Clarky

colour (sea foam green) not on your list but I would go for: [attachment=164709:Fender86_62JBV_Seafoam_4.jpg]

I sent back a new SG Faded Cherry bass a few months back as the frets were rough and very sharp at the edges (to the extent it hurt to slide up the neck) and as the rosewood board had obviously been split and epoxied by the nut to 'make good'. It was worse than the finish on one of those ultra-cheapo mass-market 'learner' basses

Looks like my old white 70ri CIJ Precision 'Sid' on the back right of the cover photo

[quote name='Happy Jack' timestamp='1402001789' post='2469213'] Why am I thinking about Gene Pitney now? [/quote] I was thinking about Nigella but whatever floats your boat Jack

Looks great Mark. if I can make one tiny suggestion? A real tort plate from spitfire-whatever-his-name-is (check out the "wheer has all the decenttort gone" thread) would make your bass complete and IMHO indistinguishable from a real McCoy. Looks great as it is, but I think that would cap it off See here: [url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/230297-where-has-all-the-decent-tortoiseshell-gone/page__view__findpost__p__2460800"]http://basschat.co.u...ost__p__2460800[/url]

[quote name='BassTractor' timestamp='1401920150' post='2468443'] Clarky, you ain't not not told us two IMHO very important bits yet: - Do you play on the same spot of the length of the strings with those different basses? I'd guess this is hardly likely, and it may influence how the timbre develops. I'd suppose different strings "like" different positions of the playing hand - How do you perceive the sound? Does this influence your valuation? [/quote] In answer to your questions, I tried shifting my right hand position on the Jazz (which, as someone pointed out earlier, one tends to play closer to the bridge than on a Precision) and it made no difference. The sound (obviously the two basses differ) doesn't influence my question, its about the comfort and feel of playing on the hands. Given family/neighbours etc I often practice unamplified and it was in this context I posted my OP. I do want to try swapping the old La Bellas on to my Jazz but I am slightly put off by the fact that I will have to alter the truss rod again - I have already tweaked it several times) and I don't want to get closer to stripping the screw holes for the neck (remember its a 62 reissue so there is no convenient truss rod adjuster visible and the neck has to be taken off, at least partialy to adjust)

[quote name='gafbass02' timestamp='1401890970' post='2467910'] more excursion and flap[/quote] and with those words Discreet suddenly returned

I should add, skank you may be on to something there. Ever since I got my Jazz I have suffered from stomach pains at night, and resultant insomnia. Its clearly the atrabilious humours. Now they don't include that in arguments about which bass is best for metal

I'm glad we got that sorted then. Back to Flea vs Mark King I suggest. Thank you citizens

I have to be honest Owen and say thats a bit far for me. Would be about 5-6 hours driving time in a day. So that would rule me out. Mind you, I am pants at double bass so the average quality of attendees would rise!

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[quote name='Hobbayne' timestamp='1401870688' post='2467596'] I guess the different woods used in the JV may also make a difference. Is it basswood? Maybe that affects the tone more with these strings? [/quote] Well the P and J are both early 1980s Squier JV reissues patterned off the 1962 originals and thus I assume each has an alder body. They both have a rosewood board and maple neck. So as far as I can tell, the body woods wouldn't really make much/any difference

Good points. I may swap the old La Bella strings on to my Jazz as an experiment to see if there's as much difference