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Well I've fitted a Fender Jazz neck to a 93-94 MIJ Squier. I tried to fit the same neck to a 2002 Indonesian Squier and it fitted the body ok but the bridge didn't have enough vertical adjustment for the strings to clear the fretboard. With a decent adjustable bridge it would have been ok.

On a random whim I swapped the maple neck from my Geddy Lee Jazz with the rosewood neck from my 1994 Jap Squier Jazz. What an extreme difference in sound. The Geddy Lee now has a much, much deeper tone (which I really like) while the Squier sounds much, much brighter. I had assumed there would be a difference in tone but never expected it to be so extreme. I'd always thought the Geddy's brightness was due to the pickup being nearer the bridge but it looks like it's almost totally due to the maple neck.They both now sound radically different to what they sounded like before the neck change. You learn something new every day.

I was planning to buy a Promethean because I wanted a lightweight, quality, flexible amp/combo and , of course, because it was the sensible thing to do. Instead I went and bought this [attachment=53848:Bassman.jpg] A combo the size and weight of a small tweed planet. Which is neither lightweight or flexible. Although to give it it's due it does sound great but I wish it had come with a forklift truck to carry it around with. Carrying it up 3 flights of stairs to my flat after every gig is something I could do without. 250 watts through a 10 inch speaker? I'm looking forward to your review with interest.

Oh well ads gone now.....you scared him off.

The ABM 900 comes in the wider size. Are you sure you've got the ABM 300 there? [url="http://www.ashdownmusic.com/bass/section.asp?section=abm"]http://www.ashdownmusic.com/bass/section.asp?section=abm[/url]

[quote name='discreet' post='885010' date='Jul 3 2010, 07:23 PM']I've been gassing for a couple of midgets. Would like to try them out on stage and see if I get on with them. I'd put one on top of the other, maybe with the bottom one rotated through ninety degrees so everyone can hear what's going on. Then I'd give them both a good pumping for an hour or so, and see how they take it![/quote] You filthy beast! Leave those midgets alone!

The first time I heard that every picture tells a story - and especially maggie may - I hated it. I thought to myself.....'they sound like they're all drunk!'. Then I heard an interview with Rod Stewart and he said that they WERE all drunk when they recorded it! I went back and listened to it again and now it's one of my favourite albums. I think the trick is to drink a bottle of vodka and make it up as you go along.

The badge thing could a desire for the 'Real Thing'. Also conspicuous consumption may come into the equation as well [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conspicuous_consumption"]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conspicuous_consumption[/url] I am relatively intelligent and am well aware that I am being manipulated by marketing men. I have 3 Jazz basses none of which were made in the USA. I have them because they sound great but I still hanker after an American built one. It's a bit sad really.

[url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Fender-Geddy-Lee-Jazz-Bass-CIJ-extras-case-/130405924849?cmd=ViewItem&pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item1e5ccc7ff1"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Fender-Geddy-Lee-Jaz...=item1e5ccc7ff1[/url] This guy is selling a CIJ Geddy Lee Jazz Bass. The only problem is that the bridge and bridge pickup position look awfully weird. Initially I thought he had fitted a Geddy Lee neck to a standard body but then I noticed the bridge cover. I know that I couldn't fit a bridge cover on my Geddy Lee because the BadAss bridge extends too near the end of the bass. Which makes me think this guy has moved the bridge forward to allow him to fit one. Still it's pretty cheap for a Geddy Lee ........if you don't mind a bit of D.I.Y. to return the bridge to it's original position.

Don't let these guys fool you into thinking it's easy to play 12 bar blues well. This is some dude on youtube who wrote down John Paul Jone's bass line note for note from the Lemon song and reproduced it for this video. It's dauntingly brilliant but don't let it put you off .......enjoy [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9-DNTY8ONw"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9-DNTY8ONw[/url]

[quote name='roonjuice' post='866304' date='Jun 13 2010, 07:41 PM']got the metric ones and yuo, they dont fit! Any ideas where to get the imperial ones in the uk?[/quote] This website seems to have them. It's in the states but won't cost more than a fiver to get sent over. [url="http://www.buzzardsbass.com/parts/tuning-machines/parts.html#gear-screws"]http://www.buzzardsbass.com/parts/tuning-m...tml#gear-screws[/url]

The Stones 'Sympathy for The Devil' has Keef playing on bass. Bill Wyman is relegated to maracas.

[quote name='absolutpepper' post='876192' date='Jun 24 2010, 10:14 AM']Yeah its pretty nice! Having a wee play around with your 5 string the other week gave me the GAS and I was saving up for an EB SR5 when that one popped up on the 'bay. Took the risk with a cheeky bid and got it for £300 so i'm well chuffed. Seems like a lot of bass for the cash. I'm gonna hook it up with a set of Status Rounds shortly before popping it in to Egypt's for a setup.[/quote] I've been looking for a Ray35 on Ebay too. Drat! I missed that one!

