Clarky Posted January 13, 2012 Posted January 13, 2012 (edited) Victor Bailey signature, looks like http://www.gak.co.uk/en/fender-victor-bailey-jazz-bass/2274 Edited January 13, 2012 by Clarky Quote
Dom in Dorset Posted January 13, 2012 Author Posted January 13, 2012 Thank you! A snip at £1796, I'll take two. Quote
Clarky Posted January 13, 2012 Posted January 13, 2012 kidding! I think they are a bit 'wrong' looking - I can't see Fenders in flashy top woods Quote
ahpook Posted January 13, 2012 Posted January 13, 2012 i wonder what they do with the scratchplates... Quote
Dom in Dorset Posted January 13, 2012 Author Posted January 13, 2012 I like it but It dosn't look like a Fender. I'm trying to work out how the knobs work, the spec says :[list] [*]Master Volume [*]Pan Pot [*]3-Band Active EQ with- [*][b]Treble Boost/Cut[/b]: +/- 10 db @ 8kHz, a shift in the cut frequency, and about a 2dB slope per octave. [*][b]Mid Boost/Cut[/b]: +10dB, -15dB @ 500Hz, and a wide band slope. [*][b]Bass Boost/Cut[/b]: +/- 12 db @ 40 Hz, with a 4dB slope per octave. [/list] So that's five knobs? I only see four. Quote
Dom in Dorset Posted January 13, 2012 Author Posted January 13, 2012 [quote name='ahpook' timestamp='1326498650' post='1498247'] i wonder what they do with the scratchplates... [/quote] Novelty frisbees? Quote
threedaymonk Posted January 13, 2012 Posted January 13, 2012 [quote name='Dom in Somerset' timestamp='1326498795' post='1498250'] So that's five knobs? I only see four. [/quote] Bottom right (or bottom left if you're playing it) knob looks stacked. Quote
noelk27 Posted January 14, 2012 Posted January 14, 2012 [quote name='Dom in Somerset' timestamp='1326497486' post='1498216']What is that?[/quote] An update of a 20+ year old design. Looks like the 40th anniversary Jazz Bass I owned back in the early 90s, except a darker wood/stain. Saying that, two of the others are 50+ year old designs, so I guess that makes it something of an innovation in Fender design terms. Quote
Kiwi Posted January 14, 2012 Posted January 14, 2012 Chris Celinder told me he built a Victor Bailey tribute bass with a mahogany body and maple neck which he presented to Victor Bailey long before Fender released the Victor Bailey Signature model. Quote
gafbass02 Posted January 14, 2012 Posted January 14, 2012 (edited) I utterly love the way they look. Kinda like the 70's walnut jazz's. But my attempts at recreating one are doomed. Some of you may recall two years ago before Christmas when I'd got the parts for one for Christmas and a HUGE personal problem meant I never even got to open them and had to sell them off immediately :-/ still proper gutted about that. Then last year I bought one off a guy on talkbass only for the costs to continue to inflate as he 'researched the shipping' then took ages to refund me, which when you earn what I do (less than £650 a month!) was a huge stress with a lot of worry, caused me to mess about a basschatter too when the money didn't appear when first promised Still want one though,, but pretty scared what horrors I'd unleash if I was ever able to pull the trigger! Cursed I tells ya! Edited January 14, 2012 by gafbass02 Quote
Jacqueslemac Posted January 14, 2012 Posted January 14, 2012 Probably the same pots as my Jazz Deluxe. The bass and treble are on one stacked pot and the mid is on its own. Quote
M-N-Y Posted January 14, 2012 Posted January 14, 2012 The Fender VB bass was modeled after the original Pensa Jazz bass that Victor played on his debut solo album Bottoms Up. It also had a Flamed Koa top I think. I don't think £1700 is too ridiculous a price, Pensa jazz basses start around $3000 for a basic model. Quote
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