LukeFRC

[quote name='JapanAxe' timestamp='1349435510' post='1826224'] I have a MIJ Squier Silver Series Jazz, and the lower horn looks very much like that. Now you mention it, it is pretty darned ugly, but I never noticed it before. [attachment=120191:Jazz lower horn.jpg] My advice: put on a black pickguard and forget about it! [/quote] hmm I dunno, your's isn't as pronounced as mine. [quote name='brensabre79' timestamp='1349426651' post='1826073'] I'm not even sure its a Squier body. The pickups are definitely further apart than 60s spacing but seem slightly further together than 70s. As a visual guide I usually see that the screw on the scratchplate is approx. equidistant between the two pickups on a 70s spacing bass - although if the plate is wrong this may be an illusion. Could the body have come from a 70s/80s jap copy? What sort of wood is under the paint there? And who the hell fitted that badass!? [/quote] I don't think it's a squire body either, I'm going to strip some of the paint see what's happening- expecting a butchers block type thing. Yeah the rear pup is in a funny position. Has anyone got a measurement so I can check it? The badass isn't on it anymore I'm happy to say!

Jose..... as a scientist your kind of methodical logical approach isn't followed by everyone.... can you not open it up yourself to have a look? it can't be that technical inside

http://www.gumtree.com/p/for-sale/musicman-stingray-hh-bass-guitar--in-pristine-condition/1001485339 got a map on there so possibly not a scam

as a third option out of the left field.... sell your current bass - and with that money added to what you already have you could pick up pretty much anything you wanted second hand!

what do you play now?

[quote name='gjones' timestamp='1349310609' post='1824696'] I have a Silver Series MIJ Squier from 1994. The MIJ Squiers were based on 62 Jazz basses, so have the metal grounding strip going from the bridge to the pickup (instead of a wire going from under the bridge to the control cavity) and I notice yours doesn't. I also notice that the bridge pickup is in line with the tone control like a 70s Jazz Bass. The Japanese Squiers I've seen have the bridge pickup in the normal, further forward, position. The neck on my Squier is also 40 mm at the nut, unlike a normal Jazz bass which would be 38mm. edit: One last thing - my 94 Squier fits a normal sized scratchplate. [/quote] ah thanks for that hmm wonder what it is then, and yeah I thought it was 70s spacing, good to know. I guess I'm going to need to make my own scratch plate for it then to fit. The neck is more obvious, they stamp the make on both ends!

[quote name='yorks5stringer' timestamp='1349305399' post='1824669'] Could have been worse, it could have been chapter after chapter about how he got drunk/high with the well known leaders of the bands he played with.......! [/quote] except he did that so much he can't remember it...

[quote name='iiipopes' timestamp='1349299397' post='1824562'] If it is a Squier J-bass body, it will have just the slightest bit of difference in its contours to distinguish it from a MIA J. Not so much it is noticable, but when you go to put different parts on it, there you go. [/quote] I was told it was probably a MIJ squier. Can you see how much extra wood is below the bottom horn and round to the body cavity? oh well... back to the drawing board!

not many people on this forum- should have put it in the regular bass forum!

both the ones I have now are exactly the same

[font=arial,helvetica,sans-serif][size=4]So there will be a build thread about this soon. This is my new jazz bass that I traded from [/size][/font][color=#323232][font=arial, helvetica, sans-serif]Bassistclem a week or so ago. So it's a jazz bass... 1994 Japanese Fender squier precision bass neck, and reportedly a fender squier jazz bass body. Well the plan was originally to use the neck (which is good) as a base for a bitsa - new pickups, new body probably and so on.... and then I played the thing.... and it's outstanding- I don't know what it is, the ceramic pickups or what but the tone is brilliant- both me and my flatmate find it hard to put down. It's brilliant! So that given, I have a bass that just sounds brilliant- kinda like a fender jazz but not quite- having bought and sold a fair few jazzes over the past few years- some of them would have cost thousands... and this one... yeah - this is my bass [/font][/color] [color=#323232][font=arial, helvetica, sans-serif]So the plan was instead to refinish this bass- and obviously, if you look at the [/font][/color][font=arial, helvetica, sans-serif][color=#323232]scratchplate get one that fits! I figure that at some point someones stuck a cheaper scratchplate on that isn't the right size.[/color][/font] [font=arial, helvetica, sans-serif][color=#323232]So I go on ebay and buy a new one- it comes- a quality item, looks good..... and it's the same flipping size as the one already on there. What's going on? Why is my bass body a wee bit bigger? Is it some other make? what's a happening? [/color][/font] [color=#323232][font=arial, helvetica, sans-serif]On the plus side I'm now going to have two jazz scratchplates to sell [/font][/color]

Both?

[quote name='kennyrodg' timestamp='1349166428' post='1822501'] I've just read this thread with interest having just pulled the trigger on Bob Palt's rather nice ACG Finn 4. Now I'm just your average player, I certainly don't have "chops" at all and very rarely venture up the dusty end. I just appreciate nice things and have always wanted a ACG since whenever. I'm sure I'll get a blast just from owning such a beauty but to get to bang out a few root/fives etc etc on it as well will do me just fine. For me, I don't care what the punters think of my Bass be it a boutique jobby or my £150 Blazer. I think I'll just feel very lucky being able to own it. [/quote] good looking bass that, let us know how you get on

I like the guy who demos warwick stuff, he just seems quite excited to get to play all these nice basses. And he cam actually play!

[quote name='solo4652' timestamp='1348703661' post='1817273'] I play in a noisy pub-rock band with two guitarists, a drummer who thinks he's John Bonham and a singer who doesn't do quiet or subtle. My rig is a GK MB500 (weighs less than 2 Kgs) and a Barefaced Compact (14 Kgs). I don't think you'll get much lighter than that! Absolutely no problems making myself heard with bags of spare volume on tap. [/quote] Tecamp rig would be lighter... cost more though. The barefaced stuff is supposed to be good mind [quote name='charic' timestamp='1348747470' post='1817645'] One of the TC amps and use the DI? No cab needed and sounds epic [/quote] what and just go through the PA? their are cheaper ways to do that than a TC amp (plug plug plug for the Bass Pod I'm selling ) [quote name='Musicman20' timestamp='1348773295' post='1818089'] 50lbs is reasonably light for a 2x12 you can gig with. I wouldn't bother going smaller. Get a cart to help with the cab. £20 from Amazon. [/quote] 50lb isn't light by my books! my cab is a 2x10 but under 40lb... a tecamp 1x10 is under 20lb. you can do lightweight- the downside is the cost- the upside is by the time you get to that kinda price point you tend to get a well engineered cab too.