budget bassist

Damn... i totally thought this thread was about something else

Yeah i may just have to go with one of them unless i find a warwick i like

yeah i do really like those actually, always wanted to try one though i do prefer them in red. Looks sweet though. Keep the chrome hardware btw

[quote name='Beedster' post='177437' date='Apr 15 2008, 10:27 PM']I guess it ciould sound good, but as I said in a previous post, there's a reason Leo placed the MM PUP where he did and the Precision PUP where he did... Chris[/quote] My thoughts exactly, MM pickups go in the MM sweet spot and nowhere else.... unless you have two of them

I dunno, i was under the impression the one i tried wasn't all that generic. Certainly didn't look it. I'm not just thinking of trying to find a cheap standard MIM jazz and upgrade the bridge and pickups etc. Or maybe find a cheap active one if possible but that could be hard.... Is it possible to install an active preamp into a standard jazz without much difficulty? EDIT: i think i found something. There was one of these on ebay not long ago and i wish i could have snapped it up. jazz body with QM top in cherry sunburst or tobacco burst (all of which has always appealed to me, apart from the tobacco burst but it looks nice on this), also 24 frets, active electronics, seymour duncan basslines... yum, and a heftier bridge than the standard fender one and only £500 new, i like! Ignore the bass on the left there, i prefer the cherry burst tbh... Thoughts? anyone tried one?

They look really ugly to me. As good as it sounds on paper it's a bit of a no-no. Plus a bit too expensive.

tempting indeed... damn you! particularly [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/LOADED-2007-American-Fender-Jazz-BASS-BODY-Guitar_W0QQitemZ200207450914QQihZ010QQcategoryZ41406QQtcZphotoQQcmdZViewItemQQ_trksidZp1713.m153.l1262"]this[/url] one and [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/LOADED-2008-Fender-Standard-JAZZ-BASS-BODY-J-Bass_W0QQitemZ190206212723QQihZ009QQcategoryZ41406QQtcZphotoQQcmdZViewItemQQ_trksidZp1713.m153.l1262"]this[/url] one

haha i was wondering why you guys were being so critical! £130 doesn't seem like a bad deal.

So i played a warwick jazzman FNA 4 string today in search of THE bass for me. It looked lovely, felt really nice on my lap, nice weight to it, the string spacing was almost perfect (close enough to do some fast widdly stuff but wide enough for some slappin'), and it sounded really nice. Thing is the neck had a really fat profile as in front to back. And i didn't like that one bit aside from that the rest of the bass was near perfect. Are all warwick necks like that? Ya see i'm looking for something (4 or 5 i'm not sure yet) that has a neck and a feel like my tobias (really thin neck and assymetrical, small body too with 24 frets so it feels nice and small in my hands) but it sounds really ballsy like my musicman and obviously looks really nice. I'd replace the pickups in my toby but the wings on the body don't match at all and i just wouldn't be happy with that Any suggestions? (i'm looking for sub £700 used probably). It may not become a reality but it's nice to have a target. I'm trying to get a job too. Please keep in mind i'm not asking for someone to sell me a bass as i can't afford anything now, but i just want something to mull over.

Yeah, i might leave it as it is for fear of causing further damage unless my intonation goes out the window it the bridge pings off or something

hmm, but wouldn't that mean you couldn't use the hole again anyway? ^^^ Also considering there's 5 screws left do you think it would be stable if i just left it?

[quote name='synaesthesia' post='176770' date='Apr 14 2008, 11:59 PM'] The original preamps were initially designed by Tom Walker for Leo Fender. S[b]terling Ball did not design the Stingray[/b].[/quote] No but he helped design the changes to the stingray, they haven't stayed exactly the same for 32 years.

[quote name='synaesthesia' post='176757' date='Apr 14 2008, 11:37 PM']Both are EQ circuits. Some of the later circuits offered cut and boost and some of the earlier ones offered boost only,... and that still is EQ despite being boost only.[/quote] The 2EQ is a boost, according to sterling ball, hey the guy only owns the company and designed the basses, what does he know?

[quote name='obi 2 kenobi' post='176443' date='Apr 14 2008, 05:13 PM']Yes, its a graphite neck Is there an easy way to add pictures ??? I get error messages 'dynamic pages in the [IMG] tags are not allowed'[/quote] just do what you did uploading them, it's the best way, but rotate them on your PC first.

Yeah i was looking at them the other day, i really like the look of them, the neck thru, the woods used, the natural finish and the kickass body shape Not to mention it's a 5. Damn, my room's getting a bit smelly with all this gas!

Damn, it broke off about 3mm down from the head... there's no way i can get some pliers on the end of that. I could ask my dad to drill it out for me maybe. Also the top of my tobias is completely flat so i dunno. the bridge is pretty crap anyway.

[quote name='rayfw' post='175994' date='Apr 14 2008, 01:20 AM']I'm sure the Sub was offered as a passive bass and I've seen a passive Fender P with a MM fitted before now too.[/quote] Yeah there was a passive sub and the pickups are exactly the same accross the range (apart from the bongo i think). And on the 2 band ray and the sub if you roll the EQ off it is basically operating in passive mode anyway. The 2 band EQ is a boost, the 3 band is an actual EQ.

man you don't like your headstocks do you? Also the worst i've done was to my tobias, i knocked it off the guitar stand by mistake and snapped half the front of the tuning peg off. I never got round to fixing it and surprisingly it still stays in tune perfectly.

nice one! i like the honeyburst does it have a graphite neck? would be cool if you could rotate it though so i dont look so stupid trying to look at it