gjones

Frankly, having had one fitted to my Jazz in the past, there's not much a Jazz with a J-Retro can't do. It can sound like a P or a Stingray if that's what you want. Or even a bog standard Jazz.....

Your projects are always fascinating. I'll be paying close attention

Maybe they think you are using it in a PA rather than in a bass cab. What frequency is 'Sub Bass' ? Tell them you're not a DJ or in a reggae band. Also, the damage they describe where the cone was hitting the frame, would result in the classic farting sound. Did you hear it make any nasty noises before it gave up the ghost?

Go for a Sterling Ray 34 or a US made S.U.B. as the latest SUBs from the far east don't sound anything like a Stingray (although seem to be nice basses in their own right). Expect to pay somewhere between £300 to £400.

Another manky old bass. I'd much prefer a new one.

The ancient Peavey I was playing at a local venue went tits up the other day, forcing me to play through just the house PA. I've never had so many compliments on my bass playing from total strangers before?

I liked the John East pre amp in my Jazz because..... No 1 - It allowed me hear, and to fine tune the bass sound, from out where the audience would be. No 2 - It had a fancy mid control, which allowed you to pick a specific mid frequency to boost. Which made the bass much more audible in the band mix. You can't do that with a passive bass.

The clip on tuners accuracy depends on where you clip it on the headstock. I used to clip mine on the end of my headstock and after the battery drained a bit it would have difficulty reading the string vibrations. I experimented and found that the best place to clip it, is on the F of my fender logo on my Jazz and Precision. It picks up the vibrations of the strings much better there and the battery lasts for ages.

I had the same pleasant surprise a couple of weeks ago with my Jazz through a venue monitor. I put it down to the fact that my signal was going through an expensive compressor and, because it was a wedge, was pointing right at me. Try doing the same with your amp (i.e. put it on a table or something so that it's ear height) and the sound will probably be just as good. The problem with bass amps is that, with most of them, the sound is aimed at your knees not your ears.

[quote name='gjones' timestamp='1379355806' post='2211700'] What colour is that? Anyone know? I'm refinishing a precision and that's the colour I would like. [/quote] Vintage white..

What colour is that? Anyone know? I'm refinishing a precision and that's the colour I would like.

[quote name='Ruck' timestamp='1379326330' post='2211189'] Someone pays me Wednesday night at 10pm and I send the package Friday 1st class and I get impatient PMs about how hes not happy with that?!?! Seriously... bass players can have day jobs too you know... some people. [/quote] I'm pretty easygoing about receiving stuff from others on basschat - I realise they have lives. Most purchases are delivered really quickly (usually quicker than online shops). I've also found other basschatters really understanding if there is a delay on my side.

[quote name='wateroftyne' timestamp='1379324404' post='2211168'] At a guess? An amp with Genz Benz innards and 'Fender' written on the front is more valuable to the Fender brand than if it had a name only recognisable to bassists. [/quote] Very true. Fender are only really known for guitar amplification. Their bass amps don't get much press. The TV range was great in a retro way and, although originally meant to be fitted with neo speakers, ended up too large and cumbersome once fitted with ferrite ones (as I found out after I bought one and had to hump it up 3 flights of stairs at the end of every gig). Hopefully if Fender incorporate GB know-how in their own range, people will start thinking of Fender bass amps in the same high regard as they do Fender guitar amps.

[quote name='xgsjx' timestamp='1379255513' post='2210376'] It's about the same price as the TC BG250 1x15 combo. So it seems to be priced accordingly. Don't think because is has more watts, it's louder. [/quote] The reason I ask is because Gear4Music are still selling there's for the normal price of £435. I wondered why the drastic price drop by other shops? [url="http://www.gear4music.com/Guitar-and-Bass/Peavey-Tour-TNT-600-Watts-Bass-Combo-Amplifier/TC8?origin=product-ads&utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_term=&utm_campaign=Product+Listing+Ads&utm_content=ErdxSdBi|dc_pcrid_34325238799_plid__kword__match__"]http://www.gear4musi..._kword__match__[/url] Are they just bad amps or are they badly designed i.e. heavy and awkward. The same thing happened with Line6 amps. I've played through a 300 watt one and they sound great (and insanely loud for 300 watts) but shops are giving them away.

