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Looks like three knobs. 

A Rickenbacker neck pickup is added. This pickup came from his 4001 Rickenbacker used on the first CCR albums. 

A Jazz was my first bass. I like the big changes a Sting Ray eq can make. Now I like my Mustangs but I want an active eq to change the sound . On recordings my Warwick Corvette sounds better than anything else I've used.One of my friends said "all basses sound the same".  I told him all saxes sounded the same.

Thanks , I will start saving up for a Bass VI . There is a  purple one coming in at Chicago Music Exchange soon . 

Baloney, the tight spacing is less trouble for pick players ? I use a pick on a 8 string bass and would probably use a pick on a Bass vi. Maybe a 100 E would sound the most "solid" like a piano. It would pull that tremelo toward the neck some. There must be a good strong spring in that whammy.

29 minutes ago, jazzmanb said:

Problem solved if everyone's eyesight is that bad 

  the band is Son Volt and the bass player is Andrew Duplantis. I don't know if his new bass is a parts bass. 

One of my favorite bands changed from a white Jazz Bass to a black Jazz with only a neck pickup and two knobs. It sounds maybe more like a old single coil Precision.

Could a Bass VI owner tell me that this bass is bassy enough ? Would I be asked to bump up the 40 hZ eq ?The smallest short scale E string I use is a 95 on a Hofner . Can a Basss VI take a 95 (or 90) E string . I do like baritone gtrs like the one on Witchata Lineman. 

I have the active bubinga version and it sounds like a souped up Jazz Bass. The D machine snapped loose and I bought Gotoh tuners.

On 06/08/2022 at 04:25, Baloney Balderdash said:

 

Not quite, I think you somewhat misunderstood the famous ladybug bass pickup trick here.

 

The real trick is to find a handful of 2 dot, and this is essential, ladybugs, and then place one on top of each of the pickup poles respectively.

 

After you tried that there is no going back, absolutely magical tone enhancement. 

 

 

Or have a trained blue tail fly land on the E string . When it took off the band would start up, playing Free Bird (Free Fly).

I got my first Squier. It sounds different than the PJ 'Stang I have. An insect landed on it.

I have Mustang PJ basses I like .I was pleased with the Squier Mustang bass I tried. Not only did it play well (at the store) but it sounded GOOD ! I am saving for a special run with a racing stripe at Chicago Music Exchange. It is a good store .

My Rays have a zing to the treble that I find strange. I have learned to like it as a different flavor of bass. If it is too much there is the trusty P for a regular sound. OR: Does the audience hear a difference ?

One of my favorite singles is "Pictures of Matchstick Men" and I used to play it. Was that a common Fender bass  ? 

18 hours ago, BassAdder27 said:

That’s most odd .. sounds like a Jack fault perhaps ? 

Maybe . With most active basses you have two "clicks" when you plug in all the way. I have made that mistake several times by not pushing the plug all the way in. Or a fault with Jack ??

Beautiful paint job ! What if more trashed out basses were given a new lease on life ? It would be a new "style" if the trend caught on.

I have one Korean Ray with a figured blue maple top . It looks great and sounds exactly like the Indonesian ash Rays. No complaints . US Ray "feels" better to play.

Sandblasted blue American Special Precision Bass

Those black guards look regal; dignified even ! I want to go back to black for my 78 Precision.

On 07/05/2022 at 04:10, fretmeister said:

Question for the Hive Mind.

 

I'm thinking about either a Mustang PJ (mex) or a Sterling Ray shorty. I cannot decide between them.

 

Which one would you go for and why? 

I have a Mustang PJ and I think it gets two good sounds with the switch in the neck pickup or both pickups.I have a Ray 34 with a great eq that has a lot of range. That passive short scale Ray needs that preamp, I feel. The 'Stang is probably lighter . 

On 04/02/2020 at 06:51, Beedster said:

70 years of guitar-based rock 'n' roll summed up in 23 words, brilliant. 

The blues players I have encountered were the least able to sing a vocal harmony. 

5 hours ago, Cato said:

Pretty sure these are made in Fender's Mexican factory.

 

It's actually a couple of hundred quid cheaper than the nearest equivalent Fender branded active PJ bass from the same facility.

Yes, it is cheaper than the Precision Deluxe and it sounds a tad more "hot" . The body shape seems exactly like a Precision Bass.

I like to move my right hand to play the high notes more mellow and the lowest notes more twangy. It is not an "angry" sound I'm after. I do try to not use the same tone on every song. Maybe 1/2pick and 1/2 fingers and some thumb and bridge palm-mute. I don't know if other band members hear any difference but I do.

On 26/02/2022 at 08:35, chris_b said:

What can't the band hear you? If they can't hear you, why should they care whether you are there or not!!

 

Sort your gear out and make the bass integral to the sound of the band.

John Entwistle might say "Get yerself a big amp !"

I have the earlier active one and it has two features my active Jaguar does not have- a mid control (boost or cut) and a balance control to mix the pickups . It is a hot PJ bass that is still a Fender sound.