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Bought a Jazz harness off John (2nd one) excellent workmanship and comms and received very quickly. Highly recommended. Cheers Tony

Welcome Gary there a quite a few of us that have just returned from long Bass playing sabbaticals - have fun. Cheers Tony

How about a hofner violin bass? I seem to see a lot of the girls playing these on you tube.

Thanks John I'll check it out.

[quote name='Captain Rumble' timestamp='1351113028' post='1847612'] [sub][size=4]So many pickups so little money[/size][/sub][sub][size=4] [/size][/sub] [/quote] This is the downfall. I need to decide in the next few weeks if I am going to replace the pickups as luckily, my mother-in-law currently lives in the States and is coming over for Xmas, so I can get them delivered to her over there and she could bring them across with her so saving on \delivery and Customs duty. I should really open up the bass and inspect the wiring and pots to see if there is some improvement that could be made there instead. I'm also getting the odd fret rattle now and then on mine but I think one of the saddle's keeps collapsing and once I adjust the height of it the rattle goes for a few weeks. John - Does you band do any gigs at the RMA? I'm try to coerce my band to play there as it's cheaper than hiring the Blacksmiths for rehearsal all the time and it will be a good experience for them as most have just done their first gig a couple of weeks ago and I want them to get use to it.

[quote name='Dingus' timestamp='1350926297' post='1845158'] I think you shouldn't assume that these pickups will fit your bass without modification. As I mentioned earlier in the thread , the MIM pickups are indeed a slightly different size in that they are both the same size rather than one slightly wider than the other as is usual on a normal Jazz Bass set. [/quote] thanks for the info, I've just measured my 2001 MIM and they are different sizes (now happier) got the info below from talkbass which is quite interesting and may be of help to others with MIM Jazz's. [color=#000000][font=verdana, geneva, lucida,]Yes, seems that the different pickup size change (only) occurred in 2001 (with the same body style). But MOST of those pickups were NOT noise cancelling, just different sizes, that is to say the pups were NOT reverse wound/reverse polarity (RWRP) in relation to each other and still have flat pole pieces. So turning the volumes on both all the way up did NOT cancel hum.[/font][/color] [color=#000000][font=verdana, geneva, lucida,]Since 2004/2005, the pickups were not only the appropriate (different) sizes, they have the raised pole pieces under the A and D strings, indicating they are the newer noise cancelling pickups, although not technically reverse wound/reverse polarity (RWRP). Turn both volumes all the way up and they cancel noise AND cause a midrange "scoop" due to frequency cancellation of the mids (called phase cancellation in physics), not due to true electronic hum cancellation--think of it as 2 waves of water coming together, one peaked and one troughed, that cancel each other out. This is due to the distance between the pickups, and not due to RWRP. Technically, he said you can also get this by setting both volumes at identical settings anywhere in the range, but that is almost impossible to do, so just crank 'em up and control the volume with your amp.[/font][/color] [color=#000000][font=verdana, geneva, lucida,]You CAN find Fender Mexican / MIM jazz basses from as far back as 2001 that have the raised poles, but they are hit and miss. As with any assembly plant, different runs on different assembly lines used different stock as it was available. Although what I said above is the "official" Fender line, there were certainly times when the "stock" pickups were unavailable and the "improved" ones used, even as far back as 2001 when they made the initial change to different sizes but not noise cancelling. Then as shipments of the "stock" pickups were available, they'd change back for a bit to use up the old ones, then back again to the new ones. Fender "tech-dude" contends that if most MIM jazz basses from the 2001 era that have the raised poles on different sized pickups are probably after-market replacements (i.e. MIA pickups or Fender Custom 60s, etc.) installed by the owner and later resold. [/font][/color] [color=#000000][font=verdana, geneva, lucida,]So, in a nutshell, from 2001-2004, you could have a MIM bass with[/font][/color] [color=#000000][font=verdana, geneva, lucida,]a) 2 pickups that are the [/font][/color][u]same size [/u][color=#000000][font=verdana, geneva, lucida,]with flat poles -- i.e. 2 "neck pickups" in the neck and bridge position with minimal, if any, noise cancellation[/font][/color] [color=#000000][font=verdana, geneva, lucida,] 2 pickups of [/font][/color][u]different size with flat poles [/u][color=#000000][font=verdana, geneva, lucida,]-- i.e. standard sized pickups, but [/font][/color][u]not [/u][color=#000000][font=verdana, geneva, lucida,]true noise cancelling at full volume (similar to (a))[/font][/color] [color=#000000][font=verdana, geneva, lucida,]c) 2 pickups of [/font][/color][u]different size with raised poles [/u][color=#000000][font=verdana, geneva, lucida,]-- i.e. standard sized pickups that [/font][/color][u]ARE[/u][color=#000000][font=verdana, geneva, lucida,] noise cancelling (with mid-range scoop desired by many jazz players) when both volumes turned all the way up.[/font][/color] [color=#000000][font=verdana, geneva, lucida,]As you move away from 2001 towards 2004/2005, you move from (a) to ( to (c). Mostly (a) to ( occurred during the 2001 model year as the body routs were made almost immediately. Then by 2004/2005, everyone was made with (c).[/font][/color]

I use to play in Rock band and my weapon of choice was a Ricky, get that Chris Squire/Geddy sound and you're away and they still look cool to this day. But as a lot have said, it's all about the overall sound and not what's written on the headstock to which I quite agree with.

