jezzaboy

I take it when you but the 70`s Jazz you get a dodgy neck pocket, boat anchor weight and general shoddy QC? But not all 70`s Fenders are crap: so says everyone who tries to sell one I take it that knowing Fender these ones will be more expensive than the almost exactly the same models that these ones replace?

Funny you should say that as I have just googled said guy in the pink cowboy hat and his name is Wright Tube the 3rd. One of a long line of Tubes. From Texas I believe, where the girls are girls and so are some of the boys. Especially ones with pink cowboy hats.

Just sold Chris a cab. Nice guy and super easy to deal with. Thanks!

The neck is slim but has slightly more of a "handfull" than most Jazz necks which is perfect for me. The VS 4 is an exceptional piece of kit.

I like the way that is just has the M on it and not player to player or whatever it sometimes says. Lovely looking bass.

Correct Dave, Berkeley it was indeed. When I plugged in the Ibby, I just turned down the gain until the red light was only going on at the loudest point.

I totally agree with this and other similar views.

I think they tried this with Paul Reed Smith a few years ago and they didn`t win that one. Does Gibson`s legacy and copyright of shapes extend to the Gibson/Epi Stratocasters they made a few years back? Hi my name is Mark Agnesi and no I`m not reading this corporate BS off an autocue.

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.