joe_geezer Posted March 18, 2023 Author Share Posted March 18, 2023 (edited) So the centre stripes on Roadies are just painted on? Well, i'll be damned, looks so authentic! Edited March 18, 2023 by joe_geezer 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJJS Posted March 18, 2023 Share Posted March 18, 2023 Can’t recall If I’ve put this on this chat before. 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparky Mark Posted March 18, 2023 Share Posted March 18, 2023 (edited) 4 hours ago, MJJS said: Can’t recall If I’ve put this on this chat before. I've not see that photo before. Really interesting as it shows how the pickup positions vary with reference to the bridge. This means that all four formats will have tonal differences even if identical woods were used. Edited March 18, 2023 by Sparky Mark 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
White Cloud Posted March 18, 2023 Share Posted March 18, 2023 12 hours ago, MJJS said: Just in case someone wants one …. https://bassbros.co.uk/product/1987-jaydee-roadie-series-3/ I'd be gobsmacked if that sees the hour out... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparky Mark Posted March 18, 2023 Share Posted March 18, 2023 (edited) 16 minutes ago, White Cloud said: I'd be gobsmacked if that sees the hour out... Agreed; I even thought of buying it. Considering the price and almost 2 year lead-time for new, this is a no brainer for someone wanting a Roadie Active. Edited March 18, 2023 by Sparky Mark 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
White Cloud Posted March 18, 2023 Share Posted March 18, 2023 Just now, Sparky Mark said: Agreed; I even thought of buying it. Lol me too. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeeCee Posted March 18, 2023 Share Posted March 18, 2023 12 hours ago, joe_geezer said: So the centre stripes on Roadies are just painted on? Well, i'll be damned, looks so authentic! Not normally, no, Roadies do have a central strip of maple. In this case, the maple strip is painted over to look like ebony. Anorak fact, the first couple of Roadies made actually do have a central strip of ebony instead of maple. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joe_geezer Posted March 19, 2023 Author Share Posted March 19, 2023 17 hours ago, MJJS said: Can’t recall If I’ve put this on this chat before. From this diagram the Series 1 & GA24 seem to have the same body mass? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris2112 Posted March 19, 2023 Share Posted March 19, 2023 22 hours ago, MJJS said: Can’t recall If I’ve put this on this chat before. I love the slimline look of the second body shape. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJJS Posted March 19, 2023 Share Posted March 19, 2023 1 hour ago, Chris2112 said: I love the slimline look of the second body shape. The S2 is slightly turned, so looks a little narrower than it really is. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris2112 Posted March 19, 2023 Share Posted March 19, 2023 Yes, I had thought so, but even still it looks usefully more compact and smaller than the S1. I wouldn't say no to any of them though, they are all super cool. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joe_geezer Posted March 21, 2023 Author Share Posted March 21, 2023 On 17/03/2023 at 23:59, GeeCee said: Here is a pic of S4 Roadie next to a S1 MK. Look at the tail to see how much shorter it is. What are the chances John would make me a recreation one of the Jazz basses that were being shipped out to Jaco? I wonder if it would be too far away from their current line up for it to be even possible? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnFitzgerald Posted March 21, 2023 Share Posted March 21, 2023 On 18/03/2023 at 10:59, White Cloud said: I'd be gobsmacked if that sees the hour out... That's my old bass, I got Toby to do the refinish and the veneer headstock finish. That and the purpleburst finish. Between original purchase price and refinish it owed my £1k and I sold it for £1,400. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris2112 Posted March 21, 2023 Share Posted March 21, 2023 Here is a banger from 1987 with Mark King playing a Jaydee. Mark Brzezicki on the drums, what a combo these guys are. Imagine if they had recorded more together. I've loved this video for years. Mark is just killing it. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwi Posted March 21, 2023 Share Posted March 21, 2023 2 hours ago, joe_geezer said: What are the chances John would make me a recreation one of the Jazz basses that were being shipped out to Jaco? I wonder if it would be too far away from their current line up for it to be even possible? he did a custom jazz for me once, it didnt look like the jaco one though 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tauzero Posted March 22, 2023 Share Posted March 22, 2023 From the 1986 Prince's Trust, Mark King playing a superb bassline on a Jaydee and getting almost a fretless tone from it in many of the fills. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joe_geezer Posted March 22, 2023 Author Share Posted March 22, 2023 3 hours ago, Chris2112 said: Here is a banger from 1987 with Mark King playing a Jaydee. Mark Brzezicki on the drums, what a combo these guys are. Imagine if they had recorded more together. I've loved this video for years. Mark is just killing it. Apparently noo one knows what happened to that pearl blue Jaydee or the pearl pink one.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwi Posted March 22, 2023 Share Posted March 22, 2023 7 hours ago, joe_geezer said: Apparently noo one knows what happened to that pearl blue Jaydee or the pearl pink one.... It's known but i cant recall clearly right now. I think the blue one went to charity. The pink one might have been given to a roadie. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparky Mark Posted March 22, 2023 Share Posted March 22, 2023 13 hours ago, JohnFitzgerald said: That's my old bass, I got Toby to do the refinish and the veneer headstock finish. That and the purpleburst finish. Between original purchase price and refinish it owed my £1k and I sold it for £1,400. Do you mean that the laminate stripes are painted and the headstock front had a real veneer applied later? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeeCee Posted March 23, 2023 Share Posted March 23, 2023 (edited) On 21/03/2023 at 16:17, joe_geezer said: What are the chances John would make me a recreation one of the Jazz basses that were being shipped out to Jaco? I wonder if it would be too far away from their current line up for it to be even possible? You can but ask, though John is essentially retired, so it would be up to Mike and Andy as they would likely be the ones that would have to make it. Hard to say, they don't do as much non-Jaydee work now and the model choices have narrowed somewhat. Pretty easy to replicate though, 62 jazz copy, no scratch plate, plain ebony fingerboard, active EMG pick-ups (battery on back), and black hardware throughout (machine heads, control plate, bridge, etc.) Would look like this: Edited March 23, 2023 by GeeCee 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeeCee Posted March 23, 2023 Share Posted March 23, 2023 17 hours ago, Kiwi said: It's known but i cant recall clearly right now. I think the blue one went to charity. The pink one might have been given to a roadie. Sounds right 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwi Posted March 23, 2023 Share Posted March 23, 2023 6 hours ago, GeeCee said: You can but ask, though John is essentially retired, so it would be up to Mike and Andy as they would likely be the ones that would have to make it. Hard to say, they don't do as much non-Jaydee work now and the model choices have narrowed somewhat. Pretty easy to replicate though, 62 jazz copy, no scratch plate, plain ebony fingerboard, active EMG pick-ups (battery on back), and black hardware throughout (machine heads, control plate, bridge, etc.) Would look like this: A basschatter and jaydee collector owns one of the jaco jazzes as well as a couple of other jaydees 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marcus bell Posted March 23, 2023 Share Posted March 23, 2023 On 22/03/2023 at 08:43, Kiwi said: It's known but i cant recall clearly right now. I think the blue one went to charity. The pink one might have been given to a roadie. Blue one was given to a roadie, the pink one is MIA, I’ve asked all the people who would know (John Diggins, Mark King, Barry Moorhouse) all to no avail… 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwi Posted March 23, 2023 Share Posted March 23, 2023 6 hours ago, OC-2 said: the pink one is MIA Someone on the jaydee fb group claimed to know what had happened to it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJJS Posted March 24, 2023 Share Posted March 24, 2023 8 hours ago, Kiwi said: Someone on the jaydee fb group claimed to know what had happened to it. MIA - Missing in action Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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