hillbilly deluxe

Fender.

It is standard Jazz width. P.S,im not so sure about the bridge now,would there have been an 8 string bridge about in the 80's with individual saddles ?

Im the one thats having a crisis,i've just been given it.Rob some bits off it and bung it in the cupboard of no return.

Guilty as charged,except for the Expensive bit.

Try as many as you can.It may be the one that you least expect. Take your time. Ignore brand/shape. Do'nt buy with a view to modding it to make it "the one". The one will find you.

My strings on my main bass have been on for,oh,8 or 9 years,would wearing gloves make them last longer ?

IMO,a beter way to tell if there is any difference would be to play a bass with no finish,then play after it has been finished.That way there would be no filler/sanding sealer.

Not long till xmas

[quote name='JTUK' post='992923' date='Oct 18 2010, 11:11 PM']Band 1 seems to have some songs in it...you'd need a good vocalist to cover some of them.[/quote] We think so.

Band 1 EVERY LITTLE THING - CARLENE CARTER - A *M FALLING FOR A REASON - TRISHA YEARWOOD - D *M FEEL RIGHT - TANYA TUCKER - A *? GO AWAY - LORRIE MORGAN - D *? FIND OUT WHATS HAPPENING - TANYA TUCKER - A *? HE THINKS HE'LL KEEP HER - MARY CHAPIN CARPENTER - A *M HONEY IM HOME - SHANIA - E *M LOVIN ALL NIGHT - PATTY LOVELESS VERSION - E * M MY BABY LOVES ME - MARTINA MC BRIDE - A *M OH LONESOME YOU - TRISHA YEARWOOD - D *? PASIONATE KISSES - MARY CHAPIN CARPENTER - D *M RED NECK WOMAN - GRETCHEN WILSON - E* ROCK THIS COUNTRY - SHANIA - G *M SHUT UP AND DRIVE - CHELY WRITE - A *M THE BUG - MARY CHAPIN CARPENTER - D *M TAKE THESE CHAINS - RAY CHARLES A WALKING AFTER MIDNIGHT - PATSY CLINE (ROCKED UP VERSION) - C YOUR CHEATIN HEART ( ROCKED UP) - G WRONG SIDE OF MEMPHIS - TRISHA YEARWOOD - D *M MR MAN IN THE MOON - PATTY LOVELESS - A *? EVERY LITTLE THING A - carlene carter * FALLIN FOR A REASON D - trisha yearwood * HE THINKS HE'LL KEEP HER A - mary chapin carpenter * HONEY I'M HOME E - shania * LOVING ALL NIGHT E - patty loveless MY BABY LOVES ME A - martina mcbride * REDNECK WOMAN D - gretchen wilson * ROCK THIS COUNTRY G - shania * THE BUG D - mary chapin * WALKING AFTER MIDNIGHT C - patsy * MR MAN IN THE MOON A - patty loveless * OH LONESOME YOU D - trisha yearwood 1-800 G - lorrie morgan *T LET YA MAMA GO G - ann tayler CLOSER C - jo hik HERE FOR THE PARTY C - gretchen wilson *T BILLY GET YOUR GUNS D - bon jovi *T GOD BLESS TEXAS D - celena rae LONG NECK CIGARETTES G - danni leigh * ALL JACKED UP F - gretchen wilson *T JEZABELL C - chely wright *T SOMEBODY LIKE YOU G - keith urban * WANTED DEAD OR ALIVE D - bon jovi * 9-5 E - dolly *T LISTENING TO THE RADIO A - chely wright SEA OF COWBOY HATS C - chely write * GIRLS NIGHT OUT E - the judds *T FIND OUT WHATS HAPPENING A - tanya tucker WHO SAYS YOU CAN'T GO HOME A - bon jovi / sugarland *T Band 2 1 ITS ALRIGHT TO BE A REDNECK - ALAN JACKSON - D 2 I LOVE THIS BAR - TOBY KEITH - D 3 WWW.MEMORY - ALAN