matt_citizenbass Posted February 21, 2009 Share Posted February 21, 2009 its all shiny and not seen lightness! plus my bass looks mega badass. there must be something else i can take off my bass? maybe i should just play with 1 string? do i really need a bridge? who else has done this? Matt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcus Posted February 21, 2009 Share Posted February 21, 2009 [quote name='matt_citizenbass' post='415905' date='Feb 21 2009, 12:12 AM']who else has done this? Matt[/quote] Jaco.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MythSte Posted February 21, 2009 Share Posted February 21, 2009 [quote name='Marcus' post='415955' date='Feb 21 2009, 07:12 AM']Jaco....[/quote] True, but look how pretencious he got, Get it back on boyo! Its a one way street! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joe_bass Posted February 21, 2009 Share Posted February 21, 2009 [quote name='matt_citizenbass' post='415905' date='Feb 21 2009, 12:12 AM']its all shiny and not seen lightness! plus my bass looks mega badass.[/quote] Isn't there all the routing? Assuming it's a Fender! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcus Posted February 21, 2009 Share Posted February 21, 2009 [quote name='MythSte' post='415959' date='Feb 21 2009, 08:16 AM']True, but look how pretencious he got, Get it back on boyo! Its a one way street! [/quote] Aye..... next thing ya know you'll be playin Jazz and getting a T Shirt printed with "Worlds Greatest Bass Player" on it it's a slippery slope man..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dubs Posted February 21, 2009 Share Posted February 21, 2009 (edited) [quote name='joe_bass' post='415973' date='Feb 21 2009, 09:07 AM']Isn't there all the routing? Assuming it's a Fender![/quote] Not all are routed like that. I think there was a thread on Jazz bass routing, I'll see if I can find it... EDIT: Found it - [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=26434&hl=jazz%20routing&st=0"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=...outing&st=0[/url] - I don't know if it really explains much though. Edited February 21, 2009 by benwhiteuk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matt_citizenbass Posted February 21, 2009 Author Share Posted February 21, 2009 [quote]Isn't there all the routing? Assuming it's a Fender![/quote] nah, its just an empty pickup hole which i had anyway. i'll upload some pics later! and also, i don't have to get pretencious and print t-shirts and stuff, i know i'm the worlds greatest bass player...or so my mummy tells me. Tim Commerford also did it and he's cooler than beans. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tait Posted February 22, 2009 Share Posted February 22, 2009 (edited) pictures? i want to see your jazz anyway, it looks cool in your avatar but i can't really see it properly. EDIT: ooh i found you're gear porn thread, its a great looking bass! but i always thought it was purpley maroony, not black. black looks better anyway. Edited February 22, 2009 by LWTAIT Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boneless Posted February 22, 2009 Share Posted February 22, 2009 [quote]Tim Commerford also did it and he's cooler than beans.[/quote] Tim Commerford is a prick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starvolt Posted February 22, 2009 Share Posted February 22, 2009 [quote name='Boneless' post='416691' date='Feb 22 2009, 04:10 PM']Tim Commerford is a prick. [/quote] Blasphemy! *Runs off and plays Bombtrack* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henry norton Posted February 22, 2009 Share Posted February 22, 2009 Jazz basses sans scratchplate look excellent (or do I mean excrement?) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randy_Marsh Posted February 22, 2009 Share Posted February 22, 2009 [quote]Tim Commerford is a prick.[/quote] say what now? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boneless Posted February 22, 2009 Share Posted February 22, 2009 Well, he is! Great player, but a total dickhead C'mon, fellas, that "I'm cooler than you" attitude of his is soooooooooooooooooooooo annoying and obnoxious Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave_bass5 Posted February 22, 2009 Share Posted February 22, 2009 when i swapped necks over last year i left the scratch plate off my HW1 jazz. I did mean to get the holes filled in but in the end i just stopped playing it so put the scratch plate back on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randy_Marsh Posted February 23, 2009 Share Posted February 23, 2009 [quote]Well, he is! Great player, but a total dickhead C'mon, fellas, that "I'm cooler than you" attitude of his is soooooooooooooooooooooo annoying and obnoxious[/quote] how dare you speak of timmy c like that! hes a bit of a legend to me so.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
budget bassist Posted February 23, 2009 Share Posted February 23, 2009 Haha, you guys should have seen what was going on under the scratchplate on my old reggie jazz, practically hollow! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tracer Posted February 23, 2009 Share Posted February 23, 2009 There's some really weird routing underneath the scratch plate of my jazz (2005 US). There's a lot of routing around the pickup, and then a hole below and forward of it. Just a hole. No tracks to wiring to anywhere else and a really stupid place to put a control. I always assumed it was somewhere to hide your crack, because I can't think of any other reason for it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joe_bass Posted February 23, 2009 Share Posted February 23, 2009 [quote name='benwhiteuk' post='415978' date='Feb 21 2009, 09:14 AM']Not all are routed like that. I think there was a thread on Jazz bass routing, I'll see if I can find it... EDIT: Found it - [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=26434&hl=jazz%20routing&st=0"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=...outing&st=0[/url] - I don't know if it really explains much though.[/quote] Hmm yeah point taken, would have thought that the USA ones wouldn't be like that though. Especially as the cheaper HW1s don't seem to have that routing as dave_bass has shown. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrcrow Posted February 23, 2009 Share Posted February 23, 2009 dont scratch it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
james_d Posted March 21, 2009 Share Posted March 21, 2009 Anyone else think that Fender Jazz basses look better with the scratch plate on? I think they look weird without them, plus there are screw holes everywhere. You should try playing bass with one string actually. I bet there are a few songs out there that only use the 1 string or that can be transposed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean-Luc Pickguard Posted March 21, 2009 Share Posted March 21, 2009 [quote name='matt_citizenbass' post='415905' date='Feb 21 2009, 12:12 AM']there must be something else i can take off my bass?[/quote] You see those screws at each corner of the neckplate... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leschirons Posted March 21, 2009 Share Posted March 21, 2009 Here's mine. I think it looks pretty cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jase Posted March 22, 2009 Share Posted March 22, 2009 [quote name='leschirons' post='441439' date='Mar 21 2009, 11:49 PM']Here's mine. I think it looks pretty cool.[/quote] That it does. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leschirons Posted March 22, 2009 Share Posted March 22, 2009 [quote name='Jase' post='441455' date='Mar 22 2009, 01:36 AM']That it does.[/quote] You must be as sad as me posting at that time of the morning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sub-a-dub Posted March 25, 2009 Share Posted March 25, 2009 ....maybe it depends on the bass - sunburst or natural finish with a nice grain looks good without the scratchplate, don't some of the pickguards look cheap/poorly finished also? Mind you, it's a toss-up as to which looks better: a 3TS with or without a t/shell plate... The jury is out on that one as far as I'm concerned... I built a 62RI fretless recently and had to think long and hard about the scratchplate. I almost reluctantly put one on to avoid possible accusations of building a Jaco clone, but as the finish and grain on the sunburst alder body were so beautiful and unmarked I left it off in the finish. There is a kind of abstract image of the bass in my profile - gives a general idea of the smooth uncluttered lines etc... I have a spalted maple jazz that came with a plexi pickguard and off that came as well, but I have a couple of Olympic whites' and there is no way in hell the t/shell puckguards would ever come off those babies!! Guess it's all a matter of taste... Regards, Sean Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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