[quote name='scalpy' post='875928' date='Jun 23 2010, 10:28 PM']Man! I sold one of these last year for a lot less than £250. It was a silver series jazz, ok, but not enough character to warrant modifying. However, it took a helluva beating in the van but never failed. Can't believe people are that excited by them, but then, what do I know?[/quote] I've kept my eyes peeled for one for a while. Most go for about £300 and I've seen them go for £400 on Ebay over the last year/18 months. I was only prepared to pay £250 tops but the two I've tried (mine and one a friend of a friend has) are both very well made and have a great sound. I've seen Silver series Precisions selling here for about £150 - for some reason the Jazz basses tend to go for more. Did you put yours on Ebay? They don't come up that often as they were only made for 2 years between 92 and 94 and there's not many about.

Well I was seriously considering a Vintage Vibe Jazz but I got fed up waiting for them to bring one out in sunburst. I'd played a Silver Series before so was aware they're really well put together basses and I liked the sound. It was a bit of a leap of faith buying it from ebay though but luckily I got a nice one. The price was £250 + postage which have been roughly the cost of a vintage vibe.

As the title says I just bought a MIJ Fender 'Silver Series' Squier Jazz Bass via Ebay. It's a P serial number 1993-94. What a fantastic bass! It's incredibly solid and well made - at least as well made as my MIJ Geddy Lee. It's made of what I assume is basswood with a satin finished neck. There's no crackles from the electrics and very little hum from the pickups (which may have something to do with the a grounding strip going from the bridge pickup to the bridge similiar to a 62 Jazz). And what a sound! It sounds almost like a precision it's got so much low end punch. I've looked on the internet and there's not much information about 'Silver Series' Squier Jazzes so I was wondering if anyone has any experience of these excellent basses.

Also a slab bodied bass can cut off circulation to the hand, which will make it go numb, because of the edge of the body pressing on your forearm/wrist over the length of a long gig. I've had that before and the only way to solve it is to #1 lower your strap for that Sid Vicious look or #2 use another bass.

Wow really liked that! Especially the harmonics and melodic sequences your sound and feel was excellent. I've watched vids of others on youtube where they've been trying to do something similiar and their technique may have been excellent but the sound from their bass was like nails down a blackboard. In fact they put me off the whole idea of solo bass but your stuff shows how it should be done. Fantastic!

I didn't play for about a year and when I returned to playing I started getting cramps in my hand too. I got one of those springy hand strengthener things sports shops sell and that (plus extra practice) did the trick. Alternatively a squeezy rubber ball would do the same thing.

Hmmmmm.....very handy. I just bought it. I'll review it when I've read it. Basses are not mark 2 escorts.

I bought an indonesian made, 2002 standard Squire Jazz the other week, on a whim, from another Basschattter for £95. I already have a CIJ Geddy Lee Jazz so wasn't expecting much from it and the plan was to take it to bits and tart it up a bit with new pickups etc. But I was flabbergasted to find that when I plugged it in it sounded amazing. I couldn't get a bad sound and frankly it's the best Jazz bass I've ever heard. It is so incredibly punchy and goes from Jaco to John Paul Jones with everything in between. Of course the tuners and bridge are a bit tinny and the neck has a screw loose which I need to sort but other than that it's fantastic. I too have been hankering after a USA model for years as I assumed it was everything I could wish for in a Jazz but now find it hard to justify forking out £900 for a guitar that doesn't sound as good as my cheapo Squire (however well put together it is) If I had got this sound from a £1000 bass I would have said it was money well spent but, amazingly, I've got it from a (very) cheap low end Jazz. So the moral of this story is...........try before you buy or you could end up with an expensive (but very well put together) US bass that doesn't sound any better than the bloke down the pub's cheapo Squire. And I am that bloke down the pub.

I have 3 very different sounding basses 1 - a geddy lee with roundwounds 2- a 30 yr old Schecter with a P and a Jazz pickup a mute and tapewound strings and 3 - an old Squire Jazz, also with roundwounds. The reason I have them is because they all sound so very different from one another. So if it's an acoustic blues type gig I'll take the Schecter, if it's a rock gig I'll take the Geddy and if it's something that needs a bit of everything I'll take the Squire. My next purchase may be a Stingray, as one thing I don't have is an active bass.

These look like the little suckers! [url="http://www.stagonset.co.uk/fasteners?cart_id=5444941_26246&prm_grp=A2_ScrewBolt_PhilRaPan_M5&summit=M5|Phillips|Pan|Head|Machine|Screws#top"]http://www.stagonset.co.uk/fasteners?cart_...hine|Screws#top[/url] Choose the 10mm screw from the table at the bottom. 13p each I do believe........cheap as chips. Wish I knew where to find them 15yrs ago.