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    [quote name='Linus27' timestamp='1444680896' post='2885094'] I am a big fan of Fender Japan basses, having a few in my collection but one bass eludes me, a Fender Japan Precision Fretless. Do they actually exist? I've seen lots Fender Japan Jazz Fretless basses for sale but not any Precision Fretless. I'm wondering if my best option is to get a Japanese fretted Precision and get it professionally deforested. [/quote] I'd have thought your best bet is to buy one of the numerous USA Precision FLs on here at the moment, by the time you've paid for an MIJ Precision, and then defretted (and devalued) it, it might be that the USA route will be equally economic.
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    Generally speaking when I buy a new bass, especially a fretless, I really want to know how resonant it is, because despite what some folks say, I've always found that is the wood doesn't resonate, no amount of high quality electrics will make up for it. In fact a fretless that doesn't sustain well is about as much use as a chocolate teapot for most applications (and to be honest, the applications such a bass actually is OK for can just as well be performed on a fretted bass in my opinion). So, to check resonance I play it unplugged and stick my chin on the top horn. If I get a nice strong resonance in my chin and head, to me it's a very good sign. A little eccentric of course, but it works for me
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    Nothing to see here
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    [quote name='Bass Culture' timestamp='1444599091' post='2884480'] What are the controls please, Chris. I had a fabulous Kiogon circuit on my Tanglewater Classic J but it was the dual stacked tone and vol combo. Looks like a different configuration on yours though - is that right? [/quote] Hello BC, it is a standard circuit with the option of parallel/series switching, much like the Fender S1 Cheers C
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    Now sold, thanks folks C
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    Wrong brand mate!
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    [quote name='machinehead' timestamp='1444595492' post='2884434'] The only brand-new motorcycle I ever bought was a Yamaha. It stopped every time it rained, bits fell off and it wrecked a main bearing before it was two years old and less than 10000 miles. Their customer care was to ignore me. I was 17 at the time. That was in 1974 and I swore I would never, ever buy another Yamaha product again.... and I never have and never will. A pity because their bass guitars are excellent. Frank. [/quote] Ha ha, imagine what mid-70s Fender motorcycles would have been like
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    Bass on that track is actually very nice
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    [quote name='colgraff' timestamp='1444578563' post='2884249'] Yamaha basses have been solidly good for as long as I have been playing. Having said that, pretty much everything made by them from instruments to motorbikes and everything in between are spot on. [/quote] Agreed
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    [quote name='Cato' timestamp='1444555915' post='2883967'] There could also, perhaps, be a third category for instruments that have improved virtually beyond recognition for which I would nominate Squier as a shining example, although to be fair the entry level bass market as a whole is massively better than it was when I started playing 25 odd years ago. [/quote] Not sure, are Squiers today as good as those from the early 80's? A huge in quality dip followed be a renaissance is not really a net improvement?
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    [quote name='Bilbo' timestamp='1444555396' post='2883962'] Wal basses have never comprommised and it remains a small operation with it's reputation based on the quality of it's products. [/quote] Wal are certainly top of my list. There are no doubt numerous smaller builders about whom the same could be said, it would appear however that the greater the size, the greater the chance of compromise.
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    [quote name='Mr Bassman' timestamp='1444591651' post='2884376'] Not bad for a Wal at 11lbs [attachment=202500:IMG_1457.JPG] [attachment=202499:IMG_1458.JPG] [attachment=202503:IMG_1346.JPG] [attachment=202504:IMG_1349.JPG] [/quote] Lighter than both my Wal 4s And, dare I say, my late 70's Strat, which appears to have a body constructed of lead!
