ChWillie

Interesting comments about weight differences. My P and JBs are roughly the same weight.

I’d love to try one of those.

You are so right. And like you, I play the right one for the job. And there’s such a difference between my JBs that I have even more choice. One of the reasons I asked the question in the first place is that it seems so many more players prefer the JB, and Fender seems to offer more of them than P basses. Most here prefer the Precision.

I have 3 Jazz Basses—Fender American Pro, a Fender American Std converted to fretless, and a G&L American 5 string. I love them and equally love my AmPro Precision’s sound and often think of getting an AmPro JB neck for it. Something about the punchiness of the Precision might make it slightly more appealing to me. which do you prefer and why?

Beautiful!

Lot of beauties!

A lefty who loves symmetrical guitars and basses, I hope to build my own symmetrical bass some day. My Hofner violin bass is symmetrical or course, but I especially love to see basses like the Alembics, which are expensive--I'll never buy one since old age is fast approaching and my steady gigging days are over. I wouldn't mind a Gibson Les Paul DC but not a short scale one. That might just be the kind I'll build when I do get around to it. But I'd love to see pictures of your symmetrical basses, hollow or solid.

That Kramer is a beautiful bass. Wouldn’t mind having one of those!

That’s been a surprise for me. The Hofner is in no way a one trick pony. As soon as I can figure out Logic, I’ll use it for my latest compositions.

Man I love my Hofner. I’m getting ready to use it on an orchestral piece I wrote. When I play it just write, it sounds like a plucked cello.

I guess our cash is devalued, and prices rise too. I’m ignorant of economics, but that seems like a double whammy rolled into one.

During the lockdown and all that time at home, I bought a few basses I’d wanted a while, a couple of guitars too. And I bought at the right time. Some of them, like the Hofner bass and a Ric 330 spent decades on my wishlist. I got great deals, but now, prices are soaring on them in the US as well. Nearly 2000 bucks for a standard American Fender? Even some Fender MIM basses are approaching $1300, unthinkable a couple of years ago. Players are fine instruments, but c’mon. Even regular Players are approaching $900. I paid $1700 2 years ago for my lefty Ric 330 new. Lefties are now going for between 2300-2500. Righties can score a new one for $2000.

That's definitely mojo rich!

I know what you mean. Every dog has their bone until they have less of one. Hahaha.

Up and down views

I used to do the can can until the great intestinal distress incident of 1982.

Pretty cool old pic!

Haha. Either way. Lots of room. Der Stuhl ist bequem.

Ahh the zoom. Many have traded for worse, I guess. I once traded a Fender bass for a cheap Tele. Still regret that 45 years on.

Haha. It is.

After major surgery, I’ve spent a lot of time in my recliner. So I get up to go to the wee Chamber(lain) and come back to find my chair invaded. There’s definitely a WWII going to happen. This joke might have been funnier 70 years ago

A good JB can make you forget the losses.

That’s a lovely bass. I like it. I was 16 when I got my Ric. It took selling soooooo many grease pit items to my fellow, fat countrymen. Haha.

My 1978 Rickenbacker—first lefty instrument I had. . Had to work six months for Ronald McDonald to pay for it. $750 back then was a fortune. I waited six months for it to come in. Quit the evil burger joint as soon as I had the dosh. What was your first lefty bass?

Of all my basses, I’ve gigged and recorded with my 78 Ric the most, and it’s still my darling. The last studio session I did was with my fretless JB—whatever the job calls for, hey? Otherwise, the Ric is king