HeadlessBassist

Hmmm... If you were driving said Bus, you wouldn't have much chance of being run over by it. 🤔

Are these 7-Series Yamahas Japanese made, or produced by the Cort factory?

Congratulations. They're lovely basses. If you like it and it fits you like a glove, the cost really doesn't matter and hey, you may be run over by a Bus tomorrow. Enjoy it

Kill me now. Please. 🤦‍♂️

The hardness of the fingerboard mainly makes a difference to the percussiveness of the sound. A graphite neck with phenolic fingerboard will sometimes add a "shimmer" to the sound too. But you do often find that there's a big difference in attack and percussiveness, for instance when one maple fingerboard is glossed and another isn't. There are a huge amount of variables at play. So are you keeping the "chunkier" maple neck on your 'Ray, KillerFridge?

So which one of you is the Gordon Murray of the Bass World? It is utterly fascinating, but I generally don't take things apart. I have been genuinely surprised at how light my GB Spitfire & 95 Stingray are, though. Also, has anyone found that lighter basses seem to resonate better?

"And lo, when the price equals the number of the beast, the bass he shall have..." Congrats Carl, that's a great looking bass

Personally, I'd leave the 'Claw Bridge' on. It looks very individual and cool. Definitely a talking point.

Yes, welcome ET - that's a fantastic looking Precision. I'm looking forward to hearing how it plays/sounds when you get it. The early eighties were an interesting time for offshoot instruments like the Specials and Elites. Fender were forced to introduce preamps and other additions when other makers suddenly burst into the eighties with more 'up-front' powerful basses.

Very reasonably priced and might just need a setup. Where are you buying it from? The RBX series is very similar in price and quality to the Ibanez SR300. Great starter basses.

Didn't you buy a lovely looking Japanese Jazz in the Summer, WoT? Lovely looking example of an AVII you have there! If you get a good one, the American Vintage/Original/Vintage II Jazzes are some of the very best around. I know what people mean about the side dot markers - the ones on my American Original just about disappear on a dark stage, but it's no real issue usually. It looks like yours has a single piece back, too. That always improves resonance. I've been very impressed by the '66 pickups (used a set in a custom build bass earlier this year and just bought some more for my MGCS/Aurok Walnut/Graphite Jazz build. Oh, and Lollipop tuners for the win! Congrats

The Nanoweb coated Nickel Elixirs are the ones I mainly use. I change them once a year, usually after 30-40 two hour live shows. Also, the 40-95 set are really comfortable to play, very bendable, but still with good string tension and no loss of tone.

Looks just right to me. How does it sound..?