Captain Codpiece

how about the modern player jag? tasty basses.... tiny thin necks though, but i love my CIJ one..... and im a P man through and through. http://www.gak.co.uk/en/fender-modern-player-jaguar-bass-black-maple/53369

gotta admit tylers headstocks are terrible! the one on the JTV-69 guitar i have is particularly bad.... though the bass one on the 1st page is truly appalling. its almost enough to make me wanna switch necks for a nice maple board strat neck LOL

I'm with tom like..... If those were maple I'd be on that white one like dog poo on an 80's street

hi, well here is my issue guys..... i have just bought a new pre amp for my jag bass (artec se3p-a) and it has 2 stack pots (para mid, T/ B. now i am relocating the master vol and tone to the rollers and bypassing the (pre amp) blend pot just using the output from master controls and jumpering the pre amps volume pot (ouput from pre to ouput from pot, ground to ground) rather than having a pot for that (so its at full volume constantly, with master vol and tone being before the pre). now the issue i am having is i cant find any jazz bass style (plastic ones like j deluxe) stack knobs for the controls (in the UK), i can only find metal knurled ones. ebay only has ones in USA and shipping is almost as much as the knobs.... never mind customs and whatnot. and fender support on site keeps crashing before it lets me buy direct any one know where i can get some?

oh its like a kubiki x factor will it be wood or is there any carbon fibre in that?

gotta say like..... meh! i don't know, maybe the flakes are too large, or something.... i can only say im not impressed :/

Omnomnomnomnom very nice. Loving the vibe off the P.. And the J looks like a proper MONSTER! I have a one of those Wilkinson Ps (5) in my Yamaha bbg5a but its more towards the neck very thumpy in that position and there is a MM at bridge on that one so its in good company I really like those Wilkinson pickups though.. I have a vintage tele set in my squire tele and they are ace

I have used P+MM since about 1998 and its a killer combo. The MM is not in the sweet spot though so itbdoes not get the MM tone spot on.... ALONE... Mix in the P and its bang on the growl and thump you expect, more P adds more thump. Sandbergs passive mode (they have a glok made pre) in all truth sounds NO different than flat EQ so if you get stuck with a dud 9v mid gig you don't really loose anything by going passive. Also the necks ooohhh the necks.. Its a weird combo of late 60s shallow P and 70s J on width (my best description) but to me the neck feels like a P neck (probably the spacing making me think jazz). To anyone curious I'd really say find a dealer nearby and have a go (I went through guitarguitar).... I was swung the first time I played one... And the order went in a few months later for my 5 I only wish id asked for the vibration treatment with no aging (i just got standard gloss tobacco burst no relic), I know some people just claim snake oil but the vibrations kinda make sense to me....years worth of play time built into a fresh bass... Yes please.

Very nice very much like my VM5 Gorgeous instruments, that head decal (back) is new since I got mine https://scontent-b-lhr.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-frc3/t31.0-8/1909337_614359505311432_1419314460_o.jpg

ok, i have a jag bass, and i ripped the guts out due to crappy stock pre. well i would love a glokenklang or a delano pre, but funds simply don't allow for it i have tried an artec in the past... and the only issue i had with it was the helpful battery low indicator (the pre squealed like a synth if you adjusted the pots if the battery was low... interesting and fun.... if annoying) well i have seen the artec SE3p, 3 band with sweepable mids on two stack pots.... handy for the jag bass.... as i can pop those and the circuit in the normal control plate part.... but i don't want a blend and ideally would like to keep the active passive option also... but as the schematic below shows the Vol is on the board. with some digging i have found the vol to be a standard 500k so passive 'should' be possible........ so the big Q is anyone good with electronics know if i could run a tone from the vol or manage to bypass it?

