No lust in Jazz

Nice - I recently took delivery of Super Midget - it is ridiculously good

Hi Borno70 (Quotes don't work on this connection)

Its an ETS system.

I spoke with Adrian this morning - this should be with me next week.

Yes I do...

I asked Scott Thunes to bless my marriage - he did and we're now divorced.

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its the only way you'll get me near 'The Blues'

[i]But if I got a call to play on a rock gig I'd be more inclined to reach for a Precision or a Thunderbird than for a Mustang.[/i]


Well, that's your call..

I misread your earlier post to imply that a short scale bass was in some way unable to 'make the grade' for certain styles of music; having played Precisions for 25 years before my current squeeze I wondered which styles these were.

Either way - I've just had a session with the 'Who Killed Nancy Johnson', You tube collection and enjoyed it.

[i]"Very surprised at the suggestions that a shortscale sounds just like a longscale. Quite clearly YMMV, but every shortscale I've owned (= lots) sounds markedly different to a longscale, with a greater degree of "thuddiness" which works very well for some things (blues, reggae, quite a bit of light jazz) but not so for other things." [/i]

May I ask which are the musical styles that you consider a short scale to be less suited? - just curious..

My Mustang does a mean P Bass tone and I'm yet to find a musical style where a P bass doesn't work

Your Indonesian Squier VM P5 will do it all.

My current personal favourite is an Indonesian Squier VM 5.with flats. But put the soloed sound (which I like a lot) to one side a minute, I've never seen a band where a P bass sound didn't work.

Yes indeed, why upgrade it..I understand the counter arguments - there are others around, buy a Yamaha, buy an Ibanez, This bass stands on its own - the Squier price point could lead one to think that its a piece of rubbish to be avoided, OK I've tweaked mine, but total spend for me has been a shade over £300 and it sounds awesome.

What Dood said, I owned the Demeter and A/B'd it against the power section of a Markbass LM3 - very little difference.

Sorry - its a thread about modifying a Squier VM P 5 bass - sounds like you had a bad experience of doing this - which bass was it?

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I wouldn't spend money on such cheap instrument if the part ain't broken. If it was me i would sell it and buy another bass, for the same money, with better sound/components (won't say wich but you know what i'm talking about )
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Oh... I'm really sorry to read this, which one did you own?

Just for full disclosure - My upgrade path has been.

Dunlop strap locks - Which all of my basses have
A Sandberg Bridge - The BBOT was its weakest feature and I like the Sandberg design
A Kiogon replacement loom - fitted after the tone pot developed a noise
I made some spacers for under the string tree.

It still makes me smile every time I play it..

My personal favorite Squier VM P5 - its just a great Bass, my other 5 string is an Xotic XP-5 which is also great but both active and passive - one is a tenth the price of the other

I've used a bass buddy to drive a Phil Jones powered cab - which works really well.

If you were looking to have a physically small rig I'd buy a combo just to save dicking around with cables and power supplies

I wondered if anyone else had come across the Youtube Channel - Real Bass Lessons....?

Berklee Professor Jim Stinnett - they seem to be aimed at the novice / intermediate player and Jim presents them with warmth and authority - its easy viewing and quite refreshing from some of the Toss that's out there

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I have a dislike / tolerate relationship with FB. I'm currently on my third account.

I keep and eye on stuff of interest, but no friends and don't post, I screwed down all of the privacy settings and so don't receive anything from it,

When I log on I find it quite amusing that I get recommendations of people I may know.

Fast turnaround, excellent tracked service and new P bass loom fitted in minutes a repeat and happy customer - highly recommended

Having had a listen to Last flight to Pluto album sampler - the ideal bass to suit the band has to be a twin neck...

Realising that I was in the 'The prog band that doesn't want to progress' I'd laugh a lot and then ask what was 'appropriate'...

If you're happy with the P bass, I'd stick with that and get an amp that compliments it..

^ I understand the desire to change out stuff on a £250 bass and as previously stated I've done it myself. On this bass the only thing that I don't like on this bass is the bridge which I may change for a Sandberg - not so much for the high mass, but more I just like that design.

For the money didn't know what to expect, but I'm delighted with mine and it brings a stupid smile to my face when I play it.

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Ref how did it sound up-pugged? - this is a point of note, I knew from the moment I was unboxed that this bass would sound good.