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25 minutes ago, Gabriel1918 said:

Excellent price for a great bass.  These American Standards from this era are the best Fenders in my opinion.

I totally agree Gabriel, that's why I have an Am Std Precision and Am Std Jazz, but sadly, time has caught up with my body, so they both have to go. 😥

At the age of 71 with ongoing arthritis and other health issues, I have decided to call it a day and sell all my gear, so up for sale is my:

Fender American Standard Jazz (2016) in Black with a Rosewood Board.

It’s all original, plays and sounds just like a J Bass should.

It’s in good condition but it does have a few marks here and there, there are also a couple of small chips at the bottom which I have highlighted in a photo.

It comes with the original Fender hard-shell case, and extra Black Pickguard.

Weight: 8lb 12oz

You are welcome to try it out at my home in Bridgnorth, Shropshire.

The serial number dates it as September 2016, so this would have been one of the last of the "American Standards" to roll off the production line.

Collection preferred, but I might consider delivering up to 100 miles for fuel costs.

Courier is possible at buyer’s expense.

At the age of 71 with arthritis and other health issues, I have decided to call it a day and sell all my gear, so up for sale is my:

Fender American Standard Precision (2016) in Sunburst with a Maple Neck.

It’s all original, and plays and sounds just like a P Bass should.

It’s in very good condition but it does have a few minor marks/scratches here and there, they are not really noticeable unless held up to the light.

Comes with the original Fender hard-shell case.

Weight: 8lb 8oz

You are welcome to try it out at my home in Bridgnorth, Shropshire.

The serial number dates it as September 2016, so this would have been one of the last of the "American Standards" to roll off the production line.

Collection preferred, but I might consider delivering up to 100 miles for fuel costs.

Courier is possible at buyer’s expense.

I think they are done by lots of different session musicians and bands because I use them to upload bass covers to YouTube, and some of them get taken down because of copyright issues.

On 31/12/2022 at 14:18, Reggaebass said:

You’re not the only one, I don’t mind what wood it is but it has to be dark, darker the better really, I won’t buy a bass with a light coloured fingerboard , my Sandberg had an ebony board which is so nice 

Lovely!

1 minute ago, Linus27 said:

I have a pau ferro board on my Stingray and it looks fabulous but my favourite despite looking nowhere near as beautiful is ebony. Below is my pau ferro Stingray neck.

 

That looks beautiful

Just wondering how many of you are put off buying a bass if the fingerboard is either Laurel, or Pau Ferro.

I have to admit that I am, it's the paler colour I don't like, especially as I love a really dark rosewood board.

In a blind test, I'm sure most people wouldn't be able to tell the difference in sound, or playability.

Am I the only one?

2 hours ago, SumOne said:

JMB has worked for me before.

 

I think it would be better if you could seperate 'wanted' and 'available' and to search by instrument. Perhaps a form to fill in when writing an advert would be useful so people are encouraged to include useful information that is often missed off (practice frequency/location is important and is often not included).

That might be too much for some people who post on JMB.

This is quite typical of some of the ads I've seen recently on JMB:

"Wanting to start a band" no other information included. 🤔

46 minutes ago, TheGreek said:

I use Bandmix.com. I find that you have people listing the instruments they play so frustrating.

 

Vocalists who play drums and saxophone, guitarists who play everything, including bass. Make your minds up - what are you representing yourself as? If you play everything maybe you should put your time into specialising in one.

There have been times when our band is looking to recruit someone, and we've paid for a month's subscription on Bandmix because it's the only way you can message people, because it's not free.

Over the past couple of years we have sent out 102 messages to people on there, just FIVE people bothered to reply.

At least with JMB you don't have to pay to contact the "time-wasters" that seem to be in abundance on both sites.

On 06/12/2022 at 14:24, TimR said:

Slade's - Merry Christmas Everybody goes down a storm whenever I've played it in bands. Is a great sing along and it's got an intermediate level bass line to keep it interesting. 

 

We're currently 'learning' it for our next gig next week. 

