AlexDelores

Very pretty that! Congrats 🙌

Spotted this on EBay. Can’t comment on the quality but it’s within your budget… https://ebay.us/m/WYVKDd

Interested in this too. At some point I’d like to upgrade my Gretsch, from what i can see, I’ve only seen that TV Jones offer a few mini humbucker options… https://tvjones.com/bass-pickups/ And, i think Seymour Duncan also offer a Mini Bass Humbucker. Can’t comment on any of them as it’s just from my own research rather than experience.

Are they still grounded from the pots to under the bridge as well? Or was this an earlier method before they started going through the body from under the control plate?

I’ve seen this on a few jazzes now but still none the wiser… what’s the line from the bridge, to the bridge pickup for?

Very phwoar 😮‍💨

You might well be able to get a Gretsch G2220 ‘Junior Jet’ under £200 2nd hand. They’re fantastic basses for their money and punch well above their price imo.

For what it’s worth. I’ve ordered a few cables from John @Chienmortbb Thanks for everyone’s help 👍

A pleasure to sell a gig bag to, very quick payment, friendly and easy going comms.Thanks Anthony.

I didn’t watch the show but I know Phil Mulford often plays bass with Beverly Knight. Not sure if he was specifically on this show though.

The cheap flats I’ve just put on my Jazz bass are these Adagio ones and they’re really nice. Better feel to me than the Fender Flats I’ve previously used. But, for whatever reason I now have a bit of a rattle on my A string when played open. Can only assume it’s because they’re lower gauge, so sitting lower in the nut and not giving any break angle to the string post? Maybe 🤷‍♂️ It’s not awful though. But, the strings are really nice on my jazz. Keeping them on I think, assuming I can get the rattle sorted.

I put a £20 set of flats on my MIM Jazz on Tuesday night and so far, they’re actually pretty good. I’m pleased to say that the bridge pickup didn’t instantly stop working the minute they were fitted too, and when I picked it up on Wednesday, it hadn’t turned into a P Bass 🙏

Thanks for everyone’s suggestions and advice. I’ll take a look over the weekend. @Chienmortbb I’ll drop you a DM now. Very good point from everyone regarding storage. Up until a couple of months ago. All cables were stored (squashed) into our Stanley lead (tool) box. I’ve now made a point of splitting out our vocal XLR’s in a hard case with the vocal pedals. And guitar leads are now stored in guitar gig bags. Mine are stored in my box with my B6. The newer XLR cables with vocals are coiled in a circle and Velcro wrapped, as our my bass leads. But, the other (and all up until recently) are figure of 8 and wrapped around themselves. I was taught this was the correct way of doing it when i was younger. But, recently, working with some Stage management companies, they all seemed to circlular coil theres. Thanks all. Alex

Very nice Sir! 👌 Don’t see Mustangs with bridge covers often! Looks great.

Very nice that 👌

I’ve put a very cheap set of flats on my Jazz last night in one last attempt to like flats. For me, they play/feel great, I just can’t seem to enjoy the sound. I very much like the sound of old Rounds, but not the brightness of new rounds, but dislike the feel of old rounds under finger. So, I’m trying these cheaper flats as they seem to have decent reviews and if no joy I’ll be trying the IMA super polished or some half rounds. For my ‘working’ bass (which is short scale) I just use EB rounds and change them every 6 weeks or so. I’ve never enjoyed the sound of flats on a shortie in the past. Look forward to hearing how you get on live with the rounds!

Apologies if this is something that has already been covered on multiple threads (but hasn’t most stuff?) But, I’m looking for 1/4” cable recommendations, AND XLR recommendations, preferably a company that offers some warranty on the products. We’ve been smashing through Fender guitar leads over the past 12 months and we’ve been having a few issues with XLR’s and I realise it’s probably because we just replace cheap rubbish with more cheap rubbish. So, I need to upgrade our cables. Any recommendations appreciated. TIA, Alex

Ha, you’ve triggered a forgotten memory! As teenagers, we supported a rock covers band in Darlaston. My dad drove us all home to Telford. When the guitarist got home and went to take his £150 Epiphone Les Paul Special out of it’s generic Gator case, he couldn’t believe his luck… It had transformed into a rather ugly but very expensive Parker Fly. A few phone calls later and my poor Dad was in the car on the way back to Darlaston. Safe to say the guitarist was a mix of relieved and frustrated. he’d only had it a few weeks as an anniversary present if I remember rightly, and had spent about 2 hours in uproar thinking it had been stolen!

For the duo stuff I can highly recommend the RCF Jmix 8. We also use a J8 alongside it but the Jmix8 has done the job on its own plenty of times too 👍

Thanks. I’ll take a look. Down the line I think I’ll try a few different sets and see what I land on. I’m just trying to enjoy it as it is at the moment but I’ll get round it at some point. That said, i think I said the same thing about my Jazz Bass and I’ve still not changed them. I bought that in 2003 😅

Well, I finally got the Pickguard/scratchplate/Bit of clear plastic off (whatever it’s called)… I like it a lot. I might try the card trick as mentioned by @ezbass with some black card to see how it looks down the line but I do like it off for now. Got to say, I’m really enjoying this bass. The neck is superb! It’s a joy to play. As previously mentioned, the tone doesn’t blow me away and I’ll likely swap out the pickups in the future for something with more ‘growl’, but it does have its own unique sound, albeit a little reserved. I’ve committed myself to learn to read music this year outside of my gig stuff. And, I’m getting half decent. But, after getting this, it’s been like starting again. But, I’m really enjoying the process of learning, by forcing myself to fret more notes rather than open strings which is helping me familiarise with the B string more. Anyway, life story over, this thing is cool!

I’ve used Setlist Helper on a Samsung tablet for years 👍