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anyone else get worried about changing pickups / active circuitry / configuration / or even physically modding your main bass when you really don't have much idea about how its going to sound ?
Here we have a good quality 'budget' bass - Jazz-style from Hodson (branded & imported from the far east somewhere) (see www.hodsonguitars.co.uk)
High gloss black finish - difficult to take a good photo without reflections - all the marks on the body (apart from the scratchplate screwholes) are artefacts - theres hardly a scratch - you can see how mirror-like it is with the shot of the back showing the camera!
Neck is Jazz'ish - 1 1/2 at the nut and 2 1/2 at the 21st and comfortable and straight - truss rod works ok too
Set up is medium low - little bit of buzz on 'E' and 'A' at the top - nothing much though
1 - the body carefully routered (?) to take precision or jazz pickups in the neck position (typical PJ or JJ setup)
2 - and a battery box added to the back with the trailing lead fed through to the control cavity
3- jack socket added to the side of the body (jack socket with x3 connections for active configuration)
see the pics - all done without affecting the structural integrity of the body!
why ??
I don't think you know how pickups etc are going to sound until you use them in a live, real gig, situation to see how they work in the mix.....so i wanted something whereby i could check out things like different pickups - Bartolinis / EMGs / Kent Armstrongs / humbucking or active vs passive or even the Audere Jazz preamp (built into the control plate) (selling soon!) to give me just an idea without taking a saw to my main bass!
But it still had to look good enough to play in a class function band..
so this bass let me try all sorts of combinations out... most of which i'll be offering when i get round to it !
Comes with x2 virtually unmarked scratchplates - one for two 'jazz' pickups and one for P/J
(both have holes in for the neck pickup cover - cause thats how i play....)
The pickups currently fitted are cheap Jazz-style and should be swapped out at the earliest opportunity (in my opinion!) - but they do work
currently wired in 'standard' fashion (with messy soldering - been on and off several times..) to the jack socket in the control plate
Think i'm settled now (hmmmm... i guess we all think that - till the next attack so i'm offering it as it is in case anyone finds it useful!
thanks for wading through that lot... so ... how much??
yours for just £79 ! or would consider trades / px - esp a half-decent electro-acoustic 6 string ?
courier (uninsured) - probably about £10 / 12 - but welcome to come and try / inspect (i'm in Poole on the sunny .. well... less wet maybe... south coast)
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i'm with dandelion... presumably - as your teacher says the nut is too high - there is no buzz with open strings ??
not sure about your 'professional' set up then -
hmmmm.... been 'away' for a while - this is still here tho'...
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just 'acquired' a bass from matt..... an exemplar for how to pack a bass !!
shame we're so far apart - would like to shake his hand
cheers
roger -
my markbass combo's gone ........but its gone to a good home
hope Lee enjoys it as much as i enjoyed meeting and chatting to him (and Mrs Lee & Junior Lee !) - and a good excuse for a sunny day out on the Jurassic coast!
great chap --- 11 out of 10 -
another pm....
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60w x 48h x 48d (ignoring the tilt-back corner chopped off!)
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i'm not sure i'd want to take it by bus etc! -its quite big for a 2 x 10 - but possible i guess..
i'll measure it later and post
but happy with my GB shuttle & schroeder at the mo - but thanks... -
offers?.... trades ... ??
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have a bump for a great amp! - can't understand why mine hasn't sold !
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[quote name='nugget' timestamp='1325547287' post='1484375']
Is this still available??
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* available still !*
and could possibly be tempted by a trade for a custom-made bass............. -
don't see why not !
cheers
roger
[quote name='rockabillybob1' timestamp='1325436877' post='1483127']
would you post it by courier
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a 'still taking up space in the front room' bump......
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price drop bump..... :{
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final bump... try an offer??
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pm'd and have a bump!
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kettle's on..... bump!
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can't believe there's been no interest bump!
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price drop...'bump'... hurts !
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just have to say i *really* like my shuttle 6 &1212L combination.... so have a friday bump on me!
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'price revision' bump.....
workbench / testbed bass - what do i mean?.... read on.... FS / FT
in Basses For Sale
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its feeling sad and unloved bump........