donhills

[quote name='itaisim' post='472582' date='Apr 26 2009, 10:58 AM']you've gotta watch this video [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1GssYVCCrlE"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1GssYVCCrlE[/url][/quote] Why???

[quote name='dangee' post='465422' date='Apr 17 2009, 07:35 PM']And guitars...he bought my Custom Shop Tele. Very good buyer, for what it's worth.[/quote] So did you have to ship it to Germany and pay paypal fees?

Taking advantage of Gordon Brown's clever strategy to to try and make the £ = the euro and make us the poor man of europe again, this guy is buying big time: E Bay trading name rickyfender

[quote name='mathewsanchez' post='461639' date='Apr 13 2009, 10:14 PM']Just to extend on what 'donhills' said, those 60s classic jazz basses [i]can[/i] be great. I posted this in another thread but i'll say it again here. I tried two in a music shop, same basses (mexican 60s classic jazz), one sounded perfect, an all round stunning jazz tone and the other was a load of s**t. So from this I gather there may be a trend for inconsistency in the mexican lines. I'm not saying there bad, quite the contrary, but i'd advise to try before you buy where possible.[/quote] Agreed

BUT they don't have soul man!

OK so here beginith the lesson on MIM classic series basses. For all of you lusting after a p bass, do yourself a favour and get a 50's classic series p bass. New about £460 if you hurry and used from £300 upwards. Here is what they say on the Fender forum about these basses:- [url="http://www.fenderforum.com/forum.html?db=&topic_number=707395&lastpost=2009-04-1305:35:31"]http://www.fenderforum.com/forum.html?db=&...9-04-1305:35:31[/url] For those of you lusting after a jazz bass, get a 60's classic series j bass, add £50-£100 to above prices. A simple way of differentiating between classic series basses and the normal MIM is generally the classic series basses is that the former will have a truss rod adjusting at the neck butt whereas the non-classic series basses will have truss rods adjusting at the head - where the tuners are. Am I qualified to venture this opinion? Well yes I believe I am. I have many Fender basses including original 60's and 70's basses, Fullerton and later USA vintage reissues and a recent CS jazz plus JV p's and j's plus later MIJ and CIJ basses. I also have the classic series basses - a 50's p, a 60's j and a Reggie Hamilton. These classic series basses are great basses. SO the one under discussion, may or may not be over-priced but I guarantee that it will be a great bass in a rare colour, and the equal of any MIJ, CIJ or JV bass and probably equal to many US Fenders. No affiliation to the seller. Hope this helps.

[quote name='warwickhunt' post='460219' date='Apr 11 2009, 11:33 PM']£500 for a used Mexican Jazz? The colour may be unusual and I agree that the look is good but I took a mate to GuitarGuitar in Newcastle and he picked up a 'brand new' (old stock 2008) Mexican Jazz for £349... so not sure about your price affirmation! [/quote] [quote name='Beedster' post='460221' date='Apr 11 2009, 11:38 PM']I'm looking for another Precision and can't help help noticing that there's some very optimistic pricing of MIMs on ebay at the moment.[/quote] [quote name='Hamster' post='460225' date='Apr 11 2009, 11:44 PM']That bass is just a little overpriced - to the tune of around £250 notes :wacko:[/quote] For the un-initiated above, there is a world of difference between classic series MIM's and other MIM's. This bass is a classic series jazz in a custom color.

I agree with the bcers above - the 71 has the better tone compared with the TF in p bass setting.

[quote name='Bassassin' post='456990' date='Apr 8 2009, 12:41 AM']Great price - if you don't consider the six quid postage. Probably cost about 75p to post. Jon.[/quote] Yes but £6.99 for a 70's guard delivered - pretty good eh?

please remove

[quote name='bassaussie' post='455880' date='Apr 6 2009, 09:25 PM']Took the words right out of my mouth. Back when this was probably modified, the guy who did it wasn't thinking "gee, in 2009, dumbass people will be paying a lot for 70s Fenders because they can't afford 60s Fenders". He was more likely thinking "gee, I really like the feel of a P bass, but the Jazz has more tonal options - what can I do?".[/quote] Well he could have just added a jazz pup with a normal size hole to accomodate it without that awful hole he made that he then needed a black platsic surround to fill.

[quote name='Ou7shined' post='455623' date='Apr 6 2009, 04:16 PM']I like it . (I'm gassing JPs at the mo) But isn't he asking too much for what it is?[/quote] yes its too much the guard is'nt original to the bass and whats that blo.dy great hole to fit the jazz pup - maybe there was a big ebo type humbucker is there - who knows?

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just joined Been playing bass many years now - mainly old passive fenders - real old school