Lozz196

Nice sounds

Ampeg Scrambler and TC Electronic Spark Booster are both worth checking out.

Agree, I bought one but returned it, nothing wrong with it, very nice bass actually, but although I bought it to be a Mustang that sounded like a Precision ultimately that was why I returned it, I found that I just prefer my Mustangs to sound like Mustangs. But for anyone wanting Precision sounds from a short scale bass with Jazz width neck then these are hard to beat, the one I had played beautifully with the factory set up & stock strings.

The changes suggested will all improve the bass in terms of quality, but as above a good fret level & change of nut will make it be able to be set up to play at its best. That coupled with the pickup change will get you a bass that plays great and sounds it too. One thing to consider though, quite often Squier put 500k pots in the electrics, resulting in a quite toppy sound, sometimes just swapping those to 250k can bring a real change to the existing pickups. Might be worth a try.

First memory of bass is hearing it in Seasons in The Sun by Terry Jacks - though I didn’t know it was bass at that time, just knew I liked the sound so from then on kept an ear open for it. Fast forward to punk and all the coolest looking members in the bands, such as Vicious, Simenon & Burnell played bass, so now I both liked it visually and audibly. I also liked that the bassist often seemed “mysterious”. Also, bass in the late 70s & early 80s was quite prominent in the mix, which increased my love of it. Still love bass, still love punk (currently in 2 punk bands tho am giving them up due to back issues). First bass was a Kay EB-0 copy, bought in 1980 at the age of 15, not great but I learned to play on it so it did its job. The bass I always loved & wanted was a Fender Precision, pretty much still the case though weight means I can’t play them in a band setting much now. Last bass I bought was a Sandberg Superlight TT, and have a Sandberg Superlight Lionel on order.

Most definitely, my preference at present is .73, I have 3 different types: Fender Medium - nice warm, even/vintage sound Dunlop Tortex - more upper mids and highs to the sound Dunlop Ultex - modern, scooped sound At home I prefer the Fender, but for the band the Tortex

In my old band where I need a harder attack I use .88, in my classic rock band I`m on .73, and looking at .60 as want to reduce wear & tear on my poor paws. I find with the Precision being quite middy a thicker pick encourages lows & highs better, whereas with my Sandberg Jazz being less middy the thinner pick helps bring mids back in.

£146 for a US Fender, must be genuine

So it’s really a 41 🤣

The RM is def an unsung hero imo.

Not sure about the Jazzes but the Precision ones are very much like the Fender Custom Shop 62s, maybe the Jazzes follow suit?

Must have been a very proud moment

My old band played in EU a few months back, from memory it’s ok to take guitars & amps but not cabs (I think). Apparently it’s not as difficult as many have tried to make out. I’ll see if I can find out what’s needed.

Next up for me is another Knock Off gig, supporting Therapy? at The 229 Club, London.

I’ve not suffered this specifically but about a month back my left wrist was hurting a bit so I raised the strap a bit and for about a week, playing or not I wore a wrist support which went over my thumb, and 2 thick wristbands.

I’m a combination of black/white/blue, with blue probably being more me than the others.

As a Fender man I’d always look at Squier - even the Affinity range can be amazing once set up properly.

I use regular scale Elixirs on my Mustangs, fit fine

Good news, easy replacement at not much cost

How high up is the Presence control, this can be a tad hissy if high up.

Another possible buzz issue is the spring on the bridge if not fully stretched. It seems like fret buzz but actually from the other end of the bass so took me a fair while to identify when it happened on one of my basses.

That’s apparently how Cliff Williams of AC/DC uses his. I tried it, couldn’t get on with it. Wish I’d been able to use it in the band tho (was bought & sold during COVID), who knows, might have loved it. Did try my 3-band eq ‘Ray with the band, just couldn’t get it to work - which in Lozz Speak means I tried to make it sound like a Precision and failed.

Panicked at Rebellion when setting up, no volume from the bass at all, due to start in less than a minute. Hadn’t pushed the jack plug from my lead fully into the tuner.

Same here, on my Ashdown RM500. More than once! And more than twice!! I`ve now typed up an instruction on that Dymo ticker-tape stuff and stuck it on the front panel saying to check the mute button if no sound.

Jazz Basses - I`ve learned to love them, but it took me a while (and a good few) Stingray Basses - The third member of the holy trinity, I love how they play, love how they sound when others play them, just not when I play them Flatwound strings - I love the playability, but can`t get on with the sound, though have heard plenty of other people sound great with them Compressors - no matter how they`re set, either by me or by someone who actually knows how to set them, to my ear they never sound as good as the bass without them