jezzaboy

Spot on Lozz. I put a fresh set of Ernie Ball cobalt strings the first day I got it. I`m going to live with the Jazz a while longer and at the first chance I will stick it through my own rig and take the advice re the mids. Thanks for all the advice!

When she meets up with Phil wherever they are, she will be giving him a right bollocking for all the drugs! Hope he`s got a set of earplugs 😊

So I recently bought a Fender Player Jazz. Until Monday I had only used it in the house with a mixer and a small powered speaker. It sounded ok but when I played through an EBS head and Ampeg 6 x 10 at the rehearsal studio the sound was, uninspiring is the best way I can describe it, not punchy at all (I`m rubbish at describing tones btw!). I could have put it down to the gear in the studio but I had also brought along a Ibby SR300 with the powerspan 3 band eq. With the settings the same on the amp (everything flat, bass and treble boosted slightly), using the active eq to give a bit of bass boost, the sound was so much better. Even the guitar player commented on the difference in the sound between the 2 basses which has never been known. The Jazz - £615, was well and truly spanked by the SR - £232. I realise they are 2 completely types of basses and I love the Jazz in every other way but it`s just not doing it for me sound wise. I have owned a couple of stand alone pre amps in the past (EHX Battalion, Sansamp) and I always moved them along and much prefer having the eq on the bass. I was thinking of adding a East J tone pre amp at £150 which is a 2 band eq simplified J Retro with a passive option. Does have any experience with the East pre?

For a Glasgow luthier you can`t do much better than Strung Out Guitars. Quality work and decent prices.

I don`t see why not. I have seen Les Pauls with the head nearly broken off repaired as good as new. A good tech should be able to sort it.

Thanks for all the helpful replies. Getting the 2 of them back down is a fine idea.

Holy 5 year old thread resurrection Batman!

Just seen another topic re how to audition a singer. Well here is the "after the audition" topic.

It`s a VM 77 and well worth £180 - £200 any day. I had one a while back, changed the tuners, knobs and bridge and it was a tasty guitar.

For various reasons I will never own a Ric but that looks stunning!

I have bought 2 recently from North west guitars, one black and the other tort. I have a Mex Players Jazz, they are of good quality and fit this model perfectly and cost me £15 posted first class. But not all Jazzes are the same so check before removing the clear vinyl.

Sort of related. There was one of these on Bumtree Edinburgh recently. It didnt have a neck plate, just the screws into the neck, was scratched to bits all over the body, needed a setup and all for the bargain price of £300! I really wanted to write and tell the guy they were £200 brand new but why rain on his parade.

Pete is the man. Read his book if you get a chance. A great and sometimes sad rock n roll story.

I was standing outside a hotel in Frazerburgh where we were playing a small festival last year. I was talking to the lead singer of The Stones, a very nice chap who looks like Jagger a bit, surprise surprise. 2 women came up to us and asked who was the "Jagger guy in the band" Me, I replied and they proceeded to speak away to me until I had to fess up, it was the other guy. I look nothing like Mick by the way. Fame is such a fleeting thing.

Is it just the one person they are looking for because if it is, looking at the job description, they better be getting a damm good wage for what is expected of them.

Gary please don`t. There is an old Ashdown joke regarding fire extinguishers that did the rounds a while ago, you don`t want to resurrect it! The EB will not take 2 x 4 ohms speaker plugged in at once. That would mean a 2 odd ohms load which will render it gubbed, I think that is the technical term. You can use 1 x 4 ohms speaker on its own or 2 x 8 ohms speakers. Really 2 x 4 ohms cabs aren`t really any good unless your amp can run at 2 ohms and it tends to be the more high power, expensive amps that can do this. I`m 99% sure that the EB can`t do a 2 ohms load but I could be wrong...

Nope. It would need to be 1 x 4 ohms speaker or 2 x 8 ohms speakers. Don`t use a 4 and 8 ohms with the EB or it will do the old puff of smoke! To be honest, I don`t know if changing the speaker will be much of an "upgrade" If the original speaker is a 150 watt jobbie, putting in a 400 watt speaker won`t do much good if the head is only pushing out 150 odd watts and it will more than likely be less than that. Also the original speaker is designed to be used in the cab and the Soundlab might not be. But hey, if you like sound it`s all good.

I will buy this genuine Fender with my genuine £18 pound notes! Just hope I am "the lucky guy!"

Have you lost your marbles?? Don`t you know that mixing cabs from different manufacturers upsets the space time continuum and the world could end!! Think of the children!

To the op. I think that if you are looking for that kind of information you would be better buying from a shop where you can test the bass to your hearts content. I`m not trying to be cheeky or sarcastic by the way, it`s just what I would do if I was in your position.

So you don`t think that offering half the advertised price of a bass that`s at a very good price to start with is a ridiculous offer? Please give me a shout the next time you have a bass for sale 😊

Nathan is a superb guitarist as well as bass player. Makes you sick! 😊