johnDeereJack

As an honorary Red Neck I approve!

I have a very similar one currently stored at my singer's house (along with an amp of course) for impromptu rehearsals! The only difference being mine's white (well off-white now!) and has a single JB pup at the bridge. I had it lying around gathering dust for years so I decided to dust it off, put a new set of strings on, set it up and it plays and sounds great!

For ages I was gigging my Squier VM fretless instead of my custom Larkin Reacter fretless (see avatar) Don't get me wrong - the VM is a great bass but having picked up my Larkin again it just KILLS the Squier dead. I've totally fallen in love with it all over again.

[quote name='bartelby' timestamp='1336026021' post='1639558'] No, it is quite bathroomy:[/quote] [size=6][b]+++ AWESOME DESCRIPTION +++[/b][/size] [size=2]V sorry! I just read Happy Jack's +++ AWESOME +++ thread and couldn't resist [/size]

[quote name='spongebob' timestamp='1335874430' post='1637281'] Always use Stringsdirect or Stringbusters - the only places to buy IMHO. [/quote] A huge +1 for this. I've used both companies and have never had anything but exemplary service.

[quote name='1976fenderhead' timestamp='1335547624' post='1633069'] I think I'm ending up with a very nerdy MXR fanboy board... [/quote] LOL! Me too and it's only gona get worse as I add more!

I like mine with the Dry somewhere around 12 o'clock with the Growl between 12-3 and Girth 9 or less with the mid switch set at 400Hz. Played with a fretless through either my ODB-3 or El Grande (depending on how dirty I want it!) and into my M82 Filter for a really nice synth-bass effect!

I tried a POG yesterday in Guitar Guitar before I finally settled on reinvesting in the MXR BOD. I kinda liked the octave up feature of the POG - a bit of a novelty tho cos I'm not sure I'd ever use it and the POG just doesn't have the same warmth that the MXR does. I love the fact you can get pretty close to the old Boss OC2 with the BOD. Needless to say I walked out of the shop with a brand spanking new BOD! (Almost took the Carbon Copy too!)

[quote name='Circle_of_Fifths' timestamp='1335482819' post='1632165'] VM-Jazz ::: [/quote] Mate that's stunning! I do think my '75RI will soon be wearing a tort guard!

[quote name='1976fenderhead' timestamp='1335441912' post='1631128'] That's odd, don't 99% of people run the octaver into the fuzz? [/quote] Yep, octave box (BOD in my case) into fuzz box (El Grande); that's definitely the way I do it as well. The M82 is the Bass Envelope Filter so no issues with running a fuzz into it.

Cheers Karl but this is your feedback thread, you should probably add that to mine! You can do that here if you like: [url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/130557-feedback-for-johndeerejack/page__p__1316155__hl__johndeerejack__fromsearch__1#entry1316155"]http://basschat.co.uk/topic/130557-feedback-for-johndeerejack/page__p__1316155__hl__johndeerejack__fromsearch__1#entry1316155[/url] Cheers again mate

I modified my fretless VM with various bits & pieces including the neck pickup cover from my '75RI so I'm guessing they both should if you have the stock bridge in place. (I swapped the stock bridge for a Gotoh 203B which is a bit beefier) [url="http://basschat.co.uk/uploads/monthly_05_2011/post-14473-1305712544.jpg"]http://basschat.co.uk/uploads/monthly_05_2011/post-14473-1305712544.jpg[/url]