steve-soar Posted September 11, 2008 Share Posted September 11, 2008 [quote name='marcus bell' post='281551' date='Sep 10 2008, 11:56 PM']lol i know i need to mate, i just love em tbh... plus im bored at night nowt to do [/quote]Go out and find something freaky to do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marcus bell Posted September 11, 2008 Author Share Posted September 11, 2008 cant mate not on a college night lol...will firday night though bring on the weekend Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doctor_of_the_bass Posted September 19, 2008 Share Posted September 19, 2008 Allo! Got to meet moo today (cheers Matt!) and play the Starchild - it really is incredible - the narrow neck with satin finish works a treat and I think I may ask John to do the same to my Classic! Really great! N Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phsycoandy Posted September 19, 2008 Share Posted September 19, 2008 (edited) Just to interupt this white JD porn and not wanting to racist at all here's a black one I once owned! Edited September 19, 2008 by phsycoandy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phsycoandy Posted September 19, 2008 Share Posted September 19, 2008 (edited) Is it just me, its just that I find JD's a bit 2 dimensional in appearance, other basses seem to have a depth to them, and in some respects JD's are just sort of flat, dont get me wrong they sound fine....ramble over shoot me down. Edited September 19, 2008 by phsycoandy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doctor_of_the_bass Posted September 19, 2008 Share Posted September 19, 2008 [quote name='phsycoandy' post='287710' date='Sep 19 2008, 09:55 PM']Is it just me, its just that I find JD's a bit 2 dimensional in appearance, other basses seem to have a depth to them, and in some respects JD's are just sort of flat, dont get me wrong they sound fine....ramble over shoot me down.[/quote] I agree and to me, thats part of their aesthetic beauty! The very early ones did not have the more pronounced `body edge' contours and they appear even slimmer in depth! Given the wider bodies, the slim depth aids weight reduction! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cd_david Posted September 19, 2008 Share Posted September 19, 2008 [quote name='phsycoandy' post='287706' date='Sep 19 2008, 09:52 PM']Just to interupt this white JD porn and not wanting to racist at all here's a black one I once owned! [/quote] Beautiful, Wish I moved on this Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marcus bell Posted October 16, 2008 Author Share Posted October 16, 2008 'lovely basses' thats what mark king said about them when i met him last saturday in oxford, after i told him me and my dad had two... anyone still interested in this thread??? mb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marcus bell Posted October 22, 2008 Author Share Posted October 22, 2008 has anyone got anymore pictures of jaydees then...? in particular series 1??? marcus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sgh Posted November 3, 2008 Share Posted November 3, 2008 Not a Series I but a Series II... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doctor_of_the_bass Posted January 14, 2009 Share Posted January 14, 2009 Nice one Steve - one of the best examples of a Series II that I've ever owned! Look at this GA five string model! What a stunner...! My Classic is being refinished in a similar scheme - should be completed soon! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Heeley Posted January 14, 2009 Share Posted January 14, 2009 Sadly not mine but a friends brought to me for a new nut, recondition and setup Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doctor_of_the_bass Posted January 14, 2009 Share Posted January 14, 2009 Nice one Al! Tasty example of a Series III Mark King model! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marcus bell Posted January 14, 2009 Author Share Posted January 14, 2009 omg, these pics have just bought back to me why i love jaydees so much there just so nice, im just off to pick mine up and plug into headphones for a rendition of summat funky, might have to be birdland tonight , love it!!!! thanks gezzzers... hope all is okay with everyone! mb x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve-soar Posted May 3, 2009 Share Posted May 3, 2009 Hi Kev, that's a beauty. I really, really like the finish and especially the inlays, they make the bass a touch diffferent. What's the weight like and is the neck ok? Well done for getting such a lovely bass. Now all I need is my old one back and then I've got all the basses I'll ever need. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve-soar Posted May 3, 2009 Share Posted May 3, 2009 I really like the new tail pieces, can you say what the extra 2 toggle switches are for? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MB1 Posted May 3, 2009 Share Posted May 3, 2009 [quote name='6stringbassist' post='478107' date='May 3 2009, 10:38 AM']Here's a nice little number that I picked up from a really nice guy in Scotland yesterday. This isn't my photo, I hope Alex doesn't mind me putting it on up here. I'll have to wait until tomorrow before I can play it properly through an amp. It was built for a guy called Thom Boyle, and was originally pearl pink before being changed to white. I'm going to have John Diggins refinish it, possibly keeping it white and I fancy a change of the neck inlays. I spoke to John a couple of weeks ago and he quoted me a great price for doing this. Anyone know how to date them from the serial numbers ? Here's a nice clip of Mark King with his 'Star child' bass. [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=psxMt0CN5lM"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=psxMt0CN5lM[/url][/quote] MB1. BEEP! BEEP! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve-soar Posted May 3, 2009 Share Posted May 3, 2009 Star Child inlays would be perfect and I know what you mean about refinishing, I'd want it perfect too. How long will the work take do you think? