Shonks

here's my two penny worth:

i highly recommend the Fender Mex fiver! Dont know why they dont seem that popular, well not as much as the 4 strings, but when I compared it to my USA Fender five it was more than comparable. Classic jazz bass sound and no compromise on the string spacing. Great hardware and an all round brilliant bass which can be picked up for about £300 to £350. They're about £700 new so that's a great bargain, and I reckon when punters realise this in a few years time they're are going to be worth a lot more! don't forget - you heard it here first!! good luck!

QUOTE (henry norton @ Mar 4 2011, 08:07 PM) Thing is, if you gave a luthier 2k to build you an identical bass it probably wouldn't sound or more importantly feel the same to you as they can't put in that connection you've made whilst building and developing it. The best basses come about this way. Nice neck plate by the way, is it etched stainless? saw a guy on eBay who uses regular plates and for £16 puts anything you want on it - even a photo of your mom if you want - I think its Lazar - not sure, but i was pretty chuffed when it was recieved. I sent him the design and it came back pretty faithfull! - cool huh!

doh!

[quote name='Dr_Tom' post='1149817' date='Mar 4 2011, 07:30 PM']Hey, Just wondering if anyone knows of some good replacement pickups for the MM active SUB? I really want to start playing this bass again as I love the look of it and it seems a waste to have it sitting around, but I could never find the sound I was after. Then I got a mexican jazz and that was exactly what I wanted. I love the mids of jazz basses, whereas I find the SUB to either be all bass or all treble, no compromise. Does anybody know of any good replacement pups that would give me that mid I'm looking for? Cheers Tom P.s. I havent actually tried it out on my new TC electronic stuff yet as its stored away at a mates house, that might make a difference....[/quote] i had Barts on my Warwick $$ they're sort of a mellow sounding Stingray which is a weird thing to say I know - but slightly less aggressive than the Musicman

[size=3]NB: Added pix of the pink USA Five String Big Sister of this bass later on in this thread!![/size] this was cheap - and cheerfull it cost me about £260 and an anxious two weeks of screwing...... and varnishing now you know the cost, dont try and offer me £300 for it...haha! - definitely a keeper Its the bestest bass I've owned ... and its all mine...hahahaha!!!...... mine!......hahahah!.........!!! "sorry for the outburst."..hehe! I didn't know how it was gonna turn out till I was finished of course - blimey - its brilliant. This is my main bass now! The neck depth it very thin with a narrow jazz bass profile, just a tad wider than a Fender. The board is virtually flat - kinda reminds me of a Rick' The sound is, well as you can see by the hardware, boutique, and even when switched to passive, it still has that smooth Bartolini jazz sound with no hum on either p'up - oh my...gosh, and to round it all off - just lurve the Surf green and minty scratchplate - looks so .... well you know! and the neck - yeah baby!! that beautiful grained maple!! I'm sure a pro luthier couldn't have give me a better build!! This was pure luck, it could turned out crap - but hey, what d'ya know, it didn't!! I recommend this kinda project to all. Almost finished the 5 string version!!! - it's shaping up pretty good too!!! unknown neck - bound and block mother of pearl -------£30 unknown body - surf green ( looks blue in the pix, and varies in colour depending on the light source)------£25 scratchplate - mint green, came with the body---------------came with the body Bartolini Jazz pups - duel coils - noisless-------------------£60 the pair Badass bridge - pre grooved...................................--...£00 pilfered from a 'Highway One' before a sale Schaller tuners BM1 - as per 'Musicman'...................--...£30 New Old Stock - these keep appearing on eBay Hipshot extender...................................................-.....£30 custom neck plate................................................-......£16 J retro electrics.....................................................-.....£45 gotoh battery box.................................................-......£05 Jim Dunlop Strap buttons.....................................-.......£05 Matching suede strap

[quote name='Blademan_98' post='1146352' date='Mar 1 2011, 08:21 PM']Does that mean an electric bass is more akin to a cello? (Serious question) Cheers.[/quote] nope!!