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[quote name='Stacker' post='993888' date='Oct 19 2010, 06:20 PM']The weight wasn't mentioned; I just happen to have had a couple of mid '70s Jazzes pass through my hands. and they were the heaviest Fender Jazzes I'd handled. i see no reason for this one to be different, given that it's ash.[/quote] The advert says it's alder not ash.

[quote name='karlfer' post='992226' date='Oct 18 2010, 02:21 PM']... Oh, JC Superstar, original recording, loved the basslines ...[/quote] Alan Spenner??

[quote name='Doddy' post='991640' date='Oct 17 2010, 09:17 PM']What???? What's this system,and why does that make them our enemy?[/quote] I don't know either. I heard Happy Jack screaming and I panicked.

[quote name='Protium' post='991716' date='Oct 17 2010, 10:18 PM']Who is Stanley Clarke?[/quote] He must be number 1. Flea is merely number 2. I am not a number ...

I ate mine with some fava beans and a bottle of chianti

My favourite is [i]Lagaan[/i]:

Branford Marsalis [i]Trio Jeepy[/i] Chet Baker [i]The Art of the Ballad[/i]

... and no need to worry because 'New strings when I got it (few years ago)'

It's a 95 by serial number and the description but 93 in the title.

[quote name='jezzaboy' post='991555' date='Oct 17 2010, 08:29 PM']I didn`t want to labour the point for the benefit of the Fender Nazi`s Jez[/quote] Fair enough.

[quote name='jezzaboy' post='991532' date='Oct 17 2010, 08:02 PM']... most of the best music up to about 1975 was made with Fender bass guitars ... Jez[/quote] ... and probably most of the best music since then too.

[quote name='Chris2112' post='991474' date='Oct 17 2010, 07:16 PM']You could buy a used fretted Alembic Epic for the price of a new jazz bass, which just goes to show how much you can get for your money if you spend it wisely and buy used![/quote] Maybe, but you could buy a used Jazz bass for even less.

[quote name='Happy Jack' post='991518' date='Oct 17 2010, 07:48 PM']And then I woke up screaming.[/quote] We must resist and plan and organise for an alternative society to the dystopian Slapland.

SOome of the early acoustic bass guitars such as the Eko of the 1970s did not have a piezo built in but I'd say that's extremely rare or even unknown these days. However, just don't plug it into an amp.

The resurrection of this ancient and 'Oh no, not again, it's so boring' thread has reminded me how amusing the BBC could be - that's Basschat's former BBC not the TV lot.

Clarky, sorry to hear about your injury - I'd somehow missed this thread completely. Well done on the Pino.

Here we go again.

[quote name='Crazykiwi' post='990795' date='Oct 17 2010, 12:48 AM']Had a go on one of these yesterday. It was truly terrible. Buy one and you will be totally disappointed. The intonation was shocking, absolutely impossible to tune up on open strings and play a note in tune. The E string was a non event.[/quote] This is surprising because all the other reports have been positive, for example: [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=93168&hl=ukulele"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=...&hl=ukulele[/url] [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=91933&hl=ukulele"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=...&hl=ukulele[/url]

Hmmm ... I wonder if that works for the Jazz too?

[quote name='Telebass' post='990910' date='Oct 17 2010, 10:17 AM']Be grateful for any opportunity you get. Covers, originals - it's simply irrelevant. Just play![/quote] +1 - and, whoever wrote them, play good songs.

[quote name='jonunders' post='990865' date='Oct 17 2010, 08:45 AM']wow, thanks for all all of your responses, like you say, the only thing to do is to try each one and see which one sounds the best to you. flat rounds round wounds, is this to a personal preference?[/quote] There is certainly at least an element of personal preference in choosing strings. It's worth remembering though that just as not all roundwounds are exactly the same so neither are all flatwounds exactly the same. You have to try them out and with flatwounds that can get expensive.

[quote name='TimR' post='990520' date='Oct 16 2010, 07:28 PM']It's all about being immersed in a style of music. Eg. If you've spent all your life listening to rock but never listened to regae then you're going to struggle and vice-versa. To play a style convincingly you need to be conversant with the relevant nuances and this will probably mean listenenig and playing to hours of different examples. You could probably fake your way through one or two rock songs but gig after gig and picking up new tunes quickly? Doesn't this come down to the old 'feel' argument?[/quote] I don't believe there's any genre of music that can't be taught/learnt but, as you say, it requires knowledge and experience and practice in the genre.

Have I understood correctly? A US 62 P reissue guard fits a Squier CV 60s P?

[quote name='Clarky' post='989824' date='Oct 15 2010, 11:41 PM']Glad to hear the VT bass is working - fab pedal but I am lazy and wanted an XLR line out hence swapped for the sonically inferior (but still good) Sansamp Regarding the former, Metallica make me want to punch the air and shout "F8ck yeah!" whereas Coldplay make me want to punch a wall and shout "f*ck off"![/quote] Ha ha!, I appreciate that the two bands are unalike and that we agree about Coldplay. I believe some people rather like Coldplay.

[quote name='Clarky' post='989797' date='Oct 15 2010, 11:22 PM']Dave, please never bracket Metallica (my favourite band) with Coldplay again. Or we are through [/quote] My most sincere apologies Clarky ... however, it is the truth that I just don't do metal (and its derivatives) ... I understand that others, your good self included, do. BTW, I'm loving the VT Bass.