NancyJohnson

Thanks for the comments. I'd been gassing for one of these for about a year - in anticipation I actually bought the pickguard in the spring!

I've been noodling on it most of the day - I was supposed to have been playing at someone's houseparty this evening, but that didn't happen (which was disappointing as I was looking forward to using it there). Neck profile is delicious...it's a very comfortable, playable bass, with nice grunt. My Precision is officially retired.

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As I posted last week, I collected this this morning.

Swapped the white guard over for a Jeannie's black pearl (fantastic fit BTW), put on some Dunlop strap locks, and restrung. Sounds lovely. VERY happy. Lakland hard case as well.

Bless my good lady.

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I will not be using Thomann again. Whilst the goods (an Ashdown 4x10) may have been in perfect condition when it left the warehouse, the cabinet got damaged en route (OK, not a Thoamnn problem but...). Their customer service was dire, the replacement goods got lost in transit and then after a lot of chasing on my part were located.

The whole process took around two months.

I'm sure this isn't generally the case. I was just pretty unfortunate.

There's a thread about it here somewhere - just look up Thomann and Damn! Damn! Damn!

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[quote name='niceguyhomer' post='344867' date='Dec 3 2008, 10:41 PM']I'm staying at my friend's house in Wokingham (near Reading) [/quote]

I'll be in Wokingham <checks watch> in about 40 minutes. Work. Sheesh.
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Damn damn damn!

In the unlikely event that it's not collected, can I have second dibs please!

Cheers
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I've got one of the new Honda CRVs. With the back seats up, I've been able to get all my kit, the (ex) drummers kit, a Marshall head, plus aforementioned drummer and me driving. The bass actually rides across the car width. I think with a bit more jiggery, we could have got even more in. To be honest, I nearly went for a Nissan Qashqai - it was huge in the back.

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...I've landed a Lakland DJ5 in black, rosewood board. Collecting it Saturday.

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[quote name='warwickhunt' post='334718' date='Nov 23 2008, 09:02 AM']A near miss for me... [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=180305668863&ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT&ih=008"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...A:IT&ih=008[/url]

In the end I didn't bid, so admittedly the final price may have been higher but £200 for a 12 string Hamer is pretty damn cheap. Had it been the TP model I'd have been all over it.[/quote]

Just get a Waterstone...you I love mine. They have some great new finishes and blocks on the neck now as well.





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That's pretty yummy.
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I've got a silver Arcam DV78 DVD player that I'm needing to move on. It plays DVDs, CDs, MP3 CDs. It's four years old and not really had a whole lot of use - it's our second player - and it's in fantastic shape. The original box is long gone, but I've got the remote and operating instruction book. I hate to say it, but the driving force for the change is that it's the wrong colour for our current decor.

Now, I know you can pick up DVD players for £50 nowadays, but this is a quite lovely machine and of course it's backed up by the Arcam name. I paid a spit under £700 for it four years ago...realistically it has to be worth £200-£250, so £225+shipping (shouldn't be more that a tenner), or collected from me near Reading, Berkshire.

PM me or reply here if interested.

Cheers
Paul

I had read somewhere that as soon as Fender purchased Kubicki, they couldn't get the electrics of the Ex-Factor into a production Jazz bass model. I see he's mentioned this in his advert. I hadn't been able to firm this up, so it's interesting seeing it again.

As for that bass? The finish is pretty horrific. Doesn't do anything for me and I like jazzes.
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Never used Fast Fret - used Finger Ease for a while. Don't know whether they still even make it!
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Now then.

It's my birthday beginning of next month and I'm lining up a birthday/pre-Christmas purchase of a Fender Jazz - I'm going against my heart and buying new, but I seriously need honest good cop/bad cop reviews on four models and preferably your choice from:

1) the new MIM 70s reissue (advertised @ £450 and mentioned elsewhere in this forum);
2) a Geddy Lee signature model (you all know this one), or,
3) a Japanese JB75/US (£700 shipped) like this: [url="http://imageevent.com/nu2uguitars/fenderjapanjb75usfcblack"]LINK[/url]
4) a Highway One upgrade model (this is my outside choice)

Erring on the side of caution, I would say my first choice is #3 above - it looks the nuts to be honest. I played both the Geddy and the JB75 in the US recently and while the Geddy had a neck to die for, the JB75 had a beautiful phat tone. I would hasten to add that if I went with the JB75 I'd probably put a BadAss II on it. I haven't touched one of the new MIM 70s reissues.

Alternatively, should I just continue to hold on for a Lakland DJ5 (also in black)?

