Jono Bolton

This is definitely the Playboy of Bass Porn. Very nice! Although I disagree on your misguided views on black block maple necks!

My mum sent me a copy of the album a while ago thinking I'd like it. She wasn't wrong either. It took me a few listens but it's pretty similar to a lot of the music my folks listened to when I was growing up, very reggae/African influenced (think Paul Simon's Graceland and later Talking Heads). The bass line itself is pretty similar to a Bouncing Souls line, the chords are A G and D if that helps?

Two I think.

Good Lord! That's really nice, not totally sold on the colour but it would go nicely with my green Jazz methinks! Shame I'm not in the position to be buying basses, actually the complete opposite just now That's really nice though. I'm already planning the mods in my head Bridge looks to be more like a Gotoh than a Badass, albeit a bit longer than the likes of the 201 or 203. Not complaining mind, I never really got on board with the Badass looks, and the Gotoh is more than good enough for about half the price I reckon. Edit: Gas list updated! Hopefully there's not a load of unsightly routing under the scratchplate, would be nice to hoik it off and let every bask in the glory of the LP blue! Oh yeah, decided I love the colour now

That red P bass looks mighty familiar!

I love the Precision sound, it's so wonderfully 'thumpy'. I took the Duncan pickup out of my bass last night and put the original cheapy Fender one back in and it still sounds great, I think it was my old amp that was the problem that led me to replace it. Sadly I think I'm going to have to sell it Just found out the other day that I owe £600 in council tax so it may have to go. I can survive with just a Jazz, right? Actually, now I mention it, it's the P sound and the simplicity I love, but looks-wise it's the Jazz for me. My ideal bass would be a cross between the two, like the Mark Hoppus sig, but with a less sinfully ugly scratchplate.

I agree that there's not much of a grain to the new body, but I like it! Because of the white scratchplate and pickup cover, I'd be tempted to paint it white if you were going to do it at all. Agree with OldGit too, Gotoh replacement bridges are really good and look a lot nicer than Badass bridges. You might need a neck shim though. I did, but it's a piece of piss to do.

[quote name='rodl2005' post='207015' date='May 27 2008, 06:14 AM']+1 Mine was "what's that???" [/quote] Gollum? My precioussssssss

I can't get on the site either. I thought it was to do with the wireless server in the coffee place I'm in but apparently not. I remember the thread about the green-burst Jazz a month or so ago, and that was a hideous beast.

After all this talk of how great SX basses and their siblings (Jim Deacons and those no name ones) are, I've been considering flogging my Mexican P and using the money to fund one an SX or similar. My Fender is ok, but it's the mods that I've put on myself that make it, it was pretty crap when it was bog standard. I'd take the Duncan pickup out and take the Badass off it before I sold it and whack them on the new bass. My thinking is that I could sell the bass on ebay for, say, £175, buy a new bass for about £100 and then have £75 towards a new guitar amp (Epiphone valve Jr head for £100). Would I be buying an inferior bass and making a mistake, or do they really live up to the hype? I'd probably get one of the "no name" P copies from Curly Music in Liverpool, I prefer the headstock and like the lack of a logo. Any guidance from the SX collective would be great. Cheers Jono

Your boys eh? I think of my basses as girls (if I have to). I'd feel uncomfortable about being strapped to a man. Love the Highway 1 P tho.

I find that Ashdown can be a bit muddy but that's why I use a 4X10 to balance it out. It's definitely a more 'vintage' sound than other makes, but I saw Cancer Bats, Johnny Truant and Hexes last night at the Barfly in Glasgow, and all 3 bassists had ABM 500 heads mounted in a single rack through an 8X10. They're some heavy bands and there was some great sounding bass last night, pretty growly.

[quote name='cheddatom' post='199696' date='May 15 2008, 04:01 PM']The jazz deluxe looks a like the body has been squashed in the vertical slightly. I really like it. Is this a trick of the eye/camera/monitor or can I buy a jazz that looks like this?[/quote] Looks like the Jazz has an extended cutaway to me. Nice collection, especially the Aria, very tasty!

I'd need to stick a brown tort scratchplate on it too

[quote name='neepheid' post='198319' date='May 13 2008, 10:24 PM']They are nothing alike. Your Squier logo is solid, the one in question is gold and outlined in black. The "by Fender" underneath your Squier logo is an actual Fender logo, the one in question has it in capital letters. Yours says "J BASS", the one in question has "JAZZ BASS" spelled out. The fonts are different. The only similar thing is the maple behind the logo.[/quote] Also, Starvolt's Squier has Affinity on the end of the headstock and says 'Crafted in Indonesia' on the back, while the OP was asking about a Korean model. 2 different countries, 2 different standards of quality.

Only In Dreams - Weezer

[quote name='neepheid' post='198319' date='May 13 2008, 10:24 PM']The only similar thing is the maple behind the logo.[/quote]

[quote name='LukeFRC' post='198427' date='May 14 2008, 01:15 AM']scotland isnt that big, i'm wondering who this was.....[/quote] They were called Magnus Blaze. I have no problem with naming and shaming, they were C**** and treated the promoter (my friend) like crap. The worst thing is she totally runs herself into the ground putting on shows and gets really wound up about it, they didn't have to do much to make her night a little bit easier.