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[quote name='blackmn90' post='910854' date='Jul 31 2010, 12:41 AM']that jazz bass looks amazing! But does it have the 70's bridge pickup spacing? I cant tell from the picture wen i compared it to the 60's Classic Vibe.[/quote] If the bridge pickup is in line with the tone control it's 70's spacing. The picture of the 70's Squier shows the pickup in a 60's configuration but that doesn't mean much because the picture on the Fender website shows the Fender Geddy Lee bass with a 60's position as well but if you check out an actual Geddy Lee you'll notice it's futher back towards the bridge (plenty of pictures of actual Geddys in the for sale section).

[quote name='jumbo' post='910565' date='Jul 30 2010, 07:31 PM']I took your advice and went back to the shop today. Needless to say I am now the proud owner of a Squier Vintage Modified Jazz (with a slightly wonky pickup).[/quote] Great stuff!

No bids for an Ashdown ABM bass rig currently going for £295. And he has a very nice Fender 51 re-issue precision going cheap too- current bid £295. [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Ashdown-ABM-Bass-RIG-/270613834477?cmd=ViewItem&pt=UK_MusicalInstr_Amplifiers_RL&hash=item3f01d76aed"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Ashdown-ABM-Bass-RIG...=item3f01d76aed[/url]

[quote name='jumbo' post='908666' date='Jul 28 2010, 09:17 PM']I didn't get as far as plugging them in and actually hearing them but they did seem to play really nice. In fact the first one had such a nice action that I would have bought it if I had not noticed the issue with the pickup. The finish seemed really good on them too. Shame about the alignment really or it would have been a sale.[/quote] I was actually talking about the new ones which are out in September. Nobodys had the chance to play them yet.....but everybody wants one. I wouldn't worry too much about the pickups being misaligned on the VM bass you tried as I have an old standard Squire from 2002 which has the bridge and the pickups misaligned but it still plays and sounds great. I also have A Japanese Squier from the early 90's which is as good as Fender. I think you should go back to the shop and plug it in. If the strings sound unbalanced then there's a problem but if they don't (and it sounds and plays good).........buy it.

So many people are lusting after these Squiers................but nobody's actually played one yet. They may be pants!

Basschat has a lot to answer for. I've bought two new basses and a new amp since I signed up and I just bid for another bass on Ebay today. I'm doomed.

He's the dogs wotsits! And the reason I took up bass. All hail J.P.J.

I like string noise - whether it's guitar or bass. It adds the human touch. Samplers which reproduce guitar sounds actually include the noise a finger makes when it's sliding up or down a string which you can add to your recording to make it come across more like the real thing.

Hmmmm I know what you mean about the Geddy. Maple necks help : I have 2 other Jazzes and the Geddy has the most piano like sound the others have rosewood necks.

[quote name='the_skezz' post='905713' date='Jul 26 2010, 12:45 PM']'London Calling' by the Clash. Not really difficult, but fun to play and sounds great [/quote] +1

Paul McCartney took his bass playing very seriously when he was in the Beatles. He said he that the basslines were the last thing to be added. He'd wait until everybody else had done their bit and gone home then record the bass. You can tell that in the later stuff and especially Sgt Pepper because the basslines are very complentary to the songs. especially the vocal melodies. In Let it Be (the film) the sound he has through the amp is really very overdriven...........almost fuzz bass. Not what I would have expected at all.

I've never made much money from playing music even when I was a (supposedly) professional musician. Ultimately to be playing music I enjoy is a huge privilege and now (through necessity) I have day job I would happily play for free.........and often do. I can't imagine a time in the future when I won't be playing and I hope that time will never come. Frankly as long as the music and musicians I'm involved with are up to the quality I expect I'm happy. I've played thousands of gigs and there's maybe 20 (if that) I didn't enjoy playing. All the serious songwriters and musicians I've known have had the same attitude. Some of them have gone on to play the pyramid stage at Glastonbury and some are still playing in backrooms in pubs but thier attitudes are the same i.e. the chance to play good music is a reward in itself. Of course money (lots of) would be a bonus.

[quote name='paul h' post='876123' date='Jun 24 2010, 08:44 AM']Quite a lot of listens but no comments? It doesn't sound that bad? Does it? [/quote] It sounds excellent -very Norman Watt-Roy from the Blockheads (both your playing and the bass sound). Not bad for a cheapo!

As far as rotosound roundwounds are concerned if you want to get the zing back loosen the strings until they are slack - leave for a day - then tune them up again - the zing is back. I like ernie balls for their consistancy but rotos on a Jazz is the sound I hear in my head when I think 'Jazz Bass'. Although I haven't tried DRs yet.......

Quick, quick!!! Only 13hrs left to bid.

[quote name='KevinJazzBass' post='900993' date='Jul 21 2010, 03:09 PM']I really want to put a pick up cover on my JV Jazz bass over the neck pick up. However I am aware that drilling a couple of holes in the body for the screws could affect the value if I come to sell it on. Kevin[/quote] Don't sell it then.......keep it.

The beauty of his basslines is the freedom of them. He sounds like he is just improvising as he goes along. I get the feeling that if you listened to seperate takes they would all be very different from one another.

Well I tried a little experiment and was very impressed by the difference between RW and maple necks. [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=94748&st=0&p=892196&#entry892196"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=...mp;#entry892196[/url]

[quote name='bubinga5' post='899305' date='Jul 19 2010, 07:29 PM']well i thought he bumbles alot. seriously yeah love his playing..Stevie's "I was made to love her" is sublime playing...just wow oh you tube again.. [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9pYux5-d1Es"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9pYux5-d1Es[/url][/quote] And all with the one finger.

[quote name='OutToPlayJazz' post='899393' date='Jul 19 2010, 08:49 PM']Not sure on this particular info, but the last two I've seen come into the local dealer have had the most glorious flamed maple on the necks. They're just getting better. Buy one before the powers that be at Corona put a stop this madness! [/quote] But I have 4 Jazzes already! Not much of an excuse around here I know.....

For years I played a residency with a blues band in a bar. I have to admit, in those days, we were bad boys and didn't declare the money we made to the taxman. One of the regulars there, who we got quite friendly with, was a big fan of the band and one night he asked if we would play a gig for his office Xmas Party. I said we'd be more than pleased to do the gig and, just out of curiosity asked where he worked. He replied "The Inland Revenue..........fraud dept" . It was one of those moments where time stands still and you see your life flash before your eyes. The singers face went snow white and I thought he was going to have a seizure. He must have seen the look of abject horror on our faces and the penny must have dropped because he changed the subject and it was never spoken of again. So the moral of this story is.........Karma will get you every time.

[quote name='algmusic' post='895455' date='Jul 15 2010, 11:15 AM']I like the fact that you've started with just playing simple things. I did a gig with Winston blissett (I was on drums). What got me thinking about my own bass playing was how he played the simple things so bloody well.. after that I re-learnt every song I've played and just tried to play less, but make that feel great.. that's groove I starting doing the same on drums[/quote] +1 'LESS' is 'MORE'.............but usually you figure that out after overplaying on stuff for years until you eventually get it (of course some people never do).

I did think of that. But knowing me I probably wouldn't have had the heart to sell it.

Well the serial number puts it as a 2006 bass according to the Fender website. So NOT brand new. If I didn't have 4 Jazz Basses already I'd be knocking down his door (he only lives a couple of miles from me in Edinburgh) because it does look like a nice bass. Frankly, if he wanted a decent price for it, he should have put it on ebay a long time ago.