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1 hour ago, Hellzero said:

To me the best bass for slap has always been the Jazz Bass…


I too have always liked the Jazz Bass slap sound (and finger style) but to me a Stingray (and particularly a dual pick up one with both humbuckers engaged) gives more girth to the sound - less ‘boingy’ sounding - I guess we all have our own likes and dislikes. 
 

Marcus Miller’s active Jazz tone is more beefy than a passive Jazz but the Stingray still nails it for me 😀

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I've always thought of these things as a bit of a running joke. Mark usually has great tone but I thought the jazz sounded pretty crap and the reports of them being a bit shoddy in person were enough to put me off. I've seen a few come up over the years. I'm sure they'll be as dubiously collectible as ever in the future. 

 

Funny to think that just a couple of years later, Mark would be getting the first Status Kingbass in his hands, IMO the best sounding basses he has played other than the old Status Series II. 

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On 31/10/2021 at 09:42, AndyTravis said:


the journey of these was a bit convoluted, fender, sims and Iceni/Zoot all had a hand in them.

 

Hmm, I'd be interested to know how Mike (Walsh - Iceni/Zoot) was involved.  I must get the full story off him next time I'm at his discussing progress on my Zoot 'not a MK Jazz type thing'.

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On 23/11/2021 at 17:24, Bass Culture said:

 

Hmm, I'd be interested to know how Mike (Walsh - Iceni/Zoot) was involved.  I must get the full story off him next time I'm at his discussing progress on my Zoot 'not a MK Jazz type thing'.

He apparently sprayed the bodies from fender in a colour called Peacock blue.

 

Sims did the final fit and finish with the LED necks…and yeah. It was all a bit of a nightmare apparently.

 

4 or 5 of them ended up with tort pickguards etc.

 

doomed.

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