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2 hours on and I've agreed a trade with another forum member for my Jazz bass - Basschat wins
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Pickup recommendations? Oldschool/gnarly tone
Delberthot replied to Powertripper's topic in Accessories and Misc
Something surprised me and not something that I had intended it for was adding a Behringer compressor sustainer. It added a bit of vintage, slightly overdriven bite to the sound to the sound of my Precision. It was about £18 on Amazon. YMMV of course, I may have just got lucky with the combination of pickups, strings, etc -
As a test I've listed my Jazz bass here, Facebook (first time for me) and Bumtree. Once Ebay do their sell for £1 then I'll fire it on there and see how I get on. After a couple of hours I've already had a trade offer on Bumtree but not what I am looking for
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I prefer to use BC as it feels more trustworthy to me as it's a community of likeminded people. There seem to be a lot more manners and keeping things above board. Having said that, about 90% of what I have sold has been through Ebay on their sell anything for £1 listings, maybe 4% Bumtree and the remainder here I find that the prices on BC are higher than what I would expect so I feel that I have to raise my price to match - is that why things hang around for a while? I would never quote listings but there are a few members in particular who price their items really high. Conversely there are a few basses that have been sitting for a while that seem really good value but are collection only. A bass located Birmingham with collection only may as well be located on the moon for me.
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Warwick to become 'Exclusive Licensee' to Sadowsky!
Delberthot replied to warwickhunt's topic in Bass Guitars
I read something years ago that you can copyright a name in China even if it exists elsewhere in the world so if someone had copyrighted the Squier name in China before Fender then had the MIC Squiers would have to have been called something else. -
Before I go into the details I have to say that I absolutely love this bass. It's my first US Fender and every bit as good as I'd hoped it would be. There are no rough edges, no lumpy bits and it feels amazing to hold and play. Unfortunately I am having real difficulty getting used to the offset body shape - having played many Stingrays, Precisions and a Sterling I'm just used to the rounder shape of those basses and I can't get comfortable with it. 5 minutes into the gig and I'm fidgeting trying to get it to the same position that I like to hold the aforementioned basses but it ain't happening so it's up for trade only at the moment. The reason being is that it is only 2 months old and I'm not ready to drop a lot of money on a bass as new as this one is by selling it. Condition wise, apart from some very light bucklerash, which is so light I reckon it would polish out and can't be picked up by the camera, it is in A1 immaculate condition. As is the case it came with. When I first got it, the case and bits and bobs went back into the shipping box and have been stored so everything is there and pristine. The neck is great - I have carpal tunnel so anything too slim would cause my left hand to cramp up. The neck on this has a nice Jazz bass profile (officially a modern C) as I struggle on the Geddy Lee neck and most Ibanez basses. It's really smooth having a satin finished underside, no rough edges on the frets and generally really well made. The headstock and the fretboard are both gloss finish. I personally love the finish on Fender maple fretboards. I think that the body is 1 piece as I can't see a join anywhere. Either that or they've been really good in the choice of woods used. The pickups have a proper Jazz bass growl to them. I prefer to have both volumes on full and use the treble on my preamp to bring back the mids and it really sounds amazing. I have added genuine Fender chrome covers as, having carpal tunnel, I like to be able to focus my playing in one area as I have a tendency to wander and this helps me. I have also added a Hipshot Xtender and Chromes flats - both of which I will be removing and returning to stock as they will be transferred to my next bass. I weighed it using the on and off the scales method, first me then me and bass. I did it twice - first time 9lbs 6oz and the second time 10lbs 4 oz so I'll go with the second one as it's the heavier of the two. I'd guess that it'd be a bit lighter without the chrome covers. It doesn't surprise me as most Jazzes I've owned have been in the 10lbs to 10.5lbs range yet it doesn't feel overly heavy when I have my comfy neoprene strap on and have been happy to do full wedding gigs with it (apart from the fidgeting). Before I go into trades, anything that I would consider must be in perfect condition as I hate relics, dings, dongs, chips, chops, plops and so on. I am really looking for a Fender American Profession Precision but will consider other models including Player, Vintera & Performer series. I might consider other basses but they must have the rounder Precision bass shape rather than the offset Jazz shape and I'd prefer 4 strings but might consider the right 5 string such as a ceramic pickup SR5. I like colours as well - the brighter the better but I'm not a fan of sunburst and definitely not tort of any description. Also fretted only. There is a very small chance that I would accept a cash sale but I would be looking for top dollar given the age and condition of the bass And now, the porn:-
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That is a seriously special bass. As a lover of Precisions, Warmoth and purple that ticks all the boxes for me -
You always have really nice basses for sale - Thankfully I have no money at the moment at least until I get around to putting my Jazz up for sale -
I have 3 of the Extreme ones - 2 of the older in black and 1 of the new grey. They are both still in pristine condition and are used to store and take my basses to gigs. I think as long as you are careful, don't throw the bass into it and don't force the zips then they should last at least 15-20 years. My oldest one is 10 years old.
