Jono Bolton

That red P bass looks mighty familiar!

I love the Precision sound, it's so wonderfully 'thumpy'. I took the Duncan pickup out of my bass last night and put the original cheapy Fender one back in and it still sounds great, I think it was my old amp that was the problem that led me to replace it. Sadly I think I'm going to have to sell it Just found out the other day that I owe £600 in council tax so it may have to go. I can survive with just a Jazz, right? Actually, now I mention it, it's the P sound and the simplicity I love, but looks-wise it's the Jazz for me. My ideal bass would be a cross between the two, like the Mark Hoppus sig, but with a less sinfully ugly scratchplate.

I agree that there's not much of a grain to the new body, but I like it! Because of the white scratchplate and pickup cover, I'd be tempted to paint it white if you were going to do it at all. Agree with OldGit too, Gotoh replacement bridges are really good and look a lot nicer than Badass bridges. You might need a neck shim though. I did, but it's a piece of piss to do.

[quote name='rodl2005' post='207015' date='May 27 2008, 06:14 AM']+1 Mine was "what's that???" [/quote] Gollum? My precioussssssss

I can't get on the site either. I thought it was to do with the wireless server in the coffee place I'm in but apparently not. I remember the thread about the green-burst Jazz a month or so ago, and that was a hideous beast.

After all this talk of how great SX basses and their siblings (Jim Deacons and those no name ones) are, I've been considering flogging my Mexican P and using the money to fund one an SX or similar. My Fender is ok, but it's the mods that I've put on myself that make it, it was pretty crap when it was bog standard. I'd take the Duncan pickup out and take the Badass off it before I sold it and whack them on the new bass. My thinking is that I could sell the bass on ebay for, say, £175, buy a new bass for about £100 and then have £75 towards a new guitar amp (Epiphone valve Jr head for £100). Would I be buying an inferior bass and making a mistake, or do they really live up to the hype? I'd probably get one of the "no name" P copies from Curly Music in Liverpool, I prefer the headstock and like the lack of a logo. Any guidance from the SX collective would be great. Cheers Jono

Your boys eh? I think of my basses as girls (if I have to). I'd feel uncomfortable about being strapped to a man. Love the Highway 1 P tho.

I find that Ashdown can be a bit muddy but that's why I use a 4X10 to balance it out. It's definitely a more 'vintage' sound than other makes, but I saw Cancer Bats, Johnny Truant and Hexes last night at the Barfly in Glasgow, and all 3 bassists had ABM 500 heads mounted in a single rack through an 8X10. They're some heavy bands and there was some great sounding bass last night, pretty growly.

[quote name='cheddatom' post='199696' date='May 15 2008, 04:01 PM']The jazz deluxe looks a like the body has been squashed in the vertical slightly. I really like it. Is this a trick of the eye/camera/monitor or can I buy a jazz that looks like this?[/quote] Looks like the Jazz has an extended cutaway to me. Nice collection, especially the Aria, very tasty!

I'd need to stick a brown tort scratchplate on it too

[quote name='neepheid' post='198319' date='May 13 2008, 10:24 PM']They are nothing alike. Your Squier logo is solid, the one in question is gold and outlined in black. The "by Fender" underneath your Squier logo is an actual Fender logo, the one in question has it in capital letters. Yours says "J BASS", the one in question has "JAZZ BASS" spelled out. The fonts are different. The only similar thing is the maple behind the logo.[/quote] Also, Starvolt's Squier has Affinity on the end of the headstock and says 'Crafted in Indonesia' on the back, while the OP was asking about a Korean model. 2 different countries, 2 different standards of quality.

Only In Dreams - Weezer

[quote name='neepheid' post='198319' date='May 13 2008, 10:24 PM']The only similar thing is the maple behind the logo.[/quote]

[quote name='LukeFRC' post='198427' date='May 14 2008, 01:15 AM']scotland isnt that big, i'm wondering who this was.....[/quote] They were called Magnus Blaze. I have no problem with naming and shaming, they were C**** and treated the promoter (my friend) like crap. The worst thing is she totally runs herself into the ground putting on shows and gets really wound up about it, they didn't have to do much to make her night a little bit easier.

[quote name='TheRev' post='198037' date='May 13 2008, 03:18 PM']My personal bane: Support bands that overrun and then wander off stage after their set without bothering to move their gear out of your way and then get arsey when you move one of their guitars.[/quote] How about support bands that leave immediately after their set, taking all their gear with them that they'd told you and the promoter that you could borrow? It was only one guitar amp, and the sound man had a store room packed with tasty amps, but the band in question were meant to be headlining, turned up late for soundcheck and announced that they'd sold no tickets. And they'd sneaked all their gear out while the promoter was working her arse off trying to get stuff sorted out and not tell her that they were leaving. Unsurprisingly they were an arrogant bunch because they'd got to the quarter-finals of some Battle of the Bands.

I'm tempted to get an OLP and do this sort of thing: [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=14009&hl=pimp+mah+olp"]Neepheid's 'Pimp Mah OLP' Thread[/url] Simple but effective mods for an OLP to make it a great bass for not a lot of scratch. A router is needed, but as OldGit points out you can get a bettery box routed and installed for £20. To save extra cash, there's a couple of nice OLPs in the Marketplace.

[quote name='Ant' post='198014' date='May 13 2008, 02:49 PM']the squier is a top runner at the moment - i've just been a bit put off by its looks, might see if i can double sided tape a pickguard to it. in an ideal world, it would be black/tort - but i dont think thatll happen.[/quote] I was gonna suggest sticking a scratchplate on it, but why not just get it fitted properly and drill screw holes in it? A scratchplate would set you back about £20