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  1. HeadlessBassist
    It's time to move on two basses I recently took as trade-ins from the sales of two other instruments. These are two really nice basses, particularly the American Professional II Jazz, which plays like a dream with a lovely neck profile, very similar to my Elite Jazz. The Maruszczyk "Mr.Tee" is a unique one-off instrument with a huge sound, which can create a lovely Double Bass-alike tone with its Piezo bridge when played just below the fingerboard. 2023 Fender American Professional II Jazz Bass in black gloss polyurethane with lovely dark Rosewood fingerboard. High mass bridge with top loading, or through-body stringing, lightweight Fender tuners & Fender's V-Mod 2 single coil pickups. This 2023 bass was barely used by its previous owner and as such is in as-new condition. No dents/dings or scratches. Comes complete with original OEM Fender hard shell case with TSA locks and all labels/case candy/certificate of authenticity. Currently set up with a lovely low action and long-lasting Elixir 40-95 strings. The bass is shown in the pictures with a dark tortoiseshell scratch guard - it will also come with the original OEM Fender Mint scratch guard (also pictured.) Price: £1195 Interesting trades always considered! Maruszczyk "Mr. Tee" 5-string Shortscale Bass with BassCulture SSC Single Coil & ETS Piezo & Custom Richter Preamp. This is a unique little bass by the Polish-based Maruszczyk workshop. A custom Mr. Tee model 5 string Telecaster-style semi-hollow body with a comfortable 30" short scale. Features include a BassCulture SSC single coil pickup and an ETS Piezo-equppied bridge, with custom 3-band preamp by Richter. Currently strung E-C and freshly set up with a nice low action on new 35-95 Ernie Ball Flatwound Strings. Comes complete with a Hiscox Hard Shell Case. The bass was originally built as a fretless in 2021, but was professionally fretted by a previous owner. Alder Body with light veneer & Buckeye Poplar Top, 5-bolt neck joint, matching Buckeye Poplar headstock. All in beautiful almost-as-new condition. This is one stunning bass! Price: £995 As always, interesting trades considered! Buyer to collect, or can deliver/meet at a reasonable distance - up to 100 miles from M1 J25, Derbyshire.
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    Thanks Kebakid, it's a very capable little setup. All in all a very different sound from my TC Electronic and MarkBass rigs.
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    The Classic Sabre reissue was very good - I had one for a couple of years, but they were very expensive. I guess the Stingray just sells more units. Similarly, the twin humbucker version of the Fender Dimension Deluxe/Elite would be an excellent choice here. They were true Stingray killers.
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    Vincen Garcia plays the hell out of his BB, whether with his own band, or when backing Cory Wong. But yes, you're right - they don't seem to be a popular choice these days amongst visible pros. I've had a few in the past, such as a TRB6-II, Nathan East TRB5, and a Sheehan BB714BS which was the boomiest thing I've heard in my life. If you want to vaporize the underwear of the girls in the front row, the BB714BS is the bass for you! My one small complaint with the TRBs is that the preamps are always a little artificially 'plinky' sounding. Apart from that, Yamaha make seriously nice instruments.
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    It's the Fender Elite for me - I have one in Ash/Maple and it's a fabulous bass. Cuts through most mixes really nicely and satisfyingly fills it's sonic space too. I've sold two Stingrays in recent months, mainly because the single MM pickup, no matter how good it is in isolation, just doesn't cut it live. They seem to sit at an easily buried frequency (for my ears, anyway).
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    Looking really nice! You know this is going to be really good and an excellent player, people... BUY IT! BUY IT! 😃 WHAT DO YOU MEAN, YOU HAVEN'T BOUGHT IT YET..?!
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    I also leave the line out at about 12 o'clock - whoever is doing the PA will set the levels accordingly. Perhaps the more important setting to you is on the back of the amplifier - the Pre/Post control for the EQ will flavour what you send out to the PA - depends on if you want to send out a flat or eq'd signal.
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    Hana, I was thinking about the 80's basses you were trying to describe with the P&J configuration & ultra thin necks - was it the Bass Collection Speakeasy? The Bass Centre currently do a new reissue model. They were great basses with a huge 2-band active sound, featherlight weight and that fabulous thin & fast neck. The P&J configuration certainly gives an individual sound - rather like a thicker Jazz Bass with a more 'plinky' top end. It's difficult to describe, but it's a very nice and versatile sound.
