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[quote name='EssentialTension' post='705878' date='Jan 8 2010, 07:02 PM']Maybe I was playing a duff one - it was sunburst. I love the seafoam finish. I recall reading at another bass chat place (maybe TB) about someone who had replaced the pickups with TV Jones bass pickups and another who replaced them with some custom made jobs. IIRC, both said that the stock pickups were guitar pickups. And an interesting review here at BC saying something similar: [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=1308"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=1308[/url] I'd still really like one in seafoam with TV Jones Thundertrons like this: [/quote] Had a similar idea re pickups and the dean, though mine would be the cabbie! Thanks Dave, And Happy Belated Birthday!

[quote name='hillbilly deluxe' post='705800' date='Jan 8 2010, 05:39 PM']Squier bullet bass.[/quote] Cheers for clearing that up

[quote name='warwickhunt' post='705507' date='Jan 8 2010, 02:16 PM']Nope! The JV's only ever came as a full 34" scale.[/quote] There wasn´t a JV era shortscale. Just the P and J bass Was there a squier bullet bass? I know there was the Fender and there is a squier bullet guitar Think the next run of squier shorties was the Vista Tone series? Could be totally wrong here

[quote name='EssentialTension' post='705766' date='Jan 8 2010, 05:17 PM']I played one of those (although not the Cabbie finish) and thought the sound was very poor. I've since been led to believe thay have six-string guitar pickups.[/quote] Really? That´s strange. The two I´ve played (one cabbie, one seafoam green) sounded great. Both were run through an Ampeg SVT 200T and 4x10HLF. Both sounded exactly the same, though the green one had a bit more Hum with the tone on full whack. Perhaps anything sounds good with that Ampeg! I really want the cabbie bass though! Didn´t know they were guitar pickups. Interesting.

[quote name='Born 2B Mild' post='705643' date='Jan 8 2010, 04:01 PM'] Personally, I think I'd rather haver a Rickenchewbacca[/quote] The Truss is strong in this one... DONE!!!hehe

[quote name='bigjohn' post='705733' date='Jan 8 2010, 04:58 PM']He won it in card game from Hondo Calrissian...[/quote] No, That´s not true! Thats IMPOSSIBLE!!! I´m off to try and find a dist pedal. Thinking of a Grand Moff...

[quote name='BurritoBass' post='705690' date='Jan 8 2010, 04:32 PM']I spent half of yesterday evening googling Gretsch basses and they seem rarer than hens teeth! I'm genuinely surprised so many of you have played one as I've never got to try one and it's not for lack of trying.[/quote] True, you don´t see many about, but they are there. The first one I tried was at a jazz/blues gig in Cork in 07. Some American guy had one and didn´t use it once during his set-he stayed with his EUB. I got to mess with it for about 20 mins with a mate on drums between sets. A local cover bands´ bass player has a white falcon bass he bought in Germany. Got to use it and his (awful) Ric when I dep´d for them for 4 gigs last summer. I played the shortscale one when they were around first-my local guitar shop had two (of all the luck) But honestly, you are right, I´ve only seen one or two in a few shops n the last few years. Nowhere near as common as Gibson basses and over here there´s only really one store (two shops in Dublin) that sells those.

I´ve got a bad feeling about this... How are the Boba-Fretts on that? (shudder!) How bout anything with modded Deathstar pickups (or were the Darkside pickups)? Think I saw a set of them a long time ago, in a Hofner Galaxy, far far away...

seems like that should be made by Gretsch for some reason... I´d go with a Darth Vigier Or a nice Gibson R2D2 Artist... Or a Musicman Light-Sabre sorry, those were the best I could come up with in a rush!

Either someone on here´s beat me too it, or it was already gone. Eitherway, neither the Fernandes nor Gibson bass (green) are on the site anymore. Damn!

As a rockabilly nut, I have to say the Gretsch guitar is a fantastic looking and amazing sounding instrument. The TV Jones pickups are amazing! The Setzer, The Chet Atkins, The Electromatic,even the Duo-Jet-all seriously great guitars! Bass-wise, they haven´t built a decent one in forever. They all LOOK amazing, but they ALL SOUND weak and flabby. The only one with a bit of kick to it is the budget one they had out, the Junior Jet or whatever it was called. It was a shortscale thing with one pickup and came in a weird grey/greenburst colour. That was a pretty decent one. May still buy one, though probably won´t If I was to buy a Gretsch-type bass, my money would be on either the Eastwood Classic 4 (in white, obviously) or a Dean Stylist (Cabbie version) They are the best hollowbody copies around and let yellowish/clear (whatever you´ve had to drink will affect this) liquid fall from a great height on top of any bass Gretsch has made soundwise in my experience. Still, on looks alone, gimme a Gretsch any day!

[quote name='tom1946' post='705501' date='Jan 8 2010, 02:15 PM'] That bad eh? I suppose it must be for that price. I once bought a couple of his strat copies and they were really bad too. Got a refund to be fair. Thanks for reminding me.[/quote] Hey, thats just my experience of `Swift to anger´ instruments In this current climate, and indeed economic climate, the only way purchasing this would make any financial sense would be to buy it and chuck it in the fire and get the family/mates around for a sing song. fuel and a cheap night in. Now, I´m no economist or meteorologist, but thats what i´d do

