stingrayPete1977

Ah well mine will be the Birmingham one anyway, I cant see it comparing to your Sei basses anyway can you? The lure of the F USA Deluxe badge is tempting me in but I suspect the build and playability of the DJ5 will make the sale!

Those contour combos sound really good, I've used one at a jam night and I enjoyed it a lot. The shuttles are closer to the contour sound wise so I can see why you prefer the contour to the streamliner too.

Which branches though, which one are you visting? I've found in the past that the stock list is nonsense but that can go either way, although not listed they might have an oly white deluxe with rw board after all.

If its nice enough it wont be there

I was going to look at a Jabba when I bought my first SR5 but the heavy snow stopped us getting to bass direct! I still like them.

[quote name='thebassist' timestamp='1414592585' post='2591057'] The 2011 5-string US Standard Fender Jazz Bass in sunburst with rosewood was one of the few basses I've had and sold that I wish I'd kept now. I loved it. [/quote] here's hoping I find such a bass, I promise to keep it too

This does sound like an earth fault on the house socket, could just be the earth has snapped off the back of the outlet but it needs checking properly as it could be a problem with the incoming supply too, those plug in jobs are ok but as long as there is a tiny earth the earth ok light will illuminate, a sparky shouldn't charge you more than twenty quid to test it with a proper earth fault loop impedance tester and fix the fault if is just broken off somewhere obvious.

If I like the stock sound of the deluxe I'll probably buy it if it plays well as that is what I'm after really, guitar guitar have just listed a Sun burst and rosewood deluxe too. I do like an active bass I must admit then again I have a dual channel amp with switchable gain for each preamp so I can dial in a nice passive jazz channel and an active stingray channel for those gigs where I'm taking both, gigs where I'm taking double bass I will only take one electric bass unless it's a really important gig so I will continue with a double bass channel and electric bass channel as I do now, two leads via an ab pedal for the two instruments and toggle between channels using the foot controller or even mix both channels for full on rock out endings!

Now the thing is me and a mate have been talking about the deluxe, if it's not so good sounding swapping the pickups and preamp might not be as easy as the standard USA jazz, are the pickups normal sized for example? If I'm buying a jazz should I just get a normal jazz, then if I'm itching for an active I know a John east and either the stock USA pickups or something else will solve that if I find a nice playing standard?

It's funny how when you start out most people have a combo and jam with mates, then comes the rehearsal room with the 8x10 and we run them flat out in a small space, then pub gigs come along and the combo goes for a 4x10, that also does the small and medium sized music venues, then when you play a full size big stage you could easily use the combo micd up, put yourself through the monitors from one end of the stage to the other and play at the lowest volume ever yet hear what everyone is doing, once you get bigger than that you get two massive stacks to make the next generation think that is what they will need and at the same time you wear in ears! That said f*** it, buy it

Will anything other than four string fender basses and normal guitars be collectable in the long term anyway? In another fifty years will anyone be playing these instruments? Even the oldest P bass is fairly modern in real terms, are we caught in a moment of typical rock and roll bands, a death doom fudge glimmer lounge core band is still more closely set up like a 60s rock and roll band than it is an orchestra. Collectors that can't play a note do and will buy vintage fenders but I can't see anyone caring so much for a Wal unless it's to a bass player,move on forty years from now and I can see most basses other than fender and Gibson starting to lose value. I'm sure there well be a generation of bassists around then but there will be a lot of used basses, supply and demand controls prices so from millions of Yamaha basses no one has a clue as to which is cheap and which is an expensive one and a dwindling market for them for example against a 1951 P Bass in a glass display case, I know where my investment would go even though I'd rather gig a five string Nathan east for the rest of my days than the P bass.

It could have been worse if you'd bought one of those kiss basses then! Lob.

I'm not a fan of natural basses really, rosewood would be nice for a change but I'm more negotiable on that of it looks good with the body finish.

