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    Price drop! FS: new FGN (Fujigen) Neo Classic Jazz5 £590 shipped

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    [quote name='jassbass' timestamp='1451328877' post='2939619']
    Can I ask why you are selling?thanx
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    I use my Spector basses for all my live and recording gigs now. I have two FGN Jazz5's in my collection because I wanted the classic alder/rw and the ash/maple combinations.
    I feel that a bass needs to be played and one jazz is enough for me. So the new one will go. Simple as that.

    IBANEZ SR5000e Prestige SOLD!!!

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    Incredible basses these are. I have the six string version of this model, the SR5006 and that is one of the best basses I have ever laid my hands upon. The sheer quality and workmanship that went into crafting these basses are unbeliveable.
    The 500x series has a titanium reinforced neck and the sustain and the clarity is remarkable. I know I sound biased as I love my 5006 but these basses are right there on the level with the creations of the best luthiers out there.

    Anyway, guess I need to stop gushing and while I'm at it I wish you good luck with the sale. :-)

    What? I 'need' a 6 string??

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    [quote name='Dazed' timestamp='1448283271' post='2914093']
    Well thanks folks. You're as undecided as I am :lol:
    I don't know, the idea of owning one appeals but will it be another bit of wood getting dusty and then is a pain to get rid of. Hmmm

    Yes the beauty of an unlined lined fretless board isn't lost on me, that's part of the wanty-ness. The reality soon kicks in tho once I start making a godawful racket with it!
    For the past 4 months I've been playing a 4 string p bass almost exclusively, which I'm really enjoying. However whatever bass I use after a while I'm always missing something that it doesn't have - the bite of a single coil J or fretless or active trickery. In my head I want to believe 'the one' is out there but maybe that's just more wanting to think there is a one bass to rule them all, when really there actually isn't. Everything is always a sacrifice. Ho hum :lol:

    So any happy fretless 6 owners care to chime in?
    I'm almost convinced I'd need to shelve everything else and do some long term shedding to get the intonation under control.
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    Two remarks. One is that if you can allocate time for woodshedding and have motivation to focus on the project long enough to make rea progress then by all means go for it (6 string unlined fretless) I think it is a beautiful task. I wish I'd started playing bass earlier in my life when I had more time and less priorities that are more inportant than playing bass. I think fretless playing is not a miracle, it's just you have to take the time and there is not shortcut to this.

    Two: IMO there is no bass that does it all. I'd rather have a small collection of basses (like now) with one fine example of the types I really like (a FGN JB, a Spector NT and a 6 string Prestige Ibanez) Having this collection and having owned many instuments before reall calms my GAS as I have seen a lot and know what I need and prefer. Yes, I'd still like to try/own some basses and they will come in due time.

    Best Bass For Prog/Metal?

    in Bass Guitars

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    [quote name='Alex Tootstick' timestamp='1448129647' post='2913237']
    Update on the Spector...
    Yeah love it.
    Would recommend them to anyone, the range of sounds available with the independent volume knobs for the pups is amazing. Great punchy b string and it's pretty to look at. Chuffed really. I'd give one a shot if I were you. The thing is I changed from a stingray and I can still get a zingy stingray sound (almost anyway.) really is a lot of bass for the cost.
    My only negative really is the gloss finish on the neck makes it a bit grippy with sweaty hands: never played with a gloss finish before and might consider sanding the gloss away if i keep getting caught up.
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    +1

    I use a Spector EURO 5 and it really works in almost any genres. It has a strong, even character that works well in dense music and it's quite easy to handle by engineers both in studio and in live.
    These go under a grand used and are of great value IMO.
    BTW, Dream Theater's Images and words was tracked with a Spector NS2.

    Buying a 5-string bass - MTD, Wyn, Ken Smith, Roscoe, Mattisson... HELP!!!

    in Bass Guitars

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    [quote name='heady' timestamp='1448024001' post='2912392']
    That's really interesting - do you think that a wider neck, say for a 6-string, could have an effect on the way a low-B plays?
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    While this question was not directed at me, I have to say that my old Yamaha TRB II6, which is a bolt on bass with 35" was one of the best B I have ever tried and used. I tend to think that the mass of the neck does contribute to how a B string is sounding, but that might be just a false observation. I own two 6 string Ibanez basses and while they are 34" bolt ons the B string sounds very good on both of them.
    This B string issue is world in it own, so many opinions and variables, the best bet is to make your own opinion by trying basses.

    Buying a 5-string bass - MTD, Wyn, Ken Smith, Roscoe, Mattisson... HELP!!!

    in Bass Guitars

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    US made neck through Spectors have one of the best B strings in the business and they are very strong in that mid-range just like how you have described. While Spector has been associated more with rock/metal players it is used in many other genres as well, check Doug Wimbish for example.

    Also certain MTD models with the right wood combination could also be a solution, the ones with less sizzle on the top

    What I'd do is first to narrow down the options. Then use this budget to buy used basses from the makers that seem to be ideal. The goal would be to try them by using them for a while and gaining experience. I'd buy wisely so I could pass the basses with relatively low cost and buy others again. And then maybe after a period of one year and 6-8 second hand basses later I would probably be able to get exactly what I want and need.

    You are about to spend a sizeable budget on one bass and if you choose well you can have a bass with no compromises that is will serve you for long.

    What? I 'need' a 6 string??

    in Bass Guitars

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    For me there is absolutely no problem to have a six string, in fact I own two fretted sixers. I like th additional range for tapping and chords but I'm not sure I could use a fretless sixer just as much. While tapping is possible on fretless I'd leave that to a fretted bass and chords are more tricky than on a fretted one. So that pretty much kills the advantages FOR ME. But if you wish to make a try then go for it, what can you loose, especially if you shop wisely?

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