Mrbigstuff

Maintenance on a vintage instrument (replacing parts/ rewinding pickups) devalue the originality and the value which is why I doubt they’d use them unless they were just better. Otherwise they’d sit in a case.

I’m either a fool or have a special gift then! It’s a debate that reminds me of that dress during Covid that could be either blue or white depending on people’s eyesight.

Do they rehearse? Let them get better in their own time. That way you don’t ruin the relationship and they still have fun doing it. If they came to you and said we can’t get gigs, do you know why? Well then you will have to drop the truth bomb.

True around the pickups although still an old model of EMGs. The same pickup in the Bass Centre reissues don’t come close to his real deal though. There was a tutor on here I had lessons with who had a 70s jazz with old Seymour Duncan’s and it still sounded like a typical 70 s fender jazz. Yes the same model will sound a bit different but will have the same characteristics. They love the bass because it sounds good, not because it’s old. The sound to the audience might be no different (depending on scale of gig and chain involved) but the sound in the in ear mix will pickup on the nuances of a bass’s direct output. I’ve played enough basses to know owning a vintage fender would be worth the money for me over a modern bass.

I disagree because I believe i can hear a difference, even on the clips Andy Baxter puts out. If there wasn’t, are all those professionals who play them live and in the studio putting up with the maintenance and potentially devaluing their asset for nothing? if you do believe it’s a placebo, more power to you because you can buy a much nicer instrument or custom shop copy for a lot less.

If that were possible surely someone else would have done? Alleva Copollo, Moolon, Olinto all try but miss the mark. we can discount the ‘aging process’ as being a reason for “the sound” because the jap lawsuit stuff doesn’t sound as good, neither do similar period Gibsons or rickenbackers. But are the same materials available? Where do the trees grow and the wood cut? Are they old stored timber or grown in the same climate as what Fender used at the time? Tree felling is more strictly regulated now than it was in the 60s and transportation across continents more expensive. What about the pickup copper or magnets? Can they be produced the same way now? I assume nobody will ever know?

Only saying that because £18.5k is still a lot of money for a bass guitar!

Sounds silly saying this. But given it has a period correct case as well it’s not a bad price compared to others.

If I’d won the jackpot last night AB would have had all three of those P basses sold!

Very nice. Laurence Cottle certainly gets a good tune out of his.

Often someone just went at the top 7 frets with a bit of sandpaper leaving an awful mess. But then even if it was done well, the painted headstock then looks odd.

I missed out circa 2007 but I’ll have one of these one day!

There’s a road I take regularly that’s a 60/30/60. Nobody seems to go above or below 40 mph along any of it and then you can’t overtake because there’s a train of them! The irony is they complain 60 is dangerous yet speed through the village!

Because two wrongs don’t make a right

I was going to say mids. But i find a woody tone is a bass that can dominate mids and give rich high frequencies.

Also more than the market rate for JV Squiers! Would be interesting to see if they’re as good.

I made a mistake in not pulling the trigger on a new KS you had. It was half the price they are now and I’ve never seen or played anything like it since. Heed my warning basschatters, don’t overthink just buy 😂

That’s defintely achievable on a jazz bass. My references are Sean Hurley/ James Jamerson/ rocco prestia which are a bit tougher to replicate on a Jazz.

How do you define a P tone? A bit warmer and mid focused than typical jazz?

Ah no I’ve only got one 😂

More info about the new manufacturer in here:

Are they consistent? Is that a new thing because they have had the opposite reputation in the past.

If you ever want a vintage sound rather than buying a boutique instrument, these are available 😉

My overwater cost only 10% more than the equivalent fender artist bass at the time, yet it was handmade in England and had a few little extras I could choose over the fender. In that scenario, with the money in my pocket, I would have been insane to pick the Fender.

Moved to central London. But even then I only lasted a couple of years of trawling my amp on a little trolley before I gave up and bought a car again.