Captain Rumble

Great stuff I will be driving down from Portsmouth if anyone enroute ish needs a lift

[quote name='pete.young' timestamp='1352147205' post='1859436'] That's really really good. I was a big fan of Lindisfarne when Meet Me On The Corner came out and for several years afterwards. The young man on guitar and vocals is doing a great job. Hope that you'll be coming darn sarf one day. [/quote] +1

Just bought Ezbass's Sandberg PM 4 off him will bring that along too

This works for me although I have sold the Warwick [attachment=122233:DSC00704.JPG] and I can carry the whole damn lot in one hand

Just bought Chris's Sandberg PM4 so easy couple of texts, hour drive, excellent coffee, bass in pristine condition a pleasure to do business with Thanks again John

Sold my Warwick $$ ltd edition to Martyn effortlessly would thoroughly recomend

I think everyone must bring a 4 stringer cos I want to buy new one so i need to try them all out

I'll be there Aphex bass exciter, EBS multicomp and Sansamp bass driver are only pedals I own happy to bring if it helps

Played in the RMA many times unfortunately not in the last 15 years so my experiences are somewhat irelavent. Another idea is come to the Crown in Emsworth on a Thursday evening its an open mike job house band are very good and individuals or whole bands can get up and do 2 or 3 numbers serious back line set up just bring your own axe also a reasonable chance of getting a gig there. Im there every Thursday and always play pubs always packed and the punters are a friendly and apreciative lots of muso's (the nice kind) plus its my birthday tomorrow so im going to have a realy good time

[sub][size=3][size=4]So many pickups so little money thanks for your thoughts.[/size][/size][/sub] [sub][size=3][size=4]interestingly I have just managed to change the tone of my jazz, I noticed the kneck had settledand I was getting some rattle of the fretts (yes I am heavy handed) so I eased the truss rod of but wasnt happy with the result so put it back where it was and adjusted the bridge, adjusted the pickups to mach and then actually pulled the kneck back a bit on the truss rod. Yep happy with that no rattle feels ok, the surprise was the change in tone more bass less and smoother top end in fact the rather vicious cut I set on the amp is no longer required and less roll off on the bass ok I will find out tomorrow night if it still cuts it in a band setting but for now I wonder if I may have solved my problem I just wish I understood how what I have done has had such a big impact on the tone. [/size][/size][/sub]

[b]Any news on a location yet ?[/b]

The pots were not identified as CTS and one was noisey so decided to change the lot, the cap was definately not an orange drop or P.I.O and was actualy .1 uf as opposed to .047uf

Thanks guys lots of usefull advice and yes I have already changed the pots and cap the originals were actualy incorrectly wired up as a result had very little Tone control changing pots and cap (yes its an orange drop) improved things a lot , am I correct in thinking that the cap will have most effect on high frequencies and would a paper in oil cap help smooth out (less harsh?) the top end ?

Lot of guys talk about hum problems cany say that i have experienced this at all I would have thought it was just a shielding problem ?

Hey Tony I just noticed your another Pompey lad maybe we should meet and I'll show you mine if you show me yours sort of thing seriously tho could be usefull to compare the jazzes to see how diferent strings/action/pickup hight etc etc can change things or even just how wildly diferent 2 basses from the same manufacturer can sound John

[quote name='gjones' timestamp='1350837764' post='1844061'] Well, in the last few months I've had a set of DiMarzio model Js, a set of wizard 64s, and a set of mexican standard pickups in my Jazz Bass [/quote] How do these compare to your ears ?

I have aquired a mex jazz 97 vintage and after shimming the kneck, bit of a fret dress and sorting out the complete mess Fender made of wiring 3 pots and a cap (all looked orignal) i now have a bass that even to my limited experience seems very easy and enjoyable to play. but (theres always a but) I find that I can never quite sort things tonally the treble end of things sound harsh to my ears not too high or too much just not particularly pleasant also i feel a bit more at the bottom end wouldnt go amiss and of course more output would be nice but not critical. So my thoughts are that replacing the pickups may well help but the choice is bewildering so im hoping you guys can give me some advice or opinions on the subject or if there is something else I can do to help things. assume that I know nothing and you wont be far out cheers john

Think I should be able to make this will be driving up from Portsmouth area if anyone wants a lift will bring Barefaced Compact, Tec-amp Puma and dodgy mex jazz mainly cos I can carry it all in one hand LOL