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Yeah that was him - Lemmy "Tupak" Kilminster
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I think he may have been an automotive painter
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A rapper whom I'd never heard of until he was gunned down. I've had a look and Tupak is in there as well.
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Absolutely love these. I've decided to put my Jazz bass up for sale at the weekend so I'll see how it goes I love single coil Precisions but really love the pink Paisley and blue Flower versions -
I'm with you on this one - I see the Doobies like Genesis or Fleetwood Mac. Completely different bands and would they have lasted as long had they stayed doing what they had been with the original lineups? On a related issue, Whitney Houston and the Notorious B.I.G. are to rock and roll as what the Pope is to Islam. Yes they had talent but really?
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If you ever saw Rick Parfitt play then you'd probably think again. The man was a machine when he was hammering those chords out on 14 gauge strings
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I think that the body might have formed part of my Warmoth bass. Mine was mahogany with gold flake finish and before I sold it I had a gold precision bridge cover fitted and it looks like the screw holes are where they would have been on the body. The original neck was wenge with ebony fretboard It was already an incredible bass so I can only imagine what the added piezo and active preamp make it sound like now. The pics don't do the finish justice, it's really incredible when under stage lights- 9 replies
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Was it the 7250L or 7250M? I haven't tried the 7250L but the 7250M are D'addario EXL165 with different coloured ball ends. There may be another subtle difference but they feel the same to me. I've never found them to be overly high tension.
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It's at the top right hand side next to the font colour change option
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Unless you have a double neck in which case it's exactly the same instrument
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I got it just to try using a compressor, if I'd liked what it did then I was planning on buying a more expensive one but it gives me exactly what I need. Everyone has a favourite external preamp but I am finding that the Radial Tonebone that I am using is the most incredible piece of tone shaping that I have ever used. It's almost impossible to get a bad sound from it. I love the sound of a Jazz bass with both volumes up and the tone at about 60% but this meant losing some of the mids - the Tonebone gave me back my mids to enable me to cut through yet still retain the sound that I love. The compressor also adds an extra layer of something, a kind of brightness that I can't explain but isn't a harsh top end
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I've told the story many times about how my EBMM Sterling sounded more like the Stingray sound I heard in records than any Stingray I had owned, well: About 10 years ago I was fortunate enough to have a Warwick NT5 Thumb and a silver sparkle Modulus Flea bass at the same time. Try as I might I just could not get a sound I liked with the Modulus yet the Thumb sounded exactly like Flea's Modulus in the Off the Map DVD. More recently I have been struggling to get a proper P bass sound with my Player Precision and almost ended up selling it. I bought a cheap Behringer compressor sustainer and it has completely transformed the sound to the familiar, almost slightly overdriven sound that I know and love from all of those old Queen albums. This cheap, plastic £17 pedal is absolutely incredible and have it switched on all of the time with both my Jazz and Precision. I would say to persevere with what you have. I've had many Precisions and Jazzes over the years and never bonded with them but I am now at the point where I have no interest in getting anything else. I generally use the Precision for the first set and the Jazz for the second as I love playing both basses.
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After 33 years and 140+ basses I have discovered that my perfect bass: is made of wood/acrylic/balsa/potatoes/ferrero rocher has 4, 5, 6, 8, or 12 strings is active or passive is shiny matches my stage clothes sounds like a bass
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Guy Pratt used one on a couple of tracks when touring with Pink Floyd in the Delicate Sound of Thunder era
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I might be going against the grain as I don't have the patience to sit for hours working out patches for multi effects only to find that they sound garbage in a live setting. I'm finding the combination of my Radial Tonebone with Behringer CS400 is giving me the best sound I've had in a long time into my QSC K12.2 For overdrive I am using a cheap Mesa Boogie distortion copy by a company called Twin Note that cost me about £15 on Ebay and a Behringer Ultra Chorus just for the hell of it All of the controls are right in front of me and I can change them quickly should the need arise After a month my guitarist is still at the stage where he's still not 100% happy with his Helix
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I've got the bass version for my Jazz bass and they are great bags. Plenty of padding and comfortable when worn like a backpack - just need to remember to duck when going through doors or I too would have a headless bass. I have the older black version for my other two basses
