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Mudpup
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Because it just happens to come with it. You said i could only have a passive bass, not me. It has a single switch to turn the actives off. That shouldn't be too difficult to understand. The fact remains that it's a very good quality and easy playing bass at a great price. Which would probably be the top 3 requirements on the spec sheet for a first bass. Oh and it was designed and marketed to provide a bass of quality that was easy to play for beginners. The initial question was 'what's a good first bass for an adult?' It fits the bill in my opinion but obviously i am completely wrong. I'll give Marcus Miller a ring and tell him he got it wrong too and he should contact the 1000's of beginners that have bought it to apologise for confusing them with all the knobs. Just BTW - have you got one? Or have you played one.
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It is a passive jazz if you want it to be! Just don't touch the other knobs if you don't want to. It's better to have the option and not use it than not have it in the first place. It's just an extra bass, treble and mid control on the bass - he'll have that on the amp. Or should he just have a volume knob on that? In case he gets confused...... And the most suitable thing for a beginner is something which is easy to play. Like a Sire. I've got one. It's probably the easiest and most instantly playable bass i've had. It's remarkably cheap. And it's so easy to play i keep picking it up for a noodle which has to be a good thing for a beginner. Plenty of people have had Porsches for first cars and manage perfectly well in them. You can potter about in it or drive it like you stole it because it's capable of both in the first instance. Like a Sire.
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You're contradicting yourself. You stated that 'a jazz will give much great variety of sounds' and then saying that having too many controls to create those sounds is a bad thing. Why do you need to have a musical background or knowledge to appreciate a nice bit of kit? So set everything flat until you understand it then. And it isn't complicated - In passive mode you have a volume, tone and balance knob - exactly the same as any basic bass. You are assuming that the OP is incapable of operating or understanding what a couple of knobs just because they are a beginner. It is a great potential first bass because it is so easy to play and is actually pretty difficult to get a bad sound out of it. And it has the potential to grow as the player does. I wish they had been around when i got my first bass!
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Just moved in a few weeks ago :-) The top picture is with nicer new knobs.....
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Sire V7 and a headphone amp.
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Interesting and ambitous advert here Some missing knobs??? https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Trace-Elliot-AH250-Bass-Amp-Head/133445303166?hash=item1f11f5bb7e%3Ag%3AU~wAAOSwtABe79SX&LH_Auction=1
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i think the change from a P to a V prefix may have been due to Fender getting grumpy about the whole P bass thing. Heard it somewhere on the web so it must be true.... Don't know about the shape change though. I had an old PM4 and remember thinking i wasn't too keen on the new shape when they came out but i've got used to them now and think they're ok. Sandy's in general are lovely anyway, fabulous basses and great quality. I'd cheerfully have another one in any flavour :-)
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Weekend bump! Poss trade added for a Handbox R400, Mesa Carbine, Musicman or Lakland 44-02 via PM Thanks for looking :-) -
It could be a PM5 or a VM5. They changed from a P to a V before the body shape changed i believe.
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Yep its the Sire
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Yep 7! Gotta be the knobbiest bass around....Hours of fun :-)
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Here it is without the pickguard - looks pretty tidy i think :-)
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Pretty sure you need a 3/8" one - mainly based on quite a few posts on the American site in the Sire club saying they bought the 1/2" ones by mistake :-)
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Sorry, just cant stand tort...... I must be weird ☺️
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Lockdown boredom finally got to me.....after far too many hours cruising around on this site I kept returning to the Bass Centre Betsy thread and decided i wanted one. I read all the reviews i could find and watched Guys Lockdown Licks avidly. I've owned quite a few basses but never a 'proper' Jazz (I had a Blacktop Jazz a few years ago but apart from the body shape and the neck there was nothing jazzy about it), it was my birthday, i sold my bike and the missus gave me the ok. The scene was set, credit card poised and off i trotted to the Bass Centre website. This is where it goes a bit wonky....none available until the end of July. Dangnabbit! And i'm not very patient either 😂 During my research I'd spotted a Sire V7 version 2 in a similar colour and it was a bit cheaper. Great reviews in general for them and tbh i've always seemed to end up with active basses so having the preamp kind of appealed to me. Andertons didn't have any left in the colour/fretboard that I wanted and they weren't sure if they could get anymore but a quick look at Thomann secured my new toy. Three days later and it's sat in my front room. It's a difficult colour to photograph and i wasn't sure i would like the pearly scratchplate so i had popped a mint one in the basket along with some nicer metal knobs to potentially (see what i did there) replace the plastic ones. I'm totally blown away with how they deliver this bass for £400. I've been lucky enough to have a lot of good basses over the last few years - a Spector Euro, various Musicmen, a couple of Fenders, a Sandberg, a G&L (which i've just put in the classifieds as a result) and I still have a Zon. This little £400 bass stands up with all of them. I can't find any issues at all with it and it was perfectly set up and in tune when i took it out of the box. The neck is so easy to play (rolled edges are great) with a lovely ebony board (even with a busted finger!), the preamp is a work of art - it sounds great passive anyway (and what i think a decent jazz should sound like) - but when you kick the preamp in the bass really comes alive. Huge bass, sparkling treble and a sweepable mid makes it seem like you can do anything with it. The tuners seem fine. The bridge looks a bit cheap so that may get a little upgrade down the line but it's just a vanity thing and i need to pop a Detuner on. I've had the bass a week and can't stop picking it up 🙂 The metal knobs made a nice final difference and i haven't decided which scratchplate i like best so i've done a poll. I still really fancy a Betsy though.....
