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[quote name='jake_tenfloors' post='837988' date='May 15 2010, 10:56 AM']I'll bring everything in my sig for everyone to try Jake[/quote] cool, I've always wanted to hear how a sovtek muff would sound rather than the Pi and the bass blogger I'm familar with.

[quote name='nash' post='834405' date='May 11 2010, 04:57 PM']so i'm covering on bass for the band Uberkate is in. [url="http://www.myspace.com/bedfordfalls"]Bedford Falls[/url]. it's been 2 years of not playing bass in a band and playing guitar. now i can't play what i want to play as smoothly as i want.[/quote] it'll come back. I find if I keep noodling and doing some solos I like doing on guitar then I keep my guitar technique up to scratch. But I just can't leave my bass alone. I love the full, thick tone even just flat through a good guitar amp on a bass, guitars now all seem thin.

Previously I had an OLP guitar and it was better than any ther kids squier strat, good quick neck, low frets, low action and in my opinion looks better the squier standard strats, probably not so much now days, squier has gne u where as OLP seems to have gone further down on the quality scale. Offers something different for the beginners. I think a lot of people buy them with the intention of upgrading them, but if you get a bad one it's pointless, all you'll be lef with is a body. But sometimes if done right you can end up with a crackng bass fr still a fraction of a EB stingay.

Ok seems a a fair few can't make the weekend of 5th 6th. So another weekend further in the future should be called. Any weekend is fine by me I'm lolucky enough to have it off every week. It may probably do for people to note what they will take, for example I'll take my rig, so a few more people can try a compact out, and the OTB.

[quote name='Bassassin' post='571864' date='Aug 17 2009, 06:11 PM']It's not a Shaftesbury, they had small enclosed tuners & I've only ever seen Fireglo coloured ones. My first reaction is perhaps one of the late 70s Fujigen-built copies but I'd expect checked binding, which I don't think this has, and it would definitely have a serial number. There were quite a few non-specific Japanese brands - Fresher & Fernandes both did similarly spec'd examples - but it could also be a Brazilian-made Giannini. I think I'm tending to lean towards Giannini at the moment - the truss rod adjuster might confirm this - Gianninis I've seen have a single rod with long brass nut, as opposed to the recessed allen keys used on most Japanese copies. It's possible there might be some identifying marks behind the scratchplate on the pots/pickups, or even written inside the cavities. Jon.[/quote] trust this guy, he has a lot of knowledge on this. Indeed, it would have some serial somewhere underneath something.

The VM precision and jazz basses are very very good for the money and are fantastic compared to the squier standard. You won't realise it now but you will benefit greatly from starting on a vintage modified jazz/precision bass. If you do get a dog of a bass it will be harder to play, sound not so good and in all you'll not enjoy learning, which will make you not want to carry on playing. A great bass like the VMJ is a joy to play, even when straight from the store, and it will be so much more fun, enjoyable to play. It will encourage you to keep it up. For the price difference you may aswell. A precision, usually comes with one split coil pickup, and generally has a thumpy tone with great bass. A jazz will usually come with 2 single coil pickups, has less thumpyness and can either be smooth or growling, will IMO have more treble compared to a P bass. Although not important for a beginner, the jazz will give you more tonal option than a P would. Things like the difference in neck thickness is something you have to decide your self. Personally it doesn't bother me as I have very thin and long hands, but sometimes a jazz neck has been too thin for me and it's been uncomfortable to play. If you want a good heavy sound then the classic vibe or vintage modified squier P basses are both great. Get out there and play them all, then try and get one here for a fraction of the cost probably setup amazing aswell.

There is also the 1000 watt version which will give that but extra clean head room, but the 500w is still stupid loud and very clean. Just today I've broken a few more light fittings, and I keep it just touching dirt, but still very clean. .

Yup I was looking at one to buy new before I get the fender and in all honesty I think I'd use it more than any jazz or precision I would have maybe got. I did have one contact offer a EBMM stingray but for some reason I go no message back. Still I think this topic is still valid when you do a simple bass trade search there's a few that seem to end in a no deal. But also this topic suggests that the write description for any bass will help it along.

Ok I'm stupd what's a triplet?

[quote name='thisnameistaken' post='836169' date='May 13 2010, 01:57 PM']Can you not hear the nerve-jangling BLIP! sound that comes around every bar when he's slapping? Or are unpleasant noises like that acceptable because he's a good bass player and he's playing slap and what's a regular battery of annoying loud noises between connoiseurs...[/quote] that sound is annoying, and sound it is. I refuse to watch stuff like this, I don't need to dishearten myself. A lot of beginners will see it and think that they are crap and will never be that good. Like when our singers brothers band watches me play and are amazed and think that they are crap themselves, all I'm doing is playing inside chords and scales and to a steady groove, it's nothing difficult. No doubt he is a good player, and no doubt he knows it but I dontt think he needs his ego boosting anymore. All though it's always nce to year praise for your hard work practising.

Well the orange is very light and has it's own gig bag. If money is no option a shuttle 9.0 should be good. Otherwise ashdown LGs and the superfly are pretty tiny but i doubt they'll have the typical transparant valve pre amp sound, and if that was me I'd put either the para driver or the bass driver infront of it, or even the VT bass pedal, but you don't want pedals.

The OBC 115 is rated 400 watt, so I doubt you could over power it with AD200 at half volume. I agree that you'd get more out of it with a second cab. And if I was you the only cab I'd want to change to is one of the better 1x15 ampegs or a barefaced compact.

Probably be helpful to know the price he gave you for it, the price you paid for it, and how 'unplayable' it is. It might just need a good setup, but don't tell him that. if indeed it is 'unplayable' and most probably damaged then it should be worth a lot less than what you sold it for, but I would definatly snap it up. Taken a newish used US standard jazz price of up to 650, and depending how used it is, just be cheecky and offer as little as possible.

Got to love dealing on basschat. Much more personal than eBay, especially when everything turns out well.

Well since I changed the description a lit and the thread title I got a lit of interest, and acdeal is now done and I'm looking forward to a jack cassady bass.

I see mr. Foxens point. Part of the reason I go for fender is the history. I think there is a diffinate trend of squier VMs and CVs right now, just stupidly cheap for how good they are. But maybe soon 80s fenders will become trade then I'll regretting this trade lol.

20khz at aged 20 not bad I'm not as deaf as people seem to think. I'm always asking people yo repeat multiple times, they must just be quiet people.

After changing the description a lot, I had a bit more interest, but maybe Monday night blues kicked in in a lot people. I guess I was expecting it to walk away as even my guitar teacher hasn't seen one ever, and he's been playing 43 years and has some serious kit at his home. Although have since been offered something I'm very very interested in so hopefully all will go well.

I think the 80s power jazz looks awesome , a lot better than the duff signature model, maybe it's the contours around the horn recession, take a look in my sig for my trade thread for a picture I'll try and get one posted in here too. [quote name='thisnameistaken' post='833862' date='May 11 2010, 01:13 AM']Yeah it's a genuinely interesting Fender man. There'll be a market for it, maybe even some people who'd pay top dollar for it. Fender made some heinous mistakes in their time, stuff like the P-Bass Lyte, but these white '80s spesh models with their hair metal roots were at least used by people so they've got history. I have to be honest though until today I didn't even know this one existed and I've been playing bass since 1989.[/quote]

Ok just editted it slightly hopefully for the better.

Ok Ill try and shorten it, I do tend to faffle a lot of nonsense :/ As far as I'm aware it was released before the duff spesh, it is a strange beast though. Edit. As far as I know the power special came with the fender tbx control and not a standard tone control.