I'm not normally a fan of Christmas songs and when it was suggested we play this at a Christmas gig a few years ago, I thought, oh no!

But to my surprise, when I started learning it, I actually fell in love the bass line and learnt it note for note, fortunately, the rest of the band had learn't their parts properly as well and it was as tight as duck's whatsit in rehearsal, and I couldn't wait to play it live, but on the morning of the gig, a couple of feet of snow fell and the gig was cancelled.

Up until this day, I never did get to play it live, but I always run through it a few times leading up to Christmas, just in case.

I've decided to return the harness.

3 minutes ago, BigRedX said:

No that's not right.

 

When you say the volume doesn't work, is is stuck on full or off?

 

I'd be looking for something on the harness touching something that it shouldn't. Is the control cavity screened?

The two wires from the pickup go into the slots so nothing should be touching.

The volume only works if I turn the tone on a little bit, it would be ok when playing at home, but if I was playing live and I inadvertently turned the tone off completely, then I would effectively be turning the volume off as well, which isn't ideal in a live situation.

I've just purchased a Alegree Solderless Precision Bass Wiring Harness.

The harness is made up with quality components including
- CTS solid shaft shaft potentiometers
- Orange drop capacitor
- Switchcraft jack socket

It's a neat piece of kit but the volume only works if the tone pot is slightly on, if I turn the tone completely off, the volume control does not work.

Is this normal, or is there a fault?

Mick has just purchased my Lakland 44-51 Custom P Bass, he came to my home to try it out first, and we had a great chat about music and football for a couple of hours.

Mick is a great guy and very trustworthy, the whole transaction was smooth and pleasant.

Just sold a lovely American Pro Jazz neck to Dave, the transaction was very smooth with great communication.

Great guy to deal with.

Cheers

Brian

10 hours ago, Tdw said:

Pm on the way

 

Replied.

Barefaced One10T Cab (11 Months Old)

£350 Shipped, £325 Collected.

Very light home use only, and still in "As New, and Unmarked" condition.

You are welcome to come and try it out at my home in Bridgnorth, Shropshire.

12 hours ago, Deedee said:

Lovely neck but it’s in the wrong forum, as is the scratch plate. It should be posted in ‘Other Items …. For sale forum 😉

This is the correct place as far as I know, in fact, I've just sold a neck in this forum.

And where is this "Other Items" you mention?

Your work is superb!

Here's my old band "Stupidity" playing She Does it Right, we only covered the Wilko era, and we only played about a dozen gigs, we weren't the greatest band around, but playing those Wilko inspired songs was so much fun for us.

It was recorded on a mobile phone so the audio isn't that great.

We all miss him so much!

14 minutes ago, Steve Browning said:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UMZiJ-MnjqU&list=OLAK5uy_mlan47NllKtLN1FdwMEwD1HzMaANajKB0&index=34&ab_channel=JohnnyKidd%26thePirates-Topic

 

A great illustration of the great Mick Green, from whom Wilko derived his style.

Yes, I'll concede that Mick Green came first, and I love the Pirates as well.

RIP Wilko.

I saw Dr Feelgood many times in the 70's, I just loved the high energy of Wilko and Lee.

I played in a Dr Feelgood tribute for a while until 2019.

By his own admission, he was not the greatest guitarist around, but his style was truly unique.

Your refinishes are superb Kevin, love them all.

Here's my "refinish" effort, it's a home-built P bass, the body was originally sunburst which I purchased from Northwest Guitars, Mighty Mite neck with Fender Am Std Tuners, Fender Custom Shop 62 pickup, and ObsidianWire Solder-less harness.

I stripped the sunburst back to bare wood and used spray cans from Northwest Guitars, the finish isn't perfect, and slightly flat, but I like it because it looks a little bit aged.

1 hour ago, sunfish said:

Can you tell me the weight of this bass please.

Cheers 

8lbs 6oz weighed on digital travel scales.

Stephen has just bought my Magellan 800 amp, after coming to my home to try it out first.

Thanks for an easy and pleasant transaction.