Chiliwailer

I sold some pickups to @nord1 After some email chatting it's clear he's a really nice guy - so it was a smooth and friendly interaction.

I worked in guitar retail from 1993 - 2009, back then the potential mark up for new gear was: 55% if you sold it at full price. 30-35% was about average after discount 20% was your typical bottom line in order to "make it worth opening the shop". So one reason for the 15%-20% commission is that if someone wants to buy a new Fender P and you can make 30%, you'd be silly to sell the second hand one at just 10%. That's just one example, I'm aware there are other factors such as bird in the hand etc.

Lovely gesture. Im pretty sure Apple do student discounts, so might be worth taking that route. That’s about as far as I can help!

I had the pleasure of buying some pickups from Jonny, would definitely do so again. Cheers pal.

I get what you mean by that. I for one can’t fault my Ray, and I like that it’s the tried and tested classic. So because I own a nice Ray I wouldn’t go out to replace it. I wonder what people without a Ray, but buying one, would decide if they got to try both? If the new ones are as good as the potential then I reckon that in and ideal world me, and others, would love both.

The more I see of them, the more I’m prepared to be very impressed. Can’t wait to read your posts in July!

I imagine that’d be after you’ve pre ordered one and got it out of the case?

Cheers Lozz for an easy going sale.

Just got the email through from EB, not out til July in the States. Very keen to check one out. http://blog.music-man.com/news/ernie-ball-music-man-2018-product-announcement-namm-kick-off/?utm_source=musicmanblog&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nammmusicmankickoff

Woah, I wasn’t expecting to see those pickups!!! ^ lets hope you’re right Chris!

No, I’m not deliberately misunderstanding you. I just re-read your first post, and it all still stands.

@Dan Dare Many young people are into Little Mix and all that comes with it, so why should a deaf person not be able to enjoy the experience of seeing them, seeing the show, being part of the crowd etc. It's the difference between saying "I was there, I loved it" or not. I'm sure you'd agree that anyone should be able to enjoy an experience, regardless of how you think music should be enjoyed, or whatever disability they have. @NancyJohnson Loads of deaf people go to gigs. Many blind people / vision impaired enjoy films too using audio descriptions, so they can either go with mates or enjoy the experience and sound, Odeon do it. For some people being disabled means that they are generally less engaged as they have less opportunities than non-disabled people, so enjoying a film that way, or going to a gig, is no less a meaningful experience that it is for those who are non-disabled - it's just different. The medical disability model says that the disability itself disables people, the social model says that restricted access is what really disables people - as do people's lack of empathy. It's sad that some people just don't get it, but then that's why disability campaigners have to fight so hard.

Bless IKEA, when we ‘designed’ 2 large sliding wardrobes I made a space for bass cases and gear, best thing I ever did bass storage wise.

You’re stuck at 9? Only one away from a nice round number there, surely that’s all the justification you need?

That’ll give me 8 basses in total... so better make it 6, to make it10...

...all in the name of science and experimenting...

Oh, definitely addicted to loving flats. I have Chromes on my P Bass, EB Cobalts on my Jazz and LaBella on my Spirit headless. I like them all, but Chromes will be tried on the Jazz at the weekend, looking forward to it. Big fan of TI’s, and would love to try LaBella white nylon... guess I need 2 new basses?

Actually Chris, I'm fairly certain it's a shade under 4kg! Thing is, though I've bonded with it more than any Jazz I previously owned, I'm sure there are better Jazz's out there. I was genuinely shocked at how it stood up to the Lull, I mainly bought it for the feel whilst thinking that the tone would be good enough for my needs, the Lull was a GAS attack I was pleased to leave behind. Fender is marmite, you either love them or go on a forum and get out that pent up anger!

Interestingly, I’ve had 3 Lull’s and liked them all, but they never had the heft of my Fenders, they were more polite versions of the Fenders I’ve owned. I took my 2015 USA Std Jazz to Bass Direct last year to compare to the Lull Jazz they still have, with a view to buy it, but the Std smashed it for tone. Not saying it’d smash all Lull’s, just saying.

Why didn't they release a fan fret, graphite neck, headless, MIDI equipped & self tuning P Bass? I'm a Fender fan - I empathise that there isn't much to be done to a well established range, mass market design wise. With the guitar market crashing, second hand sales ever growing, I can't see why they shouldn't mix up the specs to lure people, who can afford it, into buying new versions. I like some new bits, dislikes others, such is life. I'm with Discreet on this one.

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Great attitude mate, it's the bass itself that matters for sure The control panel screws were different back in the day, not sure exactly when they were phased out to be the same as the pickguard screws but it won't be hard to find out if you google some old basses. Yours might even be ok? For example the gorgeous 64 Jazz in the for sale section on this site or the 65 Jazz here http://andybaxterbass.com/details.php?id=1276