fishfry

JB-75. I'd agree with the description of the pots made in the previous post. Neck felt nice though, and neck pocket was tight. Frets were a bit sharp. I put my gig experience down to the weak pickups. I have to say though, as a bass to be played around the house, it was a fun buy for 40 quid.

Um, other people have talked about different HB instruments on here, that's why. Even the OP was talking about a HB cab. On the gig, the bass was completely lost in the mix.

I got a hb jazz bass. It plays lovely but I took it out on a gig and found it almost useless.

I'd be interested too - though I'd probably stay clear of the higher tension labellas on the sire. Love the neck, I went with TI rounds in the end but finding there is not enough tension on them.

Bought some gut strings from Tom, very easy to deal with, no hassle or problems. Promptly dispatched. Recommended!

I'd like to get in the queue as well. Thanks.

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Missed out again:( I'm the same, hoping to nab 1 for Xmas so I'm not 2 weeks without a bass

Getting that chic sound is very much one of the tones I'm after. Have ordered pressurewounds and also big bass core strings so we'll see how those get on.

Can you recommend what I should use? I don't know what out there is deemed to be quality parts. Thanks

I agree that playing technique is a huge part of it, but a set of labella deep talking flats on a pbass is an example of a great match. Truckstop, could you give me an example of some of those 80's disco tones? I would think of Bernard Edwards as 70s (late 70's at that) but maybe his stingray tone (both pups on yamaha) is something to strive towards with this bass. What do sounds/bands do people aim for with this bass?

I'm interested in hearing what other people's combinations are (not so much the strings). I run them through a EA head and cab, I also have a sadowsky outboard preamp. Even with the preamp, it doesn't seem to cut through so I'm looking at the pickups as the problem. I play all sorts of music, typical band setting of guitar/keys drums...

Stock Duncan designed pups, these are supposed to have a hot output (?) but they seem weak to me, and don't cut through in a mix. Ditched the stock strings for Dean Barkley SR2000s, and they made a bit of a difference. Are the electronics not very good, should I consider changing these as well? The bass plays very nicely, what pups have you used as alternative?

Interested in the pressurewounds. Given that the instrument is naturally mids-heavy, do people go with a string to balance out the freqs? I guess a string with lots of mids would work well for rock but less for funk,reggae,jazz etc?