SlapbassSteve

Funnily enough I was thinking along similar lines last night, in my case even the BB714BS seems quite overpriced, considered getting a beater p-bass and bunging in some will powers... great minds eh? I'd be inclined to wire it in stereo, a lot of Billy's tone seems to come from the woofer/tweeter approach... good luck with the build!

I was there! Highlight of the set was that solo Must be a custom job, looks like a Lakland Precision copy with a big active preamp but can't find anything like that on their website. Sounds absolutely stunning whatever it is, perfect precision tone in my book

I'm based in Central Manchester, you'd be welcome to come try mine. I'm actually even tempted to sell it, it's pretty much brand new... drop me a PM if you fancy a go!

My piano teacher at school used to use gaffa tape on his jazz guitar- fairplay it did seem to work but I'd never do it myself, the residue from that stuff's impossible to get off! However even then it has to be easier then fixing whatever the hell that company do to the back of the neck... and a damn site cheaper too!

Crazy In Love by Beyonce- The bassline in the original doesn't actually do anything in the verses, so I try and shoehorn in a different classic riff or two every gig in to raise a knowing smile from my bandmates. Current favorites to chuck in include Jungle Boogie, Come Together, and Moby Dick/Black Dog/The Ocean... sad thing is the crowd are usually none the wiser!

Badass II's are expensive, but £150? Must be shopping for them in the complete wrong place.

Just taken delivery of an Ashbory from Sarah, an absolute pleasure to deal with throughout the transaction! Many thanks

Looks like an off-kilter version of my Westone Quantum. With fancy pickups. IT SHALL BE MINE!!!

Spot on! The businessman in me is surprised the venue is charging though, normally in my experience pubs are happy for you to use upstairs rooms for free as long as your event will be keeping the bar staff busy, although I expect if you're charging on the door it'll keep them happier that they're getting a cut Sounds the perfect way to get back into it though and you know you'll have a good crowd with few troublemakers- have a great gig! (+1 for getting it filmed, it's really useful to watch a gig back)

Not keen on any flatwounds I've yet tried, especially the Roto Jazz bass which was a real shame because I really wanted to like them. Fender rounds are ok but just to me cheap D'addarios

[quote name='DarkHeart' timestamp='1383153538' post='2260909'] this is how a `restoration` should be done, no jazz bass pickups were harmed in the completion of this project [url="http://s80.photobucket.com/user/jeffhop/media/SNV80416_zps955120af.jpg.html"][/url] [url="http://s80.photobucket.com/user/jeffhop/media/SNV80418_zps9d719591.jpg.html"][/url] i will get round to t-cutting the body soon, disappointed with the output of the pickups though, i thought it would be louder than what it is, ah well its a fun bass. [/quote] Wow! You've done a lovely job there, those mudbuckers look surprisingly tasteful too! Bet it sounds the business too...

I love the HB stuff. I've had a six string bass from them before which was great for the £130 ish I paid for it, and my main acoustic guitar and ukulele are both HB. Phenominal quality for the money, I wouldn't be surprised if the VM Jazz-a-like is made in the same factory as the Squier...

They both look great! Shame you can't still order them new

Only thing upgraded there is the price... £279 for what looks alarmingly like an £79 Squier Affinity Strat. £200 for a new guitar that's been smashed to bits and rusted..? That doesn't bother me though, what bothers me is that people are willing to spend this much on stuff like this

BestPractice any day, works fine transposing stuff from my iTunes and saving it to a different folder in a key I can actually sing in haha

That pickup placement..?!! I don't understand...

IMHO, [i]so long as it serves the song in question[/i], anything goes! I really don't mind the idea of bass as a lead guitar at all either, partly because I can just about pull it off, and partly because if memory serves, the main reason the electric bass was invented(apart from the obvious portability/output jack stuff) was so that any guitarist could pick up an electric bass and play it at a session- it's a bass [i]guitar[/i] after all Only time I have a problem with this sort of stuff is when it fails to serve the song in question and descends into what I see as (but isn't necessarily... it's all subjective...) mindless fretw*nkery...(that bass solo Billy Sheehan does all over YouTube springs to mind) and I can imagine a lot of guitarists feel the same about a lot of the 'shredding' that goes on with metal and jazz guitarists.

I had one of these for a while! Bought on here as a project, ended up selling to a lad up in Wigan. Looked great once I'd stuck some block markers and (airfix paint) fretboard binding on it! [attachment=146077:IMG_0410.JPG]

Wow. Stunning! Coming together nicely that!

Ah I was watching this! I bought one in mint condish for an undisclosable sum about a year ago (bargain price as the seller put it up as 'base guiter'...) but saw one go for £275 recently... happy days! Well worth the effort to get this one working again, they're good solid portable basses, enjoy the rebuild!

Just taken delivery of bass #2 from Mike, Fender Geddy Lee Jazz- as before great communication, very fast dispatch and a lovely guy to boot! Thanks again, all the best

Those look great! Be very interested to see if anyone here's dealt with him yet

I must have the only one that's still working! £50 in cashies a few years back and it's still going strong... that said I've a gig at an RAF base soon and I'm half expecting a Spinal Tap moment

For me it'd be a bareknuckle fight between a decent Fender P and J depending on what I'd be using it for. One of those is all you need, the really important thing is a decent(read: 'blinkin' expensive') amp and a few pedals to shape the tone.

Bit before my time but it has to be all about Trace or Ampeg!