JohnDaBass

@BabyBlueSound have you been able to source a suitable gig bag or lightweight case?

1 minute ago, BabyBlueSound said:

@JohnDaBass how is your E string though? Mine was pretty dead, and the A is already losing brightness, and I always play with clean hands.

 

Ordered D'addario nylons anyway, might need to file the nut a bit

So far no issues, there seems a good balance across the 4 strings through an amp.

Early days, but lets see how the strings bed in and settle down?

NBD

My black/Tort Mustang-a-like turned up yesterday.

Very pleased with the purchase, all the previous comments and reviews by Lowend Lobster & Bassthe World are spot on.

Excellent fit & finish, light weight, lovely roasted bound neck and great balance on a strap.

The improvements of the tuners and 3-position Pup selector switch are just right and the Pups are loud and mid forward.

Great P tones and the high gain bridge Pup adds just the right amount of honk to replicate a Jazz tone.

I missed these the first time round but fate provided the opportunity to buy one of the later runs with the improvements that I would probably have done if I had purchased one from the first batch.

I bought this as an upgrade platform to follow @pedand @Andyjr1515 lead with the mods to the '66 Mustang by adding a Gemini TBird Pup and swapping out the bridge Pup for a Warman Twin rail humbucker ( yet to be decided).

Interestingly the 'P' Pup is exactly positioned in the short scale sweet spot, 10ins from the 12th fret, so the Genini TBird Pup should sound full and rich.

Great value for money, JMJ on a shoe string( how do they do it?????)

NBD 

Mine turned up yesterday. 

What a lovely fun little thing!!!

Sounds great through my Fender Rumble 800 combo,  very 'P' bass focused .

Good balance across all strings.

Fretboard appears quite dry so I'll sort that in the the coming days.

Very pleased with the Olympic White / tort finish and amazingly well balanced on a leather strap. 

Just the job for sofa noodling. 

Thanks to @lksmks792 for the heads-up. 

Ordered a black/tort Mustang-a-like , missed these when they first launched so purchased on past reviews. 

I like the tuner and selector switch upgrade, HB seems to have listened to comments from the likes of LowEnd Lobster and BasstheWorld.

Bargain JMJ for £200.👍

Short scale just seems to be more comfortable and I can still last playing 2 hours pain free.

2 hours ago, ezbass said:

Getting old and infirm sucks 😤! At least you owned and enjoyed them for a while. Hopefully, you can have some fun with the proceeds.

Yup, still got all my short scale basses and still playing in one band.

I really fancy a USA G&L Fallout, because the tribute I had for my 70th birthday is super and I hear that the USA ones are even better.

Due to age, health, and deteriorating arthritis in my left thumb I have decided to say goodbye to three of my “Trophy” long scale basses.

Trophy? Well, you know, at times during your working life funds pop up unexpectedly and you mark the event with, of course, a bass purchase.

So, my ’72 Fender Telecaster bass, US Fender natural P Deluxe and MIM Fender FSR Seafoam green PJ.

2007 US Fender Delux, maple neck with carbon rods, light natural ash body 9v active.

2015 MIM Fender FSR Seafoam green PJ, adler body, bound maple neck ( Jazz width Geddy Lee type) black inlays.

Goodbye my dears 🥹

And here's my little bute.

43 minutes ago, dave_bass5 said:

I think I’ll get this. Coming back to bass i realised i sold off my BDDI. I like that the 60B+ has a BDDI with more Mid freq’s selectable. Even more than the real thing. If i only use it for this its still over £100 cheaper. I do stil have my original 60B, and a B1 Four, which ill use until i can get the 60B+

Ooooh

Zoom Fanbois R Us 🤣😂🤣😂

( B1 Four x2 + B6 owner)

Do we know if the MS 60+ talk is  Tonelib and  Zoom Guitar lab?

19 minutes ago, Chienmortbb said:

Correct.  Zoom dropped a clanger there. Don't get me wrong its a great pedal, especially with a version of your Free/Bad Co patch on it (stolen from the B1 Four. Most of the stock patches are usable unlike the B1 Four.

Wow, now that is a huge error. 

At least my B6 talks to Zoom guitar Lab so swapping patches from B1 Four is easy.

It's hard to believe that the Zoom techies overlooked a desktop solution. 

I did have some GAS to build a new pedal board around  a B2 Four, but your confirmation has doused that fire until a desktop solution appears. 

Thanks John

20 hours ago, Chienmortbb said:

Now where I will criticise Zoom is that the old PC editing software does not work on the B2 Four. On the plus side the effects are quieter  and there are some really useful patches out of the box.

Hi John, is my understanding correct that the B2-4 does not talk to Zoom Guitar Lab nor ToneLib?

So the only way to edit is through the Apple App or on the B2-4 itself☹️

Heads up

Ibanez  TMB 100 on offer at Amazon. £120

Apologies 

@Pauld has corrected my error. 

TMB 100 is 34ins scale. 

sorry

I am a long time admirer of @kodiakblair builds his attention to detail and craftsmanship is second to none.

Being a lazy sod I tend to seek the simplest solutions which are in the range of my more limited capabilities. 

As @kodiakblair has shown, we talking about 3mm, so if you have limited access to tools and routers it maybe worth considering gently sanding the heel of the neck to fit the body!

Clearly you end up with a slightly nonstandard neck but if you don't plan to swop the neck then gently sanding the heel of the neck maybe a way forward. I agree with @kodiakblair that the Fender Hi-mass bridge should have enough travel to get the correct intonation. 

Best of luck with your build. 

This is very sad news. 

Met up with Nick when he bought my Fender Kinsman acoustic bass.