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Hah! A fatal combination :-) Just doing a NBD post now :-) all will be revealed. Squashed it moving a table. Not very rockn'roll....could just about play but wanted to wait till the bleeding stopped in case i stained the neck 😂
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Nice snag cousin! I wondered when you would hit the button on something like this - that lockdown boredom finally got you 😂 Must be something in the air......i grabbed a Sire V7 last week (and 10 mins after it arrived busted my finger so had to lay off playing it for a few days!)
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Did Jamerson have a bass of doom as well?
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I've used these and they're fine. No peeling problems at all.
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Bump for a price drop 😊
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No idea sorry - haven't taken it off 🙂
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Here's my Sire V7 in the burgundy colour - its a very accurate colour representation and i think it's a tiny bit less pink and a bit more grey than Betsy. I just took delivery of it a few days ago. Betsy was on the shopping list but i read up on these and thought i would give it a go as it was available immediately and the colour seems to be getting hard to find in this spec (Alder/Ebony). It's a fabulous bass at a stupid low price - I can't put it down and how they do it for c£400 i don't know. A brilliant neck (i'm getting used to the headstock shape) with rolled edges, excellent setup straight out of the box, the pickups and preamp are awesome. The only little niggle was a slightly sharp bridge saddle edge that 2 mins with a file sorted out. And a Betsy is still on my list....
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Now £750 SOLD USA G&L L2000 4 string bass for sale. Gloss black body and rosewood neck model. I bought this from the original owner 8 months ago and he had bought it new from a shop on tour in America in 2000. Looking at the serial I reckon that makes it a 1998 at the earliest and more likely a 1999 model. Its not a closet queen and has wear typical of the 20 years of use that it's had. There is some buffing to the area above the pickups (which should actually polish out if i could be bothered) and a few minor dings and surface scuffs. No lumps out of it though and tbh I prefer basses that i don't have to be too precious about in a gig situation. I would say it was a good 8/10 at least. The neck is beautifully played in with a nice softening of the edges and a C profile. G&L used a few different sizes of neck at that time - this measures 42mm or 1.65 inches wide at the nut (wider than a Jazz but narrower than a normal Precision). It's quite similar in feel to my old Nate Mendel Precision which was really nice. All the electrics work spot on with no crackles or weird stuff going on. You really can get a huge range of different tones from these basses - they are very versatile from old skool passive to more modern active sounds. The truss rod bullet nut was replaced by the Bass Gallery a few months back as it was beginning to round off and a set up and fret level carried out at the same time. The truss rod works perfectly as a result and it plays beautifully with a nice low action. It has brand new strings on it too. There is a Hipshot DeTuner fitted at present but i will probably take that off (as it will fit my new bass) and the original G&L tuner will be refitted. If you want it left on talk to me about it - we can work something out but its NOT factored in to my asking price at present. The original G&L hard case comes with the bass - a little beaten up but perfectly serviceable and no bad smells or anything! Socially responsible collection from near Stansted Airport, happy to drive for a bit by arrangement for an equally socially responsible meet up. I do have a shipping box and it has the hard case so i think shipping is possible (I usually prefer not to but bearing in mind the current situation it's probably wise to offer it). I would want full payment upfront though and the courier arranged by the buyer in case they need to chase anything up - once it's left me it's up to you. I can send sound samples, video of packing, boxing and sealing before collection and provide great feedback links for reassurance. Poss trades for a Handbox R400, Mesa Carbine, Musicman or Lakland 44-02 bass but i would prefer a straight sale ideally Thanks for looking and pop me a message if you need any further info or pictures
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Useful Truss Rod Tool ... Fender Mustang / Jazz / P-Bass
Mudpup replied to Adee's topic in Accessories and Misc
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Cable maybe? Did you use the same on on both amps?
