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It's here https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/806605429912273/ Looks pretty good from the photos, and £8k's about right atm. Reckon that's a padauk fretboard too which they did on the odd bass then

New Kings Road guitars and ATB Guitars often get some gooduns in though their prices are, generally, eye-watering...

From my experience the pickup windings were pretty inconsistent too, which obviously contributes to the amplified sound. The 65 Jazz I recently sold had factory pickups that were slightly overwound so had a darker, louder tone. My 66, on the other hand, has a tone somewhere between that and my 75 Jazz. I compared the 66 with a friend's 62 last year, and found there wasn't a huge amount of difference acoustically or plugged in. I think I preferred my 66 amplified tbh, for its slightly bolder mid-range!

Hi all, Looking for a bit of advice from those in the know... I've been using an Aguilar DB 924 outboard preamp with my Jazz Basses for many years which I absolutely love, but it's now got a wonky treble pot and the battery holder's a bit broken, so I'm thinking it's time to replace it, or at least buy a backup... Aguilar recently released the DB 925, which is essentially advertised as a more compact version of the DB 924. What I want to know is whether the DB 925 is going to give me the exact same sound as my old DB 924? As far as I can see the 925 runs on the same OBP-1 preamp and the bass and treble frequencies are the same, but it runs at 9v whereas I believe the 924 runs at 18v (two 9v batteries). Has anyone compared the two? Are there any differences in headroom, tone or volume between the two units? I have tried contacting Aguilar but to no avail and, in my current living situation, getting to a stockist to compare the two is not possible, so I would appreciate any advice anyone can give me on this, as I'd prefer not to have to order the 925 then return it if it's not going to do the same job.

It's a G5440LSB

I believe blonde was only the standard finish on Telecasters and Esquires during the 50s and 60s and on the Pre-54 Precisions, but it was offered as a custom colour option for Jazz Basses and later Precisions, as well as on Strats, Jazzmasters and Jaguars.

At that point in time a Fender custom colour was anything other than sunburst!

Another dot/bound/lollipop 66 Jazz Bass! Super clean example that I got off pmjos on here a couple of years back. Absolute beaut to play, hear and look at!

Yes, also very keen to hear about this! Especially vs the standard EMG P/J setup

Sorry, we're talking about this one that Eldon has bought, not the matte one Dov65 went for

Phew! Thank you...I was properly uhmming and ahing over that one and it would've got me in right shiz! 😆

@Eldon Tyrell That's a beauty! A US NS4, yes? Realise you might not even have it yet, but I'd be interested to know how the sound differs to the NS2 P/J pickup configuration? Where did you get it, out of interest? I've been scouring the UK shops for the last few months for a US NS2/4, and no one seems to have them at the moment...

I used to have a black Kramer-era NS2 about 15 years ago, which had the Haz preamp and EMGs and sounded amazing - absolutely cracking bass which I severely regret selling, but I was young and stupid and needed rent money... I also had a 2001 all-maple Euro NS4 CRFM, with the Aguilar OBP-1 preamp and EMGs (sold to Aero71 of this forum, and which I also throughly regret selling...). Despite there being a few years between ownership, I have to say that the Euro felt and sounded, acoustically, VERY similar to the Kramer NS2. If anything, the Euro was possibly a bit more lively acoustically. I only really noticed a difference when I listened to recordings of the each bass - the bottom end was very close, but the Euro had a very clean, sweet and glassy top end, whereas the Kramer had this lovely growly, grindy top end which cut right through the guitarists' full-gain Marshall JCMs! This video, though not the greatest playing-wise, demonstrates that tone pretty well. I really believe that HAZ preamp is a big part of that US NS2 sound and that one of those inserted into a 90s/00s Euro bass would get you there for a lot less money, provided you can source one of course!

Good call! This has been one of my practice tracks for some time, prime Pegg! A good workout and needs some stamina to get through all four sections...