Jacqueslemac

Finished it! Dropzone, I reckon you're next.

Thanks for the comments. I'm trying hard to keep my collection the same size it is now. And succeeding at the moment. I bought my $$ from aphook, so I don't think it was your one, although who knows? I've not yet cracked the fretless thing, but the passive standard is getting more use than I thought it would. I bought it mainly as a back up for the $$, but it gets used as the main one in its own right too.

Warwicks are great! They don't keep their value at the moment, so you can pick up a real bargain. Don't go for a bubinga one if you're after light weight.

I was in London a couple of weeks ago and took a brief detour between work meetings to wander around Denmark Street. It's the first time I've been for a few years. Where have all the basses gone? The only shop I found with any had a good selection downstairs (although a brand new Warwick fretless had roundwound strings on and the fretboard was already looking pretty "used"). Still there were a few basses I hadn't seen in any of the several guitar shops in Norwich (why do we have so many in Norwich?). All in all, though, it's hardly the "UK's Tin Pan Alley" any more, is it? Unless you're in the market for a vintage guitar. Plenty of choice for those, but is that because wealthy Londoners buy them for their investment potential? However, I did end up chatting to a fellow bassist looking for a fretless. I told him to join up here because there's more choice and a lot of friendly, helpful and reliable people on here.

Yell if I'm wrong, but I think the list is: Mikegatward (but doesn't want it until the end of May) Paul J H Witterth Alyctes So, if you send me a PM, Paul J H, I'll post it to you.

Finished! Who's next?

Posted to Daz today.

Guess this one's died a death, then.

I have this book and am reading it now.

Have a look at [url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/164626-vintage-icon-v4-p-bass-l110/page__fromsearch__1"]this[/url] too.

Judging by your video, you don't need a bass for that!

Ha! Got that one.

Why do I never get email notifications when this thread is update?

Why lump all Warwicks in the same boat? I love the shape of the Corvette (see my sig), but the rest look horrid, silly or just slightly out of proportion to me, so I'm not interested. Apart from that, I'm in the traditional camp - the Fender shapes are just "right" (or we've just become used to them), but why spend loads more on a copy from another manufacturer? Anything "roadworn". I want to stamp my own mark on my bass. Basses with a silly shape bought (I may be wholly wrong here...) by bassists who want people to say "look at him, he must be interesting because his bass isn't like all the others." Good job we're not all the same, or the "for sale" threads would be really dull!

Hmm, why can't they make one that feels like a roadworn model, but looks like a new one? I want my basses to reflect my use of them, not to pretend I've bought an old bass from someone who couldn't be @rsed to look after it.

I always find this thread comforting - I know I'm not alone! Our gig on Friday was in a struggling club. Half the crowd were those we'd encouraged to come along (the band gets the takings on the door), but it was still far too empty to create any kind of buzz. Even though we'd hardly changed our set, we made silly mistakes and even got lost in one song. We thought we'd played really badly. Personally, I wasn't happy with the clarity of the tone on my new (to me) Jag, so swapped to a Corvette for the second half. On the other hand, all the comments we received were good. I tend to discount those from "normal" people, but a bassist I really admire (and who gigs around 60 times a year), not only complimented me on my playing, but also my tone. We also had a few people dancing, which was a bit of a surprise. Mind you, they had plenty of room! I can only assume that how you feel on stage doesn't always translate to how it appears from the audience.

When I bought mine secondhand I wrote to Fender and they kindly sent me the manual! The two "normal" knobs are volume and tone. The three on the lower horn are on/off for the two pickups and series/parallel for them. The switch on the top horn is active/passive and the two rollers are bass and treble boost. Easy, eh? It's made in Japan, so the neck is smooth and fast. The edges are rolled and the action is very low, so it's very comfortable to play if Jazz necks are your thing. I gigged it last night for the first time and felt the sound was perhaps too warm (a bit less defined than I'd like). I swapped to my Corvette Standard for the second half. It's a passive one so I had to turn the volume on the amp up quite a bit, so obviously the Jag puts out quite a punch. I asked a semi-pro bassist I really respect what he thought and he told me he really liked the tone, so perhaps it was better out there than on stage. He also told me he likes it when he can hear the bass over the guitars, so it can't have been as muddy as I feared!

Fancy posting the pics [url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/169601-other-fenders-jaguars-mustangs-etc/page__fromsearch__1"]here[/url] too, just to give the thread a bit of a shot in the arm?