Junk, plank, firewood, driftwood-something to stir swill with! AVOID like an army of ravenous-plague-infected-zombies-out-to-eat-you-the last living person in all of christendom. Was teaching the neighbours daughter a few years back and despite my protests and offers of lending her one of my many cheap basses that I dont even take out of the attic anymore, they bought her one of those ´Swift´ P copies in pink! I was then asked to give it the once over. It makes a fantastic place to hang a baseball cap in the corner of any teenagers bedroom, but as a bass, it is seriously a pile of sh*te! Neck was bowed, tuners are a joke, String tree kept popping out and rising up, nut likes to go walkies. electronics were awful, pickguard nearly cut my f***ing hand off. oh, and the neck didnt join the body properly (easy to move it about)-makes a good tremelo set up though Now the usual "maybe it was just a dud" argument could be proffered, but that is not the case. They are wood with crappy strings hanging off. to quote the meerkat, ´Simples!´ To prove this, another person in my neighbourhood bought both an acoustic guitar and an acoustic bass for his kids from the same guy-its a matress and guitar shop in London (better than Eddie Izzard´s bit about the shop that sells guns and banjos!). Within a week he was trying to get his money back. He doesn´t know anything about guitars (or even music-as his loud parties often suggest!) but he said they were pieces of poorly constructed sh*te Again, I´d avoid and spend the money on parts or something!

[quote name='Davetbass' post='704559' date='Jan 7 2010, 06:28 PM']He is a theiving, lowlife pr*ck! I bought a set of white EMG jazz pups from him for 70quid posted and he never bothered sending them. When I contacted ebay they told me to call his local police station as it was a fraud. No help from ebay and he also managed to palm me off with excuses until the deadline for a paypal claim had passed. Well I'd like to say there was a happy ending but he has my dosh and I will never buy anything from the States again. I did send him a goodsized paragraph of imaginative scottish abuse everyday for a month with lots of death threats and explicit details of what I was going to do to his mum! Dave[/quote] I´ve dealt with people like him before. I can´t stand w***kers who abuse ebay! I would probably do the exact same thing if I got screwed over!

I asked about it earlier. After a decent Rickenfaker as I´ll never part with the money for a real Ric-far too expensive IMO. Guessing I wont hear back till tomorrow though. Chances are its long gone though What are they(IshiB) like to deal with? any horror stories?

Check it hasn´t been modded! Lots of people tend to go chopping and changing the pickups on these. Make sure the neck is straight and th frets are ok. other than that,not much else. in terms of sound, I always thought they were a bit lightweight, but they were introduced as budget models initailly for people who couldn´t afford the P bass. Seems like an ok price to me. Just hope the finish hasn´t aged as harshly as my 78 Oly white Precision!

Just finished all 16 pages. Wow! Bass related stuff has made me teary eyed before-but only out of beauty. This truly is a heart-warming story. Fair play to GE. One simple act of random kindness yielded a fantastic outcome. Hope it all goes well for them.

Hi all. This has probably been dealt with, but can´t seem to determine a clear answer- Will the briefcase do as a proper practse amp-with a drummer and guitarist. I mean at low level jam sessions in bedrooms/kitchens, that sort of thing instead of full sessions. Thanks Colin

[quote name='[email protected]' post='701689' date='Jan 5 2010, 03:09 PM']I'm thinking of selling my temperamental above mentioned amp. Just seeing what interest/if any there is. Have a look here for sound clips and to pass any comment. Thanks, Tom [/quote] Where is the link?

That really annoys me! If something is RARE, fair enough, but using it for everything is just ignorant!

How the hell can this: [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/FENDER-PRECISION-JAZZ-BASS-MOLDED-CASE-USA-RARE-WOW_W0QQitemZ250557631773QQcmdZViewItemQQptZGuitar_Accessories?hash=item3a56660d1d"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/FENDER-PRECISION-JAZ...=item3a56660d1d[/url] be so expensive?

The Zone was as a re-badged Lyte early on. There was a short run of Precision Lyte Deluxes made in the US (mid 90´s)- Plain wood finish, humbucker in the bridge, no matching headstock, chrome hardware- before the model was discontinued. After this Fender introduced the Zone. Later the Zone was available as part of both American Deluxe and Deluxe (mex) series. Nowhere near the Lyte in quality or sound! Saw a Cherry American Deluxe Zone in the local guitar shop (2nd hand) a few months back. Played lovely but the sound was very thin.

Finally some lurve for the P-Lyte! I had two, still have one (greensparkle, gold hardware). Love them. The one I still have is the proper japanese one, from 1986 Incredibly lightweight, lovely neck (like a Gibson SG guitar neck at the nut!-very thin and super-fast) It doesn´t sound like a common-or-garden Precision, given the PJ pup config and active pre, but they do have a very versatille range. Records very well and has a lot of bite live too (I like to use the P pup on half and the J bout 3/4 up roll back the tone a little and play with a pick-like a little T-Bird ) You can get close to nearly any bass sound you want (though action, string choice and a million other things are factors in this) Never noticed any neck dive in mine. My only complaint about the P Lyte, and I´m [u]sure[/u] some others will have had the same problem at some point (I know 4 other guys in this boat): The really dodgy input jack on the bass. Horrible. incredibly cheap and always come loose! Replace the factory one and your on the pigs back! I tried an American-made Deluxe version of this bass (has a Humbucker in the bridge) and it didnt hold a candle to the MIJ ones! Buy a decent second hand japanese Lyte and you WILL NOT REGRET IT!!!

[quote name='Tait' post='698077' date='Jan 1 2010, 04:19 PM']this is interesting, where did he put the capo? doesn't he need open E for the verse? and where does he slide live? the verse is hammered on, and the chorus just plays root notes, doesn't it?[/quote] Don't actually know, read it a few years ago in some magazine. As for sliding live, he did at Dublin (last gig before the breakup) Its a slide from f# (so I assume 2nd fret) and as I said, the bassline is doubled over, according to said interview. The E in it is 7th fret on A string as far as I can remember. I've not played any Blink in AGES but im pretty sure that was it. Still, I'm no authority on the matter

Pretty sure that puts it at late 93-mid 94