BassApprentice

Nice job @Baceface

Dropped them an email so we'll see what happens 

Well.... 

Lovely and light. Few little knocks and stuff but nothing that would put you off for under £400. Little rattle on the G Tuner but little bit of tape sorted that right out! 

Weird little kink in a string that I hadn't seen before. Must have been resting on that for a while! Quick clean and change to LaBella tapes and happy days! Will do a NBD tomorrow after a wee play to work out settings etc.

Also, i think I'll drop Sandberg and email and see if I can get a tort guard since they do one for the white version. 

In these circumstances the answer will always include the Fender Rumble until somebody else makes something better and lighter 😁

On 08/06/2020 at 20:30, ikay said:

That would be interesting, give it a go! For 30" scale (762mm) the Stingray pickup position should be 303mm from the 12th fret to centreline of the pickup. Bear in mind that the Bronco in standard form has 18mm string spacing, but the neck is just about wide enough to take a regular 19mm bridge. I think the Kent Armstrong has full width bar magnets so that should work with any string spacing.

I was going to do something similar with a Bronco project. Not sure if this is helpful but thought I would share when I asked about the Ray sweet spot in 30"

Grand, I thought as much. I picture Sandberg as "if it ain't broke" types. Going to see the newer one later on. 

On 22/07/2020 at 18:16, ead said:

Apologies, I didn't post a pic of the Electra post modding as I was waiting for some knobs to be delivered.  They were, and here it is.

Question for the wise members: A couple of these Electras have popped up nearby. One is similar (without mods etc) to the one above the other is the newer shape. Does anyone know if there are any other differences apart from the shape?

Also - the newer shape one has been gigged, the photos don't show clearly how gigged and is £100 less than the older model, which looks almost brand new. Which would you choose? I will of course make my own choice but always good to have opinions!

So I think I want a relic Jazz ideally Shell Pink but open to other colours. Several routes available as I can see. I would love to to do it myself but not sure I have the patience and don't want it to look naff. 

Instant Gratification: Vintage VJ74 black £180ish relic. I know what I'm getting here, nice solid bass for the price but not a massive fan of the headstock and the neck isn't as aged as the body so looks weird. 

Possible Option: Bass Collection Jive Live Solar Flare £400. Might be a bit too much relicing. I've heard good things about the BC basses so know it will be a solid bass

Save a bit option: The Fender Flea jazz £1000. Seem to be very well respected and they do look cool. 

Get one made: I messaged a page on Instagram Psyche Guitars, and they said it would be base £800 before extra aging and specs. Seem to use Wilkinson stuff as base so not sure I would see the value there. Other options are Shuker and Limelight - but that's probably getting close to £1500+

This was mostly just to write down my thoughts 😅

Now £500 shipped! Obviously less if you collect 😅

To restart this thread - I'm looking at the Jive basses and wondering how much of a difference there is between the signature models and the standards. Did you get your standard P and how did it compare to the Bruce Thomas? Is there really £100 of difference? Thanks! 

54 minutes ago, dave_bass5 said:

I like my 425, but when I briefly had a 435 i noticed a few nice differences, especially the weight difference. Another one of those is all I GAS for these days. 

Well that's the nice thing about Yamaha's. If I can't find a jazz I like I'll just go and get a 435. Problem solved. 

I loved my 425 but at times I found the body to just be a bit big and ungainly.

I think I want a jazz - very much liking the Bass Collection offerings. If not one of them then the very obvious Sire route. 

Hmm odd. Next suggestion would be the earth isn't connected to anything but if you've checked out the wiring then I'm stumped 

On 10/06/2020 at 20:16, BassApprentice said:

Couldn't resist as it's sitting in the living room for once. 

 

Toyed with selling and getting a 435 for the slightly smaller body, but it looks so good 😍

 

This one @Al Krow 425....

Well now the fun part of finding a replacement!

For the finger noise - pop some electrical tape over the pole pieces. Stops the contact and no effect on the output. 

Well, I am no longer am member/owner of the BB club. 

Probably going to regret it very soon but want to get something else.

Nice place to start! Shame the amp had a false start but I'll give you one bit of advice that I am still guilty of. Don't practice unplugged. 

I reckon that's the reason my technique is too aggressive and inconsistent as I pickup and noodle unplugged too often and I need to pull harder to get the sound out of the instrument.

Enjoy learning and ask all the questions you need to 😁

I think now would be a good time to close this topic off and let the parties deal with this elsewhere.....

@ped @Rich

Not many basses make me make involuntarily noises, but this does. 

What a stunner, wrong time for me but it won't hang about! 

1 hour ago, yorks5stringer said:

The corpse still has some life in it, who is going to prod it a few more times?

9 minutes ago, Ricky 4000 said:

Amazing value... is it light / medium / heavy Stew? 🙂

Good point, the only HB I had was a stringray copy and it wasn't light. My uncle has an older jazz and it also isn't light. Are the newer ones lighter? 

1 hour ago, Maude said:

And now the thread has reached meme posting level. 

Well the outrage was fun while it lasted 

Looks great! 

I would change the Pickguard for a black one for full stealth, or Mirror for a bit of a laugh! 

So I've been following this thread and I think this has grown maybe an arm and half a leg but I can understand why many are annoyed by the customer service provided in this case.

I've long been tempted by ordering Maruszczyk as they seem to get great reviews and they one I played seemed very well put together. I think I would still order from them and knowing what I know now (particularly from @ezbass) would be to try and establish the best way to communicate with Adrian early doors. I think English not being the first language hasn't helped so maybe going with German or Polish would aid the process. Not sure if it would help but that would be my approach

Always up for helping support the site I spend endless hours on! 😅 

Just had a look on the website. The special has some really nice colour options! 

The aqua sparkle is nice, but maybe the silver would win as I think the white pickup cover looks ace