Hi Dave Welcome and have fun. I'd get rid of the headless one, I've never liked the look of them.

I've been looking up the forums all over the net on these bad boys ([color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif] [/font][/color][font="helvetica, arial, sans-serif"][color="#282828"]Ultra Jazz) and I'm sold on them seems everyone loves them and the price seems quite reasonable as well.[/color][/font] [font="helvetica, arial, sans-serif"][color="#282828"]I assume these come in 2 sizes? as the MIM pickups are slightly different sizes for the neck & bridge? or is it a case of just swapping the covers over? [/color][/font] [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]I'm off to write my letter to Santa [/font][/color]

[quote name='Captain Rumble' timestamp='1350840027' post='1844096'] Hey Tony I just noticed your another Pompey lad maybe we should meet and I'll show you mine if you show me yours sort of thing seriously tho could be usefull to compare the jazzes to see how diferent strings/action/pickup hight etc etc can change things or even just how wildly diferent 2 basses from the same manufacturer can sound John [/quote] Yeah that would be really cool and interesting to see the differences in the basses. I live in Copnor. Cheers Tony

Hi John I've been looking at doing the same thing on my MIM Jazz and there are so many out there, it's probably down to personal choice due to the different tones that can produce, but which one. My front runner at the mo is the Fender CS60s but have heard that these are a bit quiet? There is some demo vids on Youtube, but I'd rather hear from someone who has actually upgraded and their opinion as to whether it was worth the extra dosh to upgrade... I'm after something with a nice warm bottom end that doesn't distort and the option of a nice top end (sounds like I should be on a porn site :-) ) Cheers Tony

Glad you've got the decal sorted (now you know what I mean about the decal being a PITA to do ) and completed, looks really stunning, do love that colour, well done! Cheers

I find it a bit suss that there was no reserve on it? If I had a 58 Fender Bass I'd make damn sure it had a reserve on it or you could lose a lot of dosh.

Very Good track but agree it needs a bit more oomph - well done!

Welcome and have loads of fun on your journey to learning bass.

[quote name='ezbass' timestamp='1350224710' post='1835948'] I got as much as I could off my Ibby with Nitromors, but the real grunt work was done with a palm sander. [/quote] + 1 worked for me.

Banana milkshake colour for me

As a sufferer of back pain for most of my life, my advice would be before changing your rig would be; [list] [*][b]Learn to lift correctly[/b] (a really good bit of advice) [*]Use a Mobile/foldable trolley where possible. [*]Get someone to help you. [*]See if you can store your rig somewhere that's not upstairs or at a different location then buy a Vox bass headphone amp for home practice. [/list] I have to go to a Chiropractor every 2-3 months to ease the stiffness/discomfort which annually costs me around £200+. My back has ruled my life as I cannot do a lot of simple things that may irritate it and then cripple me with pain for a few weeks, all this was from not lifting an object correctly that weighed no more than 20lb. Genuine back pain can be a life condition if you don't take care of it. Good luck and hope you get sorted.

From my band in the late 70's to early 80's. We wrote all our own material and played in different genres which was probably our downfall. This the only recording that now exists, sorry for the not so good quality as it's a copy of a copy........ Cheers Tony [url="http://soundcloud.com/arc-rock/plastic-girl"]http://soundcloud.com/arc-rock/plastic-girl[/url]

Many thanks for the advice guys, at least my search is narrowed down to about 3 now the Pitchblack, TU2/3 and [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]Polytune mini.[/font][/color] [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]Now to surf around for deals.[/font][/color] [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]Cheers[/font][/color]

[size=3]Hi All[/size] [size=3]i know it's not strictly an effects pedal but i'm after a Chromatic tuner that is easily visible in a gig situation.[/size] [size=3]I don't want to spend loads of dosh on it, but any guidance would be great.[/size] [size=3]one I've been looking into is the [b]Behringer TU300[/b] [b][color=#000000][font=Arial, sans-serif, Verdana] [/font][/color][/b][color=#000000][font=Arial, sans-serif, Verdana]but have read mixed reports bass wise, as some report it has difficulty with the E string?[/font][/color][/size] [size=3][font="Arial, sans-serif, Verdana"][color="#000000"]Any advice much appreciated.[/color][/font][/size] [size=3][font="Arial, sans-serif, Verdana"][color="#000000"]Cheers[/color][/font][/size]

Played my first gig last night for almost 32 Years! (I gave up playing any musical instrument for 31 years). Went quite well I thought (the odd bum note here and there ) but really good feeling getting back into it after all those years. Can't wait for the next one (whenever that will be).

Wow really nice! Good job

And at that price it will probably be bought by some rich Tw*t who is not a musician and will hide it away as an investment and it will probably never see the light of day again. Nice guitar though.

Welcome and have fun, this really is a great site