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  1. [quote name='eude' post='382093' date='Jan 16 2009, 11:04 AM']I took delivery of an all black Shuker J Bass just before Christmas and it rocks!
    The best Jazz bass I've ever played, plus it's to my specs too.
    I'm hoping to get some nice pictures of it soon, at the moment I never seem to be out of the office during daylight which makes photography difficult.

    Sorry though, not up for swapping... :P

    Cheers,
    Eude[/quote]

    ;)

    sounds like a beaut,get some photos up please to keep my GAS fueled.

  2. [quote name='jake_tenfloors' post='381643' date='Jan 15 2009, 09:29 PM']I'm pretty sure i'm gigging with the owner next month so looking forward to asking for a go :P[/quote]


    don't forget the kleenex ;)

  3. [quote name='Sean.Robinson' post='381560' date='Jan 15 2009, 07:02 PM']I thought the exact same thing. When i saw it on the background i was amazed and then when i saw it was for sale, it was nearly too much. If i wasn't having one custom made i would have snapped it up the second it came on the site, personally i think you should do me a favor and buy it :P[/quote]

    ;)
    oh it's very tempting--i've got an empty visa card telling me the same thing.
    the wife'd kill me though.

  4. [quote name='jake_tenfloors' post='381527' date='Jan 15 2009, 06:28 PM']

    This one always does it for me![/quote]


    ooohhh aaaahhhhh ------spurt ;)
    bugger
    where's me kleenex

    very nice indeedy

  5. [url="http://www.shukerguitars.co.uk/stock.htm"]http://www.shukerguitars.co.uk/stock.htm[/url]
    the blue one at the top OMG
    my god i nearly just cu....... ;) er did something childish.
    i want me one of these,it's bloody gorgeous.
    i bet it plays as good as it looks too.
    any of you got a Shuker J bass & if so do you want to swap it for my MIA '62 reissue P bass ?
    well i have to ask

  6. [quote name='Beedster' post='380374' date='Jan 14 2009, 05:13 PM']So, for arguments sake, if a 1970 Fender is built entirely from components bought from 20 different sellers on ebay, and all of those parts are 100% verifiable as authentic and original Fender components from 1970, and given that the combination of neck, body and hardware on any one bass was likely a matter of chance at the Fender factory in 1970 (pauses for breath)......, is there an argument to say that the 1970 bitsa Fender in question is, to all but the most anally retentive purist, original?

    Chris[/quote]

    for me thats a big no it's not an "original" it's just a bitsa- & as such i wouldn't pay a whole lot for it.

  7. [quote name='Leowasright' post='371671' date='Jan 6 2009, 10:58 AM']The only reason I don't have a Precision is I don't like the size of the neck. I prefer the thin/narrow Jazz neck, especially the 62 Jap reissue neck. I am sloppy and like to damp over the top of the neck with my thumb.

    Oddly, with guitars I prefer thick baseball bat necks like on Les Pauls, SG specials or 50s type Telecasters.

    ??[/quote]

    then of course there is the american deluxe P bass with its halfway house nut width = 1.625" which is sublime & the CIJ '51 P bass has exaxtly the same nut width too.

  8. i've recently got a '51 reissue P bass in butterscotch & i love it to bits.
    the sound from the stock pickup is monsterous-really powerful & really deep-my band love it's tone too.
    as for the stock bridge ok it's very simple & not very adjustable but hey it's a '51 reissue & it does the job,i've got my intonation set up pretty damn close so mine's staying stock.
    it sounds different to my other P basses but in a good way & the tone control makes a fair difference to the sound.
    the Sting sig' bass should be just the same except for the body contouring.
    get it bought,you'll love it.

  9. i'm really lucky as our drummer has an electric drum kit for practice only,so i just use my Roland cube 30 & it sounds ace :)
    so a bigger Roland would be a good choice.
    alternately if we practice at Bash studios in Harrogate i use their totally sh*te Carsboro bass bomber & man is it sh*te,but at least it saves me lugging my rig about.

  10. [quote name='EssentialTension' post='357220' date='Dec 17 2008, 07:22 PM']Or if you can run to it a Fender American Deluxe Precision has P pickup in the sweet spot and a double J at the bridge.

    Expensive new but s/h can be got for £600 or so.

    I love mine.[/quote]

    well said
    i love mine too,the best bass i ever played period.

    if you can get one of these at a good price do it--you'll never regret it.

  11. i had a jazz with s1 switching & it did beef up the sound but it didn't sound much like a precision to me :)
    you need to play them both back to back & decide what you like best.
    i used to have both jazz & p basses but when gigged back to back i found the jazz sounds very thin compared to a precision & my band agree.mind we only have 1 guitar drummer & me :huh: so i need to fill out the sound & a nice thumping precision does just that.
    but as pointed out above a good precision with the added jazz bridge pick is the best of both worlds.

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