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    I've got my Jazz back

    in Bass Guitars

    Posted

    I've had a bit of a bass journey over the past couple of years. After 20 plus years of bass playing, owning and fettling the whole band shenanigans finally drove me to selling my rig, several basses and a host of other gear. I was just left with my ACGs and Rita my Sterling. They haven't been touched for over a year. I'd completely lost interest.

    Brilliantly, I'm at it again but with a better practice routine and I'm working on the basics as opposed to learning songs from tabs. I'm enjoying myself more than ever.

    Back to this story. I was hankering for a Jazz. Back to basics again. I bought a lovely 2008 MIM Jazz from Nick Carey on here. Its playability ranked with the best I've used (speaks the man who's owned over 100 basses). The fretwork has had a professional dress and setup and it shows. I am a serial tinkerer. I fitted upgraded electrics (still passive) and saw some overwound neodynium pickups that I thought might add something. They were great, looked lovely, well made and they sounded very punchy.

    Therein lies the rub. The bass was perfectly setup and I had to raise the saddles a whole turn to a turn and a half to stop fret buzz as the neo magnets were so powerful that they were bending the strings towards the board. I told myself that this was okay but yesterday I thought, no, I'm putting the old pups back in.

    With exactly the same setup I lowered the saddles by the same amount I'd raised them and normal service is resumed. My Jazz is back and it actually sounds bloody wonderful. I don't know if the pickups I've put back in are originals but they are very good.

    Lesson learnt.

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    SOLD Boss VF-1 24 bit effects unit

    in Effects For Sale

    Posted · Edited by GreeneKing

    I originally posted this in the Other Musically Related.....

    Fully functioning and boxed with manual and PSU.

    Can be viewed or collected in Kendal (near Oxenholme station)

    These highly regarded half rack units include a tuner and can be used for guitar, bass, keys, vocals etc.

    Needs to go. Offers considered...

     

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    My bass life winding down?

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    9 minutes ago, Al Krow said:

    Come on then: bit of homework for the weekend for you: can we get a list of all your basses (and if you're feeling brave ranked in order of which you liked the most!)

    I suspect folk will be more interested in that list than they care to admit (bit like what colour bass is actually the most popular) 😂

     

    It's a subject that I addressed elsewhere so I'll look for the info. Every now and again someone will say 'remember ...... that I bought from you' and my mind will go 'kerrching, +1' 😆

    To be honest, considering my abilities with the instrument, it's a little embarrassing..

    My bass life winding down?

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    13 hours ago, Al Krow said:

    Really enjoyed this thread and I'm glad it's an unfinished story. 

    (It's also a tale that means I never need feel guilty about buying gear again. You got through 100 basses? No really one hundred... yes actually ONE HUNDRED basses... that's a ton of basses!) 😋😁

    I keep on remembering basses that I forgot to add to the total too.......

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    My bass life winding down?

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    Well time moves on and I’ve actually got playing again. Just home stuff in my little practice room. 

    I am really enjoying getting back to ‘bassics’. I bought a Lakland Skyline P/J £600 off in the recent GuitarGuitar sale as I wanted a P with just 4 strings. I love it, such a good bass and the Plek’d board makes it a real joy to play. Then the desire for a matching 4 string J sorta grew and I bought a Mexican Jazz from Nick on here. In part I grabbed it because it had Hipshot upgraded tuners and luthier refined fretwork. It’s a joy also, two great basses (and my 2  ACGs and Rita) I’ve already added a Hipshot Type A bridge and some new pickups so some things don’t change....

    What is different is that instead of learning theory followed by picking up tabs for songs I’m working on learning to improvise and use my ears more.

    Loving it all again. I hope a band opportunity doesn’t come along as I can’t afford a rig:)

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    Martin Herrick Neo pickups

    in General Discussion

    Posted · Edited by GreeneKing

    I saw some overwound neodymium Martin Herrick pickups on eBay with a 'make an offer' tab. I offered £75 and was well chuffed when it was accepted. That is £45 less than the usual price.

    I fitted them today and after some fettling I'm very pleased. Punchy and bright with great mids. I think they look good too.

    I initially installed them the same height as the original pups that came out (that are actually surprisingly good anyway). The Neo magnets are so strong that, particularly with the E string they were seriously affecting intonation and causing fret buzz! Lowering the pickups solved this although I was a little confused about what was going on at first.

    The originals have magnets epoxied to their underneath. I wonder if this is a mod? As I say they sound surprisingly good for Mexican standard pups.

    Here's a photo of the bass now and the magnets stuck onto the old pups:

     

     

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    NickCarey

    in Feedback

    Posted

    I bought a Mexican Jazz from Nick. A lovely bass extremely well set up. Plays like a dream and the deal was done in the gentlemanly manner that I knew it would be.

    Peter

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