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I make no apologies for "resurrecting an old thread". Information is information - there's no age limit on it. I'll give my opinion later, but first here's some important facts about MY JB-2. YMMV. And I was reluctant to say the following since it seems so negative, but just in case anyone else is as unlucky as me ... Recently I had an urge to buy a Jazz Bass and, to cut a long story short, bought a brand new 3-Tone Sunburst G&L Tribute JB-2. Initially, it all looked very nice. After a short while, I noticed that the nut was loose. Worse than that, when I looked closer, I noticed that the nut was not sitting parallel to the frets - it was sloping. The G side was further away from the first fret than the E side. And worse than that, when I measured the distance from the first fret to the nut, neither side was at the correct distance. For a scale length of 863.6mm (34 inch) (measured to confirm), Nut to 1st fret should be 48.47mm. I measured 49.3mm on the E side. I was absolutely shocked by this. I've never seen anything like this on any of the many guitars or basses that I've owned. I've owned and still own some really inexpensive guitars and I don't consider this one inexpensive. I've had many guitars where the nut string slots are too high or spaced out too close to the end of the fingerboard for my liking, but nothing like this. Since this JB-2 was on-sale end-of-line Swamp Ash body rather than current production "Ash Top over Poplar", there was no way I was going to return this to the shop. I filed the nut slot at the correct location, fixed it in and cut the string slots to a nice height. NOW it is ... Oh, I nearly forgot! I also noticed that turning both volume controls to zero did not give silence - there was some signal bleed-through. I didn't pay that much attention to this because I was going to rewire it anyway with a pickup selector switch, 1 x Volume and 1 x Tone (like a Tele). I mostly play guitar with a bit of bass on the side, so I really don't like the 2 x Volume Jazz Bass thing. When I looked at the electronics inside, I could see why I was getting the signal bleed-through. The Bridge pickup Volume control did not have a Ground connection on lug 1. So the Volume control was acting as a variable series resistor rather than a potentiometer. Unbelievable! So I rewired it with a pickup selector switch, 1 x Volume and 1 x Tone. That's better. Oh, and one other thing that I feel a bit mean in mentioning since this is something that can be common on any guitar/bass no matter what the price - the frets could do with a bit of levelling. I can not get the action down to where I would like it due to the uneven frets. It's not too bad but it could be better so I'll leave that for another day. At this point I have to say that maybe I was extremely unlucky to receive this particular bass and it could be a "Party Friday" bass that escaped the usual QA checks. But, I think it's worth pointing out to people that you too could be unlucky, so check it. I also have a Cort Action Junior short-scale that I bought new for £129 (this is what I call inexpensive) and that has an absolutely perfectly cut nut in every respect and the frets are as level as you can get. NOW ... after fixing the nut and the electronics ... it is a lovely bass. The neck is nice and slim but full/rounded at the same time. I like that it has 21 frets instead of the usual jazz 20. The bridge is very nice. Since rectifying the nut, the sustain is fantastic and the sound is nice and crisp. No dead spots. Even the no-name factory fitted strings are good enough for me. I'm in no rush to change them. Finally, coming back to the OP, my JB-2 weighs in at 4620g (10 lbs 3 oz) so it's the heaviest bass I own by far. I don't think this would be good for your back. Perhaps the newer "Ash Top over Poplar" body is lighter.

Hello, I'm also looking for that. Only electric though, and preferably in the 2 HH Stingray format. Oh, and it should not cost more than £300, although I could go further for the right bass. A lined fretless short scale version of the SBMM Ray4HH would be ideal. Not asking for too much am I? How did you get on? Did you get a Chowny? Pics please.

Old thread I know, but if the OP is still looking, I believe this is exactly what was asked for. Forget the racks, loops and mixers. Here’s the smallest, easiest option (bass stuff starts around 1:40): [media]http://youtu.be/SWkeGWbpz74[/media] For sale here – [url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Digital-Delay-pedal-with-extra-Momentary-Mode-Dub-Reggae-Floyd-Stereo-trails-/182403803767?hash=item2a781d2a77:g:CaEAAOSw4GVYUWg0"]http://www.ebay.co.u...aEAAOSw4GVYUWg0[/url] Digital Delay pedal professionally modified with a [b]Momentary mode[/b] switch. With Momentary mode OFF, the footswitch behaves like a stock pedal. With Momentary mode ON, the footswitch acts in a momentary fashion. Good for Dub / Reggae type stuff, but can also work well for Ambient / Rock / whatever. It’s got to be the smallest and most uncomplicated momentary delay I’ve seen.