martthebass

So now it's clear....this one is a quarter sawn but it's pot luck whether you get QS or flat.

[quote name='EssentialTension' post='304096' date='Oct 10 2008, 05:55 PM'][url="http://www.talkbass.com/forum/showthread.php?p=4032259"]Discussion on this issue at Talkbass[/url][/quote]

Cheers Dave, much appreciated.

Glad the fretless is going well.

I've just got to find room now to smuggle in a Squier VMJ F'less......

That Wal is absolutely gorjus. If I had 1300................slightly used kidney perhaps?

[quote name='odub' post='304088' date='Oct 10 2008, 05:50 PM']I've got one, but i dont know what quarter sawn maple looks like,

The neck is yellowish and woody[/quote]

Indeed it is......

Think of the side of a plank rather than the front (ish)

Good bits.

After 20 odd years of playing I can just about hold a tune.

Bad Bits.

Tinnitus
Heavy gear
Generally ignored by non-bass playing musicians

Having just taken delivery of this beast courtesy of a fellow BC'er earlier this week - today is the first chance I've had to have a proper look at it. Looking at the neck construction I could swear it is quarter sawn maple which I thought was a construction only reserved for high end basses (a la US Laklands, Sadowskies and the like). Anyone else got a US G&L who could comment?

I didn't get a bite on my 3band 2005 Ray4 even at £570 recently and it is as close to mint as makes no odds. Needless to say it stayed with me - we all have limits. There is a point when the inherent value exceeds that perceived by potential buyers ^_^

[quote name='sgt-pluck' post='301509' date='Oct 7 2008, 04:50 PM']If you have a maple neck, it has to be black surely? Otherwise the anodised guard looks great

Pluck[/quote]

Even with Rosewood - it still has to be black...

Here's some I had taken while it was with me if they're any use Russ...

[quote name='OutToPlayJazz' post='300808' date='Oct 6 2008, 09:08 PM']Don't quote me on this, as it's not my bass, but double it and you'll be getting a lot closer![/quote]

Bet you were thinking of ways to stretch the strings out to 17.5mm eh Rich?

[quote name='martthebass' post='296346' date='Oct 1 2008, 11:21 AM']Hah, small world, think I may have seen you in dizzy spells?

Hot Ice - long way down the line ended up as a trio with me and the guitarist and a new singer but we never worked as Hot Ice again. Let me know if you're doing anything local.[/quote]

Well Parcel force 24/48/72/whatever finally delivered the G&L2500 that has replaced this jazz F'less.

All I can say is that it was well worth the wait, this is a truely excellent bass and I hope that someone will prod me repeatedly with a big stick if I ever try to sell it.....

I had a Thumb bass for about a year.
Don't know if the neck dive was serious, but the bass always wanted to hang to the horizontal, not good with a neck that 'long'.
Tried big straps, comfort Strapps etc but nothing seemed to stop the damn thing - in a 2 hour gig I sempt to be liting the neck back to 45 degress about a 100 times. Loved the bass but in the end I had to sell it.

[quote name='Jake_M' post='298138' date='Oct 2 2008, 11:12 PM']Sixteeth aniversary model, sounds great. Chuffed.

Its not the first Precision i've let slip through my fingers over the years. Had to choose between that and another offer of a Warkwick $$ in the end. Hard choice, i really liked the look of the Warwick, but you just can't go wrong with a Precision. Pretty much the definitive bass sound for me, if its a good one. I should really have gotten one in the first place and been been done, but my head was turned by the G&L.

Did you manage to trade the Jazz?

Cheers, Jake M[/quote]

Yup,

It's now in the safe hands of Essential Tension and his G&L L2500 should hopefully be with me tomorrow am.

Think you made the right decision between the $$ and the P BTW.

Think I'm financially buggered because I like MM's and Warwicks. Of the 2 tho I've only stuck with MM, but that's only because I'm a wimp and couldn't get on with the neck dive on my Thumb BO.

Good to see yer back Chris, the place wasn't the same without you.

[quote name='mistahbenn' post='296920' date='Oct 1 2008, 06:11 PM']That trans blue youre on about, has it got a flame top?[/quote]

No just straight ash, but I'm a sucker for ncely figured ash.

[quote name='EssentialTension' post='297490' date='Oct 2 2008, 12:44 PM']And now that 1999 Jazz is going to be mine - thanks Mart. [/quote]

Missing it already Dave,

Talk Talk's 'It's my Life' just doesn't sound the same on a fretted Ray4
Still some Lizzy in the original E Flat will keep me going for a while....

That really is nice, my wife is so glad I'm skint.

Nice one Jake - glad you found something you like.

I got an MIA P bass about this time last year just as a back up to my Thumb and Sterling. Out of the 3 it's the only one I have left and it gigs most w'ends.

[quote name='mr_russ' post='297304' date='Oct 2 2008, 09:47 AM']I'm probably even ready to give a warwick another go[/quote]

Now lets not get giddy

[quote name='mistahbenn' post='296749' date='Oct 1 2008, 03:33 PM']What you waitin for then Mart?[/quote]


Essential Tension's Trans Blue L2500. My MIA Jazz fretless was part of the px - which I loved but ....... I've been after an L2500 for ages.
I had a brief foray into 5'ers with a Lakky DJ5 (which is now with Mr Russ), but I hated the neck width, string spacing and 35" scale. I thought I was definately not for a 5 string but after playing a L2500 in Electro I was sold on having another go - a completely different beast to play and sounds to die for.

[quote name='Rayman' post='296423' date='Oct 1 2008, 12:12 PM'] Best of luck, no-one's interested in mine.[/quote]

I'm not worried - it's a great backup combo

Basses are nice but where's the girl?

I'm looking forward to the arrival of my bad boy.

Good luck with India...

[quote name='OutToPlayJazz' post='296067' date='Sep 30 2008, 11:56 PM']I suppose it's because the graphite necks have that certain extra growl to them.[/quote]

What about Warwick - King of growl?