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i just took the scratchplate off my jazz


matt_citizenbass
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[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.....

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[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.

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[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.

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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.

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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.

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[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.

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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.

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....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

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