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    This is a great video and a nostalgic jaunt into our collective past (for those of us who were teenagers in the 80s!) - I was chatting with Chris on the Brooksy's Bass Corner Live Chat a few weeks ago, and he's certainly a mind of information on bass world, having previously run the Bass Centre LA. Highly recommended viewing material!
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    Hopefully that'll be this weekend. I have two jobs over the next two days, so will be able to give it a proper road test... The engraved neck plate is a nice touch. Looks very OEM
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    I wholeheartedly concur with @Silky999 - this is a spectacular little bass with a rich and full sound - We even tuned the pickup angles between us, so it sounds perfectly even between each string. If I hadn't taken a 5-string Maruszczyk Mr.Tee Shortscale in P/X last week, I'd be having this myself! The engraved 'MGCS Basses' logo on the body is next level cool, too.
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    Wow. Your best work yet..? 😎👍🏻
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    Yes, by all means. If they work and they're playable, go for it!
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    Yes, I know what MK meant - the 16.5mm spacing Status necks he had on the KingBasses are pretty much uniform width from heel to nut. I haven't measured this fretless one, but it certainly looks pretty uniform in width. I'll have to check my S2-Classic and Stealth 2...
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    Hi Hana, for the sheer wide range of your musical tastes, you'd be best served with a simple passive Jazz. The Jazz is sonically very versatile & also suits more hand sizes with it's slimmer neck. You can always add a preamp pedal later if you feel you need more 'oomph'. As for the Japanese 'LawSuit' era Basses, have a look at an early Tokai Jazz Sound JB-45R. There are some lovely examples around. They're often better than the original Fenders from that period, too. Most of all, enjoy your bass playing! We'll be interested to hear which way you end up going
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    Yes, we've already emailed Rob & Dawn - awaiting response... Kiwi suggested Jon Shuker who apparently has experience, as well as Mike at Zoot & Simon at GUS. All avenues to be explored.
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    Yes, it's a Phenolic Resin fingerboard.
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    It is a factory fretless, yes. So would be a very delicate job, I'd assume. Yes, with the bend well it's a 32" scale as standard.
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    Guys, Guys, listen... We picked up a nice, but very oddly spec'd Status S2-Classic 5 today and we're looking to get the lined fretless neck fretted. Obviously most Luthiers won't even go near a graphite neck with a fret hammer, but if you know of a brave one with nerves of stainless steel (like his frets!), please do let me know!
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    Yes, A3's Preamp Pedal is interesting, but hearing Nick Campbell play his Olinto copy of his original Precision on his song, "Fancy Jeans" (starting at about 4:05) is worth the price of entry...
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    Well, it's been yet another epic traveling day, starting off from Derbyshire straight to Northampton to pick up a sales bass for a friend, followed by a trip to see @Silky999 for some routing action in the workshop, then onto another sales bass pickup from Hemel Hempstead, and finally to Kensington for a lovely Italian dinner and a great evening of bass chatting with @themoo and the obligatory long haul back to the East Midlands. So, what about the 'routing action' I hear you ask? Well, I'm not sure who was the most nervous, but the walnut/graphite Jazz needed to lose a little mass, so we decided to do some chambering - yes, obviously leaving a neck-width central spine giving clear 'tone block' vibration transmission from the neck to the bridge. Anyway, it was very cool to see Silky at work and as always, I am very grateful for his time, thoughtfulness and thorough research. 22mm I tell you. 22mm exactly!
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    I'd be looking for an Aguilar AG4M. I had one in my 95 Stingray and it was the best sounding Stingray I've ever played.
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    Agreed. If they're your brand and gauge, you're good to go. On most of my basses I usually slap on a set of 40-95 Elixirs (I like the long lasting rich tone and bendability). I recently picked up a shortscale 5-string Maruszczyk 'Mr.Tee' as a P/X which had the thickest set of flats I've seen, so they had to go. I actually found a reasonably priced set of Ernie Ball 40-95 flatwounds and added a 35 gauge for the top C. A short setup later and it plays like butter. Due to the bargain price of my own Fazley Judge Plus (aka. Kermit the Bass), I threw on a set of cheap Warwick Red Label strings that I got in the Black Friday sales. Bass £63. Strings £8. Reminds me of the cafe menus on Discworld; Rat and beans 8p Rat and ketchup 7p Rat 4p” “Why does ketchup cost almost as much as the rat?” “Have you tried rat without ketchup?!"
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    Soundtrack to a relaunch of the "Mr.Soft" adverts of the 80s? I'm nearly four minutes in and I'm suddenly feeling the need to lie down in a dark room!
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    That looks fabulous. Hope it plays as well as it looks!
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