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  1. shoulderpet
    Its an ok song but I have to admit that I am a little dissapointed by Duff's tone in this song, for me its not Guns n Roses without the signature heavily chorused, trebly bass tone and this sounds a lot more conventional
  2. shoulderpet
    8-10 week wait but this one is gorgeous https://www.thomann.de/gb/gretsch_ltd_elmtc_g2229b_junior_jet_ot.htm
  3. shoulderpet
    Honestly i like a fair few of his songs
  4. shoulderpet
    Hmmm a bass Thomann are currently selling for £119 for the bargain price of only £200 plus £28.95 shipping https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/266366929411?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=n-y-mlNuRNW&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=C9ThoQU7Suu&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY
  5. shoulderpet
    Never got on with the Labellas, shame as the 105-45 set is very,very low tension but I just found that as soon as I played them in a band mix my bass just vanished in the mix, Daddario tapes seem a little better in that regard, in terms of tension the Labellas 105-45 will be noticeably looser feeling than the Daddarios
  6. shoulderpet
    Looks like a 1970's sofa, I love it!!!
  7. shoulderpet
    I dont have a set of scales to weight it on but it is much, much lighter than the previous HB Jazz I had that had an ash body, that thing was more like a weapon than a bass
  8. shoulderpet
    That is one of the most awesome basses I have seen, always wanted a bass with 2 single coil p pickups, I bet that sounds amazing with all 3 on
  9. shoulderpet
    And I went with the Harley Benton jb-62 jazz bass, rather lucky for me I ordered it for the bargain price of £105 new and the week after the price went up to £138. Anyway aside from some fret buzz from some uneven frets it is actually very nice, there neck feels nice and the caramelised maple neck looks miles better than the horrible stark white maple necks that are on a lot of basses, the nut seems well cut, tuners are surprisingly pretty good, not gotoh or hipshot by any means but better than what is fitted on most of the Mim Fenders I have played. pickups sound good, nice and bright, punchy, does that cool scoopy jazz tone with both on full and as good as any stock jazz bass pickups I have heard, even the stock tort pickguard is pretty well done Now I just have to find the funds to get the frets sorted and I will have a cracking bass
  10. shoulderpet
    Yep, there short scale E string is dreadful, shame as the other 3 are ok, I got a set and noticed the terrible E string and wondered if it would settle down but it never did
  11. shoulderpet
    Yep, this hits the nail on the head, a lot of string manufacturers make only one gauge of short scale strings and often the gauges are not exactly ideal, look at Rotosound swing bass for example, there short scale set is gauged 90-75-50-40!!!! Who thought those gauges would be a good idea?
  12. shoulderpet
    Longscale roundwounds will generally be absolutely fine, used longscale rounds on short scale basses with no issues, it's usually only things like flats and tapes that are problematic and even some of those will be ok but it's much more of a risk
  13. shoulderpet
    And JB-62 ordered in the Dakota red colour, whilst the JJ-450P looked tempting there is some degree of familiar comfort with the JB-62 being a simple passive jazz bass, my luck with ordering online hasn't always been great so fingers crossed
  14. shoulderpet
    That sounds good to me, on the description on the webpage it says "twin tone pot" is this bass and treble?
  15. shoulderpet
    Thanks for the replies, I think I am going to go with a Harley Benton Now the question, I want a bass with 2 jazz pickups , do I go with Harley Benton JJ-45OP https://www.thomann.de/gb/harley_benton_jj_45op_white.htm or Harley Benton JB-62 https://www.thomann.de/gb/harley_benton_jb_62cc_dr.htm ? They both look great
  16. shoulderpet
    Thanks for the replies, I have put my Hofner (plus case )up for sale in the for sale section of this fine forum so if anyone feels like snagging a bargain due to the issues that I have mentioned have a look
  17. shoulderpet
    Hofner club bass and case for sale, the CT series which is usually about £700 new so even with the below mentioned issues this is a very good price Nice sounding bass, very deep and thumpy, the reason for the low price is that although the setup is fine and the action is decent the truss rod is at its tightest so it is fine with the strings that are on it but if you wanted to use higher tension strings you might struggle. The bass is currently strung with Labella low tension flexible flatwounds which are low tension but feel a little tighter than there tension would suggest, I had TI's on before these and they felt looser, the action is decent, not super low but noticeably lower than Hofner factory spec, the short scale and slim neck makes it a breeze to play. Condition wise it is on reasonable condition, its not a case queen and has been used for a number of gigs, as a result there are some scratches and wear on the bass but nothing bad. Collection from Croydon or can meet up if in the London area
