Captain Rumble

How about the idea of how long a note is and where in relation to the beat you start and finish the note. For me when this feels correct I feel I am in the pocket.






Could be talking complete b*ll***ks of course

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what sort of budget are you looking at? if you've got the funds, the TecAmp Puma comes in a nice 500w offering (@4ohms). I tend to like 4-band eq offerings (and/or parametric). i'm not sure how available things are in your area, but I like my Genz 9.0 Shuttle, so a used 6.2 might be a nice option. I've heard that the GK can get you in the tone region of Mesa amps, if that is what you are going for. i'm not a huge fan of the ToneHammer, but it will fit the 500w bill and fit in a gig bag.
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+1 for Tec-amp

Assuming you may well play the odd Steely Dan number I wish I lived closer have a good one

Think I shall make this and as I don't own much I will just bring everything

Sandburg, tecamp puma350, Barefaced s12t

would have this of you for my son but your rather far away

Just received some tuners for my old Jazzz from Paul. Very prompt & helpful comms, and goods despatched promptly.

A pleasure to deal with

Well what about that Sold pending the usual already

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Very nice little rig indeed
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thanks I was always very happy with but need some funds to help me deal with a bad attack of gas

All Pm's replied to

My back up rig for sale comprising of Barefaced compact which is a generation 2 and an Eden Highwayman WT500 both of which I have owned since new and have always worked faultlessly. The Eden produces around 500watts in bridged mode which is how I always used it with the compact and to my ears the two compliment each other very nicely. Both are unmarked but have been gigged. I will include a Roqsolid cover which is in good condition for the compact and a high quality lead suitable to run from the bridged output to the compact. If your anywhere near Portsmouth you are more than welcome to try it out I would definitely prefer pickup that doesn't mean I wont consider packing them for your courier to pick up I am also willing to travel within an hour of Portsmouth for a fuel donation.

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Anyone seen Chimike

I fitted the 3 band vol + bal on my old mex jazz and its great definitely recommend it

would you consider a partial trade for a Puma 350

Just fitted an Audere pre to my mex jazz and if you leave it flat it still sounds like the jazz, the controls are quite subtle to use so very easy to get a working tone. Im well pleased with it and if you find yourself anywhere near Portsmouth your welcome to have a go.

As you all will no doubt be aware Southbourne is the cultural centre of the universe with The Travelers joy being at its epicentre and as a result I and several other Johns (I kid you not)will be playing there this evening. This will be the third gig with my 16 year old son on drums and he just gets better each time he actually asked me if I thought I practised enough after the last one cheeky begger.
Be nice to see anyone who finds themselves bored, desperate, in need of reassurance that there are players out there with even less talent than themselves.
John (1 of 3)

My mim jazz now sports babicz bridge Audere pre and wizard pickups and it sounds great

I have a horrible feeling that it would be a good thing if I had any idea what you guys are talking about

Bridge earthing cable come adrift perhaps

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Dont buy any tape Lozz I bought a bulk lot of aluminium tape fire me a PM and you can have some FOC mate
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Good idea I have a number of rolls of ally tape left over from a pipelagging job think I will give it a go on my old mex jazz
nice one

saw that page and thought it didn't say much but now you flagged it up I have looked properly and see the links to more info DOH
Thanks

Just fitted one of these in my old mex jazz this morning and I must say it sounds pretty damn good I think I have sussed the controls but thought I would check the web site to see but they only show stuff for the latest incarnation the Pro jz which is different and there are no useable contact details so does anybody have or know where I can get a copy of any info on the JZ I already have the installation details.
Cheers

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Tecamp....I have a Tecamp Puma 350 head and i've had no volume issues at any gig i've played at. It's small and incredibly lightweight at just 2.4kg (5.3lbs). Running it at 4 ohms (like I do) you get 350w and if you use 8ohms it's 250w. Secondhand prices are easily within your budget. They sound excellent as well. Here's mine.......

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I have same I run it into either a barefaced compact or barefaced S12t sounds great with either
and if anyone wants a compact I got to sell mine

Bought pair of wizard pickups and Audere pre amp from Ryan arrived promptly well packed and as described and my old mex jazz now sounds glorious

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Also, I'd like to upgrade the bridge - I don't want anything 'fancy' like hipshot etc - just a decent, solid, reliable bridge. Any pointers there?

Thanks all!
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Tried a shaller 3d on my mex jazz hated it didn't sound like a jazz anymore didn't sound like anything so sold it and bought a Babicz bridge and its perfect sustain forever and more focused but still a jazz odd thing is the guy who bought the Shaller uses them all the time and the basses he's fitted them too including a jazz sound really good and I get the impression on here that the Babicz is a bit of a marmite job so unfortunately its a bit suck it and see I think

[quote name='Hank Scorpio' timestamp='1395781999' post='2406333']
Try raising the pickups, so the magnets are closer to the strings.
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on my old mex jazz I did the opposite and lowered the pickups ie moved them away from the strings resulting in an increase in bottom end and an increase in output, I tried this after some research into how different pickups work and reading that the shape of the magnetic field generated by the pickup needs to be taken into consideration when deciding how close to the strings to place the pickups. For those clever chaps that can prove im talking rubbish all I can say is it worked very effectively for me