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    2016 Fender Deluxe Precision (Mex) query ?

    in Bass Guitars

    Posted

    I've literally only had mine a few hours and I'm still getting to grips with the controls but I would say if it does have a tone control on passive it's very subtle as no matter how much I fiddle with various pots, I'm not hearing any difference.

    Having said that you can get a similar effect to a tone control in passive mode by panning between the two pickups.

    Squire V Fender prices

    in Bass Guitars

    Posted · Edited by Cato

    [quote name='dmccombe7' timestamp='1484755987' post='3218158']
    Decided to go for the Surf Pearl Deluxe precision. On order due next week.


    [attachment=236133:fender-deluxe-active-precision-bass-special-surf-pearl-379780.jpg]
    [/quote]

    Mine arrived today.

    I might do proper NBD if I ever learn how to post pictures but suffice to say I couldn't be more chuffed with it.

    Great range of sounds from modern to classic and weirdly (because I didn't feel like I was struggling with my other basses) it feels really easy to play, I was expecting the usual period of adjustment I normally experience when playing a new bass, but it just clicked instantly.

    I hope you are similarly delighted with yours.

    Edit: Mine didn't come with any instructions and I couldn't find the manual online, in case you have the same experience, as far as I can tell from my experiments, from left to right the controls are volume, pan, bottom stacked knob is bass, topped stacked knob is mids and the last knob is treble.

    I reserve the right to be completely wrong about any/all of those deductions.

    Worst ever setlist

    in General Discussion

    Posted · Edited by Cato

    It's a fantastic song and historically quite important (as pretty much the perfect protest song), but...

    http://youtu.be/m57gzA2JCcM

    ... probably won't go down that well at your average jam night.

    The Garage, Islington

    in General Discussion

    Posted · Edited by Cato

    [quote name='ROConnell' timestamp='1484673731' post='3217400']
    One commenter:

    [i][b]"[color=#000000]I think people like this are killing the live music venue where people love seeing bands, getting sweaty, singing out in solidarity with our heroes on the stage! And they’re replacing it with CRAFT BEER and cocktails served IN CAMPBELLS SOUP TINS.[/color][/b][/i]
    [i][b][color=#000000]RIP London.[/color]
    [color=#000000]RIP EVERYTHING WE LOVE."[/color][/b][/i]

    [color=#000000]Aw bless they really don't like craft beer :lol:[/color]
    [/quote]

    -Thread derail-

    Well to be fair it is a bit "Emperor's new clothes".

    First we had Real Ale snobs , when Real Ale become commonplace they moved on to micro breweries and now micro breweries aren't exclusive enough it's all about craft beer, which as far as I can tell is all about putting something suspiciously cloudy in a tiny can then charging punters more than the price of a pint of draught for it.

    If I still drank I'd be starting the 'Campaign for Cheap Sh*te Lager'.

    -Thread derail-

    Squire V Fender prices

    in Bass Guitars

    Posted

    [quote name='dmccombe7' timestamp='1484648277' post='3217077']


    Yes that is the very beast only in sunburst with maple neck. Let me know what you think or have you already tried one.

    Dave
    [/quote]

    Nor tried one yet,I'm (perhaps foolishly) buying blind as a I couldn't find one in stock anywhere near me.

    Fingers crossed it should be with me some time tomorrow.

    I'd have preferred a maple fretboard but I'm not keen on sunburst.

    I'll let you know how I get on.

    Squire V Fender prices

    in Bass Guitars

    Posted · Edited by Cato

    [quote name='dmccombe7' timestamp='1484645980' post='3217050']

    I'm really looking for a PJ active set up for all round tonal possibilities and the Deluxe Fender altho being Mex seems to have all that altho its down to indivivual bass as to whether its gonna be a good un or a bad un.

    [/quote]

    If your'e talking about one of these...



    http://www.gear4music.com/Guitar-and-Bass/Fender-Deluxe-Active-P-Bass-Special-RW-Olympic-White/1N4K?utm_campaign=bEngine%20-%20Fender&utm_medium=paid_search&network=google&adgroup=31445970137&matchtype=b&utm_term=%2Bdeluxe%20%2Bactive%20%2Bp%20%2Bbass&device=t&creative=169962388796&adposition=1t1&gclid=Cj0KEQiAnvfDBRCXrabLl6-6t-0BEiQAW4SRUGPmlbHCBI4oegbNaPcWXVHLvnj-XfeMOKPzq2eOntQaAujF8P8HAQ

    ...Then as coincidence would have it, I'll be finding out whether it's a goodun or a baddun within the next couple of days.

    Is there a reason for the apparent dislike for active basses...

    in Bass Guitars

    Posted · Edited by Cato

    My only problem with them is that it encourages fiddling with the equaliser rather than proper practising.

    Also when used in conjunction with whatever tone shaping section you have on your amp it can over complicate things when trying to get 'that' tone, just by giving you almost infinite parameters.

    Having said that, tomorrow I'm planning on ordering a new bass that will have both active and passive options, so hopefully the best of both worlds.

    Squire V Fender prices

    in Bass Guitars

    Posted

    The other great thing about Squiers, the more modern ones anyway, is that all their vital measurements on things like pick ups, bridges , necks etc are standard Fender sizes, which makes them dead easy to mod.

    I changed the pickups, bridge and wiring loom on my VM Jazz in the space of about an hour.

    Meshell Ndegeocello coming live to the UK.

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    [quote name='MoonBassAlpha' timestamp='1484227655' post='3213708']

    That's exactly it, pick and chose carefully! There is some free stuff in the Montpellier gardens, and lots of food stands etc. but didn't offer any proper ales iirc.
    I mean, ffs, it's a jazz festival, isn't their target audience real ale drinking beard stroking old blokes?
    [/quote]

    Cheers, I'm going to wait to see who else is playing before I make a decision.

    If any of the assorted West Coast Get Down collective are invited then I'll almost certainly be getting some tickets.

    RickenFakers

    in Bass Guitars

    Posted · Edited by Cato

    [quote name='prowla' timestamp='1484092443' post='3212704']
    So anyway, I've always had this hankering to have a headless Ricky.

    A bit of crude cut'n'paste for a rough idea...



    Whaddya reckon - might work?

    Heck, maybe a donor Ricky with a broken head might make a good base.

    I could otherwise experiment with body shapes or base it on a more modern Ricky where the neck pickup is further down, so the body could be shortened a bit.,.
    [/quote]

    If you do a Google search on 'headless Rickenbacker' you'll find a few examples, most of them home builds but there's at least one luthier that says they can build them.

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