tom1946

What have I started? I'd be interested in anyone else's comments. I've seen the guitars, don't bother

In several words, yes with bells on. They rang me and told me it had arrived about 2 hours ago so I've been and picked it up. FIT & FINISH: It's very well made for a bass costing £200, the frets are quite well dressed and no sharp bits. The paintwork is flawless and the neck has a gorgeous grain on the back. I removed the scratchplate to have a look at the pots and the wood in the cavities, yes I would say it's Alder and the weight is about right at around 9-9.5 lbs. The 'R' cutout on the S.plate is a bit twee. HARDWARE: The splitcoil pickup is very powerful and although the tone & volume pots are generic they have a great natural easily controllable action to them, normally on the cheap stuff the tone is either on or off but this is very gradual across the spectrum. The volume is the same too. The bridge is a super high mass type AND strung through!!!! he tuners look good in my opinion and they do work well with no issues. Strings are the usual cheap sh*t that are fitted for transit really. SETUP: I have spent about an hour setting it up to my liking, the intonation was easy and straightforward, truss rod works fine and needed very little adjustment. I have lowered the action quite a bit and it's great to play. CONCLUSION: This bass is far better than you have a right to expect. I would go as far as to say it's as good as any Squier that I've had. It has great potential for modding too. For 60 quid it's a total no-brainer. Go and buy 2!! Did I mention the gigbag? Really good it is. Also get a strap & lead ! They have a white one in stock..........

Yeah, don't stand there plonking away at practice while people are talking, it's bloody annoying. The guy before me used to do it when I was guitarist. Mind he was an ignorant twat.

I think there is a bit of confusion here. The big guitar factories in China are ultra modern and working conditions are supposed to be much better now. The rag trade is where your tirades should be directed. Stop buying sweat shop clothes, they are the real losers.

[quote name='lemmywinks' post='1101136' date='Jan 24 2011, 06:07 PM']If they are Stagg quality then they should be good, i've liked some Stagg stuff.[/quote] Me too, I was a Stagg dealer when I had my shop. Before I closed I bought 3 Bass gigbags, they retail at more than £100 each and are the best I've seen! As an aside, has anyone heard of the Stagg 'James Nellist' limited edition electro acoustic guitars? I asked the rep who James Nellist was and he laughed and said that he's an accountant at head office in Germany, they just thought it sounded good on a guitar I'm Tom Anderson and my guitars are exceptional. Well expensive anyway....

From what I hear they are from the stagg messenwerks. No brainer for 60 quid so we'll see.

Well I just ordered one from our local SR. Be here by the weekend so I'll report back.

Nice? Antigua here: [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1978-Fender-Precision-USA-Antigua-Vintage-Bass-Guitar-/320646226538?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item4aa801226a"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1978-Fender-Precisio...=item4aa801226a[/url]

Cheers, it is a Fujigen bass and it is a stunner, my pics don't do it justice. Got to think whether I want to sell it now.

Pics up

Thanks for the input guys, I paid £675 for it a while back. It really is in stunning condition for its age too. Nice to know someone else has one the same age Fingerz, you sound happy with it. I can't get over how loud the pickups are, more than my MIA Jazz. I'll take a pic and stick it up tomorrow.

Hi folks, I have a 75 reissue Jazz MIJ in 3 tone sunburst that I want to sell. It's from 1985 and is in pretty much immaculate condition, rosewood board with block markers and what sound like very high output pickups. Anyone got an idea of value to put on it please? 26 year old models of this bass are a bit thin on the ground. Thanks for any advice. Pics now up.

This guy sells stuff that's been rejected by the worst guitar shops in the world, dredged from the skips outside the chinese factories that employ only the blind beggars to make them. To be fair he does give refunds if you're not happy. I once bought 2 strat copies for 30 quid each when he first started. The necks were like bananas and not fixable. Sold them to a lad for 45 quid each Winner. wouldn't get away with it now though, "Swift music of old london town"

What a guy! Great friendly communication, Jack is one of life's good people. I bought some recording stuff and it arrived promptly and in great condition. Cheers my man. Tom.

It probably is a worthy product and a great piece of engineering, I don't think your average gigmeister would have the time or inclination to mess about with it live. I do think you can have too many 'tones', after a while they all merge and you forget which ones you liked imo of course.

As you say a nice problem to have. As I have 2 L2000's I set each one slightly different and once I find the sound I like then I leave it alone. I had a 2EQ stingray and nice as it was it didn't do it for me, it felt a bit bland. We're all different I guess.