Beedster

Or in strict legal terms it's a fender Jaco signature jazz that has NOT had the neck epoxied by Jaco's bass tech

Pure comedy 🤣

I owned a mid-late 70's Jazz in black, and the original factory finish didn't have much to commend it either

Wish I looked that cool when I get cramp, got finger cramp at a gig just before Xmas (stupidly experimenting with short-scale) and apparently looked like I'd forgotten how to play

I bought a rather lovely SSL Fusion from Bruce, great comms, very quickly sent and very well packaged, which was just as well as the courier did what couriers do best, and all very quickly sorted with the courier by Bruce also. Highly recommended geezer 👍

I know mate, I know, it had already occurred to me

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I can't afford his fees mate

Leave as is I think Jack, I really rather like it, it's clearly been on a journey and carries the battle scars and modifications to prove it, although I guess in time I might change my mind. I'm going to experiment with strings - Gamut G and D are going on this evening with incoming Eudoxa for A and E - and of course that can lead to a very special level of madness and expense before I even think about restoration!

It's arrived, more details/pics in the mega thread

That's an odd link, pretty sure it wasn't BOC I was thinking of

So, it arrived, here he is getting to know his new big brother I have to admit that I'm ever so slightly in love with this mongrel of a bass. The tone is WAY better than I expected, quite mellow yet articulate albeit with a rather baked-in low level reverb, courtesy I'd guess of the aircraft hanger-like construction. The first thing I discovered is that if it gets cold it rattles, and when there are around 150 screws into the metal it can be quite an ask to find which of them is causing the problem. The big test of course is how it responds in a room with a drummer and a mic, I'll be reporting back. One very happy owner, as the seller said, I now have custody, it's a responsibility I intend to take seriously 👍

Great playing and great tone mate, thanks for sharing 👍

Lovely playing and lovely tone, well done. Your band remind me of another band and it's bugging the hell out of me which band it is. Lovely music either way, thanks for sharing 👍

You've not owned a Ric have you

Noted! I'd love to hear the recording also?

Flea does tend to gig the most recent version of his signature basses, respectively Modulus, Fleabass, and Fender, although the era of the second was pretty short-lived IIRC

I'm not sure that progress should always be considered the end goal of of design manufacture, I often look at what is being described as progress and long for the past, which I suspect is part of the appeal of Fender and HD 👍

As I understand it, there is a degree of hit and miss with Ric QC even today, there is an example on this forum somewhere of an instrument on Ric's stand at a show on which the G -strings was pretty much missing both the PUPs and the neck!

Not sure the B-15 does?

Unless I’m mistaken Harley’s QC is also superior to Ric’s?

Far better of with a Yamaha is true of bikes and basses but it would be a boring World if Yamaha were the only option 👍