chrisanthony1211

Quick question, in the course of researching vintage precisions I found little on pickguards, when did fender start using the three ply WBW on Precisions, could you get them as far back as 1960?

I was quite fancying an early 70s jazz bass to match my precision, however I've read a lot of bad stuff about the fender micro tilt design in the 70s, is it all that bad? Are the necks really that unstable? I wonder whether they may have been better in the early 70s, and then as fenders quality control got worse in the mid to late 70s, so did the application of the three bolt neck. There is obviously nothing wrong with the design as the reissues with the three bolt necks seem to be quite good, so it was the application which was the problem, any experiences with these would be appreciated.

I've put the original tweeter back in, the horn sounded good at low volumes, but at rehersal volume I found that because it was not a perfect fit, it seemed to chuff a little with the air escaping around the sides, probably because theses things create so much internal pressure air leakng from places that they shouldn't do is not a good idea, anyway the original tweeter is back in and I just turn the VLE up a little to eq out the hiss, this is still a brill combo, I've got through a hell of a lot of high end combos over the years, and regardless of the annoying tweeter, this is still one of the best overall packages.....particularly when paired with the NY extension combo, maybe when Mark bass do their next upgrade they will allow you to control the tweeter like you can on the extension cab....

This is pretty weird.....what is the great big lump on the back of this bass..... http://www.ebay.com/itm/Mystery-Vintage-Fender-Jazz-Bass-Guitar-Perhaps-some-Modifications-/391088290402

Horn turned up today and installed. Simple enough job,..rehersal tonight to give it a good blast, I may even take my NY extension cab........mmmmmmmmm

Thanks for the advice, I've just ordered one from ebay for £10.......can't go wrong for that price if it improves the sound..

I'm wondering whether there is any benefit in splitting cabs to either side of the stage rather than stacking them on top of each other? Will splitting the cabs up to either side of the stage produce a fuller sound or would you be missing something by not stacking them, I can't say that I've seen people splitting their cabs up but it seem to make some sence to me.......

I have disconnected the tweeter on mine and I'm so pleased to have got rid of that annoying hissing.....are there any other alternative horns that could be fitted other than the HT30????? I don't mind spending a few extra £££ to get the best result!