Jackroadkill

I had a jam with an erstwhile bandmate on Tuesday this week, and I took this bass with me; I have to say that it plays well and sounds excellent (cue all of that stuff about butter and grand pianos...!). There's a wide range of tones, but being a find-one-you-like-and-stick-with-it kind of player I'm not sure I'll ever find a use for all of them, but when I make a rare excursion into the clankier sounds this bass, presumably due to those Limelight pickups, retains a sweetness that's quite surprising. There is plenty of bottom end available and it's nice and defined whilst still being big and fat. Suffice to say that I'm really enjoying playing it, and rather than just being a project for a project's sake this one is a keeper. Cheers, JRK

You're beginning to look like mine; what do you say?

Wow, what a result, and what a thing to be part of!! Honorary citizenship for @Clarky, I reckon.

This has all the hallmarks of a great project; It'll be a real sleeper.

Where's your hat that says "Bassssist"?!

Either would do it.

Fnarrrr!

If the bass playing doesn't work out you could always write prose for a living!

I think the only bass gear I've bought this year was a Cali76 from @Salt on your Bass?, and it's superb. Does that count for best and worst?! No, just best, I think.

I keep my subs in the basement, covered in lime jelly and naked apart from their flip flops.

I love this.

Dirty boy!

Never let it be said that you're not rock 'n' roll, Ped!

Get at it, sir!!

Essentially one of each, but there was spare in all of them except the trans red, which ran out. A shame really, as I'd have liked one more coat on it.

Well, she's done. I changed the pickups for a pair of Limelight units which are 1960's voiced with a lower, more vintage output than the ones I originally had. I bought these from our very own @Spoonman, and they sound superb. The nut has been cut by the fabulous Rob Williams (www.robwilliamsguitars.co.uk) and the action, which was high and stiff, is now lower and slinkier, to the point where it feels like another bass. I have to say that it sounds amazing, even through my PF500, which is a bit farty and clanky for my liking, so when I get it through the big Eden rig I reckon it will be even better. It plays well, too, the added width of the Precision neck giving my clumsy (and injured) fingers a bit more freedom. The wiring loom I bought pre-assembled; normally I would build my own but I found a deal I couldn't say no to, which included a great big green Russian capacitor. What effect it has on the sound I don't know, but the sound is great, so it gets my vote - the combination of CTS pots, that capacitor and those lovely pickups just works. Now all I need is my finger to finish healing (that'll take a while) and a band to play in! Cheers, JRK

This man is very nice to deal with; I sent him money for some Jazz Bass pickups on Thursday night and they are in my hand less than 48hrs later. Thanks very much, Phil.