Shonks

just bought the d-tuner from Paul - excellent! thoroughly nice bloke! Shonks

here's just a quick word about my experiences with the standard mex Fender Jazz: having owned several they all seemed all pretty good and useful instruments. I've heard a lot of put down reviews, and there's definitely a stigma attached to these basses. The price tag on these are around half the price of a US equivalent, but by no means half the bass. The worst thing about them for me are the tuners. They're ok, not to dissimilar the 'highway one' usa made basses. They work and do their job ok, but could be better. I recently sold a USA 2009 standard jazz and recently acquired by coincidence a 2009 mex jazz. The USA neck was very pale in colour, very heavy in laquer and very short on character, whereas the mex bass finished in satin with a very dark rosewood board felt like a jazz should feel. The maple also had a nice amber tint to it. It took a bit of setting up to get it the way I like it, and after slamming on some new strings it sounded very much the Fender it was supposed to be. It sounded better to me then the USA bass which had a bright modern sound, which I loved, but the mex, criticised for is dull sounding p'ups, with new strings, sounded just like a real vintage machine, with presence and bite. Not much difference to the early CBS basses, which were also slagged when they first came out, and now players and collectors are paying small fortunes for them. I really dont think your getting £500 worth of more bass when you buy the us instrument, sure the hardware is better, but they have to justify the price tag somehow. If you want a good hardworking Fender bass without having to wrap it up in cotton wool before and after a gig, then you can't go wrong with a mex. I think the later ones maybe are more consistant, but check 'em out like you would any bass. Get a good one, and you've got a bass for life, not just for Christmas.

def not a Fender. I got the pictures. Fretless lined neck. The string tree was moved to the correct position and a screw plonked in the old hole. Dodgy tuners, look like highway one style, that kinda thing anyway. Horrible ill fitting scratchplate and control plate. Pickups and bridge are all good though. Jaco portrait etched into the neck plate which I've seen on Ebay for about £15 Squire body I reckon worth bout £150 ish I reckon

i think that's a Badass bridge. The neck has no inlays but looks fretted.....( I thought it was only the factory fretless bass that didn't have inlays unless it was a fretless someone put frets on) I might be wrong.. but dodgy I think.....what d'ya reckon? [url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/fender-jazz-bass-/130734959313?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item1e70692ad1#ht_500wt_1302"]http://www.ebay.co.u...1#ht_500wt_1302[/url] all the other stuff from this seller are ladies handbags and shoes so the stated ignorance might be genuine.

here's a link to my resume for anyone interested: [url="http://steveshone.tripod.com/"]http://steveshone.tripod.com/[/url]

[quote name='jackers' timestamp='1342533461' post='1736693'] also, this could just be the dodgy picture, but the nut doesn't look quite straight :S [/quote]a bent nut...interesting.....

[quote name='mckendrick' timestamp='1342493481' post='1736112'] This. I don't know why the rest of you people are even discussing this. It's embarrassing. [/quote]eh? cos we like nattering about bass innit! ...but your right it is embarrassing...

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[quote name='the boy' timestamp='1342391082' post='1734303'] I give it 5 weeks and it will pop up again somewhere. [/quote]not here I hope.....

oh my gawd - someone got a turkey for Christmas!!

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1341918725' post='1726069'] Edit: This link will quickly access your Blocked Buyers list: [url="http://offer.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?BidderBlockLogin"]http://offer.ebay.co...idderBlockLogin[/url] [/quote]thanks for the link and the list!!! - very handy!!