paul h

Hi all, I have a double divan bed going free to the first person to turn up outside my house in a van! It's showing it's age and the scars of a few house moves but nothing that won't be hidden by the mattress and a valance. Totally serviceable and totally free. If you want it you have to be quick because the room it was in is being redecorated and any day now the bed is going to be smashed into little bits and stuffed into our bin! I'm in Hemel Hempstead. Pms please because I will probably forget to check for replies. Paul

[quote]I would call selling a perfectly good Fender to play SX basses pretty hysterical.[/quote] I did it. I sold my Aerodyne and my Squier VMJ and would still sell my BB614 if any bugger wanted it. I have a SX P...now with added J in the bridge and that's all I need for now. And if I decide I need another bass...it will be a SX jazz. I have owned a couple of MIJ and MIM Fenders over the years too and the SX easily compares in all respects. In all fairness I have never owned a US Fender but only because I have never found one that was worth the extra dosh! Paul.

I think the name on the headstock has a lot to do with it. Not necessarily the name SX...but the fact the it's actually quite a nice logo. I am actually put off by a "cheap" ie. badly designed logo on a headstock. The name Jim Deacon is an awful font emblazoned on the headstock just makes a bass look as cheap as it is! Unbranded is even better....however there is nowhere near the choice you get with SX. If the unbranded basses came in PJ, maple or rosewood, 62 or 75s they would do much better. Not everyone wants a 60s bass with a rosewood board. And finally, after having been through quite a few budget basses over the years, I think my SX compares favourably to at least one MIJ P I have owned, and that was straight out of the box. Not just in terms of playability and build quality...but in terms of character and "vibe". My SX is just pretty damn cool. And that's hard thing to find in a budget bass. Quick tangent/hijack.....I just bought an ES-175 copy from Strativarius Guitars on ebay. Chinese made and left unbranded. Check them out if you dabble in the dark arts. Anyway, I emailed the seller and tried to talk him into supplying SX. I will let you know if I hear anything back from him. He has a nice looking MM 5 copy for £110 on there at the moment. P.

they're both gorgeous! can't wait to get no.2 but it's out of stock. i do quite fancy the brice les paul on there at the moment. that might have to be number 3!

thanks friend. the pleasure was all mine. p.

SX. More addictive than crack cocaine. That is a tasty looking bass. I am going to get this as soon as some stock is available.... [url="http://rondomusic.com/sjb753ts.html"]http://rondomusic.com/sjb753ts.html[/url] P.

My SX is stock apart from the scratchplate which I got from AxesRus and Dremmeled into submission so I can't really help. I am sure an SX modder will be around shortly with some words of wisdom! Anyhoo...I saw a picture of this today over on TB and it's exactly what I'm after. I emailed Kurt and they won't have stock until later this spring but I reckon it's worth waiting for. I guessed at a possible URL for it and there it was. (Rondo doesn't remove the out of stock product pages, just stops linking to them) [url="http://rondomusic.com/sjb753ts.html"]http://rondomusic.com/sjb753ts.html[/url] P.

I'm planning my next SX and I am torn between two options. I definitely want this neck... And I want it on a 3TS jazz. The question is, do I go for a black scratchplate to get a sunburst Marcus Miller vibe, or do I go tort so it matches my P bass? If I go black I will get this one and have to get a plate and modify it. So that will cost about an extra £15/£18 and a bit of time. My Dremmel is currently knackered, so at worst I might even have to spend some dosh on a new one! Or for $20 more I can get this one. Replete with tort plate and ashtrays. The tort option will work out a fraction cheaper and be easier with just the neck to swap. The black plate would invlove a bit of work on my part but would look cool. Has anyone got a pic of a 3TS/Tort/maple+blocks jazz to help me decide? Cheers. Paul.

Mr. Fudge's new MM jazz. Why? Because he doesn't deserve it and if it wasn't for my careful coaching over the years he probably would gone for some awful Fernandes with a tiger skin scratchplate. P.

Odd...it's not there now. Maybe it was very limited stock and the've fetched it off already. I'm very jealous of your P/J. I was sure that was going to be my 2nd SX...but I think it will be my 3rd. It would make more sense for me to get a jazz next. I'm up to my 4 bass limit though so no can do until I shift something. Paul.

Bolin, Bolin, Bolin. Keep them wagons Bolin.....

Does anyone know if Rondo have a secreat stash not featured on the website? Someone over on TB seems to have just taken delivery of a natural jazz which I can't find on there. Not that I want it...I am in a serious sunburst relationship at the moment but I would like to know if someone is holding out on us! Paul.

tort.

my SX p is around 3.5kg. not bad for an alder bodied precision.

that is probably the best looking thing on the planet.