AndyTravis

This is stunning - I've seen loads of buckeye basses with filled in areas, and the ones on this are not that noticeable at all.

I wish I had anything to offer...I don't *weeps*.

Yamaha BB300 - Jap Precision copy, £99 in Sound Control Salford. Was in 1997.

The reason I started on bass was Mate and Brothe both had guitars, mum and dad wouldn't get me a drum kit and i couldn't sing.

'You can be the bass player...'

'What's a bass?'

Yeah, things have changed in my life in 14 years.

I'm waiting for these Farida FJB Fretless's to turn up, and i'll be mentioned as an endorsee - thing is, I liked their basic Jazz copy a lot and approached them with a few ideas for a fretless, and they made 2 to my spec...so I know I like them (although one will be fretted eventually by a local luthier) and i'll proudly use them.

They will be my maing gigging basses as they're amazing - My CS Jazz bass will get an outing from time to time, but these will be with me until i'm done playing, or dead. (I'd let them quote me on that).

Also, i'll be swapping out my tired old Fender BG-32 Acoustic for their AB-10 which is a much nicer instrument...

But if a rep asked me to endorse a product I didn't believe in, I'm not sure I could be arsed lying, or appearing in the garbage adverts in 'play music' magazine.

Depends on the product - I think basses are highly personal things, whereas amps, I don't worry about; it's pretty difficult to find an amp these days without at least one useable sound, particularly in a band setting rather than a soloist - not like the 'ANDY TRAVIS EXPERIENCE' is coming to town anytime soon...

If D'addario are reading - I use your strings exclusively, can I have some in the post?!? Ha.

mwah...wonder what all the fuss is about.....

hee hee

Just an Update - On hold for Mcnach...

Swerved the dodgy post eBay offers, seemed too scammy, so very happy BC'ers are going for it.

I'll mark as sold once it's all tied up.

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This Blonde version is legit, no photopokery...

There's also a short scale Jaguar bass coming too...

I've heard there is a Matt Freeman (Rancid) P-Bass...

You ain't seen me...roight?

Great amps these!

[quote name='thisnameistaken' post='1175426' date='Mar 24 2011, 11:50 PM']I disagree, I think it's mostly (or all) the front pickup with the tone flat. Streamers sound pretty middy on both pickups but the bridge pup is much more nasal than that.[/quote]

Yeah, i played BB's Ash Corvette with East Preamp about 2 days ago, so I was trying to advise how he's going to get the sound from his bass...

Shouldn't be too difficult to dial in with the added options he has to hand.



Potter - The bass is lovely, take it from someone who misses a Warwick Corvette and sold it for knob all, it's worth hanging onto.

2 'Viewers' from the last eBay listing have been in contact saying they'd missed the end of the auction.

Will see what comes of that...so difficult to see it nearly gone...

The way my back has been since an odd train seating related incident...long story.

And going from 3 basses in the 10-11lb mark to a CS Jazz at 8lbs, i'm thinking as light as possible at the moment.

Heavy gear is a pain in the arse, and i've decided to worry about what i'm playing rather than what through.

I was very excited to see the new Roland Bass cubes have a D.I. Out from the 60w model upwards. And they sound good enough too...

All the above seems right Potter,

Just Set the EQ flat on your Corvette, and roll selector towards the bridge, the bass should do 90% of that without much eq...then add a bit of mid and take off the treble as appropriate.

If I didn't have the dream fretted Fender to pay for...it'd be here.

I also have 2 Farida Fretless Jazz's i specced being released to me from their rep soon which i designed, so there won't be much space for this as i'll be expected to play them for fretless moments...

It's such an amazing bass.

HOW ON EARTH IS THIS STILL HERE?

Bump...

Will listen to PM's if anyonbody is on the fence...

don't buy one?

Edit - that was a bit terse.

Fender Custom shop basses are really a different thing.

I've played 1000's of Fenders, and there are more good than bad.

Recently i've owned 4 Jap Fenders, 2 Mexi Classic series and 1 USA Vintage Reissue. And they were all great, i've just settled on a Custom Shop Jazz, and got rid of pretty much everything else.

The other bass is a 28 year old Squier. And that's ace too.

edit 2 - still makes no sense.

Fender Japan and Fender Corona don't use the same lumber yard for theit woods, etc etc.
The vast majority of Fender Japan stuff comes without a gigbag, let alone a nice ABS Moulded case.

There are more reasons than are worth going into, but you know, find a bass you like within your budget, and if it's made on the moon, what does it matter?

The Korean Artist stuff looks Dodgy. Reverso in gold...YUM....

Star Bass Single Cut, Hmm...would still love a StarBass...how much? Nah.

Shame, loved my Warwick, got a lot of time for their gear, but they don't have pump out the garbage too.

That was reviewed in Bassist years ago...they liked it!

I saw one of them in Johnny Roadhouse years ago, looked very well made.

Salvador Dali Sig model, ha.

[quote name='bubinga5' post='1162421' date='Mar 14 2011, 09:33 PM']WOW.. thats lovely...Those NJ4 se's kick ass too..[/quote]


Haha, they used to be yours!

This bass used to be mine, what an amazing bass, particularly with the Nordstrands.

saw this at the Manchester Guitar Show years ago, looked amazing.

damn, been after one for ages, now skint. BOOO!

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back on the 'bay...

Hi guys,

This bass was a special order originally placed by me with Musicman. I think it took about 16 weeks to arrive, and i was made up when it arrived.

The grain of the Ash on the body is really tidy and even, and the bass is not too heavy at all.

I think at the time I paid £1400+ for it. The current list for one of these is a lot more than that now.

The typical Stingray sounds, plus the added versatility of the extra pickup make for a fantastic and very useable bass. The Piezo is really good for acoustic moments, and with a bit of twiddling and palm muting, you can get some decent upright-esque sounds.

Would love to hear it with the Graphite neck! It really was special enough with the original neck!


If i wasn't in sales mode too, i'd have this back.

Best of luck with the sale Mike - any potential buyers rest assured; a top bloke to deal with.

EDIT - Just for the people who don't know controls are vol/pickup blend/treb/mid/bass

You just wouldn't ever buy anything from them would you?! Sharks of the highest order.

I always think you'd drop one of their instruments and find rust spots filled newspaper and filler then oversprayed.

It's not a 59...

I'm no Overwater expert, but it doesn't look like an Overwater at all.

The fit and Finish certainly don't.

He refers to 'her' needing a 'tender home' too, so he lost me there, even if it was a full blown Overwater for £10.

They're interesting, but about £1700 i think.

Thy look like some of Carey Norstrands non-Jazz like instruments, which is interesting as there are some new SR 'Premium' models with Nordstrand fat singles on them, and Nordstrand Eq's, for about £850, which look fantastic.