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Jose bought a pedal from me. Fast payment, unfazed by slow snow-bound delivery, good comms, no worries!

Understood.

I definitely don't think a JV is worth four times as much as a sorted CV.

There are JV's still out there for ok money (I could have bought a '57 Strat for £500-ish just last month).

With the upgrades you mentioned, your CV J and P were killer deals.

Even as stock, I think they're damn good basses!

[quote name='warwickhunt' post='1047456' date='Dec 4 2010, 03:57 PM']You may be correct except for one small matter... where can I find a JV for £250! [/quote]

Good point... but note my hardware mention... let's say s/h CV P for £200, Wizard pickup for £50, good 'tronics w.pots & jack for £20, plus US nickel elephant ear tuners, US nickel bridge, I'm guessing here but say getting on £100... you've got an outlay of nearly £370, you'll lose £120+ on resale unless you part it and even then you'd struggle, but if you'd spent £490 in the first place you wouldn't lose a bean

I have vast experience in justifying GAS expenditure

[quote name='gareth' post='1047442' date='Dec 4 2010, 03:47 PM']the 62 reissue never had raised A string poles - it was only ever the 57 that had them[/quote]

That's also my understanding. I was putting it 'carefully' by citing mine, because you never know when anomalies can turn up.

Ha! I could write pages, but instead I'll just stand by it.

I think if you're really trying to make a CV exactly as good as a JV, by the time you've upgraded the pots, pickup and junked the peel-o-matic chromeware for actual nickel plated then you've have been better off with a JV. And after all that, overall, the same or better when it comes to resale.

I've owned multiple JV's and played multiple CVs and have recommended the latter to several mates and they are very happy with them indeed.

[quote name='LukeFRC' post='1047126' date='Dec 4 2010, 09:59 AM']also either non original pick ups - or it's domestic.... no raised pole pieces on the A string.[/quote]


Not sure about that. I've got two 1982 Squier export JV P's... the '57 has raised A string poles, the '62 doesn't.

[quote name='daz' post='1047192' date='Dec 4 2010, 11:10 AM']Tis weird the things people will pay premium for! I would not say it was worth more than a[i] new classsic vibe P bass[/i], and nor would i pay more for one.[/quote]

With all due respect to the CV's, they are not as good. Not even nearly.

Actually, whoops - there is one more thing to check…..

Fingerboard radius vs. capo radius.

If you put on the capo and your guitar has a tendency to buzz on the top and bottom strings only, then the natural cure is to clamp it tighter. This could easily throw the central strings out of tune. The underlying reason could be that your capo is less curved than your fingerboard.

Or you could get the reverse: buzzes on central strings, clamp harder, bottom and top strings go out of tune… the capo could be more curved than your fingerboard.

Answer in each case would be to gently apply Birmingham screwdriver to your Shubb (after removing rubber sleeve).

+1 on OldG's excellent advice above.

If you can't make a Shubb work for you, the problem is a) the guitar's set up or the way you're using it. Guaranteed. Sorry!

Kysers are the worst - the unadjustable grip of death.

The G7 is okay but pricey, and every time you pick it up you're starting from scratch tension-wise and you'll have to check no strings are buzzing by playing the open strings - a nightmare on stage.

The only decent affordable Shubb contender IMO is the Planet Waves Dual Action. A bit gawky but very clever - instant clamping but adjustable, like a Kyster/Shubb cross.

[url="http://www.soundslive.co.uk/product~name~Planet-Waves-Dual-Action-Guitar-Capo-PW-CP-05c~ID~14522.asp"]Linky here[/url]

A place for points-scoring on any of my buying/selling activities.

Thanks!

[quote name='Bassassin' post='1039540' date='Nov 28 2010, 01:44 AM']Same. My first amp in 1981, £30 out a charity shop for 50w head & matching 2x12 cab - way too quiet for the band I'd just joined, I thought it was complete crap.[/quote]


Absolutely.

I don't care how much they ask for crapola Selmers these days.

It's easily worth that money for me not to have to look at the feckin' thing for 25 years...

I'm cursed by sunburst.

I almost never buy new, and whenever I find a great-playing, great-sounding instrument at the right price, it's... sunburst.

