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  1. HeadlessBassist
    Fantastic playing, Joe! Even on one pickup, a Series 2/S2 will cut through anything and everything.
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    Argh! The temptation is strong with this one - luckily, I've already got an MGCS Basses instrument in the works and almost completed. Phew! I need to say to everyone, @Silky999 is getting very good at this game very quickly. His care, attention to detail and careful research are second to none. You'd all best order one of his basses before he hits the BigTime! (... or should that be 'BassTime'? 🤔)
  3. HeadlessBassist
    Not a specific tone, as the Electric Bass was a natural progression from classical Cello & Double Bass, but the early playing tone I really latched onto was John 'Rhino' Edwards' Status-Graphite tone from Status Quo's "Ain't Complaining" album. Later, it was Mark King's glassy tone from his early KingBasses with Trace Elliott rig. Much later, I really got into the richly scooped Jazz Bass sound, from such players as Jaco Pastorius, Will Lee & Marcus Miller.
  4. HeadlessBassist
    This Bass is now SOLD, subject to the usual… Thanks for looking!
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    Well, that didn't last long. Do me a favour... If I start going on about Precision basses again, just remind me that I put this one up for sale after a single month. Just tell me to buy another Jazz instead! For Sale/Trade, 2025 American Professional Classic Precision in Faded Sherwood Green Metallic in as new condition, complete with all case candy & original Deluxe Fender Gigbag - it even comes with the original OEM 45-105 Fender strings. This is a seriously lovely bass, from the excellent build quality and flawless finish to the solidly stable Gotoh Lollipop Tuners, the quality of these basses has been pushed much more towards the current American Professional II. The new "Shoreline" pickups (based on Fender's Pure Vintage Series) sound full and punchy, with that trademark warm bottom end. It's literally done some home playing and about three numbers at one gig, but I ended up changing back to the playability and scooped sound of my American Professional II Jazz - Jazz Basses are my comfort zone, apparently!. The bass is, as stated, in perfect condition with no scratches or dings, and is currently set up with a low and fast action on 40-95 Elixirs. If you want it on the Fender 45-105's, just let me know and I'll happily change it back. Price is £1295, which is a very reasonable near £250 saving on the new RRP. This one is played in, properly set up and sounds fantastic. Buyer to collect from Derbyshire (10 mins from M1 J25), or will happily meet you up to 100 miles from DE7, or 100 miles from Gloucestershire/Wiltshire where I work Wednesday-Friday. Interesting trades considered. Pics are from my music room, and the original pictures of the bass are by the Bass Gallery in Camden where I purchased it.
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    Lovely to meet you yesterday mate & thanks for the coffee Membury was an easy run for me, as I teach on Thursdays and Fridays in Malmesbury, Wiltshire near the M4. Typically, the run to Rotherham from Derbyshire on Tuesday evening was not an easy one, as an accident had closed the M1, but hey-ho, the mission was accomplished and that's all that matters! It really is the very nicest blue, isn't it? Hope you can get it sorted relatively easily - having seen the lovely home/music room where it was previously located, I'd say that it has probably spent the last few years hung on a wall, which can occasionally cause neck issues, but they're usually sortable as you say. Hope you enjoy "None More Blue"!
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    NBD

    HeadlessBassist replied to JazzyJ's topic in Bass Guitars

    That's very, very nice JJ! Congrats
  8. HeadlessBassist
    That is a lovely P sound. Quite like the Pure Vintage derived "Coastline" one in my American Professional Classic. Very clean top end, but not too harsh or nasal sounding, and lovely and warm at the bottom.
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    I'm sure these will be very nice, judging by the constituent parts they've used, but I do find more and more that I prefer the OEM Fender sound (when you get a good one!) I'm sure I've either played or owned most of the alternative Jazzes, from the £63 Ash and Roasted Maple Fazley to Sadowskys and Lulls, and you know what? If you get a good Fender, it just feels and sounds right. I've been setting up an as-new American Professional II Jazz that I took in as a PX the other week, and it's just sublime. Also, I played in the house band at a reopened Jazz Club in Sheffield last night, and played my American Elite Jazz all evening. Pure bliss. My point? Sometimes only the original article will do.
  10. HeadlessBassist
    That looks fantastic. Congrats! Looks pretty much like my American Original Fender, but probably at about a third of the price! What's not to like?
  11. HeadlessBassist
    Another solid vote here for the Cort Space Bass 5. This is my third one... and it only cost me £420 in as-new condition! They sound fantastic too.
