Jono Bolton

So how long does a Shuker generally take to complete? I hear a lot of people complaining about the wait!

I have an '04 Mexican Jazz and a 2000 Mexican Precision. The Jazz feels really good, well put together, nice finish, lovely neck, the only problems were with a funny neck pocket, average pickups and crappy bridge. The neck pocket cut isn't a big deal, just a bit unsightly, and the pickups and bridge were easily fixed (SD Quarter Pounders and a BadAss II). The Precision I bought second hand. I don't know how much that contributes to the following, but probably not a lot. It doesn't feel as good quality, the neck isn't as nice (and that's not just a Precision/Jazz difference thing, it's really not as nice), and the pickups were even weaker than the Jazz's. It's probably equivalent to the Squier Std P-Bass Special in my local guitar shop. They were built about 4 years apart so that might be a contributing factor. I tried similar Precision at the same time I was testing out my Jazz, and that was very good, but it was the day after my 18th birthday, so in my hungover state I wasn't really prepared to handle to the weight of the P Wandered a bit off topic there! Anyway, my point, hard to find in all that, is that MIM stuff can vary greatly. I'd put my Jazz up against a MIA or MIJ in terms of quality any day. The Precision has the same mods as the Jazz, but it's just not as nice. It [i]is[/i] a good bass, but it doesn't have the same feel. The sound though is great with the new pickup and bridge, really full and meaty, but the build isn't as good. Just my 2p there.

[quote name='ahpook' post='170191' date='Apr 5 2008, 11:56 AM']nice jag ![/quote] There's something about the Jag basses that to me doesn't look right. When I was younger I wanted a bass in a Jazzmaster shape, and I suppose this is as close as I'll get, but the only one that really gets me going is the sunburst/tortoise plate combo. EDIT: worked it out, it's the top horn that bugs me, it looks too small in comparison with the bottom one. Also I hear they're heavy as hell.

That sounds very Primus

[quote name='Jobiebass' post='171141' date='Apr 7 2008, 08:26 AM']It was pretty faded, you cant really see from the pics (gonna take better ones with a cam when I start spraying etc) The colour it started as is lovely, under the scratch plate its a really nice metalic green/blue, and when I started rubbing it down the colour shone through, but its gone too far now to keep it that colour, plus I fancied a change. My music shop called me back saying they got some badass ii bridges in, £65!!! I think ill be getting them imported instead Neck should arrive this week I hope, if its here on friday then I know what im doing this weekend!! might have to wait for the pots/pups/bridge though. I found out on friday my car MOT ran out that day.. and well.. I ended up buying a new car cause I pretty much ran the last one into the ground. so im a little broke at the mo.[/quote] Shameless plug for my BA II, in the Other Musical Equipment section of the Marketplace. Looking for £30-35, PM me for more details.

[quote name='steve-soar' post='170887' date='Apr 6 2008, 07:36 PM']Gotoh bridge, Wizard pup, tort plate, big fat set of strings, put it all together and play for 2-3 years on a high heat. Tastey. Don't spray it, it's gorgeous.[/quote] +1

Cheers for that steve. It looks pretty familiar, I'm sure I saw a similar one on ebay. A Matsumoko I think, Jon'll probably be able to tell you. That's a real shame about the fingerboard though

Am I the only person more interested in that bass behind the Jazz? The one that's got no tuners or knobs on it? The Jazz is lovely though, very nice!

A quick question about the SX 5s: Rondo describes them as 4+1, is that just a reference to the headstock layout or is it because it's a 4 string neck with 5 strings on it? The necks look pretty skinny. [url="http://www.rondomusic.com/sjb75c41ash.html"]Link[/url] to a 5 string 75-style SX Jazz bass

Also if you're using an active bass make sure you have the active switch pressed in, and if you have a passive bass make sure it's out.

[quote name='GreeneKing' post='170307' date='Apr 5 2008, 04:09 PM']Allparts [url="http://www.allparts.uk.com/gotoh-bass-bridge-p-1679.html?p=product"]http://www.allparts.uk.com/gotoh-bass-brid....html?p=product[/url] Peter[/quote] Ta much

Where can you get the Gotoh 201s from? I've tried looking for a chrome 4 string one but to no avail. I know Warmoth do them but I'm credit cardless and so can't order one from there.

I'm heading up to Glasgow tomorrow and I normally park near guitarguitar. I looked at the website the other day and they're doing an Epiphone El Segundo for a quid under £130. There's no cutaway (sad times) but I might go and see if they have one I can have a go on.

Probably should've mentioned that I'm not looking to buy just now, but just wanted some suggestions for when I do manage to scrape some cash together. Obviously by then I would've had a chance to try some myself but I know nothing about acoustic basses and so was just after some that I should keep an eye out for, although that Washburn is gorgeous! I saw that no name that you saw darxide, if you could let me know how it is that would be great!

I've decided I'd quite like an acoustic bass, mainly for pissing about in the house but also for possibly gigging. My band played an acoustic gig last year and hope to do it again, but I used my Jazz thru an Ampeg, just turned down a bit and with no effects. There was a Tanglewood acoustic in my local music shop that was pretty nice, it was about £250, but I don't know what the model was. Does anyone have one or know of one they would recommend for about £200? My local shop's only a wee one so everything gets sold at full rrp, so I assume I could get it for cheaper.

[quote name='budget bassist' post='165859' date='Mar 29 2008, 03:08 PM']Ah yeah that's probably the case, i wouldn't trust anything after 87 tbh. If you want a half decent musicman copy though i say go for OLP, not bad quality, nice sound and they just started making some even better ones you can find on ebay with the smaller MM style bridge rather than that big ass looking one and dual humbuckers. EDIT: give [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/NEW-OLP-by-Music-Man-Stingray-4S-2-HB-aktiv-Super-Bass_W0QQitemZ330222402541QQihZ014QQcategoryZ4713QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem"]this[/url] a look, or you could wait until a cheap sub bass comes up like i did, closest you'll get to a stingray without actually owning one IMO. Mine was £350 BIN, sometimes you can pick them up a bit cheaper than that, sometimes a bit more but i think that's about the benchmark. EDIT again: [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Music-Man-SUB-Bass-Black_W0QQitemZ260225019648QQihZ016QQcategoryZ4713QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem"]here's[/url] a sub that's on now! 99p start with reserve. Looks to be in alright nick.[/quote] I spied that OLP the other day, although I was looking at the 5 string version. That took some serious restraint to stop me from living on beans for a month.

Does he not mean that he's after a bass in a similar vein to the Fender Bass VI, which was strung the same as a normal guitar, but tuned an octave down?

Oops, just realised OutToPlayJazz was referring to a MIM Precision, although I think we're talking about the same thing. Take a gander at this pic of me playing my Jazz live. It's that hole just above the pickup that we're talking about, right?