Sibob

Well I do love all my Rosewood basses, but the one Jazz I have with a maple fingerboard is the one the Shuker neck, and the birdseye on it is lovely. No front dots, just birdseye with black binding and side dots. You could have white binding to go with the body and birdseye front with no dots! Lovely Si

Sorry about the thread hijack mate, but liking the new white Jazz 5, you sneaked that into your avatar haha! Si

Quite why you'd want to swap this for a thunderbird is beyond me......but good luck! Looks like a beauty! Si

[quote name='vmaxblues' post='725329' date='Jan 26 2010, 04:01 PM']This was Happy Jacks![/quote] Ah, in which case, this bass is lovely if you like small bodied, fancy wooded basses etc! If I was, I would have snapped this up from Jack! so have yet another bump Si

Thats ok guys! Will keep trying Cheers anyway Si

I've played HappyJack's one of these, and it played and sounded brilliant! Body is a bit small for my Fender-esque tastes, and I'd be scared to take it to a gig, but fantastic none-the-less. Si

Yes a price please, or we'll have to remove the post Many thanks Si

No probs mate, you've got first dibs, but will obviously keep the post active! Cheers Si

While I personally wouldn't buy one of these over any of my passive fenders, I gigged a Proto-J 5 a while ago, and it blew my old Fender Deluxe Jazz out the water! So if you want an active Jazz, these are great! Si

[quote name='Schnozzalee' post='725018' date='Jan 26 2010, 12:22 PM']I have an EXTREMELY important question, can you buy pickup covers/ashtrays for the five strings?? I'm kinda sad that way [/quote] I've never seen them from a parts company. It might be that one of the luthiers who offer 5string Fender type basses could fashion one!? Si

[quote name='dodgnofski' post='713579' date='Jan 15 2010, 12:01 PM']Hi Si, According to my bass buddy (who also had the earlier cabs before these) says that in his honest opinion there is no compromise on sound with the new Neo cabs & in fact, because they are front ported - he feels that they sound even better, giving a deeper bass response when needed! I also had the original Mini's & although I've never actually owned the Neo ones, I've heard my friend use both types and IMHO I would have to agree with him - a much improved bottom end, with no loss of the punchiness & clarity these cabs are famous for. cheers for the bump, Tim[/quote] I did wonder whether the new bottoms were porting or just aesthetics. It's interesting that my only tiny gripe with the original ones is that they were rear ported, hmmmm. Also potentially interested in whether these would be split!? Cheers Si

Cheers dude! Yeah I had planned a project similar to yours, but it never got off the ground. I'm so happy with my current setup that I might as well let someone else have the fun! Si

Rest of the pics! Si

Some (bad) phone pictures Some general pics, then some pictures of the various lacquer dents. The worst is on the back, first is a close-up, then is a body shot with the dent circled to give the size of it. There is a Lacquer crack on the neck pocket, but nothing serious. The last 'dinks' are a series of slight lacquer dents on the upper arm bout, I've tried to photograph them, but they are very difficult to capture. They are just impacts, but are there. Cheers Si