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A Day In The Life - The Beatles

yap, it all makes sense and just for the records, I'm happy with manufacturers sticking with their design instead and offering 20 versions of the same thing. I truly believe that's the way to go! I was genuinely just curious and yes, it seems relatively straightforward to make your own bitsa

Cool, all nice info guys, thanks. I'm just surprised there aren't as many J basses out there with a nut width > 1.5-1.6". I'm trying to get my head around that, because I do like necks with a nut width > 1.65" and I know I'm not the only one. All I'm trying to say is that I think there would be a market for that, unless there is a particular reason behind this choice that I can't think of.

wow. well, that is a huge gap in price! personally I'm not interested in this, but maybe at 380£ I'd have thought about it

https://reverb.com/uk/item/63557449-fender-japan-jb-62-lh-jazz-bass-reissue-left-handed-mij-olympic-white

ahahh it's not me for sure! but if anybody's interested easier to just send an email. otherwise it's just a bit of a guess I suppose. I have been checking shops like The Bass Gallery in London and there are some lefties there that have been listed for 1+ year.

on there there's also a nice Stingray 5 year 2000 in London. Need to scroll down a bit to find it

Hi, I was wondering what are the jazz basses out there that by default (no mods) come with chunkier necks. Anything let's say 1.57" upward, C profile, etc.. With "jazz basses" I mean anything with the classic JJ pups configuration, both passive and active circuitry. Cheers, Mario

The Rumble series wasn't really appealing to me, but I have to say I think this (and some other recent events ) made me reconsider it. I have to say, I like the sound even if I don't feel it belongs me. It looks like it has its own sound (as in it colours a bit), and tbh as long as one knows that, it's OK. I also feel like this would work well in the mix. The "Full/Low" switch seems useful to. All that said, I didn't try one

I think G&L got close enough

That's a bit of a stretch. Kraftwerk have been essential, but hip hop owns a lot to the Jamaican sound systems and djs (toasters, mc). Dj Kool Herc had Jamaican roots afterall

I'd hope it's easy to disconnect them, but I haven't seen one so I don't really know

I was thinking about the recycling aspect of this

https://thinkns.com/instrument/the-ns-design-radius-bass-guitar/ns-design-radius-bass-guitar-nxta/

I bet it's lost all that warmth too

NS Design using supercapacitors instead of batteries on some of their basses. They charge in few secs and last for 16h! https://thinkns.com/instrument/the-ns-design-radius-bass-guitar/ns-design-radius-bass-guitar-nxta/

Never had or tried basses that use an external PSU but, considering I always feel bad when I think how many batteries we all use for our active basses, I really like the NS Design solution for their NXTa RADIUS Bass where they use a super capacitor you can charge in few seconds and it lasts for 16h!

I would also question these examples as genuine "universal" solutions. it might work for some, but I'm quite sure not for everybody (hence why it shouldn't be a standard). A lot of people do prefer having pedals far from each other for various reasons (eg avoid stomping on 2 pedals at the same time, to control pedals with both feet, etc.). Not always easy and cheap, but there are solutions that allow to hide pedals and have a multi-pedal/router/matrix to control them all. I'm not trying to say that is neither a standard nor the perfect solution, but it's a solution.

Partially yes. As in, I genuinely don't think it could have been any better sound-wise and feel-wise. What they could have done though, they could have saved me from having to setup the bass (intonation) and from having to worry about all these little things. But, most importantly what I think is the real issue here is that 2 people buying the same bass might get a totally different instrument quality-wise. And that's concerning since it's G&L.

myself and other people on BC got ours from GuitarGuitar. mine had few minor issues (see 1st comment) but tbh it's a great bass! this not to say I'm OK with that. QC should be improved to allow instruments to be consistently good!

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I have to say, that goes beyond CS, considering one is not even "their customer"

I see, so QC there is definitely not great. Such a shame because they are really good basses. comfortable and with a massive, massive sound (way above the price point). I kept mine and am really happy with it. But I think it wouldn't have taken too much to avoid the things I listed above. Anyway, it is what it is Thanks for sharing your experience!

I wouldn't feel super comfortable with magnets only tbh. But something like a "clipping system" of any sort, that'd be great

interesting. do they have a deal with Peavey?