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Ummm I got myself this... CIJ 75 Jazz reissue. I've not had time to properly play it since I put La Bella flats on it. I really have fallen victim to BC. I now have one jazz with rounds, one jazz with flats, one fretless jazz...

I had an acoustic duo for a while called 'Not the Hoople' as a p take of all the shoddily named tribute bands that played in the most popular venue in town. We did not do any Mott the Hoople. Our poster had a picture of Mott the Hoople with a big red cross through it. One punter, long hair, leather waistcoat and Mott the Hoople t shirt came to me at the half time break and said while laughing "it's ok, not what I was expecting though" as he left. These days I wouldn't do anything other than stick the genre in the title, for a covers act. It's so hard for a venue to know what they're getting from a band, and equally their punters, that you need to get the message across quickly, and the best way IMO is in the band name.

Exactly my situation! But what I add is a good attitude, I help lug everyone's gear - the heavier the better, I store a load of the bulky equipment at my place, I make sure I am saying thank you on behalf of the band to photographers, sound engineers, people who turn up to see us at different venues, etc. and I really care about what we do as a band. But if I were unavailable for an important gig a dep could play my bass parts "better" but the feel would be different.

They will expect you to have done some research first. I called asking and was told "I don't know the exact model numbers for everything just off the top of my head, you know!!?!" Then eventually we got the answer and I ordered, but I did get treated like a small child. In some ways I kind of see the point, but in others....

I had Bartolinis in mine, sounded great. In very hot summers the neck moved a lot though and I ended up trading it in when buying a brand new Stingray.

No, I'd already had one and was aware the pup spacing wasn't period correct. It's a bit of a weird thing to overlook when everything else is done so well. Sire's vintage V7s are very good for the 70s spacing.

I wish I could grow a pony tail without having to buy a pony. Most people don't even know what a fretless bass is, even muso types. I'd just ignore anyone with that kind of opinion. I don't tell the drummer what type of snare to use/ share my opinion on metal Vs wooden snares... I do have an opinion on bagpipes though.

Received this bass a few days ago for a decent deal. I've been wanting flats and a rosewood board jazz and watching a lot of older Joe Dart videos. When this came up I had to investigate. I've had one before in a gorgeous see through butterscotch with a maple board it is one I should have kept with hindsight. Initial impressions are that this is what I would expect, a fantastic quality bass, great feel, attention to detail is great with the exception of not actually having 70's pickup spacing. The neck is lovely with the blocks and binding. I've only just fitted some La Bella flats to it so will be giving it a full set up before properly testing it out in the near future, but I can see this being played through the Fender Bassman a LOT.

I like jazz basses. And jazzmaster guitars. It's all got very Jazzy in here. NBD thread coming soon...

I had one of these!!! By the time I'd finished with it the only original parts remaining were the body and neck. It was really beaten up, I'd even used wood filler in places... But it sounded fantastic!! The colour is great too.

Influence in the broadest sense, I don't play anything like most of these: Jack Bruce Noel Redding Geezer Butler Jeff Ament Bruce Foxton Dave Ellefson before he went a bit weird Colin Greenwood Duff McKagan Marcus Miller Jaco Mark King John Taylor Probably missed loads but those are the ones I either aspire to play like, or hearing them makes me want to play.

Thanks to everyone who replied. I am now sorted via Anyvan and the seller is happy with the arrangement. Very grateful to you all. Ross

Some minor progress... The waxed fretboard looks a thousand times better than it did but probably wants another coat or two. I've vinyl covered the headstock and refitted the tuners, tidied up some of the ragged edges of vinyl on the body too. I had intended to fit the electrics from my Harley Benton jazz but the shafts on the pots are too short and there's a few other obstacles to deal with, so it may be a while until I get around those. Still, looking ok for now, I think.

My Harley Benton fretless jazz is a lovely bass. Recently I acquired what I guess used to be a kit bass that needed some work and thought rather than buying new parts for that, why don't I upgrade my Harley Benton and then lend the old HB parts to the kit bass? It seemed sound logic to me. Even though I always maintain there was nothing at all wrong with the HB stock, here's what I've done... Monty's wax on the fretboard because I use round wounds with this bass; KioGon loom so I could use the HB electronics in a different bass; New Hosco bell plate; Cream coloured pickup cover... I couldn't quite fit the bridge one without fettling the body and have grown to like it just like this; Gotoh high mass bridge. Knobs swapped around because I just wanted to. Worth a further upgrade would be the nut and the tuners but honestly I'm not fussy about those. The bass is perfectly good as is. It just looks a bit better now.

The Desert Penguins playing the annual "last Friday before Xmas gig" at The Horn, in St Albans. Loads of guitar rock and pop covers typically from the last 24 years, a few "new" ones and some obligatory Xmas tunes. Bass geeks most welcome to inspect my pedalboard, instruments, amp and cabs.

Thanks gents, looks like progress at the moment with the seller being accommodating... Will check in later.

I've just bought a bass on eBay. The seller had it as "local collection only" and I made an offer conditional on him/ her allowing me to send a courier or anyvan... Well, they've accepted the offer and taken the monies. It's early days but I've had no reply to my message to the seller. I hope they have some adequate packing materials... But if the worst comes to it and they are going to be difficult about it is there a BC'er who would be happy to pick up a bass in Ipswich for me, please?

We try to divide out various "management tasks" but essentially we have one band member who is incredibly particularly about many things and he ends up doing most of it. These tasks are social media posting, gig advertising, finding and contacting new venues, replying to enquiries, following up on festivals... That sort of thing. It makes me feel bad because every now and then he has a sulk about having to do all the work but he is also a control freak and won't let go of it. It really is easier having one person do this. I don't think we could afford or would want an external manager, it would feel like giving up some control and diluting some of our messages for what the band is about and the kind of venues we want to play.

Sorry but no. It was a long time ago and I got rid of the Stomp. I remember I really liked the 70s Chorus and I used to sometimes use that with another chorus but I forget which one.

I love some of the comments in here like "perfection is boring". If people want perfect they wouldn't go to watch covers bands, they'd stay at home with a CD or they'd feed the jukebox. It's the mistakes and imperfections that make it a great live experience, the fact that it could all fall apart any second keeps us on our toes. A good band pulls through the mistakes, it happens so, so often... My most embarrassing one in the last three years is: having a complete mind blank while trying to start off "Seven Nation Army". The song I used to describe as Fisher Price 'my first bassline'. It took me well into the first verse to remember the riff!!!

They look ok but to me the spec doesn't seem much better than a standard Harley Benton.

What is it you need? I've got a spare off a Harley Benton jazz that you could have for nothing, drill it, do whatever with it.

That one has been up before with a long story about the incredible luthier blah blah... Still seems like something that you could easily knock together yourself. There's no way I'd buy something like that blind, and certainly not at that price.

Lovely!