rogerds Posted July 9, 2012 Share Posted July 9, 2012 anyone else get worried about changing pickups / active circuitry / configuration / or even physically modding your main bass when you really don't have much idea about how its going to sound ? Here we have a good quality 'budget' bass - Jazz-style from Hodson (branded & imported from the far east somewhere) (see www.hodsonguitars.co.uk) High gloss black finish - difficult to take a good photo without reflections - all the marks on the body (apart from the scratchplate screwholes) are artefacts - theres hardly a scratch - you can see how mirror-like it is with the shot of the back showing the camera! Neck is Jazz'ish - 1 1/2 at the nut and 2 1/2 at the 21st and comfortable and straight - truss rod works ok too Set up is medium low - little bit of buzz on 'E' and 'A' at the top - nothing much though 1 - the body carefully routered (?) to take precision or jazz pickups in the neck position (typical PJ or JJ setup) 2 - and a battery box added to the back with the trailing lead fed through to the control cavity 3- jack socket added to the side of the body (jack socket with x3 connections for active configuration) see the pics - all done without affecting the structural integrity of the body! why ?? I don't think you know how pickups etc are going to sound until you use them in a live, real gig, situation to see how they work in the mix.....so i wanted something whereby i could check out things like different pickups - Bartolinis / EMGs / Kent Armstrongs / humbucking or active vs passive or even the Audere Jazz preamp (built into the control plate) (selling soon!) to give me just an idea without taking a saw to my main bass! But it still had to look good enough to play in a class function band.. so this bass let me try all sorts of combinations out... most of which i'll be offering when i get round to it ! Comes with x2 virtually unmarked scratchplates - one for two 'jazz' pickups and one for P/J (both have holes in for the neck pickup cover - cause thats how i play....) The pickups currently fitted are cheap Jazz-style and should be swapped out at the earliest opportunity (in my opinion!) - but they do work currently wired in 'standard' fashion (with messy soldering - been on and off several times..) to the jack socket in the control plate Think i'm settled now (hmmmm... i guess we all think that - till the next attack so i'm offering it as it is in case anyone finds it useful! thanks for wading through that lot... so ... how much?? yours for just £79 ! or would consider trades / px - esp a half-decent electro-acoustic 6 string ? courier (uninsured) - probably about £10 / 12 - but welcome to come and try / inspect (i'm in Poole on the sunny .. well... less wet maybe... south coast) [attachment=112614:hodson 01.jpg] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rogerds Posted July 10, 2012 Author Share Posted July 10, 2012 its feeling sad and unloved bump........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lettsguitars Posted July 10, 2012 Share Posted July 10, 2012 We call that a bitch bass in the trade. Unfortunately it doesn't tell you how your pickups sound in a [i]good[/i] bass. Original sale. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rogerds Posted July 11, 2012 Author Share Posted July 11, 2012 you are *absolutely* right - of course ! - totally agree - i did say 'just to give an idea'.... rather than gouge out the rare exotic wood of your quality bass.... and a quick plug for you - because your basses (lettsguitars) do look drop dead gorgeous - and they look as if they sound good too ! hmmm... perhaps if i listed it as 'bitch for sale' ..... may get a bit more interest ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lettsguitars Posted July 11, 2012 Share Posted July 11, 2012 Oh most definately! Cheers man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rogerds Posted July 16, 2012 Author Share Posted July 16, 2012 oh well......off to 'bay ?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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