Shambo

I have a theory that they were so cheap and nasty, people used to just give them away for free... neglected, beaten, abused then either gifted to a newb or chucked in a skip.

First Bass: Avon EB0 copy Go-to Bass: Fender Pro Precision with flats 'Your' Bass: A black Fender Jazz with rosewood, blocks & binding

Have they?

My fave Jazz colour combo. Black, rosewood, blocks & binding with a BWB or tort scratchplate. Had both an original 75 an a jap reissue over the years. I wish Fender would update the 75 look to a modern passive version. Like an American Pro 2 FSR.

This bass is looking very familiar to me too. I bought it off ebay and traded it with @grahamd for an amp in 2009. Excellent quality instrument. IIRC the 'pro active' version was very rare.

When I think of Theivery Corporation I think of Shaolin Satellite. Takes me back to... jeez twenty five years or more, to when I first heard it on a Kruder & Dorfmeister DJ Kicks album. The K&D Sessions is one of my very favourite downtempo albums. You might like that one too.

Allow me to pose a question only for arguments sake. So, you have a wooden guitar body that is heavy. Let’s say a 70’s Fender alder body that wasn't seasoned for long enough before it was wrapped in poly. If you were to strip the body back to the bare wood and place it in a ‘drying chamber’ then wouldn’t the seasoning process resume as the wood slowly loses moisture content and therefore weight? Let’s just ignore shrinkage and glued pieces and anything like that. Could you restart the seasoning process on an old piece of wood? It’s something I’ve wondered about occasionally.

What the hell have I been doing with my life?

I'd be happy if we could just have some new Fender Pro II colours. I'm not doing that Mod Shop if I don't know the weight. They might send me a boat anchor!

All Day And All Of The Night - The Kinks actually, it could have been You Really Got Me... sometime in the late 80's.

Gareth sold me some used wall hangers in a swift and painless transaction. Many thanks Gareth.

I used to own a set of Wizard 84's and I thought they were dark sounding.

A lightweight Fender Pro II Jazz in black, with 70's style rosewood, blocks and binding... and extra points for S1 switch. Doesn't seem like a wild ask to me but we're in custom shop territory and it wouldn't be my dream bass if it costs that much.

Having been stalking the For Sale section for a year or so looking for the right Jazz, I feel that only recently there's been an uptick in the amount of J basses for sale, but never any shortage of P basses. IMO.

The £820 I paid for a Pro Precision a few years ago wasn't massively underpriced but it was a good price for the time. Its value for me was massively enhanced though when it turned out that it was a total player; light, resonant, perfect fit & finish and already sporting a few pre-loved blemishes. So good in fact, that I culled the herd in the knowledge that I'd be hard pressed to find another bass I enjoyed playing more. In a roundabout way, it's saved me a fortune. (I still can't help but occasionally pine for a Jazz to go with it)

Ooh la la !

Perhaps this is the sort of thing I'd have liked... if I had the readies. Not too big and attractive enough to grace most rooms. Is it ultimate enough though?

I like both of them, I've been eying the CTM drophead in the classifieds...but they might just be a touch overkill for a living/bed room noodle-along... for me.

'scuse my ignorance, but what is a 'Basschat Micro Bass Cab'?

Dude. That is an impressive pedalboard. No good for my bedroom though... I'd fall over it when I woke up in the night for a piss.