JACKSON 4 WHERE I COME FROM - ALAN JACKSON - E 5 FOLSOM PRISON - JOHNNY CASH - E 6 AS GOOD AS I ONCE WAS - TOBY KEITH - Bb 7 OLD ENOUGH TO KNOW BETTER - WADE HAYES - B 8 A.H.B.A - GARTH BROOKS - G 9 TEQUILA MAKES HER CLOTHES FALL OFF - JOE NICHOLS - D 10 BACK WHEN - TIM McGRAW - G 11 THAT SUMMER - GARTH BROOKS - A 12 DIE WITH YOUR BOOTS ON - TOBY KEITH - D 13 WHO'S YOUR DADDY - TOBY KEITH - A 14 YEE HAW - JAKE OWEN - D 15 NOT COUNTING YOU - GARTH BROOKS - B 16 I DONT EVEN KNOW YOUR NAME - ALAN JACKSON - E 17 IF TOMOROW NEVER COMES - GARTH BROOKS - G 18 DONT ROCK THE JUKEBOX - ALAN JACKSON - G 19 WHISKEY LULLABYE - ALISON KRAUSS - Bb 20 WHY AINT I RUNNING - GARTH BROOKS 21 DREAM WALKIN' - TOBY KEITH - F 22 I AINT AS GOOD AS I ONCE WAS - TOBY KEITH - Bb 23 GOD BLESS TEXAS - LITTLE TEXAS - A 24 TEMPTED - MARTY STUART - E 25 PLAY SOMETHING COUNTRY - BROOKS AND DUNN - G 26 I SHOULD HAVE BEEN A COWBOY - TOBY KEITH - G 27 MERCURY BLUES - ALAN JACKSON - D 28 JACKY DON TUCKER - TOBY KEITH - B 29 AINT GOING DOWN TILL THE SUN COMES UP - GARTH BROOKS - G 30 COPPERHEAD ROAD - STEVE EARLE - G 31 MY LOVE GOES ON AND ON - CHRIS CAGLE - B 32 DOWN ON THE FARM - TIM McGRAW - A# 33 I CAN STILL MAKE CHEYENNE - D 34 CRAZY LITTLE THING - DWIGHT YOAKHAM - C 35 COUNTRY BOYS AND GIRLS GETTING DOWN ON THE FARM - A# 36 WALKING AFTER MIDNIGHT - GARTH BROOKS - C 37 CHATTAHOOCHIE - ALAN JACKSON - C 38 THREE WOODEN CROSSES - RANDY TRAVIS - C 39 SEMINOLE WIND - JOHN ANDERSON - E 40 TRILOGY 41 THE RIVER - GARTH BROOKS - D 42 SONGS ABOUT ME 43 FRIENDS IN LOW PLACES - GARTH BROOKS - A 44 IF YOU'RE GOING THROUGH HELL 45 LOVE DO'NT LIVE HERE ANYMORE - LADY ANTEBELLUM - G 46 SOMEBODY LIKE YOU - BRAD PAISLEY - E 47 WHEN YOU SAY NOTHING AT ALL 48 HE THINKS HE'LL KEEP HER - MARY CHAPIN CARPENTER 49 HONEY IM HOME - SHANIA TWAIN 50 OH LONESOME YOU 51 REDNECK WOMAN - GRETCHEN WILSON 52 ROCK THIS COUNTRY - SHANIA TWAIN 53 WHO SAYS YOU CAN'T GO HOME - BON JOVI 54 1-800 USED TO BE 55 THEY CALL IT FALLING FOR A REASON - TRISHA YEARWOOD 56 BROKENHEARTSVILLE - JOE NICHOLLS - G 57 THE LONG GOODBYE - BROOKS AND DUNN - Ab 58 SMALL TOWN SATURDAY NIGHT - HAL KETCHUM - G 59 CALIFORNIA BLUE - ? - C 60 FAST AS YOU - DWIGHT YOAKHAM - E 61 18 WHEELS AND A DOZEN ROSES - G 62 THE RIVER - KEITH URBAN - G 63 WICKED GAME - CHRIS ISSAK - Bm 64 SOME BEACH - BLAKE SHELTON - C 65 87 SOUTHBOUND - HANK 111 - E 66 TEQUILA SUNRISE - EAGLES - G 67 WAVE ON WAVE - PAT GREEN - D 68 PLEASE REMEMBER ME - ? -BbM 69 JUST TO SEE YOU SMILE - ? F 70 RED DIRT ROAD - BROOKS AND DUNN - F 71 GOTTA GET YOU SOME - ALAN JACKSON - G 72 ON THE ROAD AGAIN - ? - E 73 PAST THE POINT OF RESCUE - HAL KETCHUM - ? - Em 74 YOUR CHEATING HEART - C 75 BAD MOON RISING - CREEDENCE - Bb 76 BLUE MOON OF KENTUCKY - A 77 TULSA TIME - ? - E 78 TAKE THESE CHAINS - ? - C 79 THUNDERSTORMS AND NEON SIGNS - WAYNE HANCOCK - E 80 LOUISIANA WAY - ? - F 81 LYIN EYES - EAGLES - G 82 THERE GOES MY HEART - ? - E 83 MIDNIGHT IN MONTGOMERY - ALAN JACKSON - Dm

