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[quote name='Linus27' post='406456' date='Feb 11 2009, 04:31 PM']Oh please, not Blues. All that pissing about bending 1 single note for about half an hour, looking like your in total pain and ripping the note from deep within your heart. Not to mention some old goat singing over it about breaking up with his sisters aunties, cousins dog. Then there is the bass playing. Does anyone do anything different apart from root, 3rd and 5th. Oh yeah, root, 1st, 3rd and 5th. Woohoo, genius.

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sh*t you've seen me play then.
you just described my whole bass reportoire
you bounder you

[quote name='Deep Thought' post='406491' date='Feb 11 2009, 04:46 PM']I don't mind a bit of Johnny Cash, and some of the lyrics can be hilarious, but on the whole it doesn't do a lot for me.[/quote]

actually i quite like Johnny Cash too but on the whole it is sh*te,mind there seem to be some really fit birds singing it,like that there Shania Twain mmmmm,so mute the sound & break out the kleenex.

i should hope not,it's f*****g crap.

i love metal too,especially brass it looks really nice once its polished up a tad &...............................
uuugghhh sorry

[quote name='Eight' post='406453' date='Feb 11 2009, 04:30 PM']LOL. I was going to put **zz but it probably would have been best not even to imply that genre.[/quote]
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[quote name='josh3184' post='406434' date='Feb 11 2009, 05:22 PM']SRV is kindof a god...[/quote]

damn wright................(i got the blues from my head down to my shoes)

[quote name='Eight' post='406436' date='Feb 11 2009, 05:24 PM']If by kindof you mean "not at all" or by god you mean "jumped up w***er".

If you wanna talk blues, you've got be talking Howlin' Wolf, Otis Spann, Muddy Waters, Willie Dixon or Ma Rainey. Maybe Bessie Smith but that's getting dangerously close to j*zz.[/quote]

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DON'T MENTION THE J*** WORD PLEASE

fantastic thread title,i take my hat of to you mate

and anyone who doesn't is obviously a lesser person than me & lacks personality or depth of character

if you don't like the blues it's just because you haven't learnt to listern to it properly or you are just one of the "great unwashed" who listerns to mindless "thuggish" music

sorry couldn't help meself.

[quote name='chris_b' post='405931' date='Feb 11 2009, 03:28 AM']They can!! That's why your ears are the only thing that should influence your choice of gear. Laws of science, logic and the rule book should all come second to your ears.[/quote]

+1 this is soooooo true & a good Fender strung with a set of flats is true music to my old lug 'oles

[quote name='sixshooter' post='406298' date='Feb 11 2009, 03:59 PM']Thanks Neil, the Bass was exactly as described like new, communication was second to none and shipping was superfast! Will keep in touch as the project goes forward.


Regards Steve[/quote]

thanks Steve,can't wait to see how this bass turns out,
ATB
Neil.

just sold a P bass to Steve,top bloke to deal with,nice easy straight forward transaction & a nice guy too.

i had a mini rig & thought it was pretty good but then flogged it to my nephew & bought a Roland bass cube 30 which i think sounds much better.+ it's easier to cart around house to house.

[quote name='basswesty' post='405355' date='Feb 10 2009, 04:07 PM']+1

My last purchase was a New American Standard, from Soundslive so I didn't even try it. Its the dogs dangly's. I also have a 62 RI P which is beautiful to play and i will never sell it (I once said I would never own a P bass). I have a Lakland DJ4 which is also gorgeous but its different to the Fenders, slightly more modern sounding.

Of all the studio work I have ever done I have only ever been 100% happy with the sound once, it was a Jap Fender Jazz. I sold that and I really wish I hadn't.

I just sold a Kingbass because I grew tired of the clinical sound and found it lacked warmth when used with my original band. Its just a matter of taste, I'm sure there's a Fender out there for everyone. [/quote]

well said that man.
i must say the 2008 on Fenders are particually good,i've yet to play one i don't like,enjoy your new bass.

i really liked the sound of my '51,i just rolled the tone off about a 1/4 turn & it really thumped along nicely.

cracking bass, this was obviously blinged by someone with impeccably good taste

i'm with Clarky on this,black looks great but tort' will look awesome.

[quote name='hubrad' post='403328' date='Feb 8 2009, 01:34 PM']Fenders don't leak oil. [/quote]

hey come on guys,slagging off my brand of bass is one thing,but my bike

give me a break

[quote name='bumnote' post='402755' date='Feb 7 2009, 01:36 PM']Depends on the model

60s and 60s re issues need the neck taking off which is a pain[/quote]

aha but i did say the American standard & deluxe models never mentioned the reissues

[quote name='XB26354' post='402842' date='Feb 7 2009, 05:04 PM']I got mine just before Christmas, and it didn't come with this, it had a normal silver allen key. I have the T handled one anyway and it doesn't work with the deluxe because the allen bolt channel is too shallow and without removing the scratchplate it is at too steep an angle. Wouldn't have to mess around with this nonsense with a simple MM style truss rod.[/quote]

that is strange mine fits my deluxe P perfectly.

thanks again guys

[quote name='XB26354' post='402695' date='Feb 7 2009, 12:17 PM']4. When you want to make said adjustments to the neck, how about just popping that allen key into the truss r... no hold on, you've got to take the scratchplate off because the cutout isn't large enough to fit.[/quote]

if you bought your Fender new it comes with a tool for adjusting the truss rod without removing anything.basically its a 3/16" ball ended T handled allen key,fits right in dead easy,these come with all American standard & deluxe basses.

i do wish people would stop harping on about Fenders build quality,there's absolutley nothing wrong with the quality of modern MIA Fenders,they are built as good as any other mass produced instrument of the same price range,escepially the american deluxe range,the MIJ/CIJ stuff is very good & consistant too.
when i bought my deluxe P bass i tried several Sandbergs & EBMMs back to back with it & i much prefered the P bass & it is as well built as any of them.
my Jazz is the best Jazz i've ever played -period.
my 62 reissue P is bloody gorgeous.
shure some of the MIM stuff is sh*te but some of it is bloody good.the odd MIA dog may slip through the QC net,do other brands not have the same problem ?
I know Fender went through some very hit or miss periods in the past,as the very worst Fender i've ever played as a 1974 Jazz bass,but the new stuff is excellent.
ok i've had my rant,
signed
Fender fanboy.

very nice indeedy--congrats

i think the blue jazz is gorgeous & if i could afford it it'd buy it.