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So....My constant search for a P bass that i like has now led me to Bill Nash.....

Whilst i can't decide how i feel about the relic thing rather than it actually just being old i think i'm leaning toward liking it! (especially when taking into account the price)! :)

I'm thinkng of ordering one of the 63 style basses with a lake Placid Blue finish and a light/medium relic as this is the fender that i one day desire!

Has anyone got one of his basses or played one? I've played on of his J basses and loved it more than a 76 Fender J I tried next to it....

Let me know!

Dave

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yeah well just to add to your knowledge of the J -

I have a Nash jazz and am blown away by the build quality - it's hard to find any faults on it - okay it's a jazz not a P but
the projection of the sound is amazing as is the sustain, and I've no reason to doubt that a P neck will feel just as solid and perfectly set up as the Jazz one does

the relic thing is pretty well handled I reckon -

not sure what the sell on price of these will be tho as they're quite top end from new, altho hoping GAS doesn't take me down any avenues where the Nash gets sold anyway.

(yeah right :) )

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Stacker has a couple of Nash J's, both of which used to belong to me. Very good quality basses, sound fabulous, extremely well put together and the relic'ing is quite authentic looking. My only gripe is they don't try hard enough with the fingerboard - white plastic dot markers (clay would have been better or at least creamy 'aged' looking plastic) and the rosewood could have been darker. Great basses though and there's an increasing number of well known users (eg Guy Pratt, Rob Trujillo [Metallica])

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I can't comment on the P-basses but, yeh, the Jazzez are amazing. As a fan of the vintage, slim Jazz neck, I thought the chunkier C-shape might bother me but I dropped my string gauge from .040-.100 to .40-.095 on the Nash and it's fine. Agree, Clarky, about the dots: they shoulda been clay and there's no real reason why they shouldn't have been. Then again, the JB63 is not a strict copy of a Jazz from that year.

Big 'em up, they're great!

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[quote name='ezbass' post='951939' date='Sep 10 2010, 03:56 PM']Haven't ried a Nash but I know a UK guy who does the same thing. Haven't tried his basses, but his guitars are sweet, drop him a line [url="http://www.kingswoodcustomrelics.com/"]http://www.kingswoodcustomrelics.com/[/url][/quote]

Great, another relic company for me to stalk!

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[quote name='ezbass' post='951939' date='Sep 10 2010, 03:56 PM']Haven't ried a Nash but I know a UK guy who does the same thing. Haven't tried his basses, but his guitars are sweet, drop him a line [url="http://www.kingswoodcustomrelics.com/"]http://www.kingswoodcustomrelics.com/[/url][/quote]

I dropped him a line. He does not do basses.

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[quote name='ezbass' post='951939' date='Sep 10 2010, 02:56 PM']Haven't ried a Nash but I know a UK guy who does the same thing.[/quote]

Alan Knight will do the same thing using squier or aftermarket fender parts. Nice bloke too. :)

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[quote name='davebass66' post='950414' date='Sep 9 2010, 11:24 AM']So....My constant search for a P bass that i like has now led me to Bill Nash.....

Whilst i can't decide how i feel about the relic thing rather than it actually just being old i think i'm leaning toward liking it! (especially when taking into account the price)! :)

I'm thinkng of ordering one of the 63 style basses with a lake Placid Blue finish and a light/medium relic as this is the fender that i one day desire!

Has anyone got one of his basses or played one? I've played on of his J basses and loved it more than a 76 Fender J I tried next to it....

Let me know!

Dave

[url="http://www.nashguitars.com/pb_basses.html#"]http://www.nashguitars.com/pb_basses.html#[/url][/quote]
Have you thought of having one built if so then I can recommend Martin Clarke have a look at martinsguitars.co.uk ,not only a marvellous luthier but a damned fine bass player,that way you will get exactly what you want not an off the shelf that 5 minutes later you will be wanting to mod...
Worth a look ??

t

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