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[quote name='AlX' post='662725' date='Nov 23 2009, 02:45 PM']thanks for the answers guys... I guess i´ll replace my Fender JB V with the Hohner... I can´t stand this gas anymore. hahah.. everything you say makes the hohner more tempting... i agree.. is an underrated instrument.. Thanks ! AlX[/quote] You won't regret it, it fits in a guitar gig bag, never goes out of tune, balances beautifully, change strings in seconds, great pups and tronics, did I mention it does awesome dub sounds too

[quote name='lemmywinks' post='660432' date='Nov 20 2009, 06:24 PM']My Fortress has the brass one and it's excellent. They use plastic ones now which are flakey (and sharp) but still work. I can't think of a reason why they changed them, other than cost and convenience[/quote] You had the brass JAN1, the JAN II is the awful crap one that has the easily breakable side retainers that rip you fingers, the JAN III is now standard and is excellent.

Those Hohners are ace. Mine was an all maple Pro Jack Bass Custom. Growly, bright, and did the best dub sounds of all my basses. I regret selling it deeply, especially as it went for £100 on the bay

I use a volume pedal. I would think on most passive basses the onboard vol could also be used as a tone control like you would on a guitar.

[quote name='bubinga5' post='650253' date='Nov 9 2009, 11:24 PM']like i said, where is bass.or where can it go.....would you rather hear melodic bass lines that compliment the song, or would you rather hear super techniques that blow you away...somewhere in between for me... ive often thought that the bass is a slave to the music really, even if its play with some flamboyance , as long as it stays within it boundries...thats where it is most effective right?? lets face it, most of the public who listen to music dont even know the bass is there(which is a shame) but what will it take, to take bass to the level that other instruments are...im thinking this may never happen because of the nature of the instrument... sometimes i love the fact that its only us that realise the importance of electric bass, but i wish sometimes that other (non musician) people would think about what there listening to sometimes...as well as other instruments of course!! i very rarely come across anyone who says "oh i love that bass line" or "man i dig that guitar or trumpet part" ive often said that i play bass for the bigger picture which i stand by, but does our bass playing fall on deaf ears? are we slaves to the listeners as well as the music! oh i do think too much..[/quote] People know it's there even if it's only subliminally. In pop and rock and funk and reggae, the bass is a fantastic "mood attenuator". All instruments should be slave to the composition and to the composer's vision, although you can change that vision in some circumstances.

Polished ebony, unlined, side dots on the "fret". Why? Because, as someone already said, it looks bad ass It also fits with the spirit of the acoustic bass and I feel more "spiritual" (if that's the right word) when I play unlined ebony.

[quote name='The Bass Doc' post='648217' date='Nov 7 2009, 05:05 PM']Shame you need 5s - I have access to a couple of sets of 760FLS in 4-string sets only.[/quote] I just bought a set from Stringbusters, they have very little LB in stock. They feel "dry" compared to the ones I bought last year. Weird.

[quote name='hubrad' post='642696' date='Nov 1 2009, 06:41 PM']Why would anyone bother to put the tuners at the bottom and still put a head at the top?[/quote] Aesthetics

I think you should try some Warwicks, or Warwick Rockbass. Especially the Corvette.

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Agree with what's said above. Small hands aren't really an issue. There are 5 foot high wimmin playing full size upright basses so don't worry, go with what you like, after trying many of course. I think a 35inch scale is possibly more of an issue, just go for a standard long scale 34inch, which most 4 string basses are. There are short scale basses though if your fingers really are tiny.