Cygnus x-1

I play in a similar type of band, I use a CV precision with Status flats, through either an Ashdown 15w combo or a Roland cb100 combo depending on size and volume needed, I'm happy with the sound.HTH.

[quote name='KiOgon' timestamp='1354740265' post='1889951'] I've had & sold a MiM P fretless, it was good enough but not inspiring. Soon after I sold it I developed a need (GAS) for another fretless & spent a long time looking & thinking. I contemplated a new 2012 USA standard Jazz & would vertainly have gone for it if it wasn't for the lack of colour choice - 3TS or Black. It's been about a year since & I just got offered a bargain basement price Vintage Icon series Jaco fretless. All I've done is clean it up, Lemon oiled the fingerboard & fitted TI Jazz Flats. It has really impressed me, all the mwaaah & tones I imagined at the fraction of the price of a Fender. All of the hardware is Wilkinson, good quality stuff & no problems with the pick ups or electrics, no point in upgrading anything, it's all good, yes I'd say as good as Fender. The 'reliced' or roadworn imitation Jaco doesn't bother me, it's a bit rough IMO, but it's a budget bass! If you want to pay £2,600ish for a Fender signature Jaco I expect the finish is a lot better I gave a lot of thought to the Squire FL Jazz & TBH the one thing that really put me off is the Ebanol (compressed paper & resin) fingerboard, at least the Vintage is real Rosewood, you can sand it, oil it, varnish/epoxy it if required, you can't do that with the Squire. I also don't rate the pick ups or electrics, so you could easily spend a lot upgrading them. [b]I would certainly recommend the Vintage from personal experience, leaving a nice bit of change out of your budget.[/b] Cheerz, John [/quote] +1, having owned a VMJ fretless before the Vintage Icon, I put a black scratchplate on my Icon.

go boy go,

I had this problem once on a used neck I bought, exact same as yours, the problem was, the truss rod anchor was starting to break so it would straighten then go back to high action, I would tighten it again and same thing, eventually the anchor snapped. It is possible to repair a snapped rod anchor, quite a bit of info if you google it. HTH

Supported Whitesnake (I think) in the late 70's, good band. Makes me feel old!

[quote name='martthebass' timestamp='1353934406' post='1879839'] I use 40-100 Status Hotwire Flats. Nice low-medium tension, I have no probs switching basses with these on, tension wise. [/quote] so do I, don't even have to touch the rod going from D'addario XLs

try ebay, or a motorcycle custom website.

Well done that man...I have 2 CV precisions, one black/maple and one red/Rosewood, I think there great also.

SD SPB1

v nice

Also you'd probably be able to get a used Yamaha RBX170 or a Ibanez GSR200 for around a £100, both good basses.

+1 on the above advice; i've seen in Cash Converters in the last 3 months a, Vintage Jazz copy £70, a Vintage P copy for £80 and a Squier P for £95 all tidy basses and you'd probably get most (if not all) of your cash back if you sold it on.

+ 1 D'addario XL's

lookin' nice

+1, don't know Howard personally, had a plate made by him, all the pages of +feedback says it all really.

Vintage or Yamaha under £100 can't go wrong

Sold a pickguard to Gary, he paid instantly and comunicated superbly, recomended guy to deal with.

Sold a pickup to Anth, he paid instantly and comunicated superbly, recomended to deal with.

When I put Status Hotwires on my P, it was fitted with D'addario XL nickel wounds at the time and they went on without having to adjust the truss rod at all, so they must be a similar tension. Cracking strings for the money the Hotwires are.

like that a lot

great band, seen them 4 or 5 times in late 70's early 80's.