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  1. HeadlessBassist
    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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    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 very 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. 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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    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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    That's standard operating procedure with all new basses - bin the stock strings and put something nice on. Always makes a huge difference.
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    Paging @Silky999 - he's used quite a few imported roasted necks in builds recently. He will have the knowledge of where to go and what's good value.
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    I love single cut basses, but have never quite managed to own one apart from an ACG for a short time many years ago. You might find that nothing resonates quite like them. I particularly like the sound of the Cort A5 SC - came very close to buying one last year, but failed to pull the trigger before the cheap offer finished.
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    Definitely liking the new logo & tagline 😃
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    Hey LowB-ing, unfortunately I'm away working for the next couple of days, but I'll see what I can do on Friday
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    One small query... Why does it have to be hum cancelling? If you install proper copper foil shielding, you get a hum free bass. The Walnut/Graphite Jazz I've just had built is shielded properly and it has no hum at all from the Fender Pure Vintage 66 pickups. (The 64 versions in my American Original Jazz can be a little hummy at times with the standard Fender cavity shielding paint.) My American Professional II Jazz has the Fender V-Mod II pickups with the Alnico 2 magnets on the bass side and Alnico 5's on the treble side and that sounds suitably vintage with that warm bottom end, and is completely hum free. So top of my list for passive Jazz pickups would be the Fender Pure Vintage 66, Lollar 60s and Lindy Fralin 60s. All of these have the rich tone, thumping bottom end and clear yet not harsh highs.) Every time I've played a Jazz with 'Noiseless' pickups, they always sound flat and inert when played passive. When you switch the preamp on, it's another story, of course.
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    Absolutely - they're just little individualities which make it a little different and more distinct. At the end of the day, what counts is how it plays and sounds, and it plays and sounds epic.
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