Both basses. My Gibson six-string. Even my acoustic. Sunburst.

Luckily I play rootsy country/soul/folk/songwriting stuff mostly, so they kinda fit in.

Given the chance: green... never. Red, not keen. White: only with a tortie guard, please. Blue: no thanks (sonic blue gets a pass).

Also, flamed maple tops make me heave.

Ah, on this one there's a switch... it's not the newfangled works-when-you-step-on-it type. Still for sale!

Yup!

They did indeed do a black bass wah.

This is it!

My old Selmer Treble & Bass. I always thought it was one grim amp, but now they're supposedly cla££ic...

Funnily enough I hated WEMs too, but I've come back to them. A tiny bit. For guitar, anyway.

Now £45. Posted!

At this rate, just wait a few weeks and I'll send it to you free, plus a crisp new fiver!!

Actually, no.... this is about it. No sale, I'll donate it to the Lewisham Home For Retired Space Cowboys. They'll go mad for it.

He's not great, but mostly he just can't handle that key. Not many could.

IMO you shouldn't dream of going on stage with that song in Bb. Rehearse it right down in G or even F, and record it again, and compare.

If it's better, then give him a chance and go ahead and have fun and do a few shows and get some experience. Many bands implode after three gigs anyway so you don't have to worry about commitment...

Bought a Hiscox case from Jim.

Great communication, super speedy shipping, very nicely packed, and item just as described.

Top chap and a pleasure to deal with.

Cor, what a fantastic track. First time I've heard the original.

My nomination for most spectacularly out of tune bass is Van Morrison and Them doing Dylan's It's All Over Now Baby Blue (much sampled, eg. by Beck)….

[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=58-DCkdGL5s"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=58-DCkdGL5s[/url]

Bump! Lower price.

I'd never heard of OBBM before this thread, but would suggest it's well worth spending 30 seconds comparing his specs and prices with Award-Session's custom Neutrik/Van Damme cables... which I HAVE bought, and they are totally pro.

[url="http://www.award-session.com/cleartone_cables.html"]http://www.award-session.com/cleartone_cables.html[/url]

Dunlop Cry Baby Bass GCB-100, boxed, über-mint. It is, essentially, The Funk... in convenient, floor-dwelling pedal form.

PRICE DROP No. 2 - £45, shipped in UK.

[b]NOW SOLD THANKS JOSE
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I think JV's are great. I've had three, and I've got two left... a 62 P (pic above) and a 57 P. I sold another 57 P which was mint but was heavy and had a not-so-nice neck.

The one I SHOULD have bought was a Jazz with the big-Fender-small-Squier headstock for £450. That was a cracking bass.

For what I paid for mine (around £200 apiece, years ago) they're one of the best bargains on the planet.

At 'sensible' prices, say below £600, I think they're still well worth considering on an individual basis.

At silly collector's money, I'd pass. I don't think any are actually fetching that except maybe the first-run logo series of spring 1982 like the Jazz mentioned above. I know a guy who works at a high-ticket vintage shop: he asks all the money for anything he personally sells, and he just got rid a JV 57 Strat for £600.

Bear in mind that a fair few can benefit from a pickup upgrade. Only the JV Squier Strats had US-made pickups: all the others had standard Japanese ones. Both my P's aren't great on the bottom string unless you jack one end of the pickup right up. But they're light (8.2 and 8.6lbs) and the necks are fantastic.

Hello all, I'm a slightly superannuated Somerset-born but London-dwelling bass/guitar/mandolin/lap steel/pedal steel-playing semi-pro-ish 1982 Squier JV Precision-owning amp-challenged ne'er-do-well with far too many instruments and it's nice to be here.

Merton -

Just attacked the Trace to locate possible high-pass filter. Can't even get the blimming rear plate off. This thing IS fooked. I may look at it again when I'm feeling mentally stronger...

But...

Casapete's Option C - get a replacement cab - is looking increasingly sensible, wise, judicious, etc.

Thanks for the advice...

If it's not too late to change your mind....

[url="http://www.bearstraps.com/"]http://www.bearstraps.com/[/url]

These are the same price, come in custom lengths, and are totally superb.

No personal affiliation with the company.