[quote name='jeid' timestamp='1379255416' post='2210374'] Thanks for the suggestions guys, it's not a Precision with a PJ pickup combo I'm after, it's a Jazz with a PJ pickup combo. Cheers. [/quote] Aha.....A Reggie Hamilton then? [url="http://www.richtonemusic.co.uk/products/fender_reggie_hamilton_jazz_bass_rosewood_fretboard_3-color_sunburst.asp?gclid=CMCt8I_RzbkCFY_KtAod-FwAuQ"]http://www.richtonem...CFY_KtAod-FwAuQ[/url] Looks like you just missed out on one [url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Fender-Reggie-Hamilton-Jazz-Bass-/290967377052?clk_rvr_id=516147249668&lgeo=1&vectorid=229508&nma=true&si=08kLPMboRNi8n5kmkqtvaXKzDGY%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557"]http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Fender-Reggie-Hamilton-Jazz-Bass-/290967377052?clk_rvr_id=516147249668&lgeo=1&vectorid=229508&nma=true&si=08kLPMboRNi8n5kmkqtvaXKzDGY%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557[/url]

They are called precision specials. I'm sure you could find one secondhand for around your budget [url="http://www.thomann.de/gb/fender_deluxe_pbass_special_mn_bp.htm?sid=d6149817654e59871e46d36fc156c66d"]http://www.thomann.d...e46d36fc156c66d[/url]

[quote name='jezzaboy' timestamp='1379243283' post='2210132'] I love that in the advert from Thomann, it says "Extremly light class D poweramp" and further on it says 33kg! [/quote] They were originally supposed to have neo speakers in them but I assume when the price of neodymium went through the roof they had to go to plan B and whack a big old speaker with a ferrite magnet in there,

You'd be better off asking Damien Hirst he's the expert [url="http://www.damienhirst.com/projects/2011/flea-bass"]http://www.damienhirst.com/projects/2011/flea-bass[/url]

Ebay must have changed the rules because I remember getting cold feet once, about 10 hrs before the end of the auction, but the system wouldn't let me pull it. I thought the cut of time was 12 hrs before the end of the auction.

Why are the TNT and TKO bass amps so cheap? Whats wrong with them? I know they are 75lbs (ie over 5 stone in weight) which is not what people want these days but that can't be the reason why Thomann are selling them for £288 and Gak for £299, Do they have reliability issues or do the speakers fart? [url="http://www.thomann.de/gb/peavey_tour_tnt_115.htm"]http://www.thomann.d...our_tnt_115.htm[/url]

There's a guy selling a Harley Benton version of the Ibanez promethean on basschat, You could buy that and fit the amp to your head? Here's Harley Bentons version [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3LU6wOzOa9g"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3LU6wOzOa9g[/url]

Aha! I didn't notice the D machinehead. No wonder there's not much interest. It wouldn't put me off as I like messing around with basses but I can see why others might be scared off.

[size=4]A friend recently donated a dodgy old Squier Precision body. I've fitted it with a nice old P bass neck I have and a Mighty Mite split pickup from the first bass I ever bought (preloved) back in the early eighties.[/size] [size=4]I've never been too keen on Precision basses because I could never get that Pino Pallidino, James Jamerson, [color=#444444][font=arial, sans-serif]Donald "Duck"Dunn sound I was looking for when playing live. But by experimenting with my new Frankenstein P bass I think I've figured it out. [/font][/color][/size] [size=4][color=#444444][font=arial, sans-serif]Because Precisions are pretty bassy at the best of times, which I feel can make them them sound indistinct when playing live, I tried turning the bass knob (on my Ashdown Mibass) down to zero and turning the tone control on the bass off completely. Guess what? It nails the sound I'm looking for down to a tee.[/font][/color][/size] [size=4][color=#444444][font=arial, sans-serif]Is this the secret to a great P bass sound? Or do you know something that I don't? [/font][/color][/size] [size=4][color=#444444][font=arial, sans-serif]By the way this is the sound I'm talking about but using roundwounds not flats [/font][/color][/size][url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eoVfamlcbYo"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eoVfamlcbYo[/url]

I used to have a Japanese Charvel Jackson P/J bass. It was the best sounding bass (with a fantastic neck) I've ever owned. It's only downside was that it had a nasty pointy headstock,,,,, so it had to go, This Charvel doesn't have a pointy headstock and is cheap as chips. I'd buy it but have just acquired a Precision so would be surplus to requirements. [url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Charvel-P-bass-CX492-made-in-japan-circa-91-BARGAIN-BUY-IT-NOW-price-/130990201273?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item1e7f9fd9b9"]http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Charvel-P-bass-CX492-made-in-japan-circa-91-BARGAIN-BUY-IT-NOW-price-/130990201273?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item1e7f9fd9b9[/url]

Turn down!!!!