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I know it is a bit of a long shot but does anyone have an original tuner tension adjustment tool for a vintage BB bass pease? I know these things are as scarce as hens teeth but I would really like to find one.

The guy I bought it from said it came from BassBross.

I have just scored myself a nice condition Yamaha BB1300 from a local seller. Lovely looking/playing and sounding bass, rare too as they were only in the Yamaha catalogue for one year (1985). Does anyone know just how many were made please?

A friend of mine had an early blazer 6 string in the same colour as the original pics. Great quality instruments at the time.

The Jazz Bass has now been fitted with the Gen 4 noiseless pickups plus a John East J-Tone pre amp set up for vol/balance/treble boost and cut plus bass boost and cut. This upgrade has made a great bass even better. The palette of available, easy to dial in tones is wonderful. ..... every one of them screams Jazz Bass but in so many different ways.

I bought a 2022 player series Jazz Bass at the start of the year. Its a pretty good bass, very nice to play and the pickups are fine, bridge and tuners are great too. My only niggle is that the fret edges were a little sharp on purchase but seem less so after a good bit of playing. At the end of the day it is not quite as good as my American Professional Jazz Bass but not by that big a margin.

I had my eye on the GT1 B for a while as it doubles up as a portable headphone amp, plus the presets are nicer than those on the amp. It was a moment of madness getting the GT1 B but no regrets, at least it has a built in tuner unlike the katana. I also have an aversion to using apps, ..... I can't be the only one? Having said that, the Katana is a great little amp, plenty of volume plus great low level performance and the effects that I do use are nice but some of the presets esp the synth based sounds are awful.

In a moment of madness I opted for the Fender gen 4 noiseless set. I will have these plus a John East J-Tone preamp fitted to my Jazz Bass early in the new year. Thinking of putting the USA electrics into my MIM player series (as it is a recent model they should fit).

Seymour Duncan Apollo pups are something I would like to try, has anyone used them yet? Or possibly the Di Marzio dp 305.

Well, I originally ordered the 1 x 10 Katana and it died after 30 minutes. When it worked it sounded great so I had it replaced with the 2 x 10 version . I was a bit miffed about needing to upgrade firmware before being able to access the BOSS app so opted for a GT 1 b on finance for a paltry monthly payment. The 2 x 10 sounds great and the 1 Watt setting for home practise is a bonus.

I have ordered the J-Tone model as I would rather just have a simpler control layout ( too tempting to fiddle about with mid freq and mid sweep plus switches ), I will have it fitted to my Fender American Professional 2019 bass I acquired from another Bass Chat member ( thank you Matt ). There is a good chance that I will have a pickup upgrade too but not sure on which ones yet. Then when all is done to the AM Pro I will fit the USA electrics to my MIM Jazz bass ( 2022 model ).

Did you need to enlarge the cavity or is it an easy fit?

At the moment I man using the MXR M81 pedal preamp and enjoying it, I would just like to have a good onboard preamp for when I can't be bothered plugging in my pedal board.

Thinking of putting an East preamp in my 2022 MIM Fender Jazz Bass, ..... has anyone tried a similar mod to a MIM Jazz?

Yes, plays and sounds great. Lovely quilted maple veneer on it too.