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thanks chaps Hutton - sorry but i'm not too keen on the shape of your Gibson IV,i'm shure it's a lovely bass just not for me. thanks anyway. but as for those mega posh Mike Lull T'birds,they are awesome & i bet they cost a fortune. want one.

thanks for the replies chaps sounds like it'll do exactly what i am wanting all i need to do now is find someone who wants to swap their's for my jazz. cheers.

i'm a long time fender jazz fan but i find myself becomming a tad bored with them & it's time for a change. i've had a SG bass & loved it,but sold it a while ago--silly boy,i liked its powerful sound too. every time i play a jazz i end up cutting the tone on the bass & boosting the low end on my amp (& always have done) to get the sound i want but never get there. we are a blues band with vocal/drums/1 guitar/bass/ so i need a nice full punchy sound to fill the gaps in so i'm wondering if a T'bird wil give me this,i'm pretty certain it will. i'm probably going to have to mail order one so won't get chance to play it first-which is a bugger but hey ho-or i may just get another SG as i know that will do what i want,i just fancy something different. so any T'bird players what do you reckon & do you want my jazz ? cheers Neil

anybody tried Ernie Ball flats ? i absolutley love them,a set of group iv flats on a jazz bass & i'm a very happy man. they are good for slapping too.

what a piece of sh*te

hang on to the Jaguar mate(if you've still got it that is)you know you want too,you can keep it at my house if you like

i owned one of these & a Gibson SG bass (both at the same time) & the Epi' was just as good a bass as the Gibson & was just as well made--but £600 cheaper

[quote name='dave_bass5' post='894629' date='Jul 14 2010, 12:47 PM']Yeah, the looks............. Cheers. Does anyone know a good place to get a Black pick guard, and what model to look for?[/quote] if it was me i'd just get a genuine Fender black/white/black one,at least you know it will fit.

ROADWORN you know you want too

cheers Tom,nice to have met you at last & a damn fine bass you've bought too.which i'm missing a tad now but my new motorcycle more than makes up for that luck after yourself mate & keep playing that precision.

met Tom yesterday when he drove from the other end of the country to pick up my (now his) RW Precision bass. lovely bloke,damn fine player & a great conversationalist too. even my dog (Jake) enjoyed meeting him. take care Tom & enjoy that lovely bass.

i play through a Roland D-bass 210 which has a fantastic built in compressor btw. higly recommended amp'. with my jazz bass i usually run it 1/2 way up & had it at 3/4 when i had a stingray. i find it evens out any peeks & tightens up the bottom nicely but any more than 1/2 way up kills some of the harmonics of my wonderfull RW Jazz.

[quote name='Musicman20' post='887858' date='Jul 6 2010, 10:21 PM']I'm going to shelve the idea for a while. The RW is a nice bass, but I've confirmed with Fender UK and USA that it's exactly the same as the MIM 60s bass, except the appearance. The extra cash is for the relic/paint. All parts are Mexican including the pickups. That's not knocking em, but I'm going to think about it a little more.[/quote] i strongly disagree with with this,having owned a 60's classic & a RW,they may be made out of some of the same parts but it's how they are put together that makes the difference. the 60's classic just feels,plays & sounds like any modern poly finished jazz bass whereas the RW feels,plays & sounds like an old vintage well played jazz bass--THEY ARE WORLDS APPART .