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Harlequin74

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  1. Hi all,

    This is the indonesian made Sub 4. Bought recently from GAK, but selling as prefer the Jazz bass so this is not being used. Selling for £199.00

    As new condition, and will include a gig bag.

    This price includes packing and sending via Parcelforce 48. Will drop price by £20 if collected in London or East Sussex.

    Thanks, Mike

  2. [quote name='VTypeV4' timestamp='1434238826' post='2797981']
    Learned it many years back when it first appeared.. Great track back them still great today! :D

    Personal faves are 'Runaway', 'Blow your mind', 'Canned heat', 'Where do we go from here' and 'Dynamite' however I love all of it!
    [/quote]

    Good choices! Might add Love Foolosophy, Tallusa, and Space Cowboy....!

  3. [quote name='lojo' timestamp='1433346557' post='2790327']
    I would fail badly if I took the test

    I will however play every note correctly at my gig on friday , and hopefully with good timing and dynamics (or whatever the real word for that is)
    [/quote]

    Looks like we better stick together Lojo! We are surrounded by music theorist geniuses ( they can prob all play brilliantly also! )

  4. [quote name='matski' timestamp='1433152126' post='2788204']
    How about putting an ad in the local music shop (the one by the station in Tonbridge or, if it still exists, JB's in T Wells)? Failing that, how about an ad in the Courier? :)
    [/quote]

    Local lad eh? All good thoughts, thanks!

  5. [quote name='jezzaboy' timestamp='1433106778' post='2787960']
    I think that part of the problem is in the 50`s, 60`s and 70`s, there wasnt the abundance of good quality, well priced basses available like we have now and Fender had most of the market. And there wasnt the internet for players to bitch to each other how bad some of those Fenders were.

    Now most of us have heard stories of how bad Fender qc can be, although I have never owned a "bad" one. Compare this to the recent Squier models which, on the whole, seem to be very good value compared to their US cousins at around a third of the price. I have a VM77 Jazz bass: it`s great to play and have gigged it several times and will do in the future.

    If it sounds and feels good, I don`t give a baboons backside which name is on the headstcok.
    [/quote]

    Love this reply! I feel the same way. I bought a Squier Precision VM at the weekend. Beautiful finish, and tone, and plays very sweetly. Have hardly put it down since.....its a bit lighter than i am used to, but with the the big tone it gives thats a good thing right?

  6. [quote name='warwickhunt' timestamp='1432652691' post='2783605']
    On the subject of expensive v cheap, I'd just add that the cheapest instruments tend to have equally low budget electronics (whether passive or more so in active) and signal to noise ratio is 'generally' less of a problem on better quality instruments.
    [/quote]

    Very good point! And always worth a few quid to get a luthier to give them the once over... Unless you can do it yourself . Unlike me, to my deep shame!

  7. [quote name='NJE' timestamp='1432651344' post='2783588']
    I have owned:

    2x American Standard Fenders P and J
    1x Fender Japan Jazz Vintage Reissue
    2x Overwaters - Progress III and Custom J
    2x Musicman Stingrays - 4 and 5 string
    2x Fender Roscoe beck V's
    1x Squier Silver series Japan
    1x Squier Classic Vibe Precision

    ......and the list goes on. MY POINT (Finally) is that I currently have a £120 Squier Delxue Active Jazz V and a £230 Squier Vintage Modified Precision V, and to be honest apart from a few very minor aesthetic things, I am incredibly happy with them. They sound as good as any other bass I have owned and after a few minutes tweaking actually play better than a lot of my old basses.

    The only thing I actually want and need sound wise is a Stingray but the P and J sounds are covered with the Squiers. Its actually quite liberating playing with a cheap bass and I get more comments on them than the guitars that cost over a grand. You also dont tend to worry about them at gigs, unlike my guitarist who has 3k worth of PRS he stresses about.

    Get a squier, go enjoy playing and use the extra cash for something else.
    [/quote]

    I reckon that is a close to the truth as you can get. And i, also, have spent alotover the last 30 years on expensive kit.

    I think in addition that the general quality of Squiers is well above their price point, and Fenders is well below theirs.

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