Grahambythesea

Very smart looking bass. As these can vary quite a lot, and to some us it matters, could you give the weight please.

Why not just buy the bass you want and ask your neighbourhood luthier to take the frets out and put in line markers. Sorted.

On 24/04/2018 at 15:41, bubinga5 said:

I want this bad boy for my 50th. 18 string. Forget a P Bass. You turn up with this.

Eek! I reckon you could surf to the gig on that!

£25 you were robbed.....🤑😃🤪😝😃😅

I expect Chowny would build you one if they don’t already do one as stock.

Looks like a great renovation. Something quite early Ibanez about its look.

Just been looking at the Ishibashi music site. They have a fantastic amount of stock, but looking at the prices, once you have allowed for import duty etc, they are way more expensive than the equivalent are for sale at here. Unless you want something that may be rare over here like some of the Fender Japan models then given current rates of exchange they don’t stack up. IMHO

EB 2013 -5

It looks like the Jazz met the Aerodyne and added a string. It looks interesting, but you’re right about investing that kind of cash without trying it and without it having a track record or perhaps someone respected endorsing it.

Clever, not my taste though.

6 hours ago, Jenny_Innie said:

Everyone should own a Fender Precision.  The proper American one - used to be called Standard, now called Professional.

Get yourself a new one of those and understand that you own the benchmark against which all other basses are measured.

Respect will be yours when you stand on a stage.  An unquestionable seat at the top table of bass playing.

I’ve owned 2 US P’s in my time. A 70’s and a 90’s which were both fine (much better than my J that came newcand unplayable, the neck needed a shim!) I have huge respect for the man who designed the P nearly 70 years ago, but even he redesigned it several times in his life time. Personally I find the neck width too wide, but you can now get Ps with J sized necks which solves that problem. However the company making them is not what it used to be and the quality for the money is sometimes very questionable. Other makers seem to be able to produce their versions to a better standard than Fender.

This thread is about what to get for your 50th. If you have survived gigging, carrying the additionally heavy gear needed for bass playing and the stresses of life upto that age without ruining your back, shoulder , arm and any other part of your anatomy then you’re amazing. Probably many of us need to find something that weighs in a bit less than the average 10lb of a Precision.

However I feel it’s case of been there done that got the tee shirt, time to move on. 

I bought a 66 Gibson EB2D, had always wanted one but it was definitely a mistake.  The neck was not a comfortable play, the mud bicker way to powerful and the bridge pickup tinny. Swapped in the end for a Guild Dreadnought acoustic. Still love the shape though.

Thanks. Should have read the spec more closely ‘cos you said that.....

On 16/04/2018 at 17:24, HazBeen said:

Like a 12 string, so very chorusy due to 2 octave strings per bass string. Listen to Jeremy of Pearl Jam and you will get the idea.

Thanks, and to Linus27 for posting the track. Having heard it that’s not a sound i’ll be looking for, much as I love my 12 string guitar, the bass just doesn’t do it for me. So that’s one less person vieing for these rarities! 😜

There’s also a helpful “fix” described on TB under the heading “Quick 3 point bridge adjustment screw fix for Guild B-302”. This guy stripped the thread on the front adjustment screw and had to replace it. However what he says and shows gives good insight into how this bridge functions, which is similar to the Gibson 3 point about which there is much info here and elsewhere.

Gary Fletcher of the Blues Band plays “upside down”.  The 4+2 method is great to ensure that your fingers are in the right place without having to stretch to far. Start with your middle finger on the root note and you really can’t go wrong.

 Neck width and weight might clinch it!

Is the neck width P or J?

Did you order it direct from China, did you have to pay import duty? I quite fancy one of the 335 basses which seem to be on offer at a little over $300.

That’s a very convincing replica, the originals have a reputation for neck dive, how is it on this one? I quite like the gold but understand that you wouldn’t want to look the same as your guitarist - the days of matching guitars is long gone.....

I’m with Geek99 on this one. If they are really brass, the corrosion with clean off easily.  Does the bass have other brass parts? I remember Arias having some really smart brass fittings.

So it’s a 12 string bass grouped as 4 sets of 3? How’s that going to sound?

On 31/03/2018 at 21:25, BreadBin said:

I recently had this arrive for a clean and setup as a friend was wanting to sell it.

I have really gelled with it, so much so that I'm keeping it! Just a Stagg, but not bad 

That looks an unusual shape body, nice wood.

I ha e a Spectorcore 5 fretless and it is superb for the money. Ebony board, Fishman Piezo plus the EMG ( now replaced by a Bartolini I believe) and a modest weight. If I have a criticism it’s that on the 5 the string spacing is quite narrow, about 17mm I think. The 4 has wider spacing.