BassAgent

When I bought my Stingray Ray34 it came with a Kent Armstrong pickup and a Status Graphite fretless neck. I didn't like the pickup so I replaced it with a Nordstrand pickup. I also didn't reeeeally like the graphite neck, so I had a maple/ebony unlined neck made by Peter Boekholt (pbbasses.com). It was finally finished so I picked it up yesterday! Very very happy with this beautiful neck.

Wow, that looks amazing!

On 19/06/2023 at 14:45, police squad said:

No it doesn't.

Custom shop '62 fender pickup

This thing sounds amazing

 

That is very very cool!

Somehow, within a period of 6 months I went from 1 gold bass to three. And I really like it. Soooo let's dedicate a topic to gold basses! 

From left to right: Fender Custom Shop '64 Jazz (shoreline gold), De Gier Bebop 5 (pharaoh gold), Lakland US Joe Osborn (shoreline gold). So technically, the Lakland and the Fender are the same colour.

If it's a JV that's actually a pretty good deal.

I really don't understand people who categorically refuse to own a signature bass. If it has the sound, feel and looks you look for, who cares? Maybe you dislike that specific player's way of playing, but you're not them, right? I have a JMJ Mustang which I bought because I wanted a very very good Mustang, and this is one. I saw a fellow Dutch bass player doing a regular pop music gig with her Troy Sanders signature PJ. I have no clue if she's a big Mastodon fan, but my guess is she just likes a silverburst Fender PJ.

So basically my point is: a signature model isn't different from any other model. There's just a signature on the headstock.

That is pretty expensive for basses that look like they've been assembled from not very expensive parts. I mean, my eyes have to deceive me or that red Jazz is a Sire body and a Squier Standard neck. It might be the angle of the photo but the aligning on the silver MM Jazz just looks...off.

12 hours ago, Reggaebass said:

What would you say the body wood was on that one to be so heavy 

A solid piece of concrete tree.

7 hours ago, bakerster135 said:

My 75 Jazz is 12.35lbs...I've seen the odd late 70s bass get into the 13lb realm!

I've had a 78 Jazz in for setup that was around 16 or 17 lbs...🫣

In that same comment Roger has also said that the new generation comes from a new factory. I really really want to try them now. And also I do not want to try them, because I'm afraid after that, I'll have two MetroExpress basses.

Taking the Custom Shop out for its first spin tonight. Can't wait.

On 30/05/2023 at 08:28, BassAgent said:

Honestly considering e-mailing Warwick to see if they'll sell me a new neck with the Sadowsky logo on it. I like my 1st gen very very very much but man. That logo.

Just got in touch with Warwick: not possible.

IIRC there was somebody in China who already had the Sadowsky name trademarked. Roger stated that he was trying to get the name back, and that the RSD logo was a placeholder until then.

4 hours ago, lemmywinks said:

 

Should say Sadowsky on it then!

You do know why it doesn't on the first generation, right?

29 minutes ago, lemmywinks said:

 

The RSD logo would still be on the headstock so I doubt there'd be any confusion about what it is, plus I doubt Warwick are going to do that for you anyway. Could always ask I guess.

 

 

To me it's more counterfeit that they sell it as a Sadowsky instead of Rockbass, RSD or whatever yet it doesn't have the Sadowsky logo on there.

Well that's probably because it's not a Rockbass but a Sadowsky

Well that would make it sort of counterfeit for me. If I'd have a logo retrofitted I'd send it to Warwick, probably.

Honestly considering e-mailing Warwick to see if they'll sell me a new neck with the Sadowsky logo on it. I like my 1st gen very very very much but man. That logo.

That's the proprietary brand of Music Store Köln (like Harley Benton for Thomann), pretty cool stuff indeed. Very much bang for buck. I bet those SD pickups are a big, big upgrade.

On 08/01/2023 at 13:40, BassAgent said:

Hurray! Back at six Jazzes.

From left to right: Sadowsky MetroExpress JJ5 (with Aguilar pickups), Blade B2 Tetra Bass (with Lollar pickups and Aguilar preamp), 1966 Fender Jazz, Lakland Joe Osborne, 2001 Fender Standard Jazz Bass fretless (with Wicked pickups), De Gier Bebop 5 (with Wicked pickups). 

Up to seven!

1 hour ago, meterman said:

That looks absolutely spot on 🧡 You must be very happy with it, I certainly would be!l, it’s a beauty!

 

Hope I don’t derail the thread but I have a question for you regarding the chrome covers, specifically does the bridge ashtray cover require special screws to fix it in place? I can buy the Fender bridge cover online but it’s not supplied with mounting screws. Not sure what to use. I’m guessing pickguard screws wont hold it down? Any advice would be greatly appreciated. 🙏

 

Congrats again on such a fine looking Jazz 👍

I got this bass with the bridge cover screwed on and the original screws seem a teeny weeny bit longer than pickguard screws. I do use pickguard screws on my '71 Precision, though, and they work just fine.

26 minutes ago, TrevorG said:

Congratulations. It looks amazing, even to an uneducated eye like mike. I'm also jealous of the Acoustic amp. What are they like?

Well, it sounds very Acoustic-like. They have this very typical solid state growl to them, very middy. They immediately give you that Jaco feel with a fretless, or that JPJ growl with a fretted Jazz. I really like it, although I'm planning on selling it as it is very heavy.

30 minutes ago, Lw. said:

Nice - I know people baulk at the new prices but the Fender Custom Shop really do kick out some great basses, they're just so enjoyable to play (and look at).

Lucky for me this is a bass from 2011

I've had over 50 basses in my life, from Dingwall to Mustang and I keep coming back to Jazz Basses. So, after selling my upright and my Dingwall, why not get another one? I found this beautiful Custom Shop '64 Limited Edition Jazz in Germany. The seller was in NL yesterday so that was a perfect opportunity to pick it up. Lovely rosewood fretboard, Abigail Ybarra pickups, shoreline gold finish. Very happy with Jazz number seven in my collection.

I really like that but why oh why oh why PJ pickups? I think a design like this would greatly improve with nice looking single coils or humbuckers, like e.g. Duesenberg or Serek.

Hi guys, I got offered a CS '64 Jazz in shoreline gold, matching headstock, apparently it carries Ybarra pickups? Does anyone know about these basses and how good they are?

Haha yes! Except this bass used to be fretted

Today, something special happened. Last week I got a call from the editor-in-chief of the Dutch bass magazine, if I wanted to check a radio knob Stingray. Well, of course I did. So today I met the guy representing the owner to check out the bass. Such a special instrument. What a bass.

https://i.imgur.com/52OhpZJ.mp4