LukeFRC

that model isn't up there with the P and J copies. Is that the medium or full scale model? If you look on gumtree/ebay cash convertors in glasgow/partick has been trying to shift one for months. That said it's probably not a bad bass but I would look at the SGC Bass collections first

[quote name='wateroftyne' timestamp='1334772155' post='1621070'] I'd spend 2K tooling around America looking for an awesome £3K (inc. tax!) vintage Fender. [/quote] I'ld buy your jazz

why do you need to take one with you? If you have too buy one. And then sell it or unbolt it and hide it with your underwear...

[quote name='xgsjx' timestamp='1334775375' post='1621167'] Well I was about to play my bass on Thursday, plugged it in and........... Nothing! Tried plugging it into the amp direct with a few different leads & still nowt. So I thought "Must be the battery". Nope. Band practice over then. Opened it up the next day & discovered a power wire off. Took the electronics out to solder it back together & another wire popped off! Soldered them on & another 3 popped off! Soldered them on & another couple fell off (it is a 20 odd year old bass, but c'mon!). Put it all back together &...... Nothing! Went over everything to check it was all correct (using reference photos that I took last year before stripping the bass) & all was fine. After many hours of messing about I've ended up buying 2 new pots & a capacitor & wiring the bass up as passive. Funny thing is, it doesn't seem any quieter than it did as an active bass. Need to test this at volume of course, but at home... I always thought that an active bass gave a MUCH hotter signal than passive. [b]Could it be because I'm using active pick ups? I'm not powering them (I was gonna power it Fender stylee).[/b] Now I have an extra hole on the body from where the EQ switch was, but I have a plan! I've ordered a 100k pot & some other goodies from Maplin & gonna make it a control knob for the Moogs. So if I want, I can have it so I can add funky auto wah when I'm not using the exp pedal to control cutoff on the LPF or control the LFO rate on the Bass Murf. Will let you know how I get on with that one too. [/quote] if you are getting a signal with active pickups not being powered they aren't active pickups.

[quote name='gub' timestamp='1334773582' post='1621106'] Well just fitted a new pots and wiring to my lovely old antoria jazz courtesy of kiogon(,cheers mate) as the tone control was a bit iffy and wow! i really can`t believe the difference in sound it has made overall , its not something i would of thought about changing if it hadnt been for the tone issue, but before i was thinking about changing pickups but now i dont think i will even bother doing that as its sounding lovely and warm and much fuller now . Anyone else done this and been suprised? [b]and how can it make such a difference[/b] ? [/quote] if you use different value pots

bilbo?

[quote name='BassistAdamski' timestamp='1334660817' post='1619209'] Got myself a Volume Eleven bass through.... Playability is amazing! I've owned 3 mexican fenders and 1 US fender and the V11 plays better than any of them. The sound is incredible. I personally ordered the Hammer pick-ups which sound great for my personal style of pop rock but the drive these give could suit any rock genre. I have played for 10 years and I would recommend Volume Eleven every time! [/quote] Hello BassistAdamski thanks for the great, in-depth and insightful review, you do write like a PR man or untalented copywriter though, but seeing as it's your first ever post on here that you registered just to post this gushing review we'll let you off. Lets see some photos of it then!

build one of the musicman/saber preamps yourself- buy whatever pots you want!

[quote name='gub' timestamp='1334642125' post='1618888'] Am looking to fit some new jazz pickups and am looking at wizards which come in at £90 a pair then was looking at some wilkinson ones which are about £20 a pair and seem to have similar output . Can there be such a difference in sound which is worth spending over 3 times the amount or is alot of it just paying for the brand name ? Cheers in advance lovelies [/quote] look secondhand- you can get 'decent' pickups for not much.

pretty, how does U box work?

[quote name='leftyhook' timestamp='1334245359' post='1613194'] I have been using a Warwick Corvette Standard as my main bass the past few months. We mix on stage. [i]I have noticed that the lad who does the sound never looks across to me when I sound check my bass.[/i] So this Saturday, I will plug in my Westfield Graffitti (Frankenstein'd by me) P bass. I bet that he won't notice. The warwick has a great sound. But I bet I can get the Westfield to sound convincing too. It plays brilliantly (great neck) and lets be honest, how many of us have expensive basses that, come live gigs, they might as well be £80 jobs in the crap acoustics of a hall/holiday camp. Thing is, he might notice it looks a bit different to the Warwick if he does happen to look over..Do you think?!! [i]Do you think he will do a double take as soon as I play the first few notes, or will he not notice? Only one way to find out![/i][attachment=104879:IMG_0897.jpg] [/quote] just ask him out for a coffee date or something. it would be simpler than this whole bass switching to get his attention schtick

my guess is that for the sorrowspath band in your sig.... active EMG or MEC pups and the current preamp should sound quite good.

relegated behind the chair.

(if you are after a set of active MEC's rather than the passive ones you may have I have some spare)

i have two.... one sounds like the basses you hear on records.... and the other just fits in my hands

[quote name='chrismuzz' timestamp='1334445636' post='1616392'] Never have the money when they're around I WILL have one! [/quote] great basses.

