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[quote name='Woodinblack' timestamp='1392557523' post='2369967'] Listen to your bass. It makes the same tone whether it is plugged in or not, it gets louder if you hit it harder, it is quieter if you pluck it softly, the electricity involved does nothing for the frequency (apart from any interference but that is fairly irrelevant). The pickup is a coil of wire in a magnetic field. when the string of your bass oscillates in the magnetic fields it affects that field and as a result generates a small electrical charge in the coil of wire. The bigger the change in the field (ie, the further the string moves), the higher the voltage of that charge. The amplifier takes that voltage and amplifies it, as well as providing enough current to move a speaker (which it does by exactly the opposite procedure of generating a voltage in a coil which causes it to move in a magnetic field. [/quote] I could of worded my question better....my question is how the different sound frequencies are related to the electricity derived by the pick-up...I've re-read that it is still clear as mud! if I understand correctly are you saying the pick-up is simply a microphone?

[quote name='paul_5' timestamp='1392545589' post='2369803'] A bit like this… [media]http://youtu.be/_vp9WfBuxDo[/media] [/quote] is that a WishBass of some sort

So if I understand this correctly 1/ The volume would be a function of the voltage generated..,.,and 2/ The frequency of the sound (my interest here) is a function of the frequency of the AC voltage generated...which is a function of 3/ The frequency of the string oscillating when struck?

[quote name='LukeFRC' timestamp='1392544281' post='2369785'] so if you had your bass amp and plugged it into the mains AC power, in the short time before youyou were electrocuted to death and your amp blew up burning your house down you would hear the frequency of the power... which in the uk is 50Hz if you went to the states the voltage would half and the frequency would be 60Hz. You would still die horribly, with your amp exploding and burning your house down though so don't try it. [/quote] hmm good point!

excellent bass, enjoy

Been there....well the pick up bit, but couldn't find what i wanted...unless I missed it.

As an owner of 2 vintage 70's modified jazz's with the maple body/neck I can tell you they vary greatly....supertanker anchor to plain average. there are quite a few different flavors of vmj bass...maple, basswood, rosewood are used maybe other woods...its quite a range now.

Yeah i know....a coil around a magnet etc and i end up with a voltage at my jackplug socket....so my bass is a voltage generator. i know its an AC voltage millivolts but can go to to volts. but.....does a low voltage give the low notes and the higher voltage the higher tones or is it more a function of current? If i had an AC voltage generator and plugged it into my amp I should get a bass tone....knowing me an electric shock!....and would the wood around my voltage generator...no, I'm not going there! Just asking.

Didn't realise the cheapest Squier jazz is now £200....I remember not too long ago they were £150 ?

I've always wondered how one can tell if the headstock decal denoting Affinity or Standard was removed...like the oodles that appear on Fleabay with Fender fake decals. I think the Affinity has a thinner body & single ply pickguard....beyond that I dont know? I know the Standard range is no longer, so really only applies to pre 'insert year' (2012'ish?) Cheers

[quote name='Lozz196' timestamp='1391816392' post='2361767'] When I asked our producer for his recommendations he said MXR Dynacomp. True you lose some lows, but if you use it as an always on compressor, just add more lows on youor amp. It seems to add a "middy" sort of element to the sound, making the bass quite prominent. [/quote] the dc9 berhringer is a copy of this....i had one and it actually worked very well!

15 watts is plenty for a spare room at home...i have a fender rumble 15 at work, not bad at all and also has an external input which is useful. i also have a peavey microbass 20, also very good for the size but no external 'in' ....currently got my pc sound going thru it and its very LOUD when used as a monitor like this! i had an orange 20 watt (two in fact!)...total POS

Ive just rediscovered ' brothers johnson light up the night ' and playing along to stomp is as much fun as one can have with clothes on!

The lightest bass i've owned (Yamaha RBX4-A2) has the most sustain so weight need not be a barometer of sound qualities. i had a squier vmj that was a great bass....but you could of safely moored a supertanker to it in a force 9 gale. s'funny thing though, the weight of a bass and perceived quality....i still blink twice when i play my A2....super light but superb sound.

Ps....orange always looks good to me...but i'm a tad colour blind....

[quote name='TomRichards' timestamp='1392392288' post='2368143'] Hmmmmm....google searching corvettes now... [/quote] Dont pick corvettes of the 60/70's they didnt generally have sexy names....normally something like 43 dark brown, 34 mid red etc....instant loss of streetcred points!

cheers guys

cracking player, the late Paul 'Tubbs' Williams, seemed to get thru a few bass's...but what is this one...sorta hint of a Shergold'ish about it? cheers http://youtu.be/gQrhrwjpEw4

thanks for that...I think slides are one of those things that a good bass player make look easy....I can slide but not with style!

[quote name='mcnach' timestamp='1392287976' post='2366745'] am I the only one who liked the stock strings??? [/quote] I liked mine although I no longer have the bass

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1392126064' post='2365004'] Fender 9050 Stainless Steel Flatwounds: SL = Special Light (40-100) L = Light (45-100) ML = Medium Light (50-100) M = Medium (55-105) CL = Custom Light (45-105) [/quote] just a thought...does the difference here refer to the string tension 'cos some of the gauges are the same..unless it only refers to the G string?

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1392126064' post='2365004'] Fender 9050 Stainless Steel Flatwounds: SL = Special Light (40-100) L = Light (45-100) ML = Medium Light (50-100) M = Medium (55-105) CL = Custom Light (45-105) [/quote] thanks for that...any idea of the numbers for example 7250 v 9050?

[quote name='Beer of the Bass' timestamp='1392141234' post='2365271'] It occurred to me that Thomann list the top sellers in each category on their website, and they shift a lot of instruments. If you look in "electric basses" there are two Squier Jazzes in the top 10, but no Fender or Squier Precisions. That's just one retailer and not a huge amount of information, but perhaps indicative in a back-of-a-fag-packet sort of way. [/quote] http://www.thomann.de/gb/topseller_gieb.html?sid=2a3c2a5cd0eed3608bb683580a9a260a 'tis a Harley Benton frenzy in the top 20!