Fazley bargain

[police squad]

9 minutes ago, MichaelDean said:

That tone taper is usually the sign of cheap pots. If you replaced them, you'd probably have a better time. But for £43 for the guitar, a few extra quid on pots isn't the end of the world. 

Exactly and I have a few 500 pots knocking about

[police squad]

8 minutes ago, MichaelDean said:

Still no news on the arrival of my Jazz. The Royal Mail/Parcelforce tracking isn't showing anything, and I've not heard back from my email to Bax...

Mine is alledgedly 3 weeks away

[neepheid]

20 minutes ago, MichaelDean said:

Still no news on the arrival of my Jazz. The Royal Mail/Parcelforce tracking isn't showing anything, and I've not heard back from my email to Bax...

 

Hope it arrives soon, and quicker than mine did.  They don't have the excuse of a company bankruptcy to lean on this time...

[tauzero]

3 hours ago, MichaelDean said:

That tone taper is usually the sign of cheap pots. If you replaced them, you'd probably have a better time. But for £43 for the guitar, a few extra quid on pots isn't the end of the world. 

 

Might they also be the wrong taper, lin instead of log (or vice versa)?

[MichaelDean]

It popped up as being in Coventry when I checked a minute ago. Hopefully that means it turns up tomorrow! 🤞

[MichaelDean]

Well, it turned up just before lunch and I'm very impressed! It's very green. Almost purest green. A slight tweak of the truss rod and it's good to go. I do find the jazz bass shape very comfy. Maybe because my first bass was a jazz. It's reasonably weighty at 4.44kg (9lb 8oz). Neck is a good shape. There's something on there that's rubbing off as I play which is a bit weird, but at least it's coming off. The pickups don't sound bad at all. Did I mention it's very green? For £63, I'm very pleased!

 

[ezbass]

8 minutes ago, MichaelDean said:

Almost purest green.

You are Lord Percy and I claim my £5.

[Bassassin]

These look great in the flesh. £63???

 

Very gently kicking myself now.

[HeadlessBassist]

7 hours ago, ezbass said:

You are Lord Percy and I claim my £5.

“So you think there’s a market for basses that look like snot, then?” - Lord Edmund BassAdder.

[Bassassin]

3 hours ago, HeadlessBassist said:

“So you think there’s a market for basses that look like snot, then?” - Lord Edmund BassAdder.

 

SnotGlo.

 

[MichaelDean]

I'm still so pleased with this bass. It's a bit mad that something so cheap can be so good. I know the usual price is around £160, but even for that it seems like good value. It's super resonant, there's a gentle roll of the fretboard edges, and the tuners seem to do their job with no slop. I also really forgot how much I love the jazz shape to play. The way it sits when standing or sitting just work for me. The stock strings have been fine, I'm getting a bit of grey stuff on my fretting fingers, but they sound good. I even quite like the headstock shape as far as FSOs go. I was not expecting to like it this much. Really tempted by the Jellyfish 5 at some point:

https://www.bax-shop.co.uk/electric-bass-guitars/fazley-sunset-series-jellyfish-5-olympic-white-5-string-electric-bass-with-gig-bag

[Woodinblack]

18 minutes ago, MichaelDean said:

 I was not expecting to like it this much. Really tempted by the Jellyfish 5 at some point:

 

Somehow £170 seems quite expensive now

 

[MichaelDean]

1 minute ago, Woodinblack said:

 

Somehow £170 seems quite expensive now

 

I know what you mean! Might have to keep an eye on future sales...