Talked for ages, about rugby, bands and all things bass.

Nick was a wonderful Guy and a real gentleman. 

RIP Old Horse Murphy 

+1 for the DiMarzio Ultra Jazz Pup. Powerfull, articulate and clear.(forgot to say that it is humbucking so silent)

Check out the Dimarzio web site as they have some very fine power compareisons and tone charts.

When ordering check the correct dimensions as the neck and bridge Pups are different lengths.

7 hours ago, scrumpymike said:

NBD!!  After much deliberation, finally decided to take the plunge on this drop-dead-gorgeous (IMHO) Sandberg Cali ll TM SL 2-band active that Thomann had in stock. Only just unpacked it but I can report that the build quality and playability are spot on - as I expected, having owned a Lionel. Thanks to its paulownia body and lightweight machine-heads, this one weighs next to nowt and still balances perfectly on the strap. I'll post more feedback when I've got to know it properly.

 

Absolutely lovely @scrumpymike.

Body looks sooooo lush  with a lovely maple neck. 

I'd be really interested to hear how the mix of the single coil neck Pup blends with the MM Stingray Pup. Congratulations on your latest acquisition,.

BTW

Have told Mrs Scrumpymike or are hiding it under the bed when it's delivered while she's out shopping?

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 

NBD Squier Jaguar SS

Back in August last year I bought one of the new Fender Limited Edition Mike Kerr Jaguar SS.

Arthritis in my left hand has forced me to move from 34 ins scale basses to short scale 30 ins basses.

After new strings, Gotoh bridge and setup I have fallen deeply in love with my Barbie bass, yes Tigger orange, wide range humbuckers and gold hardware.

I have been hoping that Fender would launch a Squier Jaguar SS with the same humbucking Pups as the Rascal.

In the meantime, up popped a 2015 Squier Jaguar SS which I nabbed within hours of it appearing for sale.

The previous owner had a luthier to refinish the body in metallic sliver and refinish the colour matching headstock with clear poly and naughty (But nice) Fender Jaguar Bass logo.

The Squier now sports my favourite DiMarzio Split P Pup and DiMarzio Ultra J (neck) Pup in the bridge position. It's necessary to use the neck J Pup at the bridge because the combination of 38mm nut, 30ins scale means that the pole pieces do not align perfectly if you fit the J bridge Pup.

I rewired the controls to add a 3-x position switch with master volume and tone and also adding a 0.5 mF capacitor rather than the DiMarzio recommended 0.33mF capacitor. A 3D Guyker bridge replaced the standard Squier bridge and helps provide perfect pole piece alignment and perfect balance, no neck dive on knee or strap. 

I have successfully used the DiMarzio Split P Pup on a few Bitsa builds, it's a fantastic Pup, it’s powerful, articulate, with a huge range of tones. 

In my search to match a single coil bridge Pup to the Split P I concluded that the DiMarzio Ultra J was the best fit.

The DiMarzio website has a very nice set of data sets and graphics which show the tone and power characteristics for each of their Pups.

The Split P has a reference output of 250 which is the same as the Ultra J. That 250 output is far higher than the new Relentless P and J Pups so I am pleased that there is a nice balance between the Split P and Ultra J so avoiding the normal drop off of gain when switching from P to J .

The Ultra J is humbucking so is free from hum associated with single coil Pups.

 Happy Days

On 04/09/2023 at 19:05, Reggaebass said:

Cool, has yours got the little tiny triangle in the far top right, that should get my attachments in the list 

Please could someone walk me through how to delete images?

Please ignore!!!

All sorted.

Poor eyesight 🤣

21 hours ago, Pea Turgh said:

Sorry - I meant it would be nice if they had a wider nut option (to cope with my “daddy-long-legs” fingers).  Most short scales seem to be 38mm, which cramps my hands.

I see, that makes sense.  But due to age related arthritis in my left hand I have had to move to short scale basses exclusively. 38mm is just fine.

Still struggling with having to part with some of my trophy 34s that just don't get used anymore. 

I suppose it's probably best for me to move them on rather than leave it to children to do after my days. 

2 minutes ago, Pea Turgh said:

And with a 42mm nut!

Mmmmm,

Not sure, it's around 38mm on my Mike Kerr  (Barbie bass) limited edition and smack on 38mm on my recently acquired Squier  2015  Jaguar SS. The Squier now sports my favourite DiMarzio Split P Pup and DiMarzio Ultra J (neck) Pup in the bridge position. It's necessary to use the neck J Pup at the bridge because the combination of 38mm nut, 30ins scale means that the pole pieces do not align perfectly if you fit the J bridge Pup.

Rewired the controls to 3 x position switch and master volume and tone with a 0.5 mF capacitor rather than the DiMarzio recommended 0.33mF capacitor. A 3D Guyker bridge replaced the standard Squier bridge and helps provide perfect pole piece alignment and perfect balance, no neck on knee or strap. 

Happy days. 

Congratulations on your new acquisition. 

Great basses, enjoy.

It would be great if Squier offered the Jaguar SS with a Wide range humbucker (same as the Rascal).

You never know!!

10 hours ago, itu said:

By the way, how wide is the frequency response of this "wide range" pickup?

As wide as Loch Ness🤣🤣🤣

Oops, I'll get my coat 🙄

Eastwood plan oi reissue a version of the Guild/ DeArmond Jet Star bass. 

https://www.notreble.com/buzz/2024/02/09/eastwood-guitars-announces-the-jet-star-bass/

Really pleased I got one of the DeArmond  Jet Star  basses and upgraded the PUPS. 

Not sure about the "Bat wing" headstock.  I feel that the Guild 2+2 headstock looked cooler.