Hellzero

I tried almost everything available on the market and as I already said it to you @wateroftyne, they are not good, they are excellent. The only pickups that sound "better" are the (not that expensive compared to Lollar and the likes) Lundgren pickups: https://shop.lundgrenpickups.com/collections/bass

I've seen your dad's face @sascha peakman and all I can say is that he doesn't look that sympathetic at all, not the kind of person I would trust and I never made a single mistake with this feeling: It's all in the (here, frightening) look and attitude, you would be amazed all it can tell (In my profession, I received lessons on how to get to know people in less than a minute by coldly analyzing the data available). You were right to say all you said about who he really was and some people owe you some apologies. The problem is that we often only see the tip of the iceberg and, here, the other part is really scary. You have all my sympathy and I wish you all the best.

If I need to play with a pick, it's always at least a 3mm one as it's the closest to finger style tone.

And the bigger the pick (plectrum for the others), the fatter the tone.

And that's how it sounded after the refretting in 2023, put some headphones, it's way better: AUD-20250818-WA0005.mp3

And here is how it sounded when it was fretless: The funny thing is that I asked Jean-Paul, the bassist here if he had a vintage Jazz Bass for sale, and he pointed me this refinished one that used to be his and he gave me all these informations.

The second one, the natural, belonged to a friend of mine, who imported it from the USA in 2009 and only sold it in 2023 to the actual seller... It was already refinished in white when he received it, but it wasn't a great job when looking close, so a local luthier (Olivier Roux from Saint-Nazaire) turned it into a natural finish, but everything else is fully original, except the frets that were dead in 2018, so another luthier (Cyril Guerin) turned it into fretless and it was refretted just before its sale in 2023 by the same person, and it even comes with its original case. Maybe worth asking @BassAgent. If French is a problem, just ask, and I'll help you.

Didn't know that Rick Astley was a young lady flashing some pretty flesh.

@BassAgent, there are two "interesting" vintage Jazz Basses on Zikinf at the moment: Jörg's personal 1965 in Germany: https://www.zikinf.com/annonces/annonce-2397384 A "naturalised" 1965 in France: https://www.zikinf.com/annonces/annonce-2432484 I guess you already checked Bassic.de too... Worth checking Japan too as the Yen is very low.

Even if you won't be reading it @Stub Mandrel as I'm on your Ignore List for being pedantic, I was about to post exactly the same comments as you.

Are you telling us you don't have the right body to win on social media @Dood ? 😉🤪🤔

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The impregnated cloth on the left is simply amazing to polish anything metallic (it was designed for jewellery), the buffing cloth on the right is subsidiary, but works very well too. Since I bought this kit, the Dremel with the polishing wheel and buffing paste are remaining in the case.

All I can say is that the followers of such obviously fake prestations must have been away the day the brains were distributed.

And rescrew everything tightly, but not overtightening.

So you made it the 90's way and started a huge fight in the restaurant ?

Seen it a lot of times since its release, but it's always a delight. 😊

While we are at it, here is an easy way to know which hand is which: On the right hand, the thumb is on the left.

Looks like you never played an aluminium neck Kramer in plain sun or at an outside gig during a frozen winter ... as Kramer or Travis Bean invented the Auto-Detune.

Following with great interest. 😊

Don't be...

Excellent choice, congratulations!

It started a bit like @Skinnyman with my first ever fiver, a brand new Hohner The Jack V. I proudly came to the rehearsal with that one and only bass and started to tune it EADGD instead of BEADG with the factory fitted strings, even if I found the strings very hard on the fingers, I kept going on until the G string broke in a loud snap very slightly injuring my left hand that was on the neck. No more rehearsal that evening, but beer drinking instead... I had to wait for a month to receive a brand new set from the local store, hey it was 1989 so the store was not stocking fiver bass string sets at all, and certainly not double ball type.

Agreed, but if you don't ask him, you'll never know, and I truly think he would give you all the advices needed to start on good basis. One hour with Axl will be better than a year on the YouTube... You have absolutely nothing to lose, on the contrary.