Linus27

The only bass I have left to buy to be GAS free is a fretless. However Fender make it impossible to find an unlined Jazz/Precision (apart from the Tony Franklin) and so I was wondering if de-fretting a fretted bass really works and is worth doing. I love the look of the Fender Flea Jazz with its stacked concentric controls and the vintage pickups sounded lovely. Maybe a fiesta red Road Worn Fender Jazz as well. Pick up a second hand of either one of those and get it professionally de-fretted. Think it might also be quite cool and unique to have a fretless Flea Jazz bass. Totally stupid idea or a goer?

I've played one and it does indeed sound very very good. I tried it against a Fender 70s Mexican Reissue Jazz and a Fender American Professional Jazz and all three basses sounded amazing but different. I think my money would of gone to either the Flea Jazz or the 70s Mexican Jazz as they seemed the nicer basses and probably had the edge tonally. The Flea really does feel old, dirty and beaten up which I loved and probably had the edge over the Mexican 70s Jazz. The neck was lovely and it played really well. However the Mexican 70s Jazz looks stunning with the blocks and binding, had an even nicer neck and the sunburst is so deep and colourful. Plus it's about £300 cheaper. In the end I bought a mint condition secondhand Fender Jazz 75 AVRI but I do have gas for a Flea Jazz and a 70s Mexican Jazz still as they both really got under my skin. You cant go wrong g with the Flea Jazz if you like the look.

Big hard patches on my finger tips on both my fretting and plucking hand. They are more pronounced on my middle finger of my plucking hand, and little finger of my fretting hand.

Yep, he's one of those super naturally gifted musicians no matter what he plays. An amazing talent.

Sounds like so ething Bowie would of done on his last album.

Haha I can see why my post made no sense 🤣😂 Yellow is my favourite colour but it's so hard to find the basses I like and play in yellow and in most cases, the yellow looks rubbish. So my second favourite is natural wood.

I think you should just sell me one of the necks and then buy yourself a neck already fretted 😁

I picked yellow but my basses all tend to be natural wood.

Does anyone know anything about Bireli Lagrene's Fender fretless Jazz basses? One of them is sunburst but has blocks and binding and the other has dots. Neither basses have lines and it doesn't look like they are fretted basses that have been de-fretted. Custom necks perhaps or mega rare. I love the one with blocks and binding in the video.

True. I was kind of just thinking, if for whatever reason main amp went pop on the night, for £100 and the size and output, it might just get me out of a hole. It would probably sit in my gig bag and never be used but if it's there then at least the show can go on.

Wow, great customer service, top stuff from Ashdown.

Monitor Audio are my favourite hifi speakers.

I make my own music in my car, I don't need anyone else's soundtrack, my car has one of its own

For just over £100, I'm tempted to get a BAM as a backup. Shame it's not green like the Elf but we might see the Elf come down in price now.

Gorgeous looking bass.

Yeah, I would of probably been interested in this as well if I had seen it at the time.

Mine is like a boat anchor and has a very chunky neck but sounds and plays amazing. I did 119 gigs last year, 14 with my Mike Dirnt and its the only bass that I got compliments for from multiple soundmen.

What's the difference between a Mk1 and a Mk2?

Has anyone tried the Ampeg Classic Bass Preamp? Wondering what they are like for adding a bit more meat on the bones for overall bass tones.

Snap. Amazing basses.

That's Hellzero, it sounds perfect. I need a battery powered amp as we have hired an old 50's bus March to do an intimate acoustic gig on. Then we go into a pub and doing another hour and then back onto the bus to play a few more songs. I currently use a Fender Rumble 100 watt combo but its not battery powered so I am looking at something similar. This sounds perfect.

Perfect, thank you. How do you find the setup? It looks better than say the Phil Jones Double Four in some ways as you have to try and source a laptop battery from somewhere. Price is better as well.

Do you have a link to the ultralight combo you have and the battery pack. I've just looked and can't find it.

I guess it depends on the recording technique. In most cases, you would DI straight into the desk and not use an amp. I was watching a video on Sunday and Sting was saying for all The Police recordings he always did this and then double tracked a lot of his bass lines with a double bass. In most cases I have recorded direct in but I have also recorded in a live room where the producer has wanted to get a recording using a mic in front of the speakers but this is less common. Depends on the band, producer and what you are trying to achieve.