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Slotted after purchase, single slot per saddle.
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Sold! - FS: Bitsa Jazz, Sunburst/Maple, Pearl Blocks - Sold!
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Why thank you! Shame to lose it, really, but buying the Mustang left me a bit squeezed! -
Good condition, unused by me. Removed from the Plexiglass precision when I got it. Has been slotted, and the slots work perfectly well on a Jazz or Precision. Price includes delivery. [attachment=131228:DSC00080.JPG]
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This is for sale due to my off-the-wall purchase of a Mustang Bass earlier this month. Its condition is good, somewhere between a Closet Classic and a light relic. I've gigged it a fair few times, and its previous owner (Rasta of this parish) gigged it lots. The only ding worth noting is a slight dink in the neck binding around the 14th fret, G side. Never noticed it in playing. (Pictured). Specs. Body: Solid but of unknown origin. 3-tone sunburst in the traditional style. Pickguard: Standard black/white/black. Neck: Allparts Jazz, 'chunky' profile, pearl blocks, white binding. Noticeably figured and heavily flamed Hardware: Wilkinson HWJB200 tuners, giving the look of the 1966-75 era, longer stemmed than the later Schallers. Bridge is Fender Mexican standard. Control plate is genuine Fender. Fender neckplate. Standard strap buttons. Electrics: Lindy Fralin Jazz set, very nice! Controls are by our very own KioGon, with genuine Fender knobs. Play really well, and with the chunky profile, it's not a neck that moves much. A Geddy Lee it isn't! But it's a nice handful, round, not ridiculous. Comes in a used but sound reproduction tweed hard case. Price includes delivery! [attachment=131129:Dscf0730.jpg] [attachment=131130:Dscf0729.jpg] [attachment=131131:Dscf0733.jpg] [attachment=131132:Dscf0734.jpg]
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[quote name='Dr.Dave' timestamp='1363778858' post='2017361'] Because a singer / guitarist I have a lot of time for asked me to be and I enjoyed it - still do. And because by the time I joned - 12 years ago - I'd pretty much come to the conclusion that I'm a craftsman moe than an artist. [/quote] ^^^ This, without the asking bit. I like to gig, not just noodle around. We do have an original album in the works, but it's been covers all the way, throwing in the odd original to see what happens along the way. Best of both worlds. Plus, as it's almost my sole source of income bar pensions, for the money.
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Nice! Do you just plug in to a passive input and go for it, or do you tame it by plugging into an active input? When I get home from London, there should be a set of TI JF324 Jazz Flats waiting for me.that will smooth things out a bit!
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Much better!
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OK, first fail. Bought a set of 'short scale' RS77 Jazz Bass Rotos, thinking that the 32" Thomastik JF324s would be too long, even though they are designed specifically for a particular 30" scale bass - the Hofner Violin Bass. The Rotos are too short and the (rather fetching blue) silks are on or over the nut, causing all sorts of weird overtones and wolf notes. So, if anyone has a 30" scale bass that top-loads, make me an offer! Back to Strings Direct...
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[quote name='Rodulator' timestamp='1363648296' post='2015419'] I work very near to GAK and I have to use all my will power to not be in there every lunch break. Oh yeah and nice purchase [/quote] I doubt I could deal with that... Sounds: Unmodified, it's pretty dark and very, very hot. Probably best to plug it into an active socket. Modified to parallel, it's still pretty hot, despite being down to 5.5K. Presumably a very powerful ceramic magnet in there somewhere. But the mod does give it a generous portion of zing and zip, limited a bit by the large sensing area, so it will never sound sound like a P-bass. I find it sustains well, has none of the Fender traditional dead spots, and the tension with the original rounds was good, and even better with TI Jazz Flats, albeit an old 34" set.
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As this was a massive impulse buy, the credit card gods need to bne appeased. So, just as a heads-up, going up for sale soon will be a really nice bitsa Jazz, the Plexi P, the Telecaster guitar in my sig, a Mackie 16-ch mixer, and a good many bits and bobs, including a Badass II. Keep your eyes open!
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Okay, pics!
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Olympic White/blue competition stripes.
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See if you can find a used Fender Kingman. I was astonished at the neck on mine, really slinky.
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Indeed not, the care and artistry is not in question. Just the end result.
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Ay, when I get out of this damned eye unit, I will! Just had yet another bout of pressure-relieving YAG laser surgery. That's the fifth and hopefully, last...
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[quote name='ead' timestamp='1363594568' post='2014367'] Beauty is very much in the eye of the beholder I think. Fender is certainly iconic, but being iconic doesn't necessarily imbue greatness. Plenty of examples out there of icons that are not best in class but survive none the less. [/quote] Certainly true.
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[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1363557282' post='2014167'] Why do people think that kids only deserve crappily-made stuff, 'in case it's a five-minute wonder'? Self fulfilling, really. [/quote] Never understood this. However, every Mexican Fender (and pretty much every Squier) I've laid hands on has been at least acceptable. As described above, it should never have reached a shop wall. All the MIM Fenders, or parts of them, that I have had, have been entirely to standard.
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[quote name='lettsguitars' timestamp='1362757225' post='2004373'] Ritter undeniably produce some of the nicest looking basses available. The finishes/colour schemes are what set them apart from the crowd. Although I do not believe any instruments justify those kind of price tags. [/quote] Only to those who find this kind of thing 'nice looking'. Otherwise, the reverse is true. My personal view is that nothing built since 1957 is particularly good looking next to a P-bass. There's just no apparent form-follows-function, no matter the design intent. They just do not work for my eye. If you like 'em, etc etc, great, but don't go saying how BAD Fenders are because of it. Most of these won't be around in fifty years, and Fender will have knocked up its centenary. THAT'S class. Staying power due to pure excellence of original design. No other basses have this, and it's likely that few of us will live to see that change. Big claim? Sure. But probably valid.
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If I were given one, I'd get rid of it, pronto. Horrible, ugly things. I don't care how they might sound or play, I could not look at it. Come to that, I'd have trouble being in the same room. Don't get me wrong, i'm not being negative for the sake of it. They just repel me. As do a good many other 'furniture' basses, it must be said. But, if pushed, I'd have to say that there's nowhere even faintly approaching £5000 of difference between any Ritter and a Mexican P-bass. There just isn't, period. And I know which I'd have, even if I had millions. And, to reiterate, I'm not jusrt talking Ritter here, but a myriad other so-called 'high-end' basses. They simply aren't. they are, in the main, just high-priced.
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OK, it's Sunday morning, and it's been a long hard week...5.5 it is.
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See speaker example above. Two 8-ohm cabs in parallel don't make a 2... Yes, it cuts the output a lot. But the unvarnished output, as on the Squier Telebass, is so hot that it's better to plug it into an 'active' input, or engage the pad if your amp has one. Otherwise it can be be a very deep, muddy fuzz box! Of course, this mod can be done with switches to give series, parallel, or even true single coil (coil-split).
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Of course, such an impulse buy hath its penalties. I shall shortly be filling a few slots in the basses, guitars, and other bits and bobs for sale forums!
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Why would it quarter it? Zs in series add, Zs in parallel, if there are only two, divide by 2. Same as cabinets. 2 8s in parallel = 4 ohms. I gigged the bass last night. Great! There was the occasional bout of of finger acrobatics while adjusting to the scale, otherwise very impressed!
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Pics tomorrow!