  18. shoulderpet
    Hi all I am currently down to just one bass and whilst I love the playability of my Hofner Club bass tonally it is no longer a good fit for the kind of stuff I am playing, I am reluctant to move it on as although the truss rod is working I don't think it has all that much (if any) adjustment left on it. Now understandably I am really wanting a new bass, something I can get a brighter more aggressive tone from but me and my wife are planning to move very soon so money is super tight, this means I will need to buy something very inexpensive for now, I quite like the look of the Squier affinity jazz bass but at 240.00 I feel Squier is kind of getting demolished by other brands in terms of price to quality. Which of the uber cheap brands are worth buying? I see there is Fazley which offers a jazz bass with a roasted maple neck for under 150.00 quid, Gear4music offer the LA Series basses which are another contender, any others I should look out for? Thanks
  19. shoulderpet
    I'm going to add my slightly contrary input on this, I played my friends Epiphone Thunderbird for a gig, it was the cheapest version, was pretty comfortable to play, on the large side but comfy to play, sounded amazing, it had this lovely dark growl to it. Anyway I brought a Vintage pro from either Andertons or Gear4music(can't remember which) and it looked lovely but after a couple days once the new bass glow had worn off I wasn't really wowed by it, the tone was brighter than the cheaper Epiphone, was lacking that dark low mid growl that the cheaper Epiphone had, ended up returning it.
  20. shoulderpet
    I do wish my Hofner had the bridge pickup in the middle position, the bridge pickup is useable and useful but a middle position pickup would be good as it is as you say useable on its own
  21. shoulderpet
    The shape is similar but that's it, the Gibson is solid body whereas the Hofner is hollow in an attempt to get closer to the tone of a double bass, the pickups are very different also and the Hofner has a wooden bridge also to try and get closer to an upright tone, the EB1 on the other hand sounds nothing like en upright so I think inspired by is possibly more true than copied
  22. shoulderpet
    No, not saying I would never spend more than that but I would be acknowledging mentally that I was being ripped off. The prices are getting crazy now, I mean look at the Fender gold foil jazz bass, 1300.00 for an MIM bass with horrendous quality control problems that offers pretty much nothing that justifies the price, bbot bridge, passive electronics, one pickup, big plastic pickguard.
  23. shoulderpet
    Also I noticed that people are generally using flatwounds with there Hofners, I have used flats many times in the past but I am currently using rounds and they sound pretty good on the Hofner, nice gnarly,meaty tone to it. The Killers bass player uses a Hofner with rounds on the song Joy ride https://youtu.be/v3s8Aympo-4
  24. shoulderpet
    I just use the Daddario clip lock straps, work just as well as strap locks imo without having to make any modifications
  25. shoulderpet

    Anyone here use short or medium scale Rotosound swing bass? Just put a set on my Hofner and the E string has some really weird overtones, wondering if these die down once the strings break in.

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    2. naxos10

      naxos10

      This scenario happened on my Jazz Bass 77s flats but itdid dissipate after checking for twist and making sure it was at the right witness point. The katter took 3/4 attempts and then after a week or two the E string started to settle down

      You could contact Rotosound and thety will probably send you a new E string out.

    3. Osiris

      Osiris

      I seem to think that I read about this issue ages ago where some short scale Roto's had weird overtones. It may have been on Scott Whitley's website which was called something like shortscalebass.com but doesn't look like the site is still active for me to go back and check. Either way, IIRC, you're not the first to notice this. But I always use long scales strings on my short scale basses and have never had any issues and I've been doing it for a few years now 😀

    4. naxos10

      naxos10

      You are right about the comments on the Scott Whitley bass site Osiris, I remember those as well.

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