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[quote name='zapp' post='155503' date='Mar 11 2008, 08:43 PM']Your Wife has offered you a Jazz Bass for your Birthday and you already have four!!!!!!!!!?

Two things. Firstly she needs to speak to my Wife.

Secondly. Check the car for dings!! [/quote]
^^ What he said!

Hi,

I've just found the site and, of course, signed up

I'm a 40something that's only been playing a couple of years; though I have been a (wind of various guizes) musician for many years.
I enjoy most flavours, rock, jazz, blues, funk 'cetra.

I've gigged in local pubs a few times (and great fun it is too!) but my mate got a better paid job solo, so I'm not talking to him any more or gigging at the mo.

I've got 5 basses, much to the chagrin of my wife ("you can only play 1 at a time..."), One I can only describe as a plank of wood, but hey! It got me started and fired up enough to stay with it I've also got a Washburn T24 (now fitted with piccolo strings - just to see how it would sound - not what I expected but ok), a fretless Warwick Rockbass Corvette Classic, a MIM Fender Jazz (defretted) and an America S1 Jazz. Amps: Trace Elliot Series 6 TE2007 head, Behringer BX4500H head, TE 15" cab and Behringer 2x10. Fortunately, I've got an office I can make a noise in, 'er indoors won't let me play them in the house lol!

That's about it really, 'cept if anyone in the Hartlepool area needs a (slightly greying) lowender with loads of enthusiasm

Cheers

Greetings fellow bottom enders, I just wanted to add my 2p...

I've got a defretted MIM Jazz and a USA Jazz (both bought new). I found the USA far superior to the MIM. The USA played, without adjustment from the box where the MIM needed a fair bit of bridge adjustment. Also the pickups on the MIM are much quieter than the USA. At almost half the price though, I suppose the MIM was a bargain