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    [quote name='andydye' timestamp='1444559504' post='2884029'] I've been advised that this bass is advertised far too cheaply and it should be much nearer £1,800! Therefore I am going to do nothing cos this is bass chat and top dollar is to be found outside the family so the bargain price remains [/quote] This bass used to be mine and I'd fully support that. Whilst maple-board fretless Precisions appear to be, for reasons I don't fully understand, quite an acquired taste, they are two things. Firstly outstanding instruments. Maple necks to my ear compensate for all of the limitations of rosewood and a single P-PUP, the player is far better able to tease nuances out of the bass in a manner more in keeping with an ebony board. Second, they are getting VERY rare in original configuration, and even rarer in this condition. In short, this is in investment condition (this is why I sold it, nothing remains in investment condition for very long in my house). I am very tempted to offer a trade with something that Andy might find more to his liking, but suspect that I would never want to gig it in case I dropped it etc, and the finish is so beautiful that would be a real shame. I also have about 4 more fretless basses than I need at present. But I do keep coming back to this page
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    [quote name='Bass Culture' timestamp='1444567292' post='2884141'] I may not have read the thread closely enough but would you be able to courier this? Cheers, BC [/quote] Hi BC, will post anywhere in the world, I'll even provide a hard case to make sure it get's to you in one piece. Cheers Chris
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    Now sold
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    I could some funds in my DB fund so will take £450 for this. C
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    I could some funds in my DB fund so will take £450 for this. C
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    Thanks razze06, the more I use it the more I want to keep it, but I have too many amps at present!
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    [quote name='RWijchers' timestamp='1444484640' post='2883605'] Tempted! Very nice Chris... [/quote] Thanks Ronald, hope all's well.
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    [quote name='discreet' timestamp='1444472796' post='2883481'] No worries Chris, I'm just irritated with myself for yet again being skint when something I really want turns up! [/quote] Ha ha, this forum doesn't help does it Had a few PM's about possible delivery/meet up with this, just a quick reminder that I am willing to send it by courier also, I have a decent wooden crate for the head. C
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    [quote name='bassmasta2b' timestamp='1444417603' post='2883209'] Thanks for The answer , it's a really good head . With mine and my 410he , all flat for a B15 tone [/quote] That's about right, the SVT15E is just a little more pronounced in the lows than is my B-15.
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    [quote name='discreet' timestamp='1444470555' post='2883463'] This still here?? I'm frantically thinking of what I could sell. Trades? [/quote] Hey mate, I'm really trying to avoid trades at present, I have amassed a rather alarming collection of gear than for both financial and space reasons I;d quite like to reduce! Sorry! C
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    [quote name='Painy' timestamp='1443895636' post='2878601'] Personally I really liked the way that he managed to avoid choosing any notes whatsoever that fit in with the song in any way shape or form whilst simultaneously keeping each and every note played completely out of time as well. As if that wasn't enough he then managed to maintain all that whilst playing whole sections where his left hand and right hand weren't even sycronised with each other. Surely it takes some special kind of talent to play soooo many notes and to still not to play a single right one even by mistake! Quite simply... Genius! [/quote] Brilliant, reminds me of the classic line "even a broken clock gets the time right twice a day"
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    [quote name='Bobby K' timestamp='1444434234' post='2883329'] Yes folks, Bobby's getting bin bagged! :-) [/quote] Good man, well done. C
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    [quote name='CamdenRob' timestamp='1444385483' post='2882735'] It's a lovely neck that... [/quote] Thanks Rob it is indeed [quote name='karlfer' timestamp='1444388714' post='2882792'] Chris is imo so right about this. When you look at Warmoth neck's they seem very reasonably priced. Then you start to add on the options and suddenly they are expensive. Then you get shipping, import etc paid and jeez it hurts. HOWEVER, the 3 I've had have been absolutely amazing quality and build. And none of those were specified as highly as this one. Thankfully this is fretless, so I'm safe. We all know Chris is a legend to deal with, somebody is going to get an amazing bass with this. [/quote] Very kind of you to say so Karl, thanks. You're certainly right about how the costs of the necks build up, but the result feels like a luthier-built neck, so I guess it's worth it. [quote name='spiltmilk_2000' timestamp='1444405615' post='2883041'] I really wish this had been posted a few days ago before I made an impromptu purchase elsewhere... Beautiful neck AND body! Glwts! [/quote] Thanks, and sorry about the bad timing
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