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I'm not sure I'd entirely agree with buying a Squire Jazz for around £250 and stick on £600 of upgrades as a reality but I do like the idea of spending a couple of hundred on a £500 bass. I think when you are spending more on the upgrades than the initial value of the bass you should maybe be looking at if this is the best way to spend money. I completely agree on making it personal and also agree you have to consider resale value. After all if you have to make that many alterations surely you should be questioning why you bought that model in the first place. Different if it's a project bass from scratch. About 5 or 6 years ago I moved onto guitar and when I was AWOL from bass I got seriously into modifying teles. New pups, new bridges. I made them sound great but it made no real difference on re-sale value. Returning to bass, all my basses are stock now by comparison with the exception of 2 - one had parts wear out and the other was the result of a dirt cheap EBay bargain of a pickup that I'd have been a fool to pass up on. [quote name='Bassassin' post='751466' date='Feb 19 2010, 11:32 PM']If you must have it saying "Fender" on the end, remember that for US basses you pay a premium for the fact that it was made in the States - not for quality. Buy a Japanese Fender & save £300. Jon.[/quote] I'm not really too bothered what it says on the headstock but this was my view for years.... and still is to an extent.

[quote name='lozbass' post='749471' date='Feb 18 2010, 11:43 AM']Daneletro Longhorn - they don't sound great (IMO) but they're incredibly light, super-fast, and good fun. I think they look really cool too. If you win the lottery, I can't recommend an Alembic SC sufficiently highly (and there's a lovely one for sale on BC!)[/quote] I agree except I like the tone you get. Different tastes I guess?

The band in York. I don't come in for half the tune but it's a neat little country rocker that rattles along nicely

It's a small bass and mine fits standard Fender cases. Don't know for certain on shaped Jazz cases but my money would be on yes

Surely that wasn't CC DeVille halfway through? We got offered SXSW 2010 this year so could have gone to the screening - only it worked out it would have cost us $5000 to play and I'd describe it as "unlikely" in terms of us recouping that in tshirt sales

Welcome to Basschat. Some interesting gear there

I had the same bass 10yrs ago but with pearl block inlays - always wanted the black ones! Enjoy it, they are awesome basses & good to hear some feedback about FarEast guitars

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Steve - Go west to Bath and I played in SkinTrade. Bratpack I know well because Andy Town & I shared a flat together after SkinTrade / Dogsbody ended and we did a band together called The Ex-Boyfriends. I think we played with Endorfiends the night after Diana died in London but I was ill so don't recall it to much. Needless to say I know all those bands you mention and I suspect I know a lot of the same people. Left it all behind a long time ago and the the last 10yrs has been more of an Americana thing for me but I look back fondly. Tim

Hey Steve - Welcome to Basschat. What was the band you did in the early 90s? I was part of that underground Glam / Sleaze scene too

Ampegtastic!

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Hi Charlie - Welcome to Basschat. I used to play The Barbican Hotel in Lincoln before you were born :blush: I feel old now!

I use the same gauge and have tried a couple of other brands like Fender which have been fine (to me)

He might have an original neck plate though

[quote name='retroman' post='748880' date='Feb 17 2010, 08:13 PM']I normally manage to raise a smile, and a laugh, when I start playing "Fueding Banjo's" as well....Well, a banjo has four strings doesn't it? [/quote] It's called Duelling banjos and those are 5 string banjos which is the standard. You can get 4 and 6 string ones though

[quote name='silddx' post='748821' date='Feb 17 2010, 07:22 PM']On the other hand, do we know what our singers are singing about?[/quote] I don't think they do half the time!

I've heard it said (not on these pages) that the sign of a good bassist is only noticing him when he goes wrong. I always get favourable comments in the studio, "Oh I like what you've come up with there". Usually I've been playing it that way for six months

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Looks great & I appreciate the review. Mine is similar but I got mine ordered through my local music store. The bridge on mine is a little cheap and the strings have cut into it badly so I bought a better bridge. Great for the money though

The pickguard looks great against the 3 colour sunburst. Good choice

Congrats, it's a great bass. Personally I like the vintage vibe of the original bass. I stuck a Seymour Duncan antiquity pup on mine & changed the scratchplate / added ashtray covers for cosmetic reasons. It's great stock though too

You'll notice a jump in quality, not unlike the difference between a MIM standard and a MIM Classic. The entry level Squiers are fine but the VM basses are future classics and I don't say that lightly!