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    Jazz

    in Gear Gallery

    Posted

    Hello everyone!

    Here are mine: got the Contemporary recently & a friend is keeping his 40th Anniversary Jazz for me, so i will have it in a couple of months when i move to France! Can't wait!

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    Guess what's in the case!

    in Bass Guitars

    Posted

    18 minutes ago, kwmlondon said:

    Nice try. I'm afraid you've not made it onto the Bass Chat pub quiz team but better luck next time...

     

    Haha nah i, in fact, knew exactly where this was going & this is whyi chose to name the polar opposite of what U had... 

    Fazley Bass Guitars from BAX.

    in Bass Guitars

    Posted

    Hey there!

    I am also keeping an eye on those & am interested in having more opinions.. i see people who are really happy with theirs, but those who are disappointed are really disappointed lol.. 

    Anyone else cares to chime in?

    (Sorta) NBD Jim Harley Pbass

    in Bass Guitars

    Posted

    So.. it's been a few months & people have mentioned a couple of times how harsh i was in my initial post about the bass. I guess i was writing from a place of frustration & stress.. 

    I mainly play a Cort B4FL these days, but every now and then i will bring out the Jim Harley.. and it's actually a very cool bass. Plenty of mojo. Played it last night & haven't had to tune it again since last month when i put it away. 

    I was considering selling it for a bit of cash as i also plan to move in the next few months from Spain to France, but then again, those second hand platforms here in Spain are horrible & i'd rather give the bass away to a friend here. I am glad i spent the time fixing it, & i am sure he will like it. I've recieved compliments at rehearsals and on instagram or even in this thread about the sounds i was getting out of that bass & playing it last night made me feel i need to make things right by posting about it. It is a great player, with a fast neck, that makes all the right noises, despite the name on the headstock & the negative reviews on Audiofanzine. Obviously, mine has almost nothing in common anymore with whatever came out of the factory hehe...

    Anyway.. those are my conclusions. Am glad i brought it back to life!

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    Mayones BE-4 fretless £600 *new pics* - *SOLD*

    in Basses For Sale

    Posted

    On 28/09/2023 at 19:40, TheGreek said:

    That's a very good price (aka "cheap") for a bass of that quality.

     

    I have the neck through Fame Baphomet, which is essentially the same, great build quality and parts. 

     

    GLWTS

     

    I also had the Fame Baphomet neck-thru version & i am still kicking myself for letting it go... fantastic basses.. GLWTS

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    Top builders/luthiers in the UK?

    in Bass Guitars

    Posted

    Hello everyone!

    Just read through this thread & i would mention RMI also, although Mark Ramsay is not UK based anymore. He has his own designs but is not afraid to experiment if a customer requests it.

    I used to own an RMI Quantum Dominic Di Piazza Signature 6-string bass &, while i had it, the BTB846SC, AGBV205A, Swamp Ash Sire P7 5-string & Fame Baphomet were mostly gathering dust. I had to consciously force myself to play them every few days. I eventually had to sell everything off due to... uh... life... but i really recomment RMI... 

    The best way to contact Mark Ramsay is through his Instagram https://instagram.com/mark.w.ramsay?igshid=MmU2YjMzNjRlOQ==

    He has been doing more teaching & research these days, but he still builds basses if asked politely ;0))

    Harley Benton 7 string

    in Bass Guitars

    Posted

    I used to own a 6 string version of it.

    It was a good bass, very versatile within the "modern" realm of bass sounds. Really heavy though. I could achieve a very low action on most strings except for the high C string that had the saddle resting flush on the bridge, which kinda made the string be in the way constantly. Super tight B string due to the 35" scale (or so the experts tend to say), sounded great & chordal playing was very doable. 

    I am no virtuoso though. Ended up selling to finance another more expensive bass.

    But i do recommend it. I had three or four basses back then & i would constantly play that one. 

    40th Anniversary Precision £259 at Thomann!

    in Bass Guitars

    Posted

    51 minutes ago, Cato said:

    I wondef if the bargain price is anything to do with this.

     

    https://www.musicradar.com/news/fender-100-million-dollars-sales-cancelled-post-pandemic

     

    The article is about Fender but I wonder if they made too many Squiers as well, after all the 40th anniversary was in 2022 and we're now into the 9th month of 2023.

     

    Can we assume that other brands such as Cort, Ibanez, Sire etc will also be affected & will have to lower prices to reach their sales objectives? Or is it just an isolated case due to the fact that those are stamped 40th Anniversary and that the anniversaey year is now behind us?

    (Sorta) NBD Jim Harley Pbass

    in Bass Guitars

    Posted

    7 hours ago, BreadBin said:

    Plywood is not the worst material to make a bass from.

    Do you still have the original bridge?

    Nope, i gave it away to a guy who wanted to mod a Bronco... Further down the line when i have money & time i might go back to a through body bridge (the holes are still there), change the pick-ups or ground the poles, & refinish the whole thing Pehlam Blue or Dark Lake Placid Blue.. but that'll probably be in 2024...

    (Sorta) NBD Jim Harley Pbass

    in Bass Guitars

    Posted

    Funny.. the couple that gave it to me are French. My only other friend who knows about the brand is French. And Audiofanzine, where i found a couple of very negative reviews, is also a French forum (i believe)... 

     

    It's not a bad bass, in fact, after all the work i've put into it... The neck is super nice, frets are super shallow, which is new to me, but happy to report there are no pokey ends... There is one thing i hate though, which i've only had with one other bass before: It's that i really need to be careful not to touch the pole pieces when i am playing or my ears regret it instantly..  

     

    Is a pick-up upgrade necessary?

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