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[quote name='skej21' timestamp='1402861330' post='2477391'] (Sound clips?) [/quote] [url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/239185-nbd-limelight-63-jazz-medium-relic/page__view__findpost__p__2478178"]Go on, then...[/url]

I made some sound clips. (Disclaimer: I'm just a dabbler when it comes to home recording) [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6np-PCYITrw[/media]

[quote name='Geek99' timestamp='1402918472' post='2477812'] Is it the photo or does the back of the neck look smooth and glossy whilst the body looks a bit battered (In a good way, I like it) [/quote] Yep - it looks like the neck was left intentionally relic'd-but-glossy....

[quote name='gary mac' timestamp='1402915608' post='2477758'] That's the way to produce a relic. Really looks the part. [/quote] Doesn't it? I was never keen on Bravewood - I always thought they looked like they'd been nibbled by rodents.

Hey gang I went to have a look at a new American Standard Precision that someone was selling over the weekend. It was very nice, but I'm just not a new shiny bass kind-of-guy. The seller was also selling a Limelight '63 Jazz medium relic. Now, I swore myself off Jazzes a while ago when I sold my '71, but this thing was smiling at me in an 'aren't I pretty?' kind of way. Next thing I know, I've bought the bugger. I'm so shallow.... As you can see, it's very, very nice. Lovely weight, nice and resonant. I know there are a lot of relic haters out there, but if it's been tastefully I've never had an issue with it. And this has been done extremely well IMO. For some reason the previous owner has removed the Limelight signature from the back (just done in marker pen, I think?) - which is a shame - and, bizarrely - the 'offset body' logo from the headstock. Dunno why. I've actually been talking to Mark at Limelight about getting a lightly relic'd P - if I still don't connect with Jazzes, this is such a good job a Limelight P could well be on the cards. We'll see...

Yeah!

We sold out a 450-seater hall at the other end of the country. £15 per ticket. The next afternoon, on the way home, we honoured a free-entry pub gig in a town local to us. Not one person showed up. No-one. And it was FREE. With the agreement of the manager, we pulled the everything down and left without playing a note. Anticlimax? Yep.

[quote name='kennyrodgers' timestamp='1402862242' post='2477399'] I take it it's a Limelight ?? [/quote] Yip!

[quote name='bh2' timestamp='1402861965' post='2477396'] OMG Ramesh! Bloody lovely. What clone year? [/quote] '63

Well... look what I just got: I had no intention whatsoever of buying a Jazz, but I went to see someone about a Precision today and they also had this. I just couldn't resist it...

Wow... that's a bargain! If I was half-man half-machine I would buy that in an instant. As it stands, my back would wave the white flag after twelve seconds.

I'd really like to try one of these but I just can't get over the lack of a tone knob....!

[quote name='alembic63' timestamp='1402416279' post='2473263'] Ive been playing this bass none stop since I got it over the weekend, I cant put it down... [b]great weight[/b] [/quote] That's a rare thing indeed.... treasure it.

OK - you have my attention. One of these with a 70s P neck profile, around 8.5lbs, and I'll pick it up next week. Thank you. [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ygYu_7364gE[/media]

If it had even vaguely stank of 'old blokes trying to recapture former glories' I'd had instantly hated it. As it happens, i thought it was awesome. Very classy, and rehearsed to do it justice within their current capabilities. And yes, Jason was incredible. My only disappointment was that the bass is lost in the mix on the Blu-ray, and they didn't do Carouselambra.

Just keep at it. The muscle memory will kick in eventually.

Yep, it's possible for a band to be too loud. When punters ask us to turn up, it's 'cos years of listening to bands that play too loud has ruined their hearing. Personally, I'm not going to play that game.

[quote name='alembic63' timestamp='1402179276' post='2470843'] Must admit the black scratch sounds a decent idea as all the Antigua scratches ive seen have been almost grey and would be a complete mismatch [/quote] I had an Antigua J a few years ago, and the paint came off the guard when I took the ashtrays off. I managed to track down an original guard - they're out there - but like I mentioned above it wasn't cheap. A black guard would look wrong IMO.

Hmm. All IMO... Someone like Dave Wilson could do a pretty good fill and match, and you can probably pick up an original Antigua guard for £100-ish. That's a lot of money in total, though. The alternative - like you say - would be to refin it. It's already been butchered so you don't have to worry about keeping it original. Plus, Antigua isn't really that popular in the second hand market anyway. It's a toughie, but I'd maybe be tempted to go with the latter.

Yep, if it's the real deal you'll be asked to fill out a form which includes your set list.

I'd be interested to hear opinions on how a passive P/J with the P pup solo'd compares to the real thing...

[quote name='Dad3353' timestamp='1401971011' post='2468774'] I'm badly placed to comment (I'm basically a drummer..! ) but I don't really understand why, if weight is such an issue (with which I fully sympathise...), why are hollow or semi-hollow instruments not more solicited..? [/quote] The answer in my case is simply that I like Precisions, and there are light ones out there.

[quote name='Musicman20' timestamp='1401960794' post='2468641'] It's probably a very small percentage that don't turn up right. [/quote] Quite possibly, especially given that G&L are far more popular in the US than in the UK.

[quote name='KevB' timestamp='1401959269' post='2468611'] I still suspect with WOT's issue that GG just don't want to get it out of its delivery packaging to check. [/quote] You may well be right. As an aside, I'd have much more confidence buying a bass mail order knowing the retailer had opened it up to check it was OK before sending it out.

[quote name='Geek99' timestamp='1401955652' post='2468567'] Wow Does he make the bodies and necks ? If not where are they from ? If so, what woods are they ? [/quote] The bodies are made in Scotland from alder.