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OutToPlayJazz

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  1. I had the Hofner contemporary series one for a while. I strung it up with Rotosound jazz bass 77 flats and it sounded huge. Really nice bass.
  2. Now that's interesting. The guy I bought the old SII from in the Wirral had a Geddy Lee with the Audere pre installed. That sounded amazing! Get it installed, mate
  3. [quote name='Josh' post='587093' date='Sep 2 2009, 01:45 AM']I bet your active basses must feel a little threatened [/quote] Nah, Barrie has a Sadowsky outboard pre like mine - No fear of that! But all this classic Fender love is nice. Great when you find a nice one. I played a '63 jazz at the Gallery the other week. It was nice enough, but still not worth £4500 any day of the week! Quite happy with my new and shiny jazz, thank you very much (For the time being...) Very nice looking jazz though, Barrie
  4. [quote]+1 How long have I had your old Streamline Rich..........hmmm 6 months? Usually by now I'm getting bored with a bass and wondering what I could replace it with. Not this time.[/quote] Yes, I think it's about six months, Mart - And as I believe I told you at the time, once you've experienced the Status sound and playability, everything else sort of fades into the background Glad you're enjoying it, though. The Streamline's definitely my favourite at the moment, although I've ended up playing this particular show on an S2 5-er as the part has some extra low bits to deal with. What's next on the menu, Mart? S2-Classic? For me, I think it's going to be a Streamline 5-string (if Rob can still do them in the old "melted boiled sweet shape!") Rich.
  5. I found on my Marcus Miller that the cover grazed the leading edge of my index finger, but it's great as a "wrist rest" when you're slapping. Still don't think it's right drilling holes into nice basses to fit them, though Rich.
  6. Lovely looking bass and again, congratulations on passing your test. Best of luck with the sale. Rich.
  7. Well, Status wins through again. Took My Fender Jazz/Sadowsky pre combination as well as the Streamline to the band call for two weeks of the "Footloose" stage show starting this week. Tried the jazz and it just wouldn't cut through the rest of the band (trumpet, saxes, guitar, piano, bass, drums.) The sound was just buried! Strangely enough it sounds much cleaner and more prominent through the MarkBass rig with the horn units, but that's way too much for a theatre. Once I plugged in the Streamline, it cut through everything else like a scythe - Much better So for the dress rehearsal this evening, I'll take the Streamline & one of the 5-string S2's... Seems that as usual, there's no substitute! Rich.
  8. [quote]Thank you Gentlemen. not really thinking of selling,just thought they had "gone out of favour" in the last few years, and ultimatley promised to MB1 (if I keep to my word )[/quote] Martin will enjoy that one when it comes along! I played the lovely black 2000 that the Moo owns - Stunning bass and one of the nicest Status basses I've ever played. BassBus... Love the new avatar pic!
  9. 2000's usually fetch between £750-£1000 for good ones. Very depreciation-proof basses & very very nice, too!
  10. Oh no! Made the mistake of spending some time in the Gallery at Camden the other week. Now I want a Classic Vibe Jazz more than ever & also an American Standard Jazz 5 in candy cola/maple. Hrmph!
  11. I have the American Standard Jazz 4 which I play through a Sadowsky preamp pedal, all of which I'm really pleased with. I played the 5-string version at the Gallery last week and it was a really nice bass. Thinking of getting one in candy cola/maple...
  12. A lovely example of the breed, but John Diggins would make you a new one for that price. A tad ambitious, I'd say. Best of luck with the sale, though
  13. Aerodynes are all Japanese made. The p& j combination gives a really great sound to them.
  14. I'm in the lucky position to own the bass I keep coming back to look at... Myrtle wood Status S2-Classic 5. Here are the original pics from Status...
  15. All the ranges have good and bad due to the usual mass production issues. The usual try before you buy mantra applies. I have the Am.Std. Jazz which is a lovely bass, but I also want a Classic Vibe jazz. They are almost as good and in some cases, better than the American. Rich.
  16. I've had two Ashdown setups. The EB180 combo did it's job just fine & the MAG 300 Evo II 1x15 and 2x10 cab I had more recently sounded great. Only reason I sold it was that I didn't need it anymore. Stupidly heavy, though. I never had any problems with my Ashdown stuff, but a friend had the MAG 250 combo which was always going wrong. Another friend went through three amps under warranty until he found one that worked properly. Perhaps Ashdowns are a bit like Fender basses. You have to dig through a pile of crap before you find a gem. Now I use my MarkBass rig exclusively for bigger jobs, but most of the time I use my Roland Bass Cube 100. It's usually more than ample. Rich.
  17. On the Fender pickups with the raised polepieces (above the covers) it can often be your fingers hitting the polepieces when you play. They've fixed this problem in the newest ones, as the polepieces are now recessed. Otherwise, as Chris says, check that the action isn't too low and that you have just a little neck relief.
  18. I prefer the 4-string in general for speed and playability. Personally, I never change tunings, as I mainly want to know by touch where notes are - Preferably in the same place every time! I'll use a 5 or a 6 (in standard tuning again) if I need the extended bottom end range or if I'm playing with a lot of wind players in silly keys, as it's often easier to work acrossways on a six-stringer than leaping up and down the fingerboard.
  19. [quote]I am thinking about getting a Fender (after years of not liking any I've played). Possibly a 4 string PJ to complement the Sadowsky. Any opinions on the various artist PJs? Frank Bello, Tony Franklin fretted, Reggie Hamilton.[/quote] Golchen has the Reggie Hamilton 5 & seems to like it so much that he sold his Status S2!
  20. I started off as a classical player (cellist/double bass player/pianist) which I still am. When I started to play electric bass in my teens I found I had to develop my ear first, and then went along to blues jams to learn to improvise and pick up song patterns. So I can now sight read anything, busk for jazz gigs and improvise as well. Best of all worlds. On the technical front, being able to read music is a real boon, as you can play so much stuff without having to memorize. Just read it straight off the sheet. It's so much easier. Yes, of course the brain picks up the patterns anyway after you've played it a few times, but reading is so much easier at the end of the day. This leads to another problem with tablature - It's all very well them showing you one way of playing it, but it doesn't show you what fingerings to use or the most economical or effective way of playing a passage. Learn to read. It makes life so much easier. Rich.
  21. Nice review, Josh. I also rate my Am.Std Jazz very highly, although I play mine through a Sadowsky preamp. Excellent basses.
  22. Funny to sit and read this thread today... I was at the Gallery in Camden at the weekend visiting Alex & played a few new Sadowskys amongst other jazzes. I was also disappointed with the Sadowskys. The sound was pretty good (the Sado preamp is the same one as I use in pedal form with my jazz) but not as good as my 09 Am.Std jazz through the same preamp. The necks are too thick fingers to thumb for my personal liking & feel half finished, much like the old S1 Fenders did. So I was disappointed in Sadowsky as well. All in all, my 09 Fender sounds and feels so much nicer. Best bass of the day at the Gallery? Squier Classic Vibe jazz. Storming sound, great to play and amazing value.
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