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Really liking this, not had a maple board on a bass for around 20 years

I picked up a 2005 75 AVRI at weekend, not weighed it, but feels good to me, estimate it at around 9 Sounds great really nice neck on a 75, I think a 74 is chunkier, but same width, whilst I was looking, I also looked at Japanese 70’s jazz basses, noticed some have correct pick up spacing for 70’s and some don’t, probably depends when made a few things to consider when looking at these basses Tony

Afternoon its been a. While since I did a NBD thread! Been waiting for this for a while as they don’t come up for sale too often Fender AVRI 75 jazz 5 1/2 hr round trip this morning to collect this, well worth it Owned from new by previous owner and looks like it just came out of the factory, all covers included as is the original bridge serial number dates it to 2005 Currently sat in my lounge whilst the trusts settles down Tony

Really sad news, didn't know him personally but he's been around BC and contributed for many years Tony

I’ve had a fair few jazz basses over the years, but now have a need for a UV70!

@ahpook, I was surprised by my mrs’ reaction, she was totally blown away by it, she’s just been to busy to spend a good amount of time with it, that will change in next few weeks she put her clarinets away so she could focus on this

@ahpook I watched loads of YouTube videos, there plenty of tutorials and also plenty with people playing some really cool stuff, there’s even a video of a guy playing the guitar solo from enter the sandman on an EWI!

@fretmeister they are worth a look, you will find the USB only model cheap, but knowing what I know now, I’m glad I didn’t get her one of those The 3000,4000 and 5000 all have built in sounds (I think) plus midi out The 5000 is totally wireless, which is nice I’ve had to turn pitch bend off for now as she kept bending notes unintentionally, it will go back on when she’s used to it tempted to learn some pentatonic scales in a few keys so I can use it myself!

I also got a powered USB hub so we can get midi into her iPad, which should be interesting playing some of the synth apps Not tried yet, I believe some don’t respond to dynamics, others do, I’m sure it will be interesting though

@fretmeister are alto and tenor different? I always thought they where ? This is cool on the EWI, if she is playing something written for b flat clarinet, there’s a button to transpose a tone! Same with alto sax sheet music which is E flat (I think) you just adjust accordingly

Here’s a few videos we did a couple of days after she got it playing through the aux in put on a Bluetooth speaker, which turned out sounding ok she went fully wireless a few days later eight octave range on this! IMG_0821.mov IMG_0823.mov

There’s six options for fingering, she’s still working out which one she prefers

ideal for silent practice, the 5000 is rechargeable as well, so she walks round with no wires connected i believe the Roland aerophone is good but was too much money for a surprise Xmas gift theres around six fingering options you can choose from, sax flute etc

Yeah, it’s a good album i enjoy watching his YouTube channel, lots of synths goodness and generally funky keys playing