King Tut

Mine arrived today, also sealed. The neck had a lot of relief in it. I've put half a turn into the truss rod and it's now practically straight. Action dropped by doing this to a tad over 2mm at the 12th with not a hint of rattle anywhere so for the time being I've left it as it is. The back volume knob was slightly crooked so I've straightened it, but now it's hard to move the tone knob without the volume knob moving. Any tips? A nice 8lb 8oz for mine. The thing plays and sounds bloody awesome. I've also got an avri 64 and these are supposed to have the same pups, but this one sounds much more authoritative. It's hard to compare as I've now changed the pups in the 64 and it has flats but I don't ever remember it sounding like this. I seldom buy instruments unseen but I struck lucky with this one. No dead spots and I reckon it's the best Jazz I've ever owned. Happy boy!

[quote name='njr911' timestamp='1468423612' post='3090845'] You were kinda born in 2016?! Kids these days eh, they are all so natural using IT. [/quote] Well I'm never ever gonna be able to afford a real 61 Jazz!

Kind of my year of birth bass!

Just ordered one from gear4music. Htf did that happen?

Ps . . . I ordered a big baby 2 rather than a compact . . .

Just waiting for the speaker to arrive then she shall be built n delivered :-)

The best way to stop the trolling is to not respond to such posts. The resulting posts are seldom helpful. As the OP may I respectfully for folk to please keep this topic on track so it might help others making a similar choice to me?

I've got one. I like it lots. I've put a Beringer graphic in the fx loop for added flexibility.

[quote name='51m0n' timestamp='1466977069' post='3080232'] Here's a link to a video put up by landlord from a gig a couple of weeks ago:- https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1157743877603020&id=224894804221270 And this one posted by a punter at the same gig from outside the marquee:- https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10154868229452598&id=588604131173413 It's the Big Twin g3 being driven by a markbase sa450 500w map. Bear in mind you can dump 1600w into it. The band are seriously loud, going through a barefaced pa, just two cabs, light enough to throw, 800w rms each. There's no bass in the pa.... This is last night's superb gig in Hastings, another punter, this time his phone couldn't deal with the SPL, place was rammed with very up for it happy dancing punters and a couple of grizzled bass heads who reckoned it was the best bass tone they'd heard the low B was astounding apparently - one of them is now trying to sell his big heavy Ashdown rig to get a big twin. https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10154248515748279&id=588604131173413&notif_t=page_wall&notif_id=1466940198861663&ref=bookmarks [/quote] Certainly cutting thru the mix a treat!

[quote name='gjones' timestamp='1466848477' post='3079316'] I notice that you have a GK MB500. I recently bought one to use with my BF compact and it's a great loud and punchy combination. [/quote] Good to know :-)

Lush!

[quote name='lowhand_mike' timestamp='1466702243' post='3078046'] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AKXlhpeb6wI [/quote] 😂😂😂

Roll on end of July!

Thanks for all your comments folks. I've changed the goal posts a bit and pulled the trigger on a big baby 2 :-)

Ok, from what I remember . . . . Quotes like 'you can't beat the laws of Physics', 'we get a lot of those cabs in as people!e want to trade them in', 'tney don't feel very substantial and that's reflected in the sound'. Now these comments go against all! I've read about the cabs, and they were made by someone who would have a vested interest in selling me stock from the shop so I'm not going to take them at face value without some investigation. . . . . Hence the thread here.

I've been humming and hawing about buying a BF Super Compact to downsize from my Eden nemesis 4 x 10. The BF website favourably compares a super compact with the sound you can get from a 4 x 10 but I'm quite sceptical to be honest. I've read good reviews about the BF stuff and was about to pull the trigger when I was put off by some comments from a staff member at a well respected bass shop. I've not been able to get through to BF to chat about it and they've not rung me back despite me leaving a message. Having said that I'm sure they're pretty damn busy the way the company has taken off. So - is there anyone out there who's bought a super compact and been disappointed and moved it on? Is there anyone out there who's replaced a 4 x 10 with a super compact and been happy with the change. For info I play general rock n pop covers through Jazz basses mainly into a GK MB500 or old Trace heads. Any thoughts or info muchly appreciated.

I've got a couple of gigs coming up on EUB, and I might be doing some singing. Using a mic on a stand with EUB is a bit of a bugger, and I have an old Senheiser Freeport wireless headset system knocking about. It works on 863 - 865 mhz. I think this is still legal but i know there's been some radio frequency jiggery pokery going on over the last couple years. Anyone know if this'll be any good to use, or whether I'll be picking up peeps phone calls mid gig? If you're using stuff on that frequency with no problems currently, I'd love for you to reassure me! Colin