OutToPlayJazz

How much would small cavity covers be? Fancy some of those for my basses - Would match the necks...



Also, could you glue conductive foil to the inside, like mine here in the picture?

Tony shipped across in his cool van from Manchester today to pick up a bass from me - Highly recommended and a lovely guy!

Rich.

Mid 70's Jazzes in original condition seem to be going at around £1400-£1600 in original condition at the moment, but with non stock pickups, perhaps a little less. I'd say around £1200-£1300 sounds reasonable.

Nice interview, Steve - I just looked the guy up, as I remember him playing for Phil Collins, but wanted to see who else he'd played for... Now that's one impressive resume!

Try Elixirs. The coating makes them a lot smoother, so you tend to have a lot less friction against the fingers when sliding.

*Points* downwards towards signature...

You've all seen the pics before. 'Nuff said!

I'd buy one for the string mutes, the through body stringing, the classic bridge, the gorgeous flamed and properly finished (for a change!) glossed neck, not to mention the two band eq. But then again, at £2k I'd rather have another Status instead.

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(Iceni Funkmeister Fretless super-Jazz now under offer! EPIPHONE Jack Casady Signature still available...)

Lovely looking bass, Dave - And yes, they do look fabulous with the tort guard - Mine was stunning as well. Now owned by Nick (NAS.)

Thanks for all the interest & kind comments, guys - This bass is now sold, subect to the usual!

Rich

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[quote name='CHRISDABASS' post='903992' date='Jul 24 2010, 01:41 PM']WOW!!

Stunning basses / rig

i'd love to try a Status

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You're welcome to drop over anytime & try the basses, Chris. I'm about an hour from you, just over the Humber Bridge.

Rich

Here we have a nice cheapie I picked up last week - An early TUNE bass from the 80's. It's got one hell of a powerful two band eq, huge exposed humbuckers and the smallest possible headstock - A bit like a Bass Collection Speakeasy model, only thinner at the top. The bass has a 34" scale and 25 frets. Yep, I kid you not!

Both Bassassin & I have been researching into this bass this week (thanks, Jon!) and the only model we can link it to is the current Tune Zi. I think this bass is an early prototype, personally.

The neck is like a standard Jazz neck & the finish is practically flawless for it's age. Ash body & a two piece bridge (a-la-Warwick). The sound is massive & this bass can do everything from heavy, pounding rock to fast fingerstyle funk. Output is huge on this bass. Not for the faint hearted!

Apologies for the re-use of other people's pictures in advance...







Price for this lovely little bass is [u][b]£250 or nearest offer[/b][/u]. I will throw in a gig bag with this bass & it has been restrung and thorughly well set up. New strings are the obligatory DR FatBeams 40-100.

Rich 07545 471037

Oh yes, more than very happy with my Genz Benz Shuttle 6.0 & two 12" Genz Neox cabs powering a Status S2-Classic. Nothing better.

Welcome to the forum & to Status-land (otherwise known as God's clean Earth ), Alec. Lovely Empathy. It looks like Rob put in the TB42 preamp which is the standard one that all the SII models had before (and sometime after) the Empathy. Nothing wrong with that at all. It'll still sound amazing! If your bass had stacked controls, it must have had a non-standard preamp added by a previous owner.

Anyway, you have a lovely bass there, Sir!

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Sounds like it'll be wood density more than anything. Basses made from the same wood and same spec can vary greatly in weight.

It's either that, or Clarky's black beast is the Rolls-Royce of basses with thirty coats of hand applied black paint! (Complete with lead weights for a bit of extra quality feel!)

The big question is, how does it compare sound-wise to the natural flamed one, mate?

Can you see the word "guitar" uttered in any of these early 50's ads?





And a direct quote... Fender Precision - The best things don't always need big packages
"The electric bass was always designed as a replacement for upright acoustic basses. This late fifties advertisement demonstrates the Fender Precision's portability in relation to an acoustic bass."!

Whatever you want to call the instrument, if you think about it, the electric bass was an inspired design in the early 50's. It was a great and yet simple engineering solution to go from the double bass to basing the initial electric bass design on the Telecaster/Broadcaster shape. And without such an amazing piece of lateral thinking, we wouldn't be sitting here arguing about it right now!

It's definitely an Energy model. The Eclipse had the front pickup in the "hotspot" in the middle of the body, whereas the Energy had the pickup about an inch off the graphite neck join. Lovely looking bass as well! Can't see properly in the picture, but is it the standard 3-control eq? (The one with the mixed treble/bass combined into one eq boost control?) This will make a lovely bass for someone!

Congrats on your new bass, Dave. Now all you need is a set of DR Fatbeams to make it complete. You won't believe the difference in the sound! Do we get to see some pics of this new beast of yours?

Always an interesting one, this - Basically arm length has nothing to do with the French/German question. It's mainly a case of the kind of sound you want. The French bow is better for stacatto and articulation, whereas the German bow is better for legato playing and straight-line power. Apart from the difference in holding technique, the only real change is that you need to lean more around the bass, reaching lower down with the German bow.

Both bow types have their appeals & I regularly use both. Hope that makes things a little clearer. No? Ah well!

Sounds like you got a great deal there - Congrats!