Very nice! Love the colour maple board too mmm Cracking price.

well here are my two just wish there was a 5 option tele style has stack knobs for vol/bass (custom pot probably) and treble/mid

i had a look, and i think i may go for the delano sonar 3.... i can get the 25K stack pots for the pre easy enough if i want a stack pot for bass/treble with the mids on the 2nd pot, then have the passive master vol and tone on the scrolls with a true bypass switch (thanks to johnk on talkbass for the schematic ). woo now i just need to get the refin done...... well get the cash for the lot first

Ooh thats a definite possibility if I can find an EU distributor, I got stung on the basslines eq I got from USA..... The import duty I was ready for, the £25 fee for the letter telling me I had to go collect it from a depot in a neighboring city :-/ was the kick in the teeth.

I dont want a blend though.... The switching is what separates it from any old jazz. This is my issue, I just can't find a drop in EQ that is not hard wired master vol and blend. I switched out the pickups for basslines stacked vintages within months of getting it :-D Maybe a ray replacement would work? I have a bass with the basslines 3band with slap switch and it's a great pre..... I wonder I'd Seymour would do a version without the blend and master?

ok guys, i have a fender jag bass (one of the first run, with the bad hum and POS EQ.) im thinking of respraying it sherwood green (its black). but my problem is i LOVE the EQ options, just not the EQ. i really want to keep the switching as pickups on/off and series/parallel, with the active passive option also. i dont mind moving the master vol and tone to the rollers (i know they need to be wired backwards), but i cant find any EQ's that are suitable....... they all seem to be blend pots and master vol. id love a 4 pot (2 stacked) bass/treble and mid/sweep with the master vol and tone still in the chain as is the standard set up on the jag. any ideas or suggestions?

omnomnomnomnomnom i love it.... even the subtle thinning of the headstock.... tele style

i have a status B2 technically a sig wish i could of gotten a B1 though but sadly no longer made (i missed my chance by about a year ), and cant get the £30-50K for a one. but to be brutally honest its only the looks and a tiny bit of upper mids that is missing form the B2. i can get the Entwistle tone spot on and then many more too

yeah i really like the look of the lomenzo, very much the type of OD that i am looking for. but my pod x3 in dual channel mode gets me close enough though the lomenzo would shrink my pedal board a bit

yeah i was a little shocked, no 'overdrive' with gain cranked (TBH i have not had volume up past 2 LOL). there is an obvious diference in 'gain' but its more like a clean boost. i was hoping for a clean warm tone, and thats what it gives. my sandberg is not that hot of a signal (its active side is only as loud as the bass is boosted), i have not put the buzzard through it yet but hopefully at the weekend or tomorrow when the Mrs and nipper are at baby sign i think it may be the valves, i recon getting some early gain ones will let it breakup easier.

just had a quick little 10 min mess about OMG! nice rich tone. i found the bass switch to be a little heavy when past 12'oclock but i found a sweet tone,mids at 2 with switch on, bass at 12 treble at 10/11 with gain cranked to 3-4 and use volume to balance nice very happy with how things turned out and hopefully get a loud practice/gig in soon

Cheers Alan still not tried it out yet 5 month old little girl taking most of my time ATM LOL

WOOOOOO NEW AMP DAY!!!!!! well i have not plugged the bad boy in yet, the cab came the other day and the combo came this morning. what a pair! i think they look swish together. so without any more waffle, id just like to say thanks again to all who helped, and to hamfist for the offer and help picture time [IMG]http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b291/darthplagis/family%20pics/G_rig_zps6b1c6e0f.jpg[/IMG]

well combo is ordered and 2x12 cab is coming tomorrow im gonna check my behringer 410 combo as the speakers in it are actually OK, alucones nice and punchy (i bypass pre most of the time via send/return with POD), i may be to run the 4x10 alucones with the ashdown head bit of the combo in place of the behringer LOL not sure if the speakers in it are 2 lots of 8Ohms (2x10@8Ohms x2 so amp pumps out full wattage @4Ohms)

me muckin' about at a practie, a few years ago now [IMG]http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b291/darthplagis/GUTPUNCH/CIMG0737.jpg[/IMG] gig shot from same time [IMG]http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b291/darthplagis/family%20pics/gary_zpsa68443f9.jpg[/IMG]