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    [attachment=78923:20060616164347.jpg]
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    Bump in case you missed new pictures ^^^^^
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    [quote name='Crazykiwi' post='1218252' date='May 3 2011, 01:34 AM'] thought I'd agreed first option on it.[/quote] PM'd you and Wes to sort this out
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    [quote name='Crazykiwi' post='1217999' date='May 2 2011, 08:15 PM']Eh? where?[/quote]
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    Two better pics: [attachment=78881:P1040213.JPG][attachment=78882:P1040212.JPG]
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    I should also mention that its got a Jazz-type slim neck profile rather than the chunkier neck more commonly found on Wals - so if you are someone that likes a good handful of neck, this probably isn't for you
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    Where do you start? Nice "starburst" finish
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    Here's a pic of the inside of the control plate (pinched from SFX83, hope thats OK) showing the June 2004 manufacture date and details, including (what appears to be) Pete Stevens' signature [attachment=78878:GetAttachment.jpg]
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    Given the gentle whooshing sound of tumbleweed, I am going to keep this and put it on my Bacchus Jazz and see how I like it
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    [quote name='lozbass' post='1217626' date='May 2 2011, 03:09 PM']Very cool indeed Clarky - I've been getting excited about the CS 2011 P/J hybrid but yours is the real deal. Looks like nitro to me too[/quote] Thanks Loz, I am so smitten anew with this bass that I have decided (for the second time!) to sell my other fretless, my Wal (which is leagues ahead of the Fender in craftsmanship and sonic options but is not so "me" [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=133369&pid=1217532&st=0&#entry1217532)"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=...;#entry1217532)[/url]
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    After falling back in love with my Fender '71 fretless (see Gear Porn post today [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=134182)"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=134182)[/url] and having recorded successfully with it this weekend, I am going to let my Wal fretless go. It's a truly wonderful instrument but the '71 is "more me" (being a Fender-head) and TBH, as mentioned earlier, I have overspent recently. So this lovely bass goes back up for sale at £2500. Its now wearing some brand new Status Hotwire half/ground-wound strings which suit it perfectly. [attachment=78847:P1040152.JPG][attachment=78849:wal.jpg][attachment=78850:P1040149.JPG]
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    [quote name='hillbilly deluxe' post='1217468' date='May 2 2011, 12:55 PM']Again. Is this nitro or poly ?[/quote] Thanks! I assume its poly as I thought they had phased out nitro by 1971? Although it does have a patina and wear patterns that look very nitro-ish.
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    [quote name='hillbilly deluxe' post='1217442' date='May 2 2011, 12:37 PM']Fixed.ish[/quote] Thats 90 degrees the other way ... but thanks for trying matey, it looks better this way than in my pic
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    I got this bass a few months back from Beedster (who else?) and it had previously been owned by Shaggy and BassBod. Although I loved the mojo'd looks, I didn't bond with it fully for some time as I kept using the wrong strings on it (too light gauge) and couldn't get the playability right. Recently I shifted to heavier gauge La Bellas and it became a whole new bass for me. I swapped for some Rotosound TruBass for a recording session I did on Saturday (as I needed a DB type vibe) and I've found it hard to put down ever since. Anyway, I had just laid it down on the sofa in our kitchen (which Mrs C has adorned in all manner of bright velvet-y cushions) and it was just crying out for a porn shot! So here it is (edit: for some reason the attachment function has rotated the photo 90 degrees anticlock-wise, but just cock your head to one side and you'll get the picture!) [attachment=78834:P1040211.JPG]
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    [quote name='EssentialTension' post='1217213' date='May 2 2011, 09:21 AM']It's only like tuning down to C# and then not playing below the third fret.[/quote] But I rarely play [i]above[/i] the third fret
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    [quote name='EssentialTension' post='1217205' date='May 2 2011, 09:12 AM'] [/quote] Thats the first time I've heard a RA Mouse and I have to say it sounds wonderful. Not sure I could cope with a 30" scale length though
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    Its pickup only from Manchester and cash on delivery (so no Paypal protection). I presume thats why limited interest so far
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    [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Fender-Precision-Bass-/120717946821?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item1c1b59afc5#ht_500wt_1156"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Fender-Precision-Bas...5#ht_500wt_1156[/url]
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    Very rarely see these come up for sale. Bidding already quite high (nearly £800) [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ROB-ALLEN-MOUSE-30-BASS-FRETLESS-BASS-USA-JAZZ-UPRIGHT-/160578457631?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item256338d01f#ht_2030wt_1141"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ROB-ALLEN-MOUSE-30-B...#ht_2030wt_1141[/url]
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    My 71 P/J was converted many moons ago to fretless and the between-fret standard Fender dots were filled in neatly and new on-the-fret dots added. Looks neat and works well for me. Can't imagine its a costly exercise
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    Gone to a BC'er on a week's approval
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    [quote name='silddx' post='1216594' date='May 1 2011, 03:08 PM']Clarky, if it helps, here's the thread I started with before and after sound clips of my Jazz with and without your J-Retro. Also, this unit is virtually mint, it has no solder joints, nothing. [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=123987&hl"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=123987&hl[/url][/quote] Very kind, thanks mate!
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    If you're not especially loud and have no drummer, a piezo pickup should do the trick and will sound more DB-like than a mag pickup. There are dead cheap ones on eBay (owen has one of those FS on the forum) or better quality ones include Shadow, Underwood etc. My TM (short for Taco Man, I believe!) is a US home produced pickup which sounds great (oldslapper has one) and slobluesine knows how to source these. Cost me £60
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    [quote name='bob_pickard' post='1216355' date='May 1 2011, 09:35 AM']look up one of my posts earlier on the thread about playing loudly - all the KA contact details are there as well as the newer sound composite pickup[/quote] This is the thread Bob is referring to [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=131128&hl="]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=131128&hl=[/url] FWIW I am using a TM piezo pickup (not tried it live though as only got it from slobluesine this week) and am probably going to end up using a mag pickup live as my band is loud (14 of us, and I'm competing against drums, sousaphone, guitar and brass section)
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    [quote name='Jigster' post='1216125' date='Apr 30 2011, 08:44 PM']well done dude - did u go straight into the desk or get to use any of yr rig?[/quote] Went straight into the desk via one of these D-TAR preamps [url="http://www.d-tar.com/solstice.shtml"]http://www.d-tar.com/solstice.shtml[/url] (it was all set up by our band leader, who is a proficient DB and electric bass player in his own right) - the rest was done with EQ and compression from the computer software (although the 71 P/J fretless was left reasonably unaffected) For the gear geeks (like me) I had Rotosound TruBass strings on the 71 P/J and it sounded better than the DB for the smoky jazz-esque song, so we ditched my attempts at DB for that particular song and switched to the fretless. The 63P (with La Bella standard-gauge Flats on) unsurprisingly sounded perfect for the Northern Soul song
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