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  1. Brother Jones
    Sold, subject to the usuals....
  2. Brother Jones
    I'd er, just like to say that this is a fantastic instrument and deserves a bump....
  3. Brother Jones
    All further PMs replied.
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    [quote name='silddx' post='462949' date='Apr 15 2009, 01:06 PM']I'm interested. Any better photos, Brother? Sides and back too? Does it have side dots and are they "on the fret"? What year? Is the bridge adjustable for string spacing? Why was the French geezer "mysterious"? How much DID you pay for it? PM me if you wish. Cheers, Nigel[/quote] I will try and take some more pics, but as you can tell am a crap snapper. There are no dints or scratches on it at all. It has side dots between the fret positions. It's not a defret - the board is epoxied phenolic, as distinct from the 'phenowood' that Zon use for the regular fretted ones, and is absolutely pristine. When I first bought it I emailed Zon with the s/n asking for a bit of history and received...no reply whatsoever. The bridge is not adjustable for spacing. The French geezer was actually a very, very nice man who happened to prefer his Alembic, the fool. I think I paid £1400 for it.... Phew
  5. Brother Jones
    Monday bump for this slice of boutique mwah gorgeousness.
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    All PMs replied. (I think...)
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    [quote name='CHRISDABASS' post='461674' date='Apr 13 2009, 10:45 PM']hey!! Lovely looking bass mate! im pretty tempted my self actually! one quick thing though........i think it will be a morado fingerboard on this model, not Brazilian rosewood that wood is usually reserved for the NYC basses good luck with the sale! [/quote] Is this listing jinxed or what? I based that on something another (seemingly well informed) Basschatter said about them being 'the same thing'... Another ninja-edit.
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    [quote name='joetruscott' post='461395' date='Apr 13 2009, 06:39 PM']that is a bit weird.... Also the title is wrong. It's not a MV5 but a RV5. Would you post this??[/quote] It's not weird - I am being a bit incompetent. Sorry, but I'm not prepared to risk this in the post.
  10. Brother Jones
    Whoops, I assumed that was a pic from the guy I bought it from - apologies, will delete. I had always thought this was a Metro Vintage 5 - hence MV5 - but will edit title.
  11. Brother Jones
    I'm selling this alongside my Sadowsky 5 to raise cash for an engagement ring. I bought it two and a half years ago from a slightly mysterious Frenchman in north London. I seem to remember paying a stack of money for it because I was blown away by it. But I have to face up to the fact that, although I am genuinely quite emotionally attached to this bass, I'm not one of life's better fretless players... Bolt-on graphite neck on what I think is a swamp ash body. While the bass looks black most of the time, the finish is a kind of very dark stain so that you can see the grain underneath. I doubt this has come out well in the photos, but looks fantastic. It is pretty much mint, no dints and no issues at all. Twin Barts with Zon's custom pre option - vol, pan, stacked treble and bass, and a semi-parametric mid with a three-position frequency selecter. The bridge is a Wilkinson. Neck profile is very slim and the bass itself is very light. Phenolic board with very hard wearing finish. It has stacks of mwah and, probably because of the board, is one of those fretlesses that you really can slap. I've used DR rounds on it since having it and there is not a scratch on the board. Like all Zons, it is phenomenally playable. The action is without doubt the lowest I've ever played. Set up and full service (inc electronics) by Charlie Chandler two months ago. It is tricky to price this. I've bought (and sold) a really good similar fretted Sonus for £1200 very recently. Despite their scarcity, given the economic circumstances am going to say a firm £1000 for this. No trades please. I'm in Surrey and don't drive, but very happy to meet up in central London. Edit: Bass now sold. Thanks.
  12. Brother Jones
    Much as I hate to split up my pair of Sadowskys, one has to go and I can't help but be more of a four string guy. I bought this about 18 months ago from a bass tutor in Surrey. He'd just brought it back from New York where he'd bought it new from Sadowsky. Tonally and playability wise it's the best 5 I've touched. The spacing is spot on (for me at least) and the tone is very punchy and even across the board. Body wood is alder with a Morado board. Condition wise it has a small dint in the back of the headstock, but is otherwise mint, not even any buckle rash. Ungigged - just used for noodling around. Comes with its original Sadowsky semi-hard case. I don't drive, but can meet up in central London. Price is a pretty firm £1200. Not really interested in trades as need cash for engagement ring... Quick edit: this is VTC equipped and has the usual pull pot for passive bail-outs.
  13. Brother Jones
    [quote name='CHRISDABASS' post='460449' date='Apr 12 2009, 11:17 AM']i keep checking the gallery's website for updates on their sadowsky stock but it never seems to change! (not like i need another one!)[/quote] The UV70 on the Gallery website is the one I bought there about [i]three years [/i] ago. It's also listed for about £300 more than it was up for then...
