HeadlessBassist

Noice That'll look well in a 50's show. Congrats!

I would imagine up-and-coming young players with some coin are buying the hell out of the Charles Berthoud signature model.

I'm sooo tempted to order one of the last few blue ones from Anderton's. There were seven available this morning. I don't need it, but £149 is such a ridiculous deal... 🤔

Be my guest... Would you like the link?

Nope, definitely not graphite. Can someone pop to China and teach them how to correctly mount Monorail tuners, please?

Nice build. That’ll look great on stage

Well said I've always liked the sound of those late seventies Precisions. Have a listen to Bill Stevenson's Precision on "Sugarfoot".

Yes, gold hardware tends to look good if everything else is subtle/muted.

I'm sure some purists will be throwing rocks at their computer screens, shouting "Heretic!", but for me, an instrument is for playing. If your reversible mods make you like the playability/sound more, then go ahead and mod it and play the heck out of it!

As Doctor J mentioned, the idea of these strings is that you don't need to wipe them down. The nanoweb coating keeps the muck out of the grooves. To give you an idea, I change my Elixirs once a year on my main Jazz bass, and that's usually after 30-40 2 hour Warners/Theatre live shows. Just play them and enjoy them

Thanks, 80Hz. Yes it seems to have landed in the home of overworked Warners Resorts/Theatres Jazz Basses!

Well... Changed the battery under the Scratch Plate, inspected all the crazy EMG wiring under the Control Plate, and put on a fresh set of Elixir 40-95's and it sings. Never had a Bass with those active EMG's before and I have to say, it's a very balanced and punchy sound. Didn't even need to play with the action - it's already on the deck and relief looks perfect. I'd say it's a winner.

I usually put 40-95 Elixirs on my Jazzes, but I do have a set of barely used Thomastik Jazz Flats lying around...

Well I'm just back from the Wakefield area and a battle through the maelstrom known as the M1, where I picked up this bitsa Jazz. It consists of a roasted Mexican Fender neck, a 'Guitar & Bass Build' high polished body, Schaller tuners, Hipshot bridge and active EMG pickups. I'll report more on the sound tomorrow when I've put some decent strings on it and set it up properly...

That looks really nice. I've been hanging my nose over Reverends for a while. Congrats on your lovely new bass

I'll second that - after all, this very week, the 'new' Player II Modified has taken things from very the very colourful and creative Player Plus finishes to boring again.

Or a Line 6 Variax.

Not sure whether anyone else has put this up, but I can't decide whether she's joking or completely serious...

Okay, so these are replacing the Player Plus I presume? (Really liked the graduated paint schemes on Player Plus.) Btw, the guy who did the Precision Player Modified video was very annoying and playing out of time. As for the girl in the Player Modified Jazz video, please bring back Annie Clements, Fender.

Congratulations As we all know, when you find a good Jazz with that rich bottom end and clear & sparkly highs, there's nothing more satisfying.

I'm relatively new to the short scale world - recently bought an American Performer Mustang which I love and can't seem to put down. When I got it, it was strung with flats which totally killed all of it's character. Now it's strung with 40-95 Elixirs it's truly versatile, with a Jazz bass on steroids sound with the taps fully open, a burpy Jaco sound with the bridge pickup solo'd and 50% of the Greasebucket equipped tone control, and a huge Precision-style thick sound from the little Japanese-made split coil, again with 50% tone. Couldn't be happier! I noticed some mentions of the Nordstrand Acinonyx basses. I tried both the original version and the second generation model, and much preferred the original with the two banks of buttons.

I just let Google Maps do the navigating. My single aim is to get to soundcheck by 5pm, or preferably an hour before. 🚗