Cheers (and confused)
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I've got a SD Quarter Pounder on mine. It's OK, but the E string is very whumpy for about the first three/four frets. I don't know why, so I just live with it. There just seems to be a lot of bass and additional output from those notes. I've swapped over the pickups and it's just the same.

Might try something else at some stage.
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Even though I really want a black one, I'm strangely drawn to this: [url="http://cgi.ebay.com/MINT-MINT-LAKLAND-DARRYL-JONES-5-WITH-AUDERE-JZ3_W0QQitemZ120327044558QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item120327044558&_trkparms=72%3A570|39%3A1|66%3A2|65%3A12|240%3A1318&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14"]DJ5[/url]

Currently £680, no bids.

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[quote name='Linus27' post='315753' date='Oct 27 2008, 01:05 PM']Do you have the dates of the Q magazines? I am looking for one from 2000.[/quote]

Only one? Come on, take all of them!

I have them going from #10 (or thereabouts) up to #249...that's from June 1964 to April 2007 (not really, it just seems that many).

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I've been thinking for some time about buying an Epiphone SG (the six-string, not the EB bass variants) and converting it to a basitar a la Chris Ballew of PUSA.

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Few other bits for sale:

1x Griffin Roadtrip. This unit allows iPOD use in the car) - used a handful of times - new car essentially made it redundant. Excellent condition. Box has a little tear on it. £20.00+PP

DVDs
24 series 1 (R1)
Pirates of the Caribbean - The Curse Of The Black Pearl (R2)
The Osbournes Season 1 (R1)
Cheap Trick - Live in Australia (R0)
The Fifth Element (R2)
Little Britain Series 1 2DVD (R2)
Stereophonics - The Performance & Cocktails video collection (R2)
Stereophonics - Live At Morfa Stadium (R2)
Stereophonics - Live At Cardiff Castle (R2)


I'l do 24 for £7.50 incl. postage (it is a bit bigger than the others) and all the rest for £5.00 each including postage.

I've also got about 250 Q magazines and supplements boxed and in my garage as well. Will someone PLEASE come and take them away (I just can't bear the thought of putting them in for recycling).

Reply if you're interested!

Cheers
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They've got to be series one - I've got a pair of series two as well and the serial number plate shows S2. To be honest both sets are capable enough and I can't really tell the difference soundwise.

That said, these are [s]now provisionally[/s] sold.

Thanks
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[quote name='stu_g' post='314774' date='Oct 25 2008, 10:25 PM']any pics im only in basingstoke and im a big fan of b&w speakers cheers stuart[/quote]

I'll do pics in the morning. They're 601s by the way, not 501s. My mistake, sorry.

Someone has asked me why I'm selling. It just seems that I listen to more music off an iPod set on shuffle than CDs - we're having a new TV delivered this week - the old 32"CRT is now in the extension (and taking up a huge amount of space) and together with my gear, a couple of sofas, table etc. we simply haven't got the square footage for everything (including the speakers/stands), so I'm going to get a Klipsch or Logitech dock for the iPod in the extension, which will suffice for now.

Just to add a further sweetener, I think I have a few more metres of QED micro in my man-drawer in the garage.

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I'm having a rethink about hi-fi in my extension, so I need to move a few things on.

I've got a pair of black B&W series one 501 speakers, a pair of sand filled Atacama SE24 speaker stands (plus spikes), an Arcam Alpha 7 amp, quite a few metres of QED Microwire (black), and some banana plugs all for sale.

One of the speakers has a small chip on one corner (out of sight) and while it looks fine, the frame of one of the cover grills could use glueing (these both happened in transit here four years ago).

Essentially, just add a CD player or an iPod and you're sorted.

I'm in Crowthorne, on the Bracknell side of Reading. If anyone is interested PM me. £125 for the lot? No offers please.

Cheers
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Don't get your panties in a twist, but I really couldn't care any less about Jaco/Stanley/Marcus etc.

Here's mine:
Geddy Lee (my inspiration when I started)
Mick Karn (kind of that 'WTF - and how - is he playing?' moment)
John Myung (kind of 'jeepers, when there's someone as good as this what's the point?' moment)

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I go a little giddy where white TBs are concerned.
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Well nearly two months after my original order, I have my 4x10 from Thomann. Amazingly it's still in one piece after apparently spending three weeks on a tour of Europe.

I'll probably buying locally in future.

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I can't believe there's only one nod to Mick Karn on here. His starts to Adolescent Sex, Obscure Alternatives, ALien, In Vogue, Swing, My New Career, The Art Of Parties (12" version), Still Life In Mobile Homes, Sons Of Pioneers, Visions Of China are f2cking legendary.

Wise up you slackers!



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