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2 minutes ago, Funkfingers said:

Your AVRI '62 needs to get bashed about a bit. Hit it with your rhythm stick. Maybe, discolour the pickguard to simulate fifty years of cigarette tar deposition.

IMO, the current AVRI '63 is closer to the real thing than the earlier AVRI '62. Rightly or wrongly, Fender upped the pickup output a fair bit. Unfortunately, my AVRI '63 left the factory fitted with an AVRI '58 raised A polepieces pickup. (A production line QA oversight, methinks.) I changed to a Duncan Antiquity. The Fifties style pickup was rehoused in my old Squier Silver Series P. The Squier now masquerades as a '59. 

 

For your stated musical requirements, the Ibanez SRH makes more sense than a certain Gibson EB-650 would have done - regardless of price considerations. Your description of the piezo sound has made me want to re-evaluate that aspect of my old Yamaha Attitude Custom.

I plugged the Ibanez directly into the QSC K10.2 this morning - really nice subtle acoustic double bass type sound. Really impressed with it!

As a mid 60s P owner, I have to say this one looks exceptional. Great price and great looking bass. 

For anyone on the fence and wondering if they really are worth the cash, then yes. They are. 

4 minutes ago, fretmeister said:

I did. Lovely thing.

It was the black and maple - particularly with the vintage tint on the neck that had me very excited.

 

When I play big band I always take a 5 string as I usually get piano scores, but when I'm playing at home the 4 strings come out.

I'm sure another will come along - they aren't especially rare in black and maple. Got to say tho - the AVRI has really impressed me - it feels Custom shop standard at least, and is one of the nicest modern basses I have ever played.. if you haven't tried one, I would do..

3 minutes ago, fretmeister said:

oh man.

 

I didn't see it.

I miss loads of stuff on here due to the sheer number of basses that get posted for sale. 

Still think you should do a Partscaster with a wide neck.. did you see this one that I did?

11 minutes ago, fretmeister said:

So you selling your black MIM yet?

 

Just asking!

It's gone! Advertised on here for about a week!!

I was surprised you didn't bite at the time tbh! 

1 hour ago, Lozz196 said:

I prefer the tort on the reissue, but other than that they look virtually identical, a great pair there.

Some people like the more subtle modern tort. Personally I like my tort to be as outrageous as possible! 

The AVRI is very nice though. Once the Chromes have dulled a bit I'd say the sound will be pretty damn close between them. 

Played the Ibanez again this morning. It's surprising me - really nice sound for the money. 

20 minutes ago, drlargepants said:

My inner John Deacon is cursing you, my outer wee Irish guy with  tiny hands is thanking you lol !

Seriously, thank you for your journey and thank you for the P bass education. 

I was considering putting a jazz neck on it of the same Vintage, but the financials were insane  

I do however demand a live video of it in action ;-)

Enjoy !

\m/

Yeah, I'm sure a live video will happen

I will post one up.

2 minutes ago, AndyTravis said:

It was my 62, and I knew the original owner from new. It’s a very lovely bass. I know my heart skipped when I saw it was back up for sale...

Well it's found a permanent home now. It's my chance to gig the 64 without gigging the 64!

2 minutes ago, JapanAxe said:

As an AVRI owner, I am pleased to inform you that, after a few gigs, yours will have picked up a few lacquer dings, making it even harder to tell apart from the '64!

I suspect it will

Really pleased. It's borderline so good that I was almost slightly annoyed that it made my 64 look like a total waste of money.

Not quite - but really close

The Ibanez is interesting. 

Weighs about 6 1/2 lb, and balances really well.

It has a 38mm nut, but a pretty flat board. So whilst I'm not normally into thin nuts this one is really nice to play.

Piezo pickup only. I was expecting a sort of clanky acoustic tone. What I got was a really woody thumpy sound that was quite double bass in timbre. Really surprised - I reckon it will be really useful in our band context. 

Build quality is top notch. I like it a lot, and it's going to get a good work out. 

Whilst I was out the nice courier delivered bass number 2...

I have been hankering after one for a few months actually, and when one was up on eBay from Absolute Music I copped it in their 20% off day. Retail on these is £609 - I got it for £412

Ibanez SRH-500-DEF

Made a snowy trip over to Chester to see @drlargepants - what a nice chap!! I've wanted a gigging bass that was like my 64 P without being my 64 P - just too much risk. 

Did the deal and came home with a 2009 Fender AVRI 62 P. It's really very similar in feel and tone to the 64. I would say it gets 95% of the way there - will be perfect for gigging! 

Most happy..

Spot the difference:

64P:

AVRI 62P:

1 hour ago, rOB said:

Excellent. Enjoy.

Thanks!

I'm surprised more ppl aren't interested tbh. I think it's a genuinely good alternative to some of the more expensive preamps out there..

Mrs B outdid herself this year - she go me a Mono M80 for gigging duties. Very Chuffed.

However, as a complete surprise she also bought me an Electro Harmonix Battalion Preamp/DI pedal. 

I swapped out my Ampeg SCR-DI on my nano board for it today. Plugged straight into the K10.2 via DI. 

Compression is pretty good. I'd say as good as onboard amp compression. 

EQ stage is very good. Responsive, adds some nice colour, and gives a really nice preamp boost. I'd say it's not quite Ampeg SVT, but it has shades of that vintage sound about it.

However, the distortion/drive section is so much better than the Scrambler on the SCR-DI that it's actually a bit comical. More control with Level/Blend/Tone/Drive (and a selector so you can set it pre or post EQ or Dry with blend) and a proper level control for the DI out - it's usable. No, scrub that - that's doing it a disservice - it's very very usable. I really liked the warm tone I was getting with about half drive and 50/50 blend and 50% level. Really nice. 

I actually wasn't expecting much as they are one of the cheaper Preamp/DI pedals but I was more than pleasantly surprised by it. It does what it's supposed to do, and it does it really well. Thumbs up from me - it's staying on my board for now instead of the SCR-DI. I'll rehearse and gig with it and let's see if it stays on!

2 hours ago, Funkfingers said:

Pretend that it's blue, with an f-hole and priced according to The Uncertainty Principle.  

No, you just can't see past that sort of rarity

Grrrr!

This isn't helping my gas you know!

5 minutes ago, fleabag said:

Classified mate. Only revealed on a need to know basis.You dont want to know

FTFY 

3 minutes ago, fleabag said:

That guy's nuts

What about them? 

6 minutes ago, discreet said:

A bit marginal if you ask me.

...I'll get me coat.

I wonder if he used a red pen to do it

9 hours ago, Funkfingers said:

Shergold Snickers ... has a certain ring about it. 

Just so long as it isn't renamed starburst or something stupid like that!

I've asked our dog to have a look at the pic to see if she could spot anything. 

She gave me this look:

That will be a no then.

Come on then, own up - who has one? Show us a pic - go on, you know you want to! 

And I am now officially gassing for a marathon...

11 minutes ago, fleabag said:

Do those necks look skinny or do those necks look skinny ?

Must be custom then - the standard width on the Marathon was 42mm at the nut I do believe