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Damn!, that was close then!, i got a JB75-100 US in vhw with maple block board identical to the one i sold to Lysdexia a year ago, im gonna soup her up a tad!

so glad not not be alone! i also punched the hell out of fender jazz bass special a la Duff when i was like 17, only to realise i was wearing a ring, and it now had pockmarks all over it!, ah well

I did my first ding in my new cij jazz today, a brand new less than a monh old 2008 75ri jazz and while screwing the badass on, looked away, slipped and put a small dink and a scratch in the paint on the forearm bout. Thankfully i intend to gig it so im not too gutted, but i was kinda hoping to keep this one a bit nice looking as my blue jazz is tatty as hell. Pics soon when the mods are finished! Any other painful dink stories?, especially that painful first walllop!

Im confused, are ishi no longer importing?, i only just got a bass from them like a month ago?

yep 'tis true

yeah im already unsure! i decided to stick a bart mm style in there and pay to get it routed in, which was my original plan!, now i just need to find a neck pup on its own from somewhere!!!

Thanks guys im now seriously sure ill go barts cause i like the blank tops, ill prob stick the fenders in my squier and sell the squier ones i reckon, anyone got any bart jazz pickups kickin around, or any experience with em?

I played the ibanez metioned earlier just today and nearly bought it on the spot, if i didnt have so many little jobs on my main basses to pay for id have been all over it, it was really good!

no-one?

not played the five, but i have to say my four is one of the nicet basses ive ever played, ever!, and that surprises me!, it feels and sounds amazing, and the build while not perfect, is still pretty amazing, reckon i got lucky!

Thanks guys, im now thinking about barts if they work with the audere, as the exposed pole pieces kinda bug me, yet only on this bass?!?!?

Should i whip the 'Vintage us' p'ups out my 75ri and stick dimarzio dp149s in , im trying to fatten up and increase punch, or am i talking out my backside??, i heard some on a geddy and they sounded ace, and the talkbass lot seem to like em with the audere?

Im also curious about this, especially how they might compare to a squier deluxe v

Hi all, my blue jazz currently has a j retro and emg active J pups, but its a bit too loud and squashes my compressor too much, so i was wondering about taking out the east and fitting an EMG-BTC System to a standard jazz bell plate. This will then leave me the quandry of which preamp in which bass... I have a ksd all stock which i love the sound of, but ill then have both a jretro and an audere jz4 lying around (unheard and unfitted) and a brand new (2008!) fender jb75100us jazz bass to drop one or the other into?, but which!?!? and then theres the ksd, what to do with the pre from that?, leave it as i love it, or swap it out, would that work with the EMG's without overdriving, then i could swap em all around!!!?? so ksd to blue jazz, audere to ksd, and east to stock fender pups in the 75 reissue, (later to be replaced with dimarzios) As it goes i love the KSD so im tempted to not mess with it, and the JZ4 and KSD pre are both side jacks so once fitted, are fitted for good!, the east is a straight drop in. Any thoughts? __________________

Thanks guys, i checked parcelforces site and it shows as at the gloucester depot, hopefully not too long, retention sounds painful!

Im waiting patiently for my new ishibashi toy and on the tracking site it said presented to customs, it now simply says 'retention' Any idea what this means?

awesome! glad to hear it

Recently stepped back to four from six strings and im so glad, i know what you mean about the missing out thing, but id stick at four for the main bass. But corvettes are a great bass youll love it!