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I've only ever bought a bass brand new from a shop once in my life. All the rest were 2nd hand . Most were bought from Basschat and a couple of others were bought from ebay. Amazingly they've all been great instruments and any minor adjustments in setup I carried out myself. Unless I won the lottery, I doubt I would ever buy a bass new from a shop (although I have bought guitars and amps new from shops in Edinburgh relatively recently).

On the stratosphere ebay site some USA bodies are the same as the OP's and some aren't? Very confusing. This is a 2013 standard USA body [url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2013-Fender-American-Standard-Jazz-BASS-BODY-HARDWARE-J-3-Color-Sunburst-/141079085779?pt=Guitar_Accessories&hash=item20d8f802d3"]http://www.ebay.co.u...=item20d8f802d3[/url]

[quote name='RandomBass' timestamp='1382705670' post='2255669'] Indeed. I've just had some more delivered and are now on all 3 basses. [/quote] I didn't like them at all. I went back to my DR Hi Beams and Rotosound Swing bass. They feel cheapo.

[quote name='Lowender' timestamp='1382711266' post='2255782'] That's a MIM mate. The Americans don't have the open cavity. The Mexi's in general are a low end instrument IMO. The Squier CV's are superior. [/quote] Weirdly no. US Jazzes are routed like that apparently. [url="http://www.stringsdirect.co.uk/c/948/bodies-necks/bodies/jazz-bass-bodies/"]http://www.stringsdirect.co.uk/c/948/bodies-necks/bodies/jazz-bass-bodies/[/url]

No grounding strip from bridge to rear pickup and the truss rod adjustment looks like it's at the neck. So it's unlikely to be Japanese.

My sofa's in Edinburgh. I'm scared to look behind it though.

What a great all round sound on this video. It must have been remixed.

Under £100. Looks like a very good deal for somebody [url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Ibanez-Roadster-active-bass-/221299720907?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item33867dc2cb"]http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Ibanez-Roadster-active-bass-/221299720907?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item33867dc2cb[/url]

Maybe he added a extra zero by mistake? Easily done...

[quote name='allighatt0r' timestamp='1382470914' post='2252636'] Avoid troubleshooting the problem and send KiOgon a PM. Have him send you a P Bass wiring loom and then stick it in your P. His wiring kits are fantastic, and the Tone knob will actually do something! [/quote] +1 Yup

[quote name='largo' timestamp='1382453812' post='2252328'] An example of very talented musicians murdering a classic, imo.... [/quote] +1 Shows why Ian Dury was a 'one off'.

She was obviously only trying to make conversation with you so you could ask her for her number.........and you blew it! Twice!!!!!!!!

They do look nice, but the reason Fender stopped selling the covers with the bass is that it becomes very difficult to play the thing once they are fitted. It's also the reason they started to be called 'ashtrays' (they may be pointless fitted to the bass but do make very good ashtrays).

Betcha tuppence it will go for over £200. 6 days to go yet. These Silver Series have much chunkier necks than normal Jazzes with 40mm nuts. Their pickups also have a lot deeper sound than a 'normal' Jazz. I loved mine.

Great design. Congratulations.

[quote name='CamdenRob' timestamp='1382337535' post='2250664'] Ended up in the Blues bar in Camden Saturday night. A band were on called the Frank Ash Band (I think) and the bass player had a stingray. Sounded absolutely fantastic. Punchy and smooth, cut through beautifully... Looked modern, single pick up, 3 EQ type thing to me, although the couple of hours I'd spent in cottons rhum shack prior to the gig had made things a little hazy... Want one now... Rob [/quote] I have a friend who has Vintage Fenders, G & Ls, Gibsons and his stingray always sounds the best in a band context.

[quote name='Thunderbird' timestamp='1382296496' post='2250357'] Nice looking bass but is over budget sigh but thanks anyway [/quote] He's looking for offers. A Squier body and a mighty mite neck don't come to £275. Offer him £200 and there's a good chance he may accept.

[quote name='Thunderbird' timestamp='1382288826' post='2250147'] Right guys n gals,I have decided after much experimenting that I just do not get on with Jazz basses now I thought they would be better for my stupid knackered hands but my hands are just to big for those slim necks so I am going back to a P bass, I should hopefully have about £200 to spend when my jazz sells now what I would like to know is what brands of P basses are worth looking at now I know the obvious ones like Squire , Vintage etc will be in that price range but is there anything else worth looking at ? I am going to try the S/H route as obviously I will get a bit more bass for my smallish budget. Now any ideas will be appreciated maybe a brand I have overlooked blah blah blah you know the drill Thanks all [/quote] This one looks nice. This guy in Glasgow has sold quite a few nice basses of the years. [url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Precision-Bass-Guitar-Fender-lic-Squier-parts-Vintage-Hi-A-Bartolini-Pickups-/231073207913"]http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Precision-Bass-Guitar-Fender-lic-Squier-parts-Vintage-Hi-A-Bartolini-Pickups-/231073207913[/url]

According to this web page you are correct [url="http://home.provide.net/~cfh/fender.html#specs"]http://home.provide.net/~cfh/fender.html#specs[/url]

The pickup is in the normal place but the bridge looks like it's been moved forward compared to the other pictures.

That jazz pickup doesn't look stock. Is it a DiMarzio model J? And that bridge looks suspiciously like a Badass? I have a P and a Jazz bass but really fancy a PJ for the practicality of it. I didn't realise there was a Vintage Modified Squier PJ. Now if there was such a thing as a 5 string VM PJ, I'd buy it right away.

I love great Acid Jazz like this. I'd love to be in an acid jazz band but I don't think any of the musicians I hang out with are into it. Tomorrow I'm going to have to make some cooler pals.

[quote name='Telebass' timestamp='1381871053' post='2244909'] Well, today I chopped in the Pawn Shop Mustang against a used American Special Jazz Bass. Now, I'm no Jazz man, but the neck was just...wonderful. So now it adorns my favourite P-Bass, and the black-blocks-and-binding J neck from that goes on the P-J. So now I have two near-perfect (for me) Precisions, and one American Special Jazz with a Mexican Precision neck! Pics to follow soon! [/quote] I noticed you were looking for a Jazz neck to swap for your MIM Precision neck. Are you still looking? I have a Mighty Mite neck I bought recently to replace the Precision neck on my Jazz, But have now realised I prefer the feel of a P bass neck. It's yours if you want it. It's got an expertly applied Fender logo on it. It's from this guy on ebay and looks like this precision neck (except it's a Jazz of course) [url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Lic-by-Fender-60s-Rose-Precision-Bass-Neck-MM2906-/331045142422?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item4d13d3ff96"]http://www.ebay.co.u...=item4d13d3ff96[/url]

Of course if you guitarist is using a lot of bass in his sound then it can make the bass guitar sound indistinct and muddy. My guitarist changed his main guitar from a tel to a Gretch semi (which has a lot of low end) and it muddied up the sound bigtime. I knew I was loud enough because when he played a solo I could hear myself fine, then when he went back to rhythm I disappeared. He's gone back to his Tele now and I can hear my bass again.

I saw a gear review of Billy sheehan's bass rig. The graphic on his Hartke amp was shaped like a pyramid. And here it is [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_KY6SiI1gY"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_KY6SiI1gY[/url]