Grand Wazoo Posted March 30, 2011 Share Posted March 30, 2011 I went to visit a neighbouring basschatter in Greenwich this morning and we compared his Super J 5 against my Super J/P 5, and I took along my Ashdown Drophead and some of the other basses, not all of them mind you, my car is not big enough. Here is a slideshow, Jonny's bass is the black one. The other are mine, see if you can spot the odd one out [url="http://s144.photobucket.com/albums/r200/xt660/Dingwall%20Matinee/?albumview=slideshow"]http://s144.photobucket.com/albums/r200/xt...mview=slideshow[/url] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Machines Posted March 30, 2011 Share Posted March 30, 2011 A parallel fretted instrument ? Heresy ! Great pics, looks like you had fun. What was the verdict ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grand Wazoo Posted March 30, 2011 Author Share Posted March 30, 2011 [quote name='Machines' post='1182563' date='Mar 30 2011, 06:45 PM']A parallel fretted instrument ? Heresy ! Great pics, looks like you had fun. What was the verdict ?[/quote] Well they are very much like two different instruments, the Super J 5 really does sound like a bonafide jazz and my J/P 5 is more in the precision league so kinda like similar in looks but opposite in sounds personally I love mine but if I was flush I wouldn't mind owning Super J too. It really is a great sounding bass. We had great fun swapping and comparing sounds that was the reason I took the 4 strings p bass along as a benchmark to see how faithful was the J/P sound to the real thing. In the end we both agreed that the Dingwall with the p bass pickup while played in passive mode is difficult to tell from a Fender if you were to listen to them blind folded Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daz Posted March 30, 2011 Share Posted March 30, 2011 Hmm GW? I do recall you saying that you were now a total convert to fanned fretts. So thats all you play now? ps: goes without saying lovely basses. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beedster Posted March 30, 2011 Share Posted March 30, 2011 Those bass pics are like optical illusions! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ou7shined Posted March 30, 2011 Share Posted March 30, 2011 I never knew Tom Waits was on BC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grand Wazoo Posted March 30, 2011 Author Share Posted March 30, 2011 [quote name='daz' post='1182624' date='Mar 30 2011, 07:33 PM']Hmm GW? I do recall you saying that you were now a total convert to fanned fretts. So thats all you play now? ps: goes without saying lovely basses.[/quote] 5 strings wise yes, but if we are talking 4 strings basses than that little red number works a treat (and I've got another 2 of them 4 stringers I keep stashed away) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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