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doctor_of_the_bass Posted May 3, 2009 Share Posted May 3, 2009 [quote name='6stringbassist' post='478182' date='May 3 2009, 12:55 PM']John said it would take about a month to do.[/quote] Hehe! He's had my Series I for just over a year...went in for a total respray! Bless him! He's one of the best. Mine should be ready very soon - can't wait! I'd personally go for the planet inlays - they really set the basses off nicely - your bass is a Series III body shape. The serial numbers usually follow a numeric format for example: 05596 would indicate 1985. Thom probably had it built in the late 80's /early 1990s - the teardrop string anchors first appeared on the Calibas bass which first appeared around '88. Nice one! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marcus bell Posted May 12, 2009 Author Share Posted May 12, 2009 jaydees are simply the best (in my opinion), just blasted mine away to a few tunes, 'pursuit of accidents', 'too young to die', 'teen town', e.t.c. for a bit amazing, i love my bass its never ever leaving me, i need an amp!!!!!!!!!! but i havent got the money due to driving lessons, car insurance and so on...cant wait to get a rig though , neighbours wont be happy... what dya think? dont laugh at the pic of me haha!!! x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve-soar Posted May 12, 2009 Share Posted May 12, 2009 [quote name='6stringbassist' post='478107' date='May 3 2009, 10:38 AM']Here's a nice little number that I picked up from a really nice guy in Scotland yesterday. This isn't my photo, I hope Alex doesn't mind me putting it on up here. I'll have to wait until tomorrow before I can play it properly through an amp. It was built for a guy called Thom Boyle, and was originally pearl pink before being changed to white. I'm going to have John Diggins refinish it, possibly keeping it white and I fancy a change of the neck inlays. I spoke to John a couple of weeks ago and he quoted me a great price for doing this. Anyone know how to date them from the serial numbers ? Here's a nice clip of Mark King with his 'Star child' bass. [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=psxMt0CN5lM"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=psxMt0CN5lM[/url][/quote]Hi Kev, thanks for that clip, amazing. I first saw them at the Royal Court, Liverpool in 1983, they where totally and utterly amazing, Phil Gould is one of the best drummers in the world. I think he taught Kingy so much and it's great to see that he's performing again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marcus bell Posted May 13, 2009 Author Share Posted May 13, 2009 omg dude you saw the original level 42 im so jealous!!! bet it was the dogs doo-dah's, the closest ive come to seeing the mark king tone live was when i went to see shakatak, and was literally standing as close to this computer screen to george andeson, what a player!!! but mark king...thats aanother story, would love to see him the goulds lindup and the jaydee back in action!!!! x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johngh Posted May 14, 2009 Share Posted May 14, 2009 I thought I'd treat you to these pics of me with my JD Mark King. These pics are now just over 20 years old. I got into Bass and not long after a workmate of mine showed me a video of the BBC Sight and Sound in Concert featuring Level 42 that had been on telly the previous weekend, blown away or wot !. They had just brought out Micro Kid, and about 2 weeks later they played Nottingham so I went along to the gig, blown away even more ! They were awesome. I went to see them at the NEC when they had all the hits, but it wasn't the same. The sound was that bad at the NEC I never went back again, even to this day ! Anyway the band in the photo's was called Danceschool, in the last spot the lads dressed up as schoolboys and the 2 girls did the full St Trinians schoolgirl stuff complete with gadders, if you get what I mean . The punters loved it. Anyway's enjoy the pics [attachment=25249:John_JD_1.jpg] [attachment=25250:john_JD_2.jpg] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doctor_of_the_bass Posted May 14, 2009 Share Posted May 14, 2009 Great stuff John! To me, as a young fledgling bassist in the '80s, those pics sum up the era perfectly! I started playing in '82 (I was only 11 then! hard to believe I know!) and I can kind of remember seeing the video to `Living It Up' on TOTP - I thought that Mike Lindup was the lead singer of the band and that Mark looked like some kind of hardcase! I then saw the band on telly again and Mark was playing one of his Jaydees - I thought it was some kind of Yamaha bass as the body shape and inlays were reminiscent of a BB range bass - I didn't really know anything about Jaydees then!!! I bought my first Mark King model from Musical Exchanges in '88 - it was a blue burst Series III model. Again, at that time, I thought all JDs had a similar sized body as my bass looked quite small on me, whereas Mark's (series I) looked massive on him - I assumed he was some kind of pygmy!!!! I had that bass for around a year, then swapped it for a red Series II (like Johns!) and have over the years owned many many JDs, including Mark's red Series I (serial number 00002) which is most famous for its appearance on the Live at Wembley video/dvd. I went over to see John Diggins on Monday - they are really busy and have many new builds on the go - I dropped off my Roadie fretless for a complete refurb. John is still very touched by all the interest in what he is doing and has recently been featured in the new Haynes manuals for both the Fender Strat and Gibson Les Paul. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doctor_of_the_bass Posted May 14, 2009 Share Posted May 14, 2009 [quote name='6stringbassist' post='488400' date='May 15 2009, 12:16 AM']My 1st gig was the original line up on Sunday 11th November 1984 at Birmingham Odeon, I was 12 and totally blown away by what I saw.[/quote] Yes, saw your JD at Johns - lot of potential there! John is the best - lovely guy and very humble about his art. First time I saw 42 live was at the NEC in '88 - sadly never saw the original line up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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