My basses

[KevinJazzBass]

Hi guys, a mate of mine brought round his camera the other day so I got him to take some snaps of my two basses.

I have a 1983 JV Jazz in Olympic White. I bought this bass a few months ago and it really is the best bass I've played. It has a nice slim jazz neck and an awesome tone. It also quite light for a jazz. The bass is strung with heavy Labella flat wounds, the ones that Jamerson used to use. They sound fantastic for Reggae, Soul, Blues and Jazz

The second is a Fender US 62 reissue body in Sunburst with a US standard Jazz bass neck with maple fretboard. The neck is from a US jazz I bought new in 2006 feels really nice. The body is from a 62 Reissue Precision bass I bought on here last year. The body is lightweight, sounds fantastic and is one of the best looking sunburst's I've seen. I didn't get a lot with the wider Precision neck and also the neck had truss rod issues. So I decided to try a neck I really liked and am super happy with the results. This bass is strung with Fender Roundwounds and has a great aggressive tone ala Bruce Foxton/Paul Siminon

Hope you enjoy them.

Kev

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[Stingray5]

Oo, a nice pair indeed, sir!
I'd normally ask which one you'd choose as your desert-island-bass, but from your post I can tell how much you love both of them, so maybe I shouldn't ask...

Then again, maybe I will!
So - which one would you choose as your desert-island-bass?

[bubinga5]

gotta love white tort jazz bass....

[ianSB]

how much was your jv if you dont mind me asking ?

[lee650]

Love the white JV, it reminds me of what mine used to look like before i messed about with it i went through a phase of trying to "improve it" many years ago, and i very foolishly got rid of the original bridge and pickups ( still got the tuners though) when i got mine(about 1993) some prawn sanded off the original squire logo and put a crap fender sticker on, i had to have the headstock refinishedand had a 60,s style fender logo put on as i couldnt get a squire one at the time,
I am considering taking out the preamp and maybe putting back the original bridge (i do like the badass though)
yours looks i much better nick than mine as well, mines got a bit of mojo from 16 years of constant gigging all over the world love it mate if you ever move it on give me a shout - all the best - lee

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