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I have 3 old jazz basses (+ a Dale Fortune 64 4001s Rick) I take one jazz out to a gig at a time and put it in back in the case between sets......people often ask if I am going home after the first set😀

I had a 58 maple p gold guard for 25 years and really tried to love it,but in the end decided it was not for me.While I had it I bought numerous p basses to try,59 gold guard maple,59 slab gold guard,62,64,65 but kept coming back to my old jazz basses.I had a couple of mid 50s single coil p basses and did like them a lot.Out of all the p basses the one that I liked the sound of the most was the extremely beat up slab/ gold guard that eventually ended up in a friends studio.

58p sold.62 white slab jazz,63 Fiesta,64 sburst,65 car sold,Rickenbacker 4001s,1964,Dale Fortune

Back before I retired I worked in a music shop for 20 years,and we sold Trace bass rigs,the one I fell in love with was the all valve V4.I never thought any of the other Trace (transistor,mosfed) models I tried compressed/sounded like that.

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When I had 1 Trace V4 ,220 watts,and was unable to find a second as a back up I bought an Ashdown Drophead 200,I took it back ,it just never came close to the volume of the V4

Yes a green vinyl and a greenish carpet one,have not used them for a while now,gigs are getting smaller and those stairs look higher🙈

Hi, What are the Barefaced cabs you are using,sm?I have a couple of Trace V4s in the cub board maybe I should give them a go with my midget

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I just purchased a mint 12 inch midget and have the same question re adding 1x10 ,hope it’s ok to ask on this thread,playing blues,old jazz with TI flats ,gig volume was ok would like to get a rounder bottom end.

I have a 2x12 and a 4 x12 side firing,trying to find another 2 x12.Interesting re the Barefaced 2x10 I was hoping that might be a good alternative

I have a rh450 and use it most weeks for smaller gigs,would rather use my Trace V4 but the gigs do not warranty it.Buy extra knobs and buttons they are always breaking or cracking,tuner makes life easy ,my understand is it is actually 236 watts rms,nice unit

I have 2 red ones and a green one and one with no front,free,just pay postage from Australia

I have had,54,56,58,59,64 p basses etc but thankfully always kept my jazz basses,so it’s not like I have not given p basses a go,also not all jazz bass necks are the same.Back in about 68 I bought a new jazz,the first was a 67 and the neck stuffed up,so before I took it out of the shop I pulled the neck off a 64 p bass that was there and put it on,played that for 20 years,love C shaped old p necks,been waiting for that bass to resurface

I have owned 3 custom shop jazz basses 1960 and 2x1964 everyone of them needed washers,and that is with TI flats,the AVRI 62 jazz I have does not

The fiesta is not for sale,the 62 white slab board is a possibility in the future.

Yes I do rather like the sound😃

Trace Elliot V4 I once had 3,now I have 2,and one of those is for sale.

Fender jazz bass 1963

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It took me forever to find original pre cbs jazz basses,50s and early 60s precision’s were an easy find for me and have owned many,I have owned two 64 jazz custom shop relics(one the bridge was so rusted it did not work,had to buy a new one) and a 1960 jazz journeyman stacker.The 62,63 and 64 j basses I own give me immense pleasure and to me worth all the money I paid,and yes I use them most week ends at small gigs,no good under the bed ,I just enjoy them,and to me they are nicer than the custom shops I have owned,but I am sure others would think differently