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In the okd days we would record rehearals on a ghetto blaster placed at the back of the room onto a C90 tape, I dug some out recently and they sound better then any of the digital recordings we have done be it with a laptop or digital recorder, the old tape recordings seem to have blended the sounds of each instrumens together where the digital stuff you can hear each intrumen distinctlyt, The question is is it old school tape saturation that makes cassrtte recording nice to listen to or is there more going on? can I improve (or the opposite maybe) any digital recording? Cheers R.

Nordstrand Big Splits are on their way from the US factory to Mark at Bass Direct so I should have them soon and today I have ordered a Hipshot A Style bridge.

A similar one sold recently on here I think, might be worth doing a search in the For Sale thread. R.

[quote name='Metalmoore' post='897708' date='Jul 18 2010, 12:00 AM']I look forward to seeing it finished and hearing it. What kind of neck are you gonna use? I have been tempted to build a jazz fiver lately.[/quote] I'm not a fan of 4+1 headstocks and also want to keep it clean and simple so I will probably get something made in the Lakland style only a little thinner, with a rosewood board without dots. The pickups are going to take about 3 weeks to arrive so not much is happening at the moment apart from trying to decide on a bridge which will probably be a Hipshot Type A.

I like that a lot, not sure it needs proper vocals. Best Of Luck. R.

I have put together a few bitsa 4 string Fender Jazz basses over the years and had an Overwater 5 made for me but this time I'm going to get more involved and go somewhere between the two. I have bought a Jazz Bass 5 string style Ash body from the Bass Doc and ordered a set of Nordstrand Big Splits from Bass Direct, the body has a neck pocket size of 70mm slightly less then a Fender or Lakland this suits me fine as I want to keep the string spacing narrow, the pups are a custom order in 17mm rather then the usual 19mm. Bass Doc (Howard) has kindly offered to route the body for the pups and make me a suitable pickguard before sending it on to me. Hers's a pic of the body, at the moment it has a stained finish to it but I'll probably change that at some point. [attachment=54211:DCFC0005_lr.jpg] R.

Thanks for all the replies, the search goes on, so far I have e-mailed Wizard to see if they can do a 5 string version of thier Jazz pick-ups and there is a set of Nordstrands for sale on here that I'm trying to get dimensions of, they sound interesting but my be too small for the routing. R.

[quote name='dave_bass5' post='890459' date='Jul 9 2010, 02:37 PM']My vote would go to Wizards if they do them but if not Nordstrand. This is only based on the fact that i had one in my old DJ5 and it did sound warm with a nice low end. Well, the bridge pup did as the neck was a P but i was very impressed with the 5NJFS i had. I also think Fralins would be great, based on what ive read but i've not tried thier Jazz pups yet. They are a bit expensive though.[/quote] Cheers Dave, I was told my JO5 has Falins in it when I bought it and it does sound good, I might fire an e-mail off to Wizard and see what they say re J5 pups. I have heard good words about Nordstrand and there is a pair for sale at the mo'

[quote name='The Bass Doc' post='890445' date='Jul 9 2010, 02:28 PM']Just noticed MartyBRebelMC is selling a pair of Nordstrands - check out his ad in the 'musically related' section. H.[/quote] Hi Howard just had a look at the ad, they are short compared to the standard fit I'm guessing it would just be a question of picking up some covers as the poles are in the usual place?

[quote name='crez5150' post='890443' date='Jul 9 2010, 02:27 PM']I keep seeing this thread as pub recommendations [/quote] Just back from the pub but not one I would recommend

Interesting stuff. thanks all. Can you get Wizard J's for 5 strings? I couldn't see them on the site. MEC's I hadn't considered, I'll look them up. Not so sure about the rails look to be honest. R.

See I knew I needed to talk to you guys I'm planning on keeping the string spacing small I have a USA bridge with the choice of pacings and I hadn't thought about that restricting what pups I can use! I think the Barts i had were called 9J, they were used passively so maybe that's why I didn't find them very inspiriing. I'd like to keep it passive if at all possible, I'm planning on using a stacked knob plate I have lying about. A beefed up Fender tone would best discribe the sound I'm after. Cheers R.

Ok so I'm putting together a custom 5 string Jazz Bass type project and need to decide on the pick-ups to use but have no idea what to use, it's going to be passive, as for sound I want a warm rounded but defined bass tone. I had some Delano pups in a Jazz for a while and liked the sound of them but went off the look of those big single pole pieces. I have also had a st of Barts in the past but didn't think muxh of them. Your thoughts would be appreciated. R.

Cheers chaps that will give me something to look at tomorrow when I am meant to be working!

oooOOO post a link please I would like to see his work. R.

It's interesting that Lakland put 3 pots on the Skyline JO and stacked ones on the more expensive US JO's, I guess the stacked pots cost a bit more.

It does seem like a more flexible opion tone wise then the usual 3 know version, does anyone know why Fender dropped the idea in the mid 60's?

It all helps, the more input the better I like the sound of my passive JO5 and like the 35" scale, as you say it give a nice B string and I get on well with the added tension that comes with the longer scale length if only the neck wasn't quite so wide.

[quote name='voxpop' post='880263' date='Jun 28 2010, 08:20 PM']I have a Sandberg JJ5. You are welcome to come over and have a play. I live near Sandhurst, between the M4 and M3. Marc[/quote] Thanks Marc I might just take you up on that offer if I can't find one a tad closer to home to try out. How do you rate the JJ5? it's what iIwould be looking at getting. R.

In my quest to find a five string Jazz bass with a narrow string spacing at the bridge I was wondering if there are any shops that have a Sandberg 5 string Jazz in stock or maybe a kind Basschatters in the London, Kent or Luton areas that has one I could try. Any thoughts on them would also be appreciated. Thanks In Advance. R.