Quilly

The best ‘jazz’ I’ve owned is my current 2008 passive mayones jabba 4. It just does everything a Jazz is supposed to do in spades and built like a tank . The pickups are amazing . Delano big pole piece pickups .

I currently own a non fender precision (sand berg) and a non fender jazz (a mayones) and I’ve no desire to sell either of them. I’ve never been able to find ‘the’ fender jazz bass but I know they must be out there somewhere

No matter what market place I look at these basses are always for sale. I’ve sold a few myself and never really found one I was happy with . Not just mim ones either , anything from squire affinity to vintage Mia basses. They seem to be far more available than p basses. Is there something not quite right with them , or what ?

I thought I was the only one that had bad experiences with them... they kinda ripped me off

There’s one for sale in bass direct.co.uk it’s the new model but just a p bass again (no mm humbucker)

Hi folks , struggling to get high frequencies out of my Ashdown CTM 100. Treble turned nearly all the way up ??. Bass and strings ok. Should I change the pre amp valves ? I bought this amp second hand and I’m pretty sure the preamp valves are original .

Mayones Jabba 4 Passive.

For those of you like myself that like German instruments, i found ebay kleinanzeigen to be fertile hunting ground for Warwicks, Sandbergs and other boutique instruments such as Human Base for example. Technically its a classified ads page but if you ask a lot of sellers are more than willing to ship. Prices are very competitive.

The Lead Guitarist is the band founder. Me and the new rhythm guitarist are 'blow-ins' (I'm the third bassist this band has had). There seemed to be a lot more democracy there also.

Just had rehearsal tonight without the lead guitarist (on holidays) but we still had rhythm and acoustic. Really glad it went ahead. Learned 2-3 new covers. Everyone was more aware of what they were playing , volume way down.

Ive started in a band with other guys in their 40s with the usual work / family commitments. So it’s not always possible for us all to meet regularly . However I feel rehearsals should go ahead even with individuals absent. Even just for the sake of staying tight. Not sure if my band mates feel the same . Ie ‘theres no point in band practice with X missing’ . What do other bands do ?

Bill you are right, decided not to go ahead with it. Had the CTM-100 at 3 O'Clock yesterday at rehearsal and the cab sounded sweet.

Was hoping to run it with the Two10 through the 2 ohm output of my amp. I reckon the tweeter in the MB would add a little more high end to the overall sound of the rig. I kinda need a back up cabinet anyways.

Just ordered a 4ohm Mark bass 2 * 10 traveler cabinet to use with a valve head (to accompany my barefaced two10). The SPL sensitivity specification of 101db seems a little bit like specsmanship? (i.e. are they just using a peak SPL figure at a frequency outside normal bass response). I want to use this with a 100W valve head so sensitivity is pretty important to me. Anyone have any experience with this cabinet?

Question: I have a Trace Elliott 500W cab (500AH-7) and I have 2 x 4 ohm cabinets. The speaker outputs consist of a speakon connection and a 1/4" jack output. If i daisy chain the cabs they will have 2 ohms right? . If I plug this combination into my head will I fry the output transformer? Secondly as there are 2 separate outputs on my can I plug either one into each cab (i'e will it be 4 ohms into each head as normal). On the back of my amp it reads 'Minimum load 4 ohms'

I own an Ashdown CTM 100 and simply love it (despite its weird passive eq) how dos the hand box 100 compare ? From all the vids I've seen it seems to be really drivey but that could be just the demonstrators preferred settings .

Does the p bass have a big fat neck...I love those

Cheers, I've had 2 MIM jazz basses in the past and I wasn't blown away by them but these 'look' decent enough in the photos .

I've seen a sweet looking 70s fender jazz reissue on Thomann. Anyone have any experience of this model. Price point is good. https://m.thomann.de/gb/fender_ltd_70s_jazz_bass_mn_nat.htm?glp=1&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=dpa201803x2x&utm_medium=cpc

True, I've played entire gigs with a Stingray, a P bass or a Jazz bass and while they sound different, I've never thought 'this song sounds terrible with this bass I simply must change' I love the sounds out of all these instruments and it can make gigs interesting when you have to 'make do' with what you have in your hands. A bad carpenter blames his tools.

Too many changes of electric guitars, then having to fiddle with his amp to get the desired tome. While I appreciate different guitars sound differently (i.e. Strat v Les Paul) there has to be a degree of practicality to keep the momentum going (I.e. chose a guitar that has both SS and HH pickups if you must). Our rhythm guitarist just uses a tele all the way through the gig and its sounds great. I usually being 2 basses to a gig but what ever I decide to play, that's it for the gig unless i have a catastrophic failure or unless a song 'really really' needs a fretless or upright bass, and I've never had this situation.

General preciousness with some band members, especially when you're playing in a pub covers band. 😣

Hi there , any Londoners out there can recommend a good store for basses. I'm due a trip soon .

I don't intend being that b1tch !

Setting up bass gear = 5 minutes, No problems. Trying to figure out a sound desk = 1 hr of stress