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    [quote name='6stringbassist' post='304116' date='Oct 10 2008, 06:29 PM']What are these like, is it worth swapping stuff out on one, changing the bridge and pickups etc ?. I'm after a jazz bass, and I want an electric fretless so I'm thinking I may combine the two things and get a fretless jazz.[/quote] I tried one of these out about 8 months back and was v.impressed - I ended up getting a MIA jazz fretless, mainly because I wanted a RW 'board instead of the phenolic and the US pups were a bit 'smoother'. But the VMJ hits well above its weight -I for one am seriously considering one if I can ever find house room
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    Indeed I am Dave, just a bit surprised that it is Quarter Sawn on a 'production' bass. Can't wait to see the Decade btw - how long now?
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    So now it's clear....this one is a quarter sawn but it's pot luck whether you get QS or flat.
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    [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......
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    That Wal is absolutely gorjus. If I had 1300................slightly used kidney perhaps?
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    [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)
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    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
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    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?
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    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 ^_^
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    [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...
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    Here's some I had taken while it was with me if they're any use Russ...
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    [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?
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    [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.....
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    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.
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    [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.
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    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.
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    Good to see yer back Chris, the place wasn't the same without you.
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    [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.
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    [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....
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    That really is nice, my wife is so glad I'm skint.
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    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.
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    [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
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    [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.
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    [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
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    Basses are nice but where's the girl?
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