements like this But then I'd probably say something similar about my Stingray vs any-other-bass... It's funny how in the end people prefer very different instruments and we all make them work in whatever it is we do with them. We like to over think things here at BC sometimes

[quote name='Highfox' timestamp='1508171282' post='3390236'] That's exactly it for me as well, in fact I moved my J on. Prefer the feel of P sized necks. [/quote] Same here. I recently had a bass made that was essentially a Jazz in a Precision body/neck. I've just sold it. I liked it but I realised I prefer a P or a PJ when it comes to that. There's something about the Precision pickup alone that I really really like, and anything else is nice to have, but I want that P sounds and the Jazz doesn't have it. However, I have to say, if my only bass were a Jazz I'd still be happy to play it. It's not like I hate the Jazz...

[quote name='Conan' timestamp='1508221660' post='3390526'] That's played on an 8 string? Wow! I always assumed he used an octaver... [/quote] I love that sound... dang, now I want an 8-string? really? Does GAS ever end????

[quote name='FinnDave' timestamp='1508185154' post='3390392'] Just been playing it for the last 45 mins or so, sounds and feels great, love the wide neck. Just held a standard Precision pick guard up to it and there are more holes than the metal one currently fitted, so I'm curious to know what you are using instead. I think it would look great with a tort guard myself. [/quote] I just ended up drilling extra holes as I could not find a perfect fitting pickguard.

[quote name='FinnDave' timestamp='1508166649' post='3390193'] Went for a drive and ended up in a music shop (no surprise there!) and came home with a new 50s Classic Precision. I do like the same 7 1/2 radius fingerboard as on my classic Jazz, so hopefully the wider-than-a-standard-Precision neck won't be a problem... Interesting drive home (an hour or so) under darkening and strangely coloured skies. I stopped at my local guitar tech's place on the way home, he likes the new Fender, and I collected the EB-4 he's been setting up for me. So I discovered that two basses in gig bags fit easily into the passenger area of my MX5! All I've had time to do since getting home is change the strings from the factory rounds to a set of chromes. I'll plug it in and play it this evening, and gig it on Thursday. Assuming this one's a keeper, there'll be a US Standard Precision on the market soon... Obligatory pic: [attachment=255702:IMG_1056.jpg] [/quote] Nice! I have one of those in fiesta red (actually on my avatar right now, I just replaced the golden pickguard for something less cold to the touch ) I love the wide neck. It feels very comfortable to me, and it sounds great too.

[quote name='Conan' timestamp='1508156794' post='3390099'] Nice jumper... [/quote] my first thought too!

Chris bought my Maruszczyk Jake custom "Jazz" configured bass. Nice chat by PM and text, easy going, very smooth transaction over all. I would have no hesitation buying from him or selling anything else to him. It's been a pleasure, Chris, thank you again. I hope you enjoy the bass!

Eddie just bought my SFX micro Thumpinator. Nice chat, smooth transaction, great guy... Thank you, Eddie!

[quote name='Nicko' timestamp='1507898698' post='3388659'] When the band started out we decided we wanted to do post punk, indie and alternative stuff that everyone would know, but that not every other pub band played. It turns out we actually do quite a lot of what other bands play (Chelsea Dagger, Take Me Out, Florescent Adolescent, I Predict A Riot, etc, etc), but that's not the point. We played a few gigs and some of the punters started asking for more "classic" rock. Reluctantly I agreed to put some "off message" tracks into the set list. We now have Sweet Child O mine, Walk this Way, and Enter Sandman in the set. I'm OK with this and I agree we shouldn't restrict ourselves to a narrow genre. Last night we met to discuss potential new songs: Of the 47 song suggestions 15 were what I'd call Hard Rock, or Classic Rock. Suggestions included I Cant Get No Satisfaction, Paradise City, Schools Out (Alice Cooper) and Tush. Apart from Schools Out I don't mind the songs, but they are in no way consistent with what our current band identity is. I asked if we put Paradise City on the list would we ever play it instead of, not as well as, Sweet Child, and I might have well have taken a dump on the table. When I said if they want to do stuff that old then maybe something like Ace of Spades would be more in keeping with the Post Punk/ Indie thing they didn't get it at all. Is it me or they have they got the wrong bassplayer? [/quote] I'd say that's not the band for you then. When you say about the identity of the band... it seems to me that it all fits and it's just you who want to keep away from the 'classic rock' style... It happens. Sometimes you start with one idea but there's other people involved and they don't share your view. I don't see a problem with those suggestions in terms of consistency, it sounds like general covers with a 'rocky/guitar' flavour...

[quote name='mike f' timestamp='1507927867' post='3388929'] Kim Clarke - Defunkt Check out their 1982 album, Thermonuclear Sweat. I love slap and I prefer the hard hitters; Larry Graham, Prince, Flea, Louis Johnson. Not keen on the short strap, bass under the chin typewritery machine gun stuff! I know Sly Stone was talking about sing-alongs but what he said describes how I feel about slap bass; [color=#1D2129][font=Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif]"Now a lot of people don't like to do it, because they feel it might be old fashion. But you must dig that it is not a fashion in the first place, it is a feeling. And if it was good in the past, it's still good".[/font][/color] [/quote] I agree with that. There's a lot of slap that sounds like some metallic clanking noise which leaves me completely cold. But what Larry Graham and Louis Johnson and others in their vein do is a lot more... "groove" oriented, with a deeper tone, and even when it's fast it doesn't seem they're just trying to fit in as many notes as possible, but it sounds more like different parts on a drum kit could sound. It's a style that has a lot of good uses.

[quote name='Radchenko' timestamp='1507484627' post='3385791'] Yes I like the sound of sc. But Maybe this more lowers of bb2 are What I need to perceive more headroom and presence without loosing clarito and punch? Thanks [/quote] I don't think that using a single BB2 will give you what you're after. Yes it does go a bit deeper but...

[quote name='Bigwan' timestamp='1507462677' post='3385562'] Absolutely true. But I find that in the mix the volume boost makes the effect more useable. It's one of those effects that makes bass disappear behind everything else. [/quote] Not for me. I guess it will depend on your basic tone.