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This is the first time I have ever seen anyone say that Hofner necks are chunky, I always found them pretty thin and found that they don't cope well with heavy strings for that reason

And just to follow on from my post the pickup arrived, it is a single coil and not a split coil like the model j, in terms of tone it seems a little darker than the Roswell bridge pickup it replaced but it is not drastically different as far a I can tell although with just replacing the bridge pickup it is more difficult to tell than if I replaced both pickups however one thing I will say is this pickup is loud, when I solo either pickup on this bass the bridge pickup is just as loud as the neck pickup.

Hi I have recently brough a Harley benton JB-62 jazz bass which is a great bass but like pretty much every jazz bass I have ever played it has pretty uneven adjustment of volume when adjusting the volume of both pickups. To explain more on what I mean both pickups on is the classic scooped jazz bass tone, good tone but not always the best choice for cutting through, I generally like to have as much volume as possible so I always have one of the pickups on full and when I roll back the volume on either of the pickups the volume of the pickup I have rolled back seems to have a big drop in volume so for example if I start with both pickups on full and roll the neck pickup back a notch suddenly the tone is almost entirely bridge pickup, if I start with both pickups on full and roll back the bridge pickup a notch then the tone is almost entirely neck pickup. I have noticed this with every jazz bass I have ever played so I think it is a jazz bass quirk rather than anything actually wrong with the bass but I was wondering if there was anyway to get around this quirk to get better blend of the 2 volumes? I wonder if a Volume/Blend/Tone layout might be better for this than 2 volumes? Thanks

I have purchased the below off of eBay, was listed as Designed by Dimarzio jazz bass pickup, has anyone here any experience of these? Hopefully they are also wound like Dimarzio's as well as looking like them

The pots being cheap will have very little impact on the tone, you can upgrade them and they may last longer but I very much doubt you will notice an improvement in tone, the HB stingray clone is wired in parallel, you could add a series/parallel for more tonal options (assuming the stock pickup is a 4 wire pickup) a Duncan pickup will probably improve the tone a little.

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

8-10 week wait but this one is gorgeous https://www.thomann.de/gb/gretsch_ltd_elmtc_g2229b_junior_jet_ot.htm

Honestly i like a fair few of his songs

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

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

Looks like a 1970's sofa, I love it!!!

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

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

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

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

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?

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

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

That sounds good to me, on the description on the webpage it says "twin tone pot" is this bass and treble?

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

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

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

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.

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