Stacker

I ain't got twins, I's got triplets!!! Three stacker Jazzes. Top two are Fender CS, bottom one is Fender stacker Jazz with aged nitro finished body and mutes

The reason they went to 3-bolt was to save money! Can you believe that? I, too, used to be of the opinion that the 3-bolt was weaker than the 4, though haven't heard of any issues. Still don't like it, though.

[quote name='BigRedX' post='768032' date='Mar 8 2010, 03:38 PM']Did you see my post 2 above yours? And that was fairly old "news" when I posted it![/quote] Yeh, I did - after I'd posted mine! Anyway, you can still get s/h stuff offa Ishi if you've dealt with them before.

Bassassin's beat me to it: Arbiter, all right. They were forever popping up in the second-hand shops up here around that time.

Anyone got a WAV file of the Wizards or the Kents?

Wizards, eh? Heard that name a lot on this forum. Anyone tried Kent Armstrongs, particularly the ceramic ones?

I'd go for a Nash, though some guys may not like the chunky neck. Hearing good reports about the Road Worn, as well. ANd then there's always CIJ kit. Check out Guitar Emporium and my old friends Ishibashi in Japan.

Dave, Thanx, that's all I need to know. Here comes another set of Ultras, then.

Thx for that. Anyone got any experience with bass models?

As the title says. Am looking for a change on a Jazz (maybe a pair of DM Ultras again) but haven't heard any feedback on these.

There was a 2-pup version as well, equally hideous. I have only ever seen on of these in Klaus Blasquiz' book one the Fender Bass and I just dragged it out for a look-see. My God, there are some horrific basses near the end of that book that - thankfully - didn't make production! Check it out, as it's a good reference book.

Get yourself a Nash, mate. There are two up on UK ebay right now!

Bacchus do a headstock similar to that. And a body.

Who the F did you let at that?? I don't think all is lost, though. Although dirt and mositure will have already gotten in there, wenge - for I presume that's what I'm looking at - is a very dense wood and althoug has a lot of open 'pore' doesn't absorb too much water when dried. There is no reason that neck connot be fixed. It'll need cleaned and glued along with a couple of wenge stringers. Get a Pro to do it. Might cost a few quid but if there's an attachment to it, then no contest!

Re: set-ups. AFAIR, the UK distributors techs are meant to give the guitars a once-over when they arrived at the warehosue. I know Aribter did this in the past (except for the real cheapo acoustics) so there's absolutely no need for badly set-up stuff going out to dealers. And if I'd shown a badly set up guitar to a dealer, I'd expect him to sort it out before it went back on the shelf.

Synapse has the wooden body but CF neck. Seriously, though, if you're only going away for a few months there's no point shelling out on a L/XL series Steiny, or even the Synapse. You'd be better of picking up -if you can - one of those Traveller basses. I had one for a while and used to take it away with me. Had the 'stethoscope' thing that plugged into a plate that the piezo sat out so you could actually hear the bass. It had a single coil pup as well and you could blend that in with the piezo.

I nearly bought this model from GuitarGuitar last year. The Rick 4001CS was on the move so I raided the savings and went for a look at this fella. I loved it at first sight, esp the beautiful figuring on the BR fingerboard. The set up was fine, it looked ok but it didn't sound right to me. I couldn't quite put my finger on it. Also, the volume, when rolled back a bit, alsmost disappeard. Now, having owned a '64 Jazz and still have a few contemporaries sitting around, this was soemthing I hadn't noticed before. Anyone else spotted this? I took a Road Worn one off the wall and immediately preferred it, though as some of you may know from previous postings by me, I couldn't get the 'Mexi' tag out of my opinionated brain and left the shop empty handed. I went back to try the CS again and it was sold(!!) but the got another one in and..... naahh. Not long after that I got Clarky's Nash (via Alanbass1) and, for me, that's my benchmark. That said, being a fiend for stack-knob Jazzes, I'm awaiting delivery of a new CS stacker relic from the 'States at £1k less then UK prices. And I know this one's set up good. Nice, eh?