Quilly

I’ve a MIM player precision bass and everything is perfect on it, I had a MIM jazz years ago and while the components weren’t great the workmanship was flawless. I don’t think shoddy workmanship is omnipresent on fenders Mex instrument. Remember Mexico has a proud history of making guitars. The issue with the gold foil is caused by inconsistent quality assurance. I think the quality of the components is good , just put together badly .

Dave in Dave’s World had to realign a bridge on a Mex Geddy Lee I recall so it looks like bad QC alright

It’s a pity because it look cool.

Anyone see that Low End Lobster review of that fender gold foil jazz - yikes

You must of got a good one, I had one of these vintage jaco basses and I found the bodywork to be very poor. the Wilkinson hardware on the otherhand was really good quality I thought.

I had a loan of Telecaster for a few months, played it like crazy for a while, then got bored of it. The most interesting electric guitar I had was a baritone Fender Jaguar. Again, once the novelty wore off I went back to playing bass, I'm just not a guitar guy.

Yeah not that difficult to get the basics, once you know the whereabouts of where you should be you play by ear instead of looking for frets. Difficult to master like any instrument. Personally I prefer non lined fretless basses. I actually find them easier to play. I found with the lined fretless basses I kept fingering the fretboard between the fret lines instinctively , which is incorrect of course. When there's no fret lines there at all you're forced to use your ears.

One month down , this isn’t hard at all 😅

I really like the looks of the Fender 800 head .

I appreciate they were trying to move away from the “German fender copy” tag but I still prefer the body of the old ones , but the headstock of the gen 2 look much better.

I bought one of these basses last year (new) with the one MM humbucker from BTM guitars in Austria. A fantastic alrounder and built like a tank . I think I paid €1100 for it which was an absolute bargain. I’ve owned a MM stingray in the past and IMO this is a superior instrument.

It sound pretty much like a p bass with flats , when I had rounds on it it had a very aggressive attack tone , think Jeanne Jacques Brunel , sounded great . I found the stock pickups a bit sterile.

First gen Cal VS 2010 with Lollar PB-90 pick up and La Bella Low Tensions, perfect combination.

Im over in ireland and they’re rarely available second hand here unfortunately. To get one shipped over secondhand now requires the seller to fill out loads of paperwork for customs and tax and stuff. I tried and the sellers just don’t want the hassle and I don’t blame them . I have the two10 which I’ll use for bigger gigs , not that big a cab. The elf 110 is ideal for rehearsal

I’m in the same boat, but they’re very dear

Shudda paid the extra money and get the BF110 🙈

I don't intend using the 1 * 10 with my 'loud band' at all just an acoustic trio I play with. I use a p bass with flats for that acoustic(ish) band, I'm not looking for heaps of volume just a little bit more warmth, but I'd like to keep the same foot print.

See my question below 😄

Anyone ever add a second 1x10 TE cab to their rig? Did it make much difference in tone , power? I imagine the addition of a second 8ohm cab will squeeze the full 200w out of the amp, just finding the single 110 a little lacking in low frequencies

@Merton

Typical , seeing loads of great gear out there in tinternet. I had no gas until I joined this group 🙁

Ah they’re great basses , lifer basses .

Do electric guitars and associated gear count ?

I carried an Ashdown CTM100 down 4 streets once and I thought my arms were going to fall off. Its not even a 'heavy' tube amp.