  12. HeadlessBassist
    I've honestly never got on with any of my 'dream basses'. Custom orders have never worked out for me for some reason. I've always been a 'try before you buy' kind of player. I bought my main Status bass 19 years ago as a stock bass after buying [and selling off] two custom orders. Most other instruments I've bought second hand and some have become mainstay working basses that I wouldn't sell on, like my 2016 Elite Jazz, GB Spitfire, or my Status Stealth. I would like an Alembic Series 2, but they are all the money these days, so hardly likely. Maybe a Victor Wooten Fodera Monarch Yin-Yang, but I'm never really comfortable playing someone else's signature bass. Apart from that, I'll wait to see what takes my fancy next time... I will say that I'm really enjoying gigging my simple passive American Fenders at the moment and am looking forward to the completion of my Walnut/Graphite Jazz build.
  13. HeadlessBassist
    "Ted clearly didn't listen to his bandmates even when they repeatedly told him that a rubber bass was not a good idea in hot climates..."
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    Brilliant post, Spencer! For me, it's the white/parchment/mint that always looks wrong. They make a nice bass look cheap (unless it's mint on aged white), because that's what the Mexican basses had in the 80's & 90's. A nice dark red or brown tort goes with practically everything, and a black scratch guard solves all colour crimes. I recently put a tasteful dark red tort on a black American Professional II Jazz I took in as a p/x. Looks much better than the OEM mint.
  15. HeadlessBassist
    Yes, Happy Birthday - you certainly have a diamond of a partner there And congrats on the arrival of some serious pinkification!
  16. HeadlessBassist
    PM'd...
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    The problem with the Bass Dept. at Andertons (and many other stores) is that they often have nobody to set up the basses, so you end up playing on grotty strings that have been played by all sorts of little Herberts who never wash their hands before playing, and actions created by speedy mass production which leave the strings three nautical miles off the fingerboard. If I go to Andertons, I usually stick some Alun Keys in my back pocket and do a mini setup on the bass I'm trying. That way I can at least feel if it's something like what I'm looking for. Obviously a bass is never going to sound how you want/expect until you get your favourite strings on it and get it set up to your own preferences, but I'm sure they don't mind carefully done small adjustments that make the bass more playable and therefore more saleable even if you don't end up buying it. As for what I'd like to see, I guess I'd like to see more aftermarket Graphite necks on the market, but hopefully Kiwi has that corner of the market covered now with Aurok Composites.
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    @Silky999 just received the graphite neck today, so now the build starts in earnest. Within a week or two we'll hopefully have a complete instrument. The specs will be: Single piece MGCS Basses Walnut Jazz Body AUROK Graphite Jazz Neck (courtesy of @Kiwi) Fender Pure Vintage 66 Single Coil Pickups Gotoh high mass black vintage bridge Gotoh black lollipop tuners Black control plate/hardware with 500k pots Possible additions will be a John East J-Tone control plate/preamp.
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    Ah well, they'll have some more made up soon. I'd imagine it's the only way they can get rid of the horrid green ones, anyway. That 'Ford Signal Green' is a heinous colour. It should be illegal!
  20. HeadlessBassist
    It would seem that people [like us] bought the hell out of them and now they're waiting to replenish stocks. Stack 'em high and sell 'em cheap - Tesco Value Bass range!
  21. HeadlessBassist
    Who's the maker..?
  22. HeadlessBassist
    Love the signature 'Jaco' bridge pickup sound Guy Bernfield is getting out of that Mode. I'd definitely like to try one out. This is definitely the first truly interesting Ibanez since they originally launched the EHBs. Ibanez obviously do pretty well with their massive range generally, but these Mode basses are a pure case of, "If you can't beat 'em, join them!"
  23. HeadlessBassist
    It's a great chat and highly entertaining, Mike. Thanks for putting it up, Sean
  24. HeadlessBassist
    Didn't they try mixed-magnet pickups a few years back? And people said that they sounded much better if you took them out and rotated them 180 degrees 😆 These sound like the same spec as you get in the American Professional II range and the standard pickups offered in the Mod Shop, especially with the slight overwind. They do sound very good. The design has been around since the American Professional debuted in 2016. I'm surprised about the mention of "increased output". The overwind usually gives a slightly lower overall output, but increased mids. And yes, some people have turned them through 180 degrees, but that's just the 'no treble' crew. They could've done them in a decent colour, though. That shade is utterly heinous.
  25. HeadlessBassist
    I'm wondering whether one of the Fender mint ones would fit..? They look really good as a contrast with paler colours.
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