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There's an American 62 RI Precision on ebay right now (6pm) with 30 mins to go if that's of any interest [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Fender-Am-Vintage-62-Precision-bass-with-J-p-up-/130480030819?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item1e61374463"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Fender-Am-Vintage-62...=item1e61374463[/url]

[quote name='Roland Rock' post='1112401' date='Feb 2 2011, 01:49 PM']I also like the percussive funkiness that the decreased sustain of a fretless can help provide: [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0F4j2SacgN4"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0F4j2SacgN4[/url] Gary Willis is the daddy[/quote] He certainly is - GW has the funk!

How about coated roundwound strings such as Elixir? Don't use them myself but have heard that they reduce finger noise

[quote name='Chris2112' post='1111937' date='Feb 2 2011, 02:58 AM']Do I make my dream jazz bass through Warmoth, do I make my Anthony Jackson jazz bass copy or do I buy a fretless ACG? Difficult...[/quote] ... not that difficult [attachment=70790:img_4942.jpg][attachment=70793:img_4943.jpg]

+1 for Hiscox. Very lightweight and you can literally stand on them. Best case for the money by far IMO - £67.95 from SoundsLive [url="http://www.soundsliveshop.com/p/Hiscox_STD-EBS/HIS-STDEBS"]http://www.soundsliveshop.com/p/Hiscox_STD-EBS/HIS-STDEBS[/url]

[quote name='Conan' post='1112066' date='Feb 2 2011, 09:49 AM']This...[/quote] That's lovely, John Giblin on bass I think

[quote name='Steve Amadeo' post='1112033' date='Feb 2 2011, 09:23 AM']We've all got to aspire to something. For me it's passion, soul, and precision as demonstrated in this video.[/quote] haha adds a whole new dimension to the fretless art - or do I mean fart

[quote]... all of the above apart from Mick's stuff sound bloody awful[/quote] even Pino? surely not...

[quote]I quite like Pino Palladino and Percy Jones' fretless tones.[/quote] Pino's playing and tone is just beautiful I'm not so sure about Percy ...

[quote]...there are no excuses for the awful intonation in the solo section about halfway though. It has completely set my teeth on edge and I need a cup of tea and a rollup now.[/quote] Heheh, you should hear my intonation, maybe I've picked it up from Mr Caron. Here's something a little more soothing [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RsvdkMbz_qA&feature=related"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RsvdkMbz_qA...feature=related[/url]

here's one for starters - Alain Caron 'Ink Illusion', F Bass AC6, watch for the octave pedal to kick in at 1min 15, awesome ... [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ITQd2NtbOKA&feature=related"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ITQd2NtbOKA...feature=related[/url]

[quote]I also hooked up a series/parallel switch which gives a more Precision-y kind of tone when in series.[/quote] +1 I dont know of any J pup that really nails a P sound. Different pup position (J is 2cm closer to neck than a P) and dual coil/series construction of P are big factors. On the other hand, a series switch adds a lot of grunt and IMO will get you close.

anyone?

Mikeg asked a similar question a couple of days ago - replies and suggestions here [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=120178"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=120178[/url]

The RV4 has a rear routed control cavity but also a vintage control plate on the front - is there also a front rout under the control plate or is the front wood solid? Just interested to know as musing some build options. Thanks [attachment=70323:RV4_front.jpg][attachment=70324:RV4_back.jpg]

Apparently Modulus made graphite guitar necks in the 1980s - more info here [url="http://www.guitargearheads.com/modules/newbb/report.php?forum=1&topic_id=1673&post_id=12800"]http://www.guitargearheads.com/modules/new...p;post_id=12800[/url]

[quote name='LawrenceH' post='1105445' date='Jan 27 2011, 07:19 PM']If Ikay's taken the jazz measurement from his '72 then the bridge pickup placement will differ from a 'regular' non-70s one.[/quote] No, taken from a Squier VMJ which has same pup spacing as a 'regular' jazz. Same length neck as well (20 fret) so measurement should all be fine.

[quote name='Spike Vincent' post='1105180' date='Jan 27 2011, 03:48 PM']The obvious suspect is the E string itself,methinks.[/quote] +1 on that. I'd definitely try a matched set of strings before doing anything else ...

[quote]Can anybody tell me the measurements for the placement of the mid/neck pickup on a jazz and the same for a precision? I suppose best measurement is from 12th fret to the pickup centre? Or maybe from the bridge?[/quote] Just measured mine which are as follows: Precision pickup - from 12th fret to pickup centreline (where pickup splits) is 294mm - from end of standard 20 fret neck to pickup centreline (where pickup splits) is 122mm Jazz neck pickup - from 12th fret to pickup centreline is 276mm - from end of standard 20 fret neck to pickup centreline is 104mm Jazz bridge pickup - from 12th fret to pickup centreline is 368mm - from end of standard 20 fret neck to pickup centreline is 195mm

[quote name='garethfriend' post='1099250' date='Jan 23 2011, 12:44 AM']Ive just had a look at it and basically it looks like it's a 4-pole 3-way switch which basically no-one sells so it looks like I'm going to have to get one from manufacturer. bugger.[/quote] Have a chat with those very nice people at Strings & Things in Shoreham. They're EBMM distributors qnd have been very helpful to me in the past. [url="http://www.stringsandthings.co.uk/"]http://www.stringsandthings.co.uk/[/url] email: [email protected] tel: 01273 440442

[quote name='mart' post='1096498' date='Jan 20 2011, 04:03 PM']Yep, that I understand. It's a more complex circuit that I'm trying to get my head round, but I just don't seem to be able to explain my question, so I'll go and think about it some more and see if I can either understand it, or explain it better! Thanks for your patience [/quote] Don't worry I sometimes think I'm going mad as well . I know what you're getting at. The idea of tweaking the amount of signal from each coil to get different flavours of harmonic content is seductive but I think in practice doesn't work. Even if it does, attenuating the signal from one coil when it's in series will affect the overall signal volume to such an extent that subtle change in harmonic content would probably be lost anyway.

[quote]The two pickups in a jazz bass have four wires between them.[/quote] I think this is where the confusion is creeping in. Imagine a humbucker with two coils hard-wired in series. There's only one wire going in and one coming out like this: (cold) wire >> into '-' [COIL 1] '+' >> connected to >> '-' [COIL 2] '+' >> (hot) wire Two single coils wired in series look exactly the same. Sure there are more complex ways of wiring this up via switches etc but in effect there's only one wire going in and one coming out. When in series they act exactly as if they are two coills of a hardwired humbucker.

[quote]I'm trying to understand why you need both pickups on full! What would be wrong with running, say, the bridge pickup running at half volume in series with the neck pickup running at full volume?[/quote] Look at it this way - imagine you have one single coil pickup with a volume control (A) wired on the 'cold' side and another volume control (B ) wired on the 'hot' side. Turn both controls up full and you get max volume. Turning down either vol A or vol B will reduce the volume - ie. they both do [u]exactly the same thing[/u] so one is effectively redundant. Now imagine the same setup with one twin coil/humbucking pickup replacing the single coil pickup. Exactly the same is true. Both vols do exactly the same thing and one is redundant. Wiring two jazz pickups in series is the same as having one twin coil/humbucking pickup. The only difference being that it's a very wide aperture humbucker (the two coils are some distance apart).