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  1. Delberthot
    I have a strange one and a first for me in 31 years of playing: I have a jazz bass and on the A string of the bridge pickup there is no sound. There is something but it sounds like an extreme envelope filter, as in the really squashed sound. When I touch the pickup with a screwdriver the poles on the A only don't seem to be magnetic, the others appear normal. Is this a replacement job or can anything be done to salvage it?
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    The 1153 & 2103 are the most common of the smaller cabs - occasionally you may find a 2103X which also has 2x5" drivers in it as well. I'd completely forgotten about those 1x10" BLX cabs
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    I've never done this before but I've just received a rather nice Fender Jazz bass and thought I'd share it. It's a Fender Japan '75 reissue and the headstock serial number dates it as 1985-86 but don't get your cheque books out yet - on removal of the neck, the date on both body and neck is March '99. It still has a decent amount of age to it but this is clearly an example of how the Fender Japan serial numbers can go all over the place from time to time. There's one thing I am uncertain about though: On the neck it has JB-75M which I am guessing is Jazz Bass, 1975, maple fretboard but on the body it has JB-72M/EX. I'm guessing that means Jazz Bass, maple body, export model but can someone tell me what the 72 signifies? The brochure from 1998 also states that it has an ash body Anyway, there ain't no bass without pictures:
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    The graphite neck was the reason I heard as well but there is also a video somewhere deep in Youtube land where Flea is using a Precision live but I can't find it. When CLF Research, who made Musicman instruments initially, were binned in the early 80s due to an arguments over quality it was Grover Jackson who built Musicman basses so there's your connection with Leo Fender
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    Would it not be the two bolts nearest the headstock that take most of the tension? Personally I would prefer the 5 of my Sterling or 6 on a Stingray but the Stingray began life with 3 bolts then 4 and onto the 6 that we have now. I've just got myself a MIJ '75 Jazz and it has the 3 bolt neck but I'd take an educated guess that it was better made than most, if not all, of the 3 bolt US Jazzes on the 70s so I'm not concerned
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    https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Original-Bass-American-Loafers-size-10/273286885699?hash=item3fa12af143:g:wSYAAOSwt5VbH3~6 So the question is - are these better than Mexican ones?
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    The finger noise issue is usually due to having too much treble. I suppose I have a lot of that but when playing it isn't noticable. Just like Woodinblack says - because you have the option to add or remove 10dB of bass and treble doesn't mean that you need to. I set the controls on my bass when I bought it 2 years ago and have never touched them since. I'm happy with what comes out of the bass and the amp EQ is used according to the room I'm playing in
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    If I find the £400 that I am shy of down the back of the sofa then I'll be back in touch 😅
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    I had a thought about building exactly this bass after seeing the Chilis last year. Unfortunately I'm still a few hundred short or I'd have had it off you in a heartbeat
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    I agree - Player Series sounds much more inviting than Standard and warrants the higher price tag just for the clever marketing alone 😃 There used to be a MIC Player series a few years ago
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    I used to use a clean beer towel to do that years ago - I guess a small microfibre cloth would do the trick as well although this is a lot more compact
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    In order to keep my strings fresher for longer I wash my hands before touching my bass, carry a microfibre cloth to wipe the bass and my hands and point a fan at my hands so that they don't sweat and stick to the strings which would inevitably cause skin particles to end up between the winds of the strings. I get around 9 or 10 wedding gigs out of a set before they get noticably dull. My bass is also the last thing to come out at a gig and the first thing to get put away at the end of the night
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    It absolutely is a bargain and in my favourite colour as well
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    Interesting - I was wondering how the bass would look with a black scratchplate - now I know 😀 Another thing I've spotted is that the D string saddle on both of our basses sits closer to the neck than the G. I hadn't noticed when I intonated the bass a couple of weeks ago
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    And of course Sly & the Family Stone only had 3 members didn't they?
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    I've just weighed it and the weight is a surprising 4.63kgs. It certainly doesn't feel as heavy as that. I play in a wedding/function band, plus I have an existing shoulder issue which means that I can't play anything too heavy but I haven't had a single problem when playing the 2 or 3 gigs I did with this bass. Perhaps it has something to do with the balance more than the weight as I've experienced no neck dive on this bass and it's incredibly comfortable.
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    Maybe I'm less susceptible to neck dimensions but it doesn't feel that much different to my Sterling but interestingly enough Status offer a Stingray neck with a Jazz width nut 😉
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    The battery in my luggage scales is nearly flat but I managed a couple of quick weights - one with the bass in the bag and one with just the bag to get the difference. The weight I got was 4.4kgs but I'd prefer to get a new battery at the weekend so that I could take my time weighing it to get a more accurate weight. It certainly doesn't feel that heavy and I've done a couple of wedding gigs with no problems. According to EBMM it should be around 4.22kgs EDIT - I've had an even better idea: we have calibrated floor scales at work so I am going to take the bass with me and weight it there today. I'l update the weight once I've done it this afternoon
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    More pictures as promised. As it said it's really difficult to capture the colour. My phone battery was running low so there was no flash used. Instead I moved the bass nearer to the window. The round the front straps aren't attached to the bag as I took them off but they are inside the front pocket. The bag/case/thingy has been out of the house twice and always travelled on the back seat of my car so it's minty fresh. I've included a rather blurry picture showing the original pickup cover
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    This is why I sold mine. It had to be incredibly loud to get the proper GK growl. The 700 was the best one for me as it had the perfect amount of power to get the signature growl
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    Definitely - but the beauty of it is that the poles are easy to move so if you needed to you could adjust them yourself to suit. I still have the original pickup cover which will be included with the bass
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    I've added honeyburst to the list of possibles - you might be right, I had a honeyburst one before and this does seem to look mighty close to that colour. I'm now going to open this up with the option of shipping by replacing the gig bag that i got it with for my brand new Blake Bravo semi hard case gig bag. This is much more than a simple gig bag. I'd be happy putting this into the back of the van with my bass inside it. It's a semi rigid case with loads of pockets, shoulder strap and clippy bit so that goes around your waist in the event that you have to carry it a long way or the journey to your gig involves climbing mountains etc. I'll take more pictures tonight of the bass and the bag when I get home from work as the pictures I have posted don't do the bass justice. I'll need a couple of days to get some packing materials for it and postage will be £35 - it's still available for collection or meetup - I'll be in the borders near Duns this Saturday At the moment I'm ideally looking for a sale but for trades I would be interested in a G&L or a Geddy Jazz but feel free to try me.
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    Perhaps a wee bit far away for me I'm afraid but when my Stingray sells then this is currently the number one contender for what I would like next if it's still here
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    Always wanted to try one of these. Lovely looking basses
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    I am a lefty and when I was about 10 playing air guitar I naturally went lefty. I was watching a TV program and there was a guy playing right handed so thought that I must be wrong and switched sides. I then went on to play righty when I got my first bass at 12 and haven't regretted it. I'm sure Mark King and Gary Moore are/were lefties playing righty. The third option is to play a righty lefty without changing the strings over so that the E is on the bottom - there are a few players that do that as well.
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