Reggaebass

19 hours ago, JazzyJ said:

Another moment of madness, never mind.

A November '63 Jazz. Refin at some point in early '70s. I believe it could have been CAR originally. Apart from that all looks good. I had it taken apart to confirm (photos to follow later on this week).

Rusty strings, frets aren't great, sounds superb plus some provenance.

 

 

I absolutely love that Jazzy, congratulations, it looks great, look forward to seeing any more pics 

That looks genuine to me, the only thing that might have been changed is the pickguard, didn’t the sunburst come with a white one?, I can’t exactly remember now it was a long time back, I briefly had an Olympic white one 

I remember when they came out, nice jazz, the special also had the Greasebucket tone circuit 

10 minutes ago, SumOne said:

The book 'Bass Culture, When Reggae Was King' by Lloyd Bradley

I’ve got that book, I haven’t read it all yet but it’s a really great read 

Marcia Griffiths , I’m also learning this one 

1 hour ago, HeadlessBassist said:

but not a very subtle tool. 

I think they definitely can be, if you watch some of Sean Hurley’s videos his effortless playing and tone is just so good , I don’t think you’d get the same outcome if it wasn’t a P bass 

Sly & Robbie 

I’ve gone full circle on this, back in the day when I started earning a few quid I bought precisions and loved them, then I got the jazz bass itch and played only jazzes for many years, they gave me the nice lows I preferred for reggae and dub, now I’m into both but really appreciate the sound of the P bass more than I did then, I couldn’t be without either 

Dons back with some Leroy Sibbles 

Very nice indeed, congrats that looks a beauty, I’m normally into 68-72 Precisions but I’ve been looking at a few 66’s lately 

Welcome Cj 

I’ve thought about doing that a few times to one of my not so expensive precisions, I’m assuming it’s the one on the Sean Hurley P bass , I’ve got the Bassmute on one which is really good but they are a bit pricey 

The switch on mine used to stick occasionally so I took it to ashdown and Dave removed it for me, I didn’t use it really , he did say that they wasn’t a great idea in the first place,

for headphone practice I use the Nux pro 

Sounds great hiram, a few off the top of my head without getting too into the heavier reggae stuff ,

theres many Marley songs maybe pick your favourites ,

Buffalo soldier, Jamming, three little birds etc

Sweat - inner circle 

Jimmy Cliff - You Can Get It If You Really Want

The Melodians – Sweet Sensation, one of my faves 

 Baby I Love Your Way - big mountain 

I see you already do good thing going by Aswad , that’s a great song, Shine is another one 

more will come to me soon 😁

Listening to some Alborosie today 

Love that frank, congrats, I’ve always liked those myself 

Just bought one of peters books, great comms and quick delivery, many thanks, Tony 

21 minutes ago, StingRayBoy42 said:

Precisions and Jazzes should be passive.
There, I said it.

Nothing wrong with that, just how Leo intended 

Wo, hang on a minute here, people use more than 5 frets 😲

FWIW, from the not very clear pics I think it’s genuine, if the seller could check that the blocks are stickers ( which is quite easy ) , if they aren’t stickers then there’s something wrong and I’d stay away from it 

It matches really well, very nice 

23 minutes ago, skilamalink said:

From Ecuador 

 

Good one, I like that, pretty heavy 

Hi Peter, could I have the Janek Gwizdala one please 

12 minutes ago, Steve Browning said:

Probably showing my ignorance here. The truss rod tool looks to be the hex type, which I would have expected only on a truss rod adjusted at the headstock end. There is no sign of it there on the bass being offered.

Some also have the Allen key nut at the heel, pretty sure my 2014 jazz has that 

1 hour ago, SurroundedByManatees said:

It's quite common that authentic Fender serial numbers are not recognized in the serial numbers database. 

Yes, a lot of the time it will just tell you what year it is