Pat Wilkins jazz basses

[JustaBass]

Noticed these lovely looking jazz basses on E Bay made by Pat Wilkins has anyone ever played one of his
instruments, if they play as good as they look then

There are many more pics to view on ebay for anyone who cares to take a look.



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[TRBboy]

Mmmmmmm love the PJ!

Never played, seen or heard of them before though so no use sorry!

[joe_bass]

[quote name='TRBboy' post='1323553' date='Aug 1 2011, 09:15 PM']Mmmmmmm love the PJ!

Never played, seen or heard of them before though so no use sorry![/quote]

+1. Phwoar!!

Not too keane on the headstock shape though. Any sound clips etc about?

[JustaBass]

Hi Joe, this is all i could find on youtube.


[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3KfxPtzAbrc"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3KfxPtzAbrc[/url]

[joe_bass]

Very nice. That p/j on Ebay certainly is a looker. Are you in the market then & considering one of these?

[Chris2112]

What are the prices like? And does he do black hardware?

[uncle psychosis]

[quote name='Chris2112' post='1324644' date='Aug 2 2011, 05:30 PM']What are the prices like? And does he do black hardware?[/quote]

Just shy of £2k.

Beautiful guitars, but way out of my price range

[joe_bass]

[quote name='Chris2112' post='1324644' date='Aug 2 2011, 06:30 PM']What are the prices like? And does he do black hardware?[/quote]

Those 3 on Ebay are around £2000 each. On his actual site he doesn't seem to give prices.

[Chris2112]

The top woods look decent but the headstock shape looks fairly naff to me. I wonder what they sound like.

[Blademan_98]

As soon as I saw 2k, I died a little inside

[bh2]

Yes... more over priced, over made, over engineered Jazz Bass copies.

[EBS_freak]

[quote name='Chris2112' post='1324801' date='Aug 2 2011, 08:15 PM']The top woods look decent but the headstock shape looks fairly naff to me. I wonder what they sound like.[/quote]

err... a jazz bass?

[Tomash]

I have one, bought from here last year.

Pearl white alder body with matching headstock, rosewood fingerboard, bound with block inlays. DiMarzios and Demeter preamp.

Gorgeous to play, well balanced, and such a perfectly profiled neck for me. I was only used to Precision necks before so the width has been a revelation to me.

I can understand that the headstock is not everyone's cup of tea, but I like not having the complete Fender look.

I can't quite find the Jazz "burp" sound, but that could just be me not spending much time experimenting with the endless eq options. No problem ever cutting through a live or studio mix.

Thanks
Tom

[Chris2112]

[quote name='EBS_freak' post='1325221' date='Aug 3 2011, 08:57 AM']err... a jazz bass?[/quote]

I should hope they'd sound better than some boggo spec jazz bass at £2000!