LukeFRC

you like one tone... but want a versatile alternative? something there doesn't make sense

[quote name='lowdowner' timestamp='1348513399' post='1814651'] Obviously you are now my favorite BC poster of the week for this comment [/quote] have a look at the thread I just posted.... originally I was interested in the ACG harlot... and the multi wood single cut design.... well that bass is stunning stunning stunning looking- and although I am a fan of Alan's work to look at I think it's the best looking bass he's ever made - and I looked through his entire website to back that up! Then that bass came up on ebay... and well- another classic design and in a fight I know which one I would go for.... but as it happened a pottential sale of my JV didn't happen and... well maybe one of them will still be available in a few months?!

this is the bass of my dreams. If someone had been interested in my JV squier it would be mine... http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/221127874771?_trksid=p5197.c0.m619 does someone else want it... lovely looking JD thumb bass? Otherwise... if anyone wants to buy a JV squier off me (£1200 ono) or even a Bass Pod (£80ono) or a Yamaha MIJ BB300 (£120) even my yamaha SG (£450) or line6 guitar (£50) and help a wee chancer pick this fella up....

[quote name='GuyR' timestamp='1348436287' post='1813706'] I bought a 62 Jazz in Oly white from Randy Hope-Taylor about12 years ago (I think I paid £3500). It was the first American Fender I had played which offered any improvement over my 1st and 2nd series JVs which I bought new ( and still have). There are so many basses being made currently that are good enough to be "collectable" that the best areas of collectability/investment value are very difficult to predict. Collecting vintage Fenders is a logical step as there are fewer viable and worthwhile alternatives from that period. It still doesn't follow that there is necessarily any money to be made by owning one for any period of time, particularly at the still-optimistic prices that many ealers quote Still, if you can't make your money back, it's no hardship to hold on to it a while longer...... [/quote] oooh you have photos of those JV's? tell us more! No one wanted mine when I had it up for tentative sale for a few days!

[quote name='Musicman20' timestamp='1348433063' post='1813650'] Basschat and many other fors hold the MIJ Fenders in very high regard. All I was saying is that they are good, but worth no more than usual. Hype comes to mind. [/quote] I prefer the necks to a lot of MIJ basses to that of MIA - and back when the yen was weaker a japanese bass at half the price of a USA was a good move. The top end japanese stuff is very very good- using US pickups and good woods. Some of the cheaper stuff... is well... cheaper. What they do have is consistency, you hear a lot about quality controls of US and mexican stuff - but less of japanese stuff. Do they compare to the top end US stuff? Nope, I've got a soft spot for the AVRI series, they are very nice. At the moment to buy a japanese bass new isn't that much cheaper than a US bass.... so which would I go for? US has to be!

[quote name='Rick's Fine '52' timestamp='1348427148' post='1813523'] The strings also felt too tight (does that even make sense??), and i found it quite hard to play. It did[i] look [/i]fabulous though. [/quote] obviously not an original, but my JV seems to have less tight feeling strings than other '57 P basses I've played too. It gives it a certain tone. But.... how and why is it?

I still want an ACG

plus music like most things is something where the nicer you are, and the nicer you are to work with then the better you do generally. You say you "could" act friendly and professional. I suggest you lump it and just be nice and smile and don't let it get to you and learn the habits that mean when you are 40 you will be a good guy and musican to work with rather than a grumpy old fart

don't worry about it. It saves you money. At some point (and for me it was linked to my hair starting to disappear at a young age) you go into music shops, they are nice and friendly and throw basses at you to try- and if you ask to try the £3000 bass they have they say "of course" - then you realise you don't have the money to spend on all these nice basses.

[quote name='Kiwi' timestamp='1348355290' post='1812777'] I'm not saying preCBS fenders are bad quality, just that there wasn't any craftsmanship involved and the whole production process was very pragmatic. If anything their pragmatism probably adds to their appeal. But the point you make about the poor quality of the seventies Fenders causing people to reconsider older instruments is a good one too. [/quote] ironic really- so much electric guitar and bass design and construction followed the fender "craftmanshipless" direction rather than the more crafted direction Gibson were going back at the time - the irony being I guess is that modern music has been defined by these instuments and the way they are produced. There is an irony in people then going back and making "crafted" versions of the same mass produced basses! The whole point of the design was to be cheap and easy to make in a factory... and now we can go out and get a exquisitly crafted hand built version of the same thing too.... bit daft really

[quote name='cloudburst' timestamp='1348337869' post='1812587'] Ha ha - mine's the 12" remix. :-) CB [/quote] that's not what she told the rest of us afterwards

[quote name='Dingus' timestamp='1348353774' post='1812760'] People don't seem to allow for inflation and other variables. [/quote] I had noticed this!

[quote name='wateroftyne' timestamp='1348345025' post='1812687'] This thread TOTALLY reminds me of a man dressed up in a Nemo costume: [/quote] is that warwickhunt?