The smoking ban was the final straw imo coupled to a lack of current guitar based bands at the same time, my band at the time went from busy pubs once a month at least with a function gig here and there to all function gigs with the odd empty pub. At the same time we went from learning a song a week to a song a month because there was nothing in the charts that 'needed to be learnt' as there had been for years before like kaiser cheifs, killers, pigeon detectives,kings of leon, etc etc. Most of my pub band gigs now are just the same as the typical function band stuff covering loads of genres which is ok and a reason to buy a new bass! Certainly though the smoking ban started the rot imo. I also think social media has made us all less sociable, when I was 18 you had to go to the in pub to meet friends and you knew which pubs they would be in so there was no need for texting etc.

Haha you know its an updated better version of a P bass Jose all day long

[quote name='MiltyG565' timestamp='1414527991' post='2590356'] 3-tone sunburst really works for Fender, though. It's not really my cuppatea, but people do like it. That's why they produce so many sunburst instruments - it's a safe bet. But this is what I'm saying - if they reduced the range, then every so often ran a "special" colour, people would buy it. I'm pretty sure colour/appearance is quite a deciding factor for most people. [/quote] This is how Musicman do it, collectors buy everything in a special finish, I dont go on the MM forum but I understand some people have dozens of the same model, then regular people like most of us also might fall for a 'Dargie Delight' or 'Sledge' which makes a sale. The colours are changed but the whole range gets the new finish which I presume keeps costs down. At the same time they have a totally confusing range like Fender now! I might still buy a Fender on saturday though

They should have left them alone, just a new badge which would have been cheaper but no they messed around with them.

Everyone has different ideas about what is expensive and too valuable to gig anyway.

[quote name='ead' timestamp='1414485222' post='2589621'] With apologies to the OP for the minor thread hijack, I spend a good while trying various F*****r and clone JBs to find one that rang my bell. All to no avail, so ended up commissioning ACG to build me one to my spec. Too early on to show you any pics I'm afraid. Cost wise it will be a good chunk less then the MIA Fenders. [/quote] I don't mind a hi Jack, we are chatting basses on bass chat I considered an over water built to my spec a few years ago, I've since gone all five string so in a way I'm glad I didn't!

[quote name='fretmeister' timestamp='1414453462' post='2589542'] Another vote for Sandberg here. I love my TM5, it just sounds right and it's dead easy to play. [/quote] I will check out the TM5s again not really a proper jazz bass and as I like Lakland then a 55-02 would fit the bill for me I think but you never know one might just take my fancy.

[quote name='dave_bass5' timestamp='1414451847' post='2589529'] This is right up my street. Almost got one a couple of weeks ago but the price was a bit high for me. [url="http://www.guitarguitar.co.uk/bass_guitars_detail.asp?stock=13112815564616"]http://www.guitargui...=13112815564616[/url] [/quote] I am not so keen on the colour

[quote name='dave_bass5' timestamp='1414448318' post='2589478'] Interesting colour. I didn't know they came with clear guards. I agree, a black one would really set it off. It's a shame they dropped the black sparkle, the whole look was what convinced me to get mine. As I said earlier (I think), I was never knocked out by the tone. This was the most I've ever spent on a bass and felt a bit let down. It's just felt too warm and round compared to my (at the time) Highway1 jazz. I see me to lack the growl I was looking for. In all other respects it was perfect. Funny thing though, when I got it converted to a PJ, complete with Nordsrands, it still had that warm tone. [/quote] I have gritty/growl covered with various Stingrays which I will continue to use at every gig with a Jazz for the smoother numbers so that does not bother me so much, If I wanted an all in one bass I would defo have a Lakland 55-94 or the new 55-14 in tobacco.

The one im going to look at has a clear guard but it needs a black one?http://www.guitarguitar.co.uk/bass_guitars_detail.asp?stock=12061516390949

What a ridiculous situation it is to not be able to buy new Genz amps and cabs! Fecking Fender.

My Stagg feels really easy to play compared to my DB, both have Spirocore weichs fitted. A few lessons would be a starting point imo, you could try the teachers DB then too.