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bassix

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  1. Because I'm a tart and I didn't like the colour scheme!
  2. I went shoppng for a cheap backup bass yesterday, tried 3 squiers. The first, a squier contemporary jazz was a dog, heavy, brittle sounding pickups and a rough almost unfinished neck. Hastily handing this back I was given a Vintage modified jazz to try which was almost perfect. I could barely tell the difference in feel from my US jazz. Umming and arring I then tried another vintage modified in my preferred colour scheme and this left a lot to be desired. It was better than the first bass but nowhere near as good as the second. All the basses were made in Indonesia. I didn't come away with anything on this occasion but it goes to show the need to try before you buy on instruments at this price.
  3. I've had to put it up for sale unfortunately, not by choice! They just feel great to play.
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  5. Sire get a lot of love and cheaper than your budget.
  6. Hard on the fingers, eqt frets and die quickly but for those brief moments the Roto steels sound better than anything else out there for me.
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  8. I shall be going to see if my local shop has these in stock. Is it fair to say they are effectively the replacement for the American Special basses?
  9. If this is the new American Special I'll be having a close look.
  10. 2011 US Special Precisions also have the commemorative neck plate.
  11. If they did offer you a replacement neck I'm sure you'd have no end of offers on here for it.
  12. For sale is my well used Protec Contego gig bag. Most people will know how good these bags are, this has been my main gig bag for about 4 years and has proven to be an utterly trustworthy bag for that time. Couple of issues; The stitching on the back has come loose on one of the corners, the stitching on parts of the shoulder straps has also come loose, the velcro to hold the neck inside the bag has also come loose. It seems entirely possible that someone could resolve the issues and have years more use from the bag, sadly I'm not this handy! As such, for someone could be a bargain at a quarter of the regular price. No other issues to report, all zips and segments/pockets in perfect working order. Happy to post at buyers expense but collection preferred.
  13. I've had my eye on one of these, I saw somewhere they were a slimmer nut width, around 39mm- is that right?
  14. Nothing remarkably different about the weight no.
  15. Lozz, I'd be interested in the jazz neck if you we're to move it on!
  16. No issues that I could detect. I checked the frets for sharp edges and the nut for how it was cut after reading the reddit post but no issues to report.
  17. Tried these out today and managed to compare the Jazz with the Mexican standard. All were nicely finished and the new pickups did sound nicer to my ears. Satin finish on the neck did feel somewhat different though.
  18. Thanks for the replies, I've joined up to JMB and I've added a couple of ads in the nearest counties. A load of views and no responses seems to be the way thus far. Off to some kind of musicians mixer tonight to find band members, hopefully no keys in bowls!!
  19. I have all this to look forward to, we're after a new drummer.. Any suggestions on places to look beyond gumtree?
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