[quote name='chrismuzz' timestamp='1334364180' post='1615362'] The necks, the passive electronics, the punchy mids, the price, and the fact that I'm a bit of a Peavey fanboy [/quote] slightly OT but no T40 yet? Get that sorted!

[quote name='jenzuwin' timestamp='1334419675' post='1616017'] Getting on well with it! The string spacing may be a bit weird but I'm not too sure, maybe I'm being fussy. Just got new strings delivered today and it sounds even better now! Loving the through neck. [/quote] you know you can change the string spacing with that bridge?

[quote name='silddx' timestamp='1334313815' post='1614244'] We did some live studio recording with Ash Evans at his studio a couple of weeks ago [i](He was first to record Noah & the Whale, and Mumford & Sons, and has since worked with Emmy the Great, Sparkadia, and ASH to name a few. He is 1/3 of the band [url="http://http//soundcloud.com/emperoryes"]Emperor Yes[/url], does live sound for Three Trapped Tigers and CLARK and was responsible for setting up the [url="http://houseofstrange.wordpress.com/"]House of Strange[/url].). [/i]His approach is very quick and dirty. Hardly gives a sh*t about equipment (he has so good stuff though) and mic placement (as long as everything is phased properly). His philosphy is that the performance is everything, and that sound is a bit of an illusion, you can make a good performance sound great with reasonable sound quality, but the best sound quality can't make up for a poor or under-energised performance. On his desk he had an original Roland Space Echo. I said 'WOW! Those are very sought after' He said it's a piece of sh*t that takes 15 minutes after powering up to make remotely usable, and thinks free digital plug ins for delays are way better. He didn't care what amps our guitarist used as long as they were reasonably quiet - tried an old Vox (too noisy) went with a little Fender combo that was newish and just threw a mic in front of it. No pissing about. Told the four violinists to use their pickups, the mics only recording was poor, the pickups and a mic sounded so much better. He really liked the POD sounds I had so he just got me a big monitor and a tiny 4 channel mixer to play through in the room but the signal went strainght to the desk from the POD. Dums miced very simply (bass and snare miced with two Coles for overheads. Set them up and left them, no messing.) All this straight onto Logic Pro. I've heard the recording completely unmixed and the sounds are lovely. We are all delighted. Can't wait for the mixed versions. [/quote] sounds cool- I have the early mumford and sons stuff- and compared to the dull flatness of the album it's amazing. [quote name='silddx' timestamp='1334330738' post='1614743'] But also how many bassists (or guitarists) have no idea what a standby does for a valve amp. and how to use it, or understand the resistance of cabinets to heads, or that resistance is needed to stop a valve amp self destructing ? Give almost all musicians a 4 way parametric with Q to play with and they will look at you like you've just asked them to sh*t in their grandma's eye. [/quote] I would actually get quite excited by that. I used to do PA before I played anything, learnt at church and the like growing up. Well for various reasons I avoid PA stuff now (never have so many grown men got so territorial about some sound gear before- and in many cases so wrong) but looking at the new desk they have (digital btw) and it has 4 way parametric with Q to play with... and shows you what it looks like on a wee graph. pretty cool. Be a pain/different to work that desk quickly mind you have to change each channel one at a time. anyway. yes please, I would like you to give me a 4 way parametric with variable Q please, shall I PM you my address? [quote name='silddx' timestamp='1334402458' post='1615683'] I had a valve Fender Twin, and a bunch of expensive effects. The POD is way more versatile and reliable, portable, powerful, etc. But the fact is, I LOVE the sounds I get from from it. It really is that simple. I don't need to justify anything other than that. You are clutching at straws Pete. I do understand why people are distrustful of new technology, however. [/quote] I think POD stuff is great- if you can get it to work for you. When I tried it I seemed to spend the whole time fiddling to make it sound great and getting annoyed at the interface- out of the FOH I sounded great but without good stage sound I couldn't stand it. my current amp does one sound and I run it flat most the time. But you compare the pod to all that gear you had to lug around... I know what I wouldn't mind fiddling as much for saving that hassle. I would say that for bass it would make more sense to me if they went away and listened to a load of folk- and maybe collaborated with people and came up with a digital amp that did one or two original sounds and did them well.... actually as I write this I realise it's already been done.... and a lot of people seemed to like the TC Rebel Head.... that overdrive knob to me sounded like it was a better implemented version of the SVT model on my old POD. That kemper thing looks great... in my opinion it's things like the TC Rebel Head that manage to take the technology and make it into something that people want and buy.

[quote name='ShergoldSnickers' timestamp='1334439570' post='1616325'] Oh at last.... it's been hundreds of years since the last civil war and I was despairing of ever seeing one. [/quote] Wayne doesn't like old fenders like this since getting bitten by the dingwall bug. It's all wonky frets and checks or NOTHING.

I remember being surprised when it disappeared from your gear list after using your youtube clips to help me find my perfect amp. and that Jazz is stunning