  14. Brother Jones
    [quote name='gareth' post='437590' date='Mar 17 2009, 05:29 PM']Thankyou professor, me and Trev had'nt considered that![/quote] You're welcome. If you need further assistance with reading comprehension please let me know.
  15. Brother Jones
    Industry standard cab for peanuts. I love mine and if you weren't in Leeds/I had any money at all would have it off you. free bump
  16. Brother Jones
    [quote name='gareth' post='436296' date='Mar 16 2009, 05:00 PM']plus 1 come - i know we are not allowed to comment on prices - but really![/quote] Really what? He is at liberty to sell it for whatever he thinks the market will bear. If he's wrong, or has drastically misjudged the price, then it won't sell.
  17. Brother Jones
    [quote name='Russ' post='434611' date='Mar 14 2009, 02:19 PM']Lots of bottom, lots of top, but nothing in the middle, no "oomph". I just couldn't EQ it so it sounded good in a band mix, and it just wouldn't cut through distorted guitars. It's true that the older, pre-EB ones don't seem to have this issue though - they have a good dose of P-like "bark", while maintaining that typical Stingray sizzle, and they seem to have better string-to-string balance too.[/quote] Very true on all counts. I had two in the nineties - a 2 bander fretted four and a fretless 5. Didn't really get on with either and they seemed to disappear in the mix unless the treble was whacked right up so that it 'clanked'. My other problem with them for solo noodling is that I could never get good harmonics out of them. On the plus side, they are very well put together and, at least in the past, used some really excellent figured woods for the necks and boards. The pre-EB ones sound a lot better to my ears, with more mids and character. Perhaps that's just wood aging though.
  18. Brother Jones
    I never really got on with them. They tend to sound all over the place and then two weeks later, they're dead...
  19. Brother Jones
    OMG. Uh, interested in trades?
  20. Brother Jones
    I learned to play as a nipper by figuring out the bass lines on all the Police albums, especially Zenyatta and Regatta de Blanc. (Crap album titles, but anyway...) They are still fun to play, either because the line is simple enough that you can ornament it with harmonics and little fills (eg Deathwish), or as sixteenths (Canary in a Coalmine, Man in a Suitcase), or as others have pointed out, because the syncopation is really good. Never saw them live, but some of the video of them seems impressively energetic. Nice to see a band playing relatively sophisticated material with real energy. Summer has been a bit off-piste, ut they just wouldn't have worked as a three piece without his inventiveness.
  21. Brother Jones
    [quote name='henry norton' post='425872' date='Mar 5 2009, 10:31 AM']Ahhh, my turn to argue, yippee! No but it's still easier to define a Precision tone than it is to define a Jazz tone, perhaps 'cos the Jazz simply has more of a range of sounds - cleaner sounds too. Anyway, you can't compare James Jamersons crusty tapewound strings played fingerstyle to Phil Lynotts roundwounds with a pick. I thought Adam Clayton played a P....? That asides, I agree than a J can just about 'do it all', but if you're looking for that 'perfect tone' - and let's face it, that's most of us - you need more than two volumes and a passive tone to get it just right.[/quote] I'm no Clayton expert, but he looks to me to be playing a Lakland Joe Osborne most of the time these days, which is very much a J... As Dave says it's about much more than the bass (mainly the player IMO). There is absolutely no point in a 'Prevision vs Jazz' thing here - they're both lovely. My point is that while the Jazz doesn't have the Precision's character of tone in some ways, it makes up for that with versatility. I don't understand your point that a Jazz is incapable of doing it all. No bass is, but a Jazz is a better place to start than some.
  22. Brother Jones
    [quote name='henry norton' post='425480' date='Mar 4 2009, 08:02 PM']There's a good range of sounds there but you won't go from say, a good slap sound to a growling rock sound to a clear jazzy solo type sound JUST using the volume and tone controls.[/quote] Well...yes you will actually. From Marcus/Larry to, er, Adam Clayton, to Jaco. Jazzes can do it all. I love what my Precision does, but know that there's a helluva lot of variety in a Jazz, and I can get most of it without going near my amp, especially in terms of balancing the pickups. There is quite a range of good and bad though between different Jazzes though, even from the same manufacturer. Perhaps the OP had a bad example, perhaps the amp he was playing through wasn't ideal.
  23. Brother Jones
    Best fretless I ever played was an SB1000, spookily enough in a shop in Leeds... Thanks for the info Bloodaxe - I'm now better informed about my SB Elite II.
  24. Brother Jones
    [quote name='Shambo' post='424941' date='Mar 4 2009, 12:10 PM']Swap bass centre for johnny roadhouse and I am very much relating to your sad story. Still... a happy ending for you. [/quote] +1, except in my case a 1970 for...sob...£300.
  25. Brother Jones
    This is a near-classic now. One day they'll be worth a fortune, a la original SVTs....
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