6stringbassist

[quote name='Chris2112' post='870137' date='Jun 17 2010, 07:12 PM']You're saying you know nothing about Fender basses and yet your gear list states you have four?[/quote]

Yeah but mine are all new, or newish. And are all Japanese reissues except for the 5 string. I want the real thing that they're copies of.

I really know nothing about the vintage instruments.

I played a real vintage one a few years ago. I think it was a '60's jazz, it was owned by Birdie who's a member on here. It just had something that mine don't have, the sound and 'feel' of it.

I'm very keen on buying a '76 Fender Jazz bass.

It has to be in Olympic white with a maple board with binding and block inlays.

The pproblem is that I know nothing about Fender basses, and I'm worried that it'd be very easyy to buy something that wasn't what it was supposed to be, or pay too much.

So my question is, what's the safest way to go about buying ?

Bump.

I know he used to use a Fodera fretless, but I think he's now using a Fender Jazz fretless.

At least there appears to be a Fender jazz fretless in the photos on the new Monte Carlo album.

I think it's down to him personally. A lot of the 'fretless sound' is in the player, vibrato and touch etc.

Tab's a total waste of time.

If you know the notes on the fretboard then use that knowledge together with the guitar chords to work the bass line out.

My Wal Mach 1 fretted bass will soon be for sale.

It's currently at the Wal workshop being serviced and spruced up . I get it back in a couple of weeks time.

It's a 1987 bass with Yew facings and rosewood board etc. The gold hardware is a bit tatty, but the bass itself is in pretty much as new condition.

The only photos that I have are attached. The actual bass is a bit lighter in colour than the photo of the front shows, the colour of the rear of the bass is a more accurate representation.

It comes with a grey Wal hardcase.

For sale at £2300 ono.

I'm not prepared to ship this bass, so it's personal collection from Birmingham only, or I can travel to you.

The only trades would be either an Olympic white Sei or Sadowsky 5 string jazz with a rosewood board, blocks and bound fingerboard, an Olympic White 4 string 70's Fender jazz bass with a maple or rosewood board, with blocks and neck binding. Or a Musicman Stingray 4 or 5 string in white or sunburst, a white bass must have a rosewood board and the sunburst must have a maple board. Fussy old devil aren't I .

Thanks !

[quote name='Doddy' post='855474' date='Jun 2 2010, 10:11 PM']Is it still the excellent Glenn Worf on bass?[/quote]

I think so, he played on the most recent album anyway.

Like this one.

[url="http://www.stringsdirect.co.uk/products/3374-evidence_audio_lyric_hg_10ft_instrument_cable"]http://www.stringsdirect.co.uk/products/33...nstrument_cable[/url]

£25 including postage.

I've never racked it, so these are perfect.

£12.50 including postage.

As new.

I just had my Marcus Miller strap arrive, so I don't need this anymore.

[url="http://druwhitefeather.com/default_files/order.htm"]http://druwhitefeather.com/default_files/order.htm[/url]

£20 including postage.

Jaco

Mark King

Stanley Clarke

Marcus Miller

Matt Garrison

Learn the notes on the fretboard (that IS a simple thing to do). Then ask what chords they're playing (supposing they know), and play the root note of that chord ie. A major just play an 'A' etc.

Have lessons, please ! It'll save you loads of messing about in future and will make the learning process a whole lot easier and more fun.

Check this out to see what I mean about Michael Manring

[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JMPK1bRkEQA&feature=related"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JMPK1bRkEQA...feature=related[/url]

Much better idea.

I play for 4 bands and do dep gigs too. You just need a diary and to know when to say no.

Yeah I hate flats too, I can never understand why people use them on jazz basses.

My sound is bright rounds, I like nickels so they're not too bright, but it really depends on the gig.
I'm doing a lot of gigs with a country band at the moment. My main bass is my US deluxe 5 string jazz. So I tend to have the tone control turned right off, and use both pickups on full, I leave the active preamp set flat. They do a mix of traditional and more modern country. For the more modern stuff I have more bridge pickup dialed in.

I played at a country music festival in north Yorkshire last night, and had compliments on my sound from the great engineer.

My jazz gigs I use a fretless jazz bass strung with Rotosounds for the 'Jaco' sound .

I saw Michael Manring using two normal guitar straps last year, one normal size and one long one. He had a strap over each shoulder, the long one obviously over the right shoulder. That'd work the same.

I had a similar problem with the comfort strapp. They're too flexible and sink into the bit between your neck and shoulder bone, essentially cutting or restricting the blood supply to your arm.

I now use either a very wide leather strap or a Mono strap, which is tons better than the comfort strapp.

Martin Taylor has done some great stuff. He's got a new album out too, to celebrate what would have been Django Reinhards 100th birthday.
I heard some tracks recently, it's very good !

He has some dates at Pizza Express next month, my friend is playing bass.

[quote name='gafbass02' post='844992' date='May 22 2010, 11:58 AM']Im a huge MIJ fan, both my main basses are Jap Fenders, a 19902 MIJ '62 and an '07 CIJ '75 ri ive had sooo many basses now and these two are just perfect for me! and the white one, wa sindeed from ishibashi just before the ban!

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That white one looks very, very smart. I love the blocks and binding against the maple board. In fact I love the whole bass !

[quote name='guybrush threepwood' post='844847' date='May 22 2010, 08:47 AM']I'd definitely recommend the 62 reissue; it's a fantastic bass, and when you consider the price, it certainly has a massive wow factor. I may cause controversy, but IMHO it's far better than any American jazz I've played, and the build quality is spot on - I've never seen such a tight neck pocket![/quote]

That's what I've got, a '62 reissue. It's name is Jaco (surpisingly ).

It is of far better construction than my US made 5 string jazz.

Best of all I only paid £350 for it, which is a real bargain.

[quote name='bubinga5' post='843264' date='May 20 2010, 04:26 PM']where is the best place to buy MIJ fenders from now?[/quote]

[url="http://www.fareastguitars.co.uk/usedjb4.htm"]http://www.fareastguitars.co.uk/usedjb4.htm[/url]

But don't bother with the '75 Ash one 'cos that's now mine .

The Japanese basses seem to be far better quality than the US made ones.

I can't go unfortunately, I have a gig.

Face value plus 50p postage making a grand total of £10.50 please.

I played the 6 string last year, it's a very nice bass and this is a steal.

Jazz is a very cool guy too.

Maybe see you at the Wooten clinic ?

You'll probably find that you can''t actually see the lines on the neck, unless you stand with your neck at a funny angle while playing .

Side markers are far better.

I have to go out to a gig now. So I'll just let you all carry on. Please see my other genuine feedback on here, on Talkbass and on Ebay (modulusquantum6).

[quote name='robocorpse' post='720443' date='Jan 21 2010, 07:38 PM']"Kevin" said in the original FS post that JD was replacing the scratchplate.
Bearing in mind the plate on the Stingray 5 holds all the electrics (and they have to be removed to change it), thats about as close to the wiring as you can get, so it MUST have been noticed, or done afterwards. And if so, why?

Heres a quote from Kevins original FS post...[/quote]

I'm sure that John would have noticed it. That's why I didn't offer to pay towards the repairs. That and the fact that it took a month to contact me.