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I reckon you'd need to find something else to like! All joking aside, I think part of my initial reluctance with Yes was that EVERYONE who I played music with in my formative years loved them (mostly folks a few years older than me). This I'm sure meant that they were always going to disappoint just as I found with Genesis and a lot of the other bands at the prog/art interface in the 70's (e.g., Floyd). I found that I wanted to like the bands that the other (mostly rock) muso's didn't like, so I found myself listening to Kraftwerk and a few of the other German bands (Amon Duul II, Tangerine Dream etc), to Hawkwind, Man, ELP, all of whom seemed a little more accessible. I think it started some long-standing biases re Yes and Genesis
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For sale: Alpher Mako Elite fretless £1300
Beedster replied to Descendent's topic in Basses For Sale
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Questions here rarely define answers here
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Absolutely, I don't think anyone's saying it isn't 👍
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i used to wonder if they simply picked out the lighter and/or better instruments from the standard-run production line and allocated them to some CS treatment and price hike, but that theory was trashed when I bought a used CS Jazz about 20 years back, as it weighed a tonne and was about as resonant as a sponge. I have to say I quite liked it when I first got it, but as much out of a warped cognitive dissonance as appreciated of the instrument itself (it was after all an FSC instrument, it must be good, I'm just not a good enough player to realise it yet etc). When I sold it and replaced it with an early 90's MIJ Jazz I couldn't believe how much better the latter was, well over a pound lighter, sustained for hours and played, dare I say it, like butter 👍
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Well it’s my opinion, others will no doubt not share it 👍
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Since around the mid-90s 'Custom Shop' has simply been a term meaning 'our most overpriced items generally aimed at people who need to feel that the gear they own is better than the gear most people own'. It's the gear version of flying First Class, in real terms a high price for a small difference in process and emotions, but ultimately arriving at the same destination via the same process s everyone else 👍
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And therein lies both the irony and the business model
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Boogie goodness. Pickup only in Scotland
Beedster replied to Owen's topic in eBay - Weird and Wonderful
Lovely units but monstrously heavy and my memories of the combo are of the most awkward shaped unit to move ever. Heavy, fine. Odd shape, fine. Heavy plus odd shape, nightmare -
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I'd be surprised, but then I've been surprised by many things over the years Having said that, get onto Gearspace, there'll be a thread there for sure 👍
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Boogie goodness. Pickup only in Scotland
Beedster replied to Owen's topic in eBay - Weird and Wonderful
Crikey -
Most Fender Custom Shop basses are a farce, there are a few gems but the majority as simply of the quality you'd expect a standard factory run bass to be given the ludicrous prices. You can build a bass of equal if not better quality using off the shelf parts from Allparts, Warmoth and sometimes even their lower priced competitors and in doing so you not only get a much cheaper instrument of the same quality but you get to choose your own spec re wood, finish, hardware, electrics etc. I've picked up a few used CS models over the years, I have no idea why anyone would ever buy one new given the prices and the apparent lottery regarding good bass/bad bass
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Don't bin it, but be prepared for a battle unless by luck you have a set of compatible software and hardware. I used mine quite happily until I moved to UAD about three years back, not only as an interface but also as a mixer. But you'll need to do a lot of reading and trial and error if you want to use it with anything vaguely recent in terms of software/hardware
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Isn't it about time we had a dedicated courier rant forum, or even a new site 'Courierchat' (CC), because it really is entertaining, certainly more than 'Show me your blue basses" threads The below still makes me chuckle, in part because it was mad but also because the guy who finally dropped it off was so completely befuddled by everything, as only a courier at the top of his game could be Come on Ped/Kiwi, we need Courierchat
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Yep, either that or a pedal, just don't think you need overdrive per se, in fact it could result in some loss of authentic tube tone 👍
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Love it 👍
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Hey Clarky, don't know the amp but on some all-tube amps simply pushing the volume in increases the saturation without necessarily pushing the volume out?
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Damn I though this was going to be a pic of Jack on stage in '72..... Come on Jack, I think we need the photographic evidence
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Ha ha, not one of my three top tips as rightly or wrongly I associate Deacon with his ‘ray (he was the first person I ever saw playing one). Get your point though, can’t picture him with a Jazz 👍
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I can only think of three bands big enough to tribute and make enough money doing so to warrant this level of commitment where it would also HAVE to be Precision…… But there’s only a thin chance you’ll get away with a J looking like a P, so perhaps a clash of cultures with the audience ain’t a bad thing, they can’t rule you with a fist of iron after all?
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Crikey, I was told by the band leader of a Bluegrass band that he didn't want me to play an EUB because it spoiled the aesthetic of the band - which was otherwise old-fashioned acoustic instruments - which I get, but it must be a pretty obsessive punter who gets arsey about Jazzes versus Precisions. Having said that, there's a few candidate bands that are 100% associated with Precisions, and I could imagine punters being obsessive enough to point out the issue, so if I was in a tribute to any of those I'd simply take the easier route and play a Precision, especially as it would probably sound more authentic. Of course, we don't know which band it is so we can't tell.........