One of the fender short scales had a Strat pickup in it,did it not ?

Im guessing Dimarzio for the neck and Jazz pickups.Very few of the pole pieces line up with the strings,so it should IMO sound unballanced,but it doesnt,the sound is massive on each of the pickups.

Yup,for some reason the sound is even accross all 4 strings.

The guitar pickup actually sounds ok.The nut can be replaced.It intonates too.Im sure that the bridge is a replacement.The bass will never be for sale,(dont ask me why,i dont know) wether it belonged to Saxon or not. I think that the whole concept of it is wrong,but it has a massive array of tones and plays well strung up as a 4,but god knows what it would be like as an 8 with that narrow spacing.

This bass belongs to the singer in our band,it was allegedly built for the band Saxon.It is through-neck,Jazz width with Flying V headstock with Schaller machine heads.The body is slab construction.Im assuming that the bridge pickup has been replaced at some point as has the nut.All the electrics work apart from one mini toggle switch.Im assuming that the mini toggles are coil taps ? The bridge is adjustable for each string.IMO the neck has been shaved down,and the neck has twisted (although its still perfectly playable)because of this.The weight,almost 13lb. Im guessing the early 80's as a date. Any info on this,or a pic of it in use with Saxon,if it was indeed used by them would be great.

Free,Cream,Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac,Chicken Shack,SRV.

See...........it pays to try all price ranges in the shops.Brand snobbery can be an expensive waste of cash,especially if you're looking for something as basic as a P or J type bass.

[quote name='oldslapper' post='980885' date='Oct 7 2010, 07:51 PM']I'm afraid I will be too busy to go and too busy to entertain Mr Hillbilly D/L as it's my night for using the nose hair removers.[/quote] EEEWWWWWW.different old slapper.Mrs H/D,wearing her latest Ann Summers purchase.BTW she's not an old slapper,she's 20 years younger than me.

No,i will be entertained by another old slapper,fnar,fnar.

[url="http://www.expressmusicstore.co.uk/products.asp?cat=Bass+Guitars&subcat=Jim+Deacon"]http://www.expressmusicstore.co.uk/product...bcat=Jim+Deacon[/url] [url="http://www.hwmusic.co.uk/product/jim_deacon_9494.aspx"]http://www.hwmusic.co.uk/product/jim_deacon_9494.aspx[/url] and they do 3/4 size too.

The starter pack SX's are not the same as the JD's.The last SX starter pack bass that i saw looked like it was made out of ply,while it was nicely finished,it just looked a lot cheaper made than the others that i have seen. JD has/had a website but i can't find it at the moment.The JD's that i have seen all had the vintage tint laquer on the neck too,while the starter pack SX's looked like something that was made for IKEA.

I have a JD Stingray thing,looks good,passive,plays really well,sounds ok,and the neck is very stable.I have tried a couple of P type JD's and really liked them.I think they retail new for £135 ish,certainly better than the cheaper Squiers IMO,and the ones that i have seen recently still have the correct headstock shape. They are the same apart from the name transfer.

Jim Deacon basses.They do'nt have the full range,but they are SX,as far as im aware.

[url="http://www.squierguitars.com/products/search.php?partno=0303080502"]http://www.squierguitars.com/products/sear...rtno=0303080502[/url]

My DBS is very loud,i have the 1x15-2x10 @4 ohms,and the 1x15 @ 8 ohms.I use the 1x15 for quiter gigs,as it halves the power.