Shambo

Does anybody have any experience of putting humbucking/noiseless jazz pickups in a series circut? I can't make my mind up with what to replace my pair with. Despite shielding the cavities in my jazz, it starting to sound as though I'm carrying a lightsabre around my neck. When I practice, seems everywhere I turn to face gives off some sort of electrical hum. Turn away from my hifi and I'm facing my amp, turn away from my amp and I'm facing my laptop, turn away from my laptop and I'm facing a table lamp. It's got to the point now where I practice looking out of the window... people walking past must be thinking I'm a right wazzock.

I'm picking up a LMK2 with carry bag and speakon for £380 on Monday so...

I once prepped some organic vegtables that were taken to Highgrove and served for Prince Charles supper... who happened to be entertaining the Dalai Lama that evening.

I've pondered this too, and put it down to my percieved lack of available keyboard players and/or horn sections.

[quote name='Steve Amadeo' post='771332' date='Mar 11 2010, 10:21 AM']He must be good and therefore busy... he said I'd be be without my bass for a week to ten days....[/quote] Take a gander down at the Pacific Rd Arts Centre. You'll find his funny little shop is always a hive of activity, although I think the 10 days quote is just to cover his backside in case things get ultra busy. I was told it might be ready in 4... or at the worst 10 days. A g*itarist friend recently explained he needed a setup on a brand new instrument days before an important gig, and subsequently got it with hours to spare... but ended up taking it back after the gig because as he thrashed away, the E string kept jumping out of it's saddle and after the first song had to resort to his back up. I've heard some people swear by KGB as a whole, everybody praise Keith's work personally, whilst some people have expressed disappointment at work completed by others in his employ. Apologies to anyone who might be reading this thread in KGB's employ, that's only an opinion that's been expressed to me. I personally have yet to use them, but intend to in the near future.

I notice that shonky looking P bass listing has been pulled...

price... pictures... [i]honest[/i] description... location... it's just too much to expect from some people

Send me an SAE and 20p and I'll send you enough neoprene to make several mutes.

Maple... no rosewood... no maple... no rosewood... no... whichever way they come.

I'm interested in the Hagstrom as well. Buy it and tell us what you think!

[quote name='gareth' post='749283' date='Feb 18 2010, 08:52 AM']Thanks for all your comments I am awaiting a reply to my email from the seller and won't be doing anything further until this is received.[/quote] Q. Who wouldn't email a few snaps from a camera phone for £700? A. Only a scammer. Though not strictly legal, I think your strategy of not paying 'till you see some more pictures is a sound one. If the seller wants their money, they'll make the effort to send them and if not, then there's definately something fishy going on. A 'non paying' strike on ebay's got to be better than paying for a 'ringer' and all the nonsense that entails. Mainly though, I hope they do send you the photo's and that this proves the guitar to be a real. Like I said in my OP this guitar caught my eye because, if you swapped the scratchpate for a black one, it looks just like one I sold to Johnny Roadhouse in Manchester around 15 years ago. Something I've always regretted because, (although the years may be making me nostalgic), it was the nicest sounding and easiest playing jazzes I've ever laid hands on, and the black body and rosewood board/blocks & binding combination from this era is cool as f*ck, and rare as rocking horse sh*t.

[quote name='warwickhunt' post='748210' date='Feb 17 2010, 11:21 AM']Do you think the seller is a BCer? [/quote] I never considered that. Doubt it though. A few decent snaps and an honest description could have made them a good sale here, or ebay, 'Faker' or not. If they were a forummmer here they should have realised [b]nothing escapes the collective beady eye of Basschat.[/b]

Although the seller is probably tearing their hair out, after reading some of the doubting comments in this thread, I don't blame you for taking this stance. I doubt the sellers going to give you any more informationthough, they could have done that in the original listing and drummed themselves up more bidders. Black jazzes of this era with the blocks & bindings seem very rare indeed, I hope it works out and I hope the guitar is real. Please let us know what happens.

Don't the Mexican 70's re-issues have a bullet truss rod on the headstock? I'm squinting at his picture and I can't see one.

That's a shocking twist in the story, and yet not entirely surprising. Wonder what other things has he been economical with the truth about? Musicians eh! *spits*

If it turns out to be real, ask him where the flea maret he bought it from is!

Sorry if you're already onto this listing but it caught my eye. Made around the time I was born and save for the white scratchplate, it looks exactly like the bass I've been trying to replace for the last ten years... and I ain't got the money to bid on it. [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Fender-Jazz-Bass-Guitar_W0QQitemZ220554260273QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV?hash=item335a0eef31"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Fender-Jazz-Bass-Gui...=item335a0eef31[/url] The seller seems very unsure as to what they're selling, but if it's genuine and in good nick, you'd hope he gets his £300 back.

I took my 1x12 to rehersals last night, and powered it with a battered Trace Elliot Series 6 amp, (so not even halfway towards its full volume). It attracted compliments all round about it's build quality, lightness, and sound. This is the first 12" cab I've ever owned so I can't compare it to anything else but I was pleased with it's performance. Next on Shambo's wish list is a micro amp to release it's full potential and then, if needed, a matching cab.

My 1 x 12 turned up this afternoon. Very robust looking thing. It'll be a couple of weeks before I can play it in anger.

[quote name='cheddatom' post='393748' date='Jan 28 2009, 03:24 PM']It doesn't do effects, not sure of the memory capacity. It's very small in physical size. I tend to put it on "auto record" and just mark the occasional riff. I use it on average 30 minutes per day, and I only leave it plugged into the computer for 10 minutes while I copy the files etc. This gives you an idea of the amount of time it can record for, and the amount of time the battery lasts for. The Zoom H4 has always looked great to me, but I have a proper recording set up so this little line6 dealy is just what I need and nothing more.[/quote] I'm curious to know if you could plug a mic into the backtrack's guitar input? Say a boundary mic to make rough recordings of rehersals?

Are 70's jazz pups a different spec to more modern ones? From my ear, the older one is alot louder than the more modern,(bridge), one. Is there some physics behind this? Were older Fender stock pups hotter than newer ones? I like the old pup but when I hit the series switch, I've totally lost the 'thump' I used to have. To the point where soloing the neck pup is the softest sound I can now get, (it used to be the S1 switch on, by a country mile). :wacko:

OH MY GOD IT'S GHASTLY.... ...that rug's got to go! Nice bass btw.

So the neck pup on my S1 Jazz gave up the ghost the other day. It stopped working in the hands of a local accomplished bassist, who was mortified, and promised to rectify the situation. True to his word he came around yesterday with his toolkit and the nice 3 bolt mid 70's Jazz he'd been waxing lyrical about, (after feeling the weight of it, I'll never complain mine's too heavy ever again). We identified the pup had given up, so he swapped it for one he'd taken out of his old Jazz, (which was already sporting some Seymour Duncan Antiquity's). I promised not to sell the guitar to crack converters until he'd promised to aquire a new set of stock Fender pups for me. Today though, I've noticed my warm S1 tone has almost vanished. Without the S1 on it sounds alot harsher and barks, (not such a bad thing), but in series I feel I'm not getting even a quarter of the fuzzy warmth I used to. Here's the question. Is it a bad idea to match a stock mid 70's neck pup with a mid 00's bridge pup?

This is excellent news, congratulations!