NBD, kind of - Story of the reunion with my first bass!

[mcnach]

[quote name='uncle psychosis' timestamp='1346312109' post='1787673']
I changed them after I broke a string at a gig...I looked in our calendar and that was back in April 2011!
[/quote]


ah, I've had older

[andydye]

[quote name='mcnach' timestamp='1346278244' post='1787530']
So, Fender USA pickups in the Vintage... a very marked difference!
Before it had a nice enough sound, even if not very "Jazzy". Now it's clearly a Jazz. I was surprised it made so much difference. It sounds a bit "woody". It reminds me of a roadworn Jazz a friend of mine has. Do they have the same type of oickups?
The strings are pretty old, over a year I'm told, but it still sounded pretty good tonight at rehearsal.
I will play with this on the gig on Friday
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Ah, the age old 'electronics make more difference than the wood' adage strikes again!

[mcnach]

[quote name='andydye' timestamp='1346325854' post='1787846']
Ah, the age old 'electronics make more difference than the wood' adage strikes again!
[/quote]

I wouldn't go there.
It was not my intention to go there.
Although I do believe it [1]. Oh yes. Canned worms anybody?

[1] ask the "wood matters" fanatics this question:
when you want to change the sound of your bass, do you first...
a.) replace the pickups?
b.) replace preamp?
c.) replace neck?
d.) replace body?
e.) replace passive electronics?
f.) replace pickguard for a wooden one?

Then sit down and smile as they try to maneouvre their way into a coherent argument whilst avoiding Abe.

Ok, so I bit

Edited August 30, 2012 by mcnach

[ezbass]

Everything contributes something, but the transducers have the biggest effect on tone, after all they are what convert all that mechanical energy into electricity and then back again.

Oh no worms everywhere!

[apa]

[quote name='mcnach' timestamp='1346344236' post='1788121']
I wouldn't go there.
It was not my intention to go there.
Although I do believe it [1]. Oh yes. Canned worms anybody?

[1] ask the "wood matters" fanatics this question:
when you want to change the sound of your bass, do you first...
a.) replace the pickups?
b.) replace preamp?
c.) replace neck?
d.) replace body?
e.) replace passive electronics?
f.) replace pickguard for a wooden one?

Then sit down and smile as they try to maneouvre their way into a coherent argument whilst avoiding Abe.

Ok, so I bit
[/quote]

'f' of course

A

[mcnach]

[quote name='apa' timestamp='1346348137' post='1788186']
'f' of course

A
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I knew that, of all people, you could relate to that one.

[mcnach]

And this bass featured last night at Sea Bass Kid's gig last night at the Voodoo Rooms. Not the best Jazz I ever played, but not bad either. It was fun. My first gig with my very first bass

[mcnach]

and here's a picture to prove it!
(bit small, but it's the first one I received from the night)

[LukeFRC]

your own brand headphones? or is it a B not a J?

[mcnach]

[quote name='LukeFRC' timestamp='1346610030' post='1791188']
your own brand headphones? or is it a B not a J?
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we had a slideshow as backdrop with band images etc, but from time to time there had to be sponsorship messages... pity this picture was during one of them!