CamdenRob Posted November 11, 2014 Share Posted November 11, 2014 These look good for less than £550 new (+ shipping, import taxes etc) [url="http://www.notreble.com/buzz/2014/11/07/bassmods-introduces-k534-bass/"]http://www.notreble.com/buzz/2014/11/07/bassmods-introduces-k534-bass/[/url] Pretty wide range of pickup / preamp options... Nordys, Barts etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JTUK Posted November 11, 2014 Share Posted November 11, 2014 Yep, I saw that and the look great pics for the money... You'd have to see one up close tho... but nice looking effort all the same. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horizontalste Posted November 11, 2014 Share Posted November 11, 2014 I've often wondered why these aren't more popular. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hamfist Posted November 11, 2014 Share Posted November 11, 2014 BC's Woodster has a Bassmods sixer (I think) and has raved to me about how wonderful it is. No experience myself though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UglyDog Posted November 12, 2014 Share Posted November 12, 2014 [quote name='CamdenRob' timestamp='1415704104' post='2602775'] [/quote] Oh my dear god. Time to sell some stuff, I think. I have [i]got[/i] to have one of these. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CamdenRob Posted November 12, 2014 Author Share Posted November 12, 2014 (edited) [quote name='UglyDog' timestamp='1415790793' post='2603744'] Oh my dear god. Time to sell some stuff, I think. I have [i]got[/i] to have one of these. [/quote] Yes that's my favourite too. Edited November 12, 2014 by CamdenRob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigRedX Posted November 12, 2014 Share Posted November 12, 2014 Do we really need any more J-bass copies? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CamdenRob Posted November 12, 2014 Author Share Posted November 12, 2014 [quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1415792297' post='2603763'] Do we really need any more J-bass copies? [/quote] Not personally no... but I do think they look nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigRedX Posted November 12, 2014 Share Posted November 12, 2014 [quote name='CamdenRob' timestamp='1415792349' post='2603765'] Not personally no... but I do think they look nice. [/quote] Fair enough. To me they just look like another J-Bass with an inelegant 4+1 headstock. Why don't they go for the more compact 3+2 arrangement? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CamdenRob Posted November 12, 2014 Author Share Posted November 12, 2014 [quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1415792564' post='2603769'] Fair enough. To me they just look like another J-Bass with an inelegant 4+1 headstock. Why don't they go for the more compact 3+2 arrangement? [/quote] Probably to stay as close to the fender design as possible.... which I guess is your point Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikanHannille Posted November 12, 2014 Share Posted November 12, 2014 That's a looker. GAS time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigRedX Posted November 12, 2014 Share Posted November 12, 2014 [quote name='CamdenRob' timestamp='1415792865' post='2603771'] Probably to stay as close to the fender design as possible.... which I guess is your point [/quote] Perhaps, but the wider neck on the standard J body simply doesn't look right to me. It looks as though it's been badly photoshopped on by someone who doesn't know the proportions of a bass guitar. And the 6-string J-basses in the other thread looked even more unbalanced. IMO once you've done that you might as well make the headstock more balanced by reducing its size as much as possible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stingrayPete1977 Posted November 12, 2014 Share Posted November 12, 2014 So I had an 8 page thread about 5 string jazz basses and no one mentions these?!They look great imo, I really dont like the 3 and 2 or even 2 and 3 headstocks BRX, I've never had all the problems you always mention with string lie etc, even my Fender has straight strings and holds tune just fine for hours on end, it also has the lightweight F tuners so no neck dive even with a light for a Fender V body Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
molan Posted November 12, 2014 Share Posted November 12, 2014 They've been around a few years now. Seem to have carved out a bit of a market for Korean made 6'ers because not many people do them. Price puts them up against a lot of better known Korean products once you add in shipping, taxes and duties. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EBS_freak Posted November 12, 2014 Share Posted November 12, 2014 The Reed James pickups always sound killer. He's one of the best people to have on your friends list on fb too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yorks5stringer Posted November 12, 2014 Share Posted November 12, 2014 (edited) How do they get them to hang from those ..hangers horizontally? Tis witch craft methinks.... Edited November 12, 2014 by yorks5stringer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stingrayPete1977 Posted November 13, 2014 Share Posted November 13, 2014 Rickenbacker tuning pegs and a light weight body and hey presto, horizontal! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JTUK Posted November 13, 2014 Share Posted November 13, 2014 (edited) [quote name='stingrayPete1977' timestamp='1415813603' post='2604060'] So I had an 8 page thread about 5 string jazz basses and no one mentions these?!They look great imo, I really dont like the 3 and 2 or even 2 and 3 headstocks BRX, I've never had all the problems you always mention with string lie etc, even my Fender has straight strings and holds tune just fine for hours on end, it also has the lightweight F tuners so no neck dive even with a light for a Fender V body [/quote] Because it was more entertaining not to.... and I still think the Deluxe was the model, anyway. Plus... I've not seen one in the flesh so ..?? Edited November 13, 2014 by JTUK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stingrayPete1977 Posted November 13, 2014 Share Posted November 13, 2014 Nah the deluxe sucked! Weedy preamp, naff in passive mode Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JTUK Posted November 13, 2014 Share Posted November 13, 2014 [quote name='stingrayPete1977' timestamp='1415874331' post='2604661'] Nah the deluxe sucked! Weedy preamp, naff in passive mode [/quote] Really... ?? I tried one recently and I thought I could make it work. I look at things more from a playability POV first off though.. so things like sustain and resonance are key as they aren't easy..if at all, to fix. You can swap out the rest, not that I'd want to spend £1k and have to do that, Have to look into these things ..but one needs to come up first. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigRedX Posted November 13, 2014 Share Posted November 13, 2014 With something as generic as a 5-string J bass there shouldn't be any need to mod one. There's so many different makes that it ought to be simply finding the one that ticks all the boxes as standard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stingrayPete1977 Posted November 13, 2014 Share Posted November 13, 2014 You can't even get a USA standard five for a grand jtuk mine was nearly £1400, another couple of ton for the deluxe which is into used boutique money isn't it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stingrayPete1977 Posted November 13, 2014 Share Posted November 13, 2014 [quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1415881569' post='2604758'] With something as generic as a 5-string J bass there shouldn't be any need to mod one. There's so many different makes that it ought to be simply finding the one that ticks all the boxes as standard. [/quote] I know I am taking a bite from your anti Fender poisoned apple but we all know that is not how it works, you could say with something as generic as a five string bass guitar you should not need to mod one, a couple of chrome dildos for horns does not really do that much to a bass to make it that much different than any other fully functioning bass guitar from a playing POV IMO I really like some of the features of the deluxe but overall I liked the Standard hence the purchase, now if they had made a passive deluxe with all the bits I liked on the deluxe but with the passive pickups and controls I would have bought that, I suppose the DJ5 is closest to that but then that is not a Fender which I think I wanted plus the smaller body I am no so sure of? pros and cons to all of them BRX Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JTUK Posted November 13, 2014 Share Posted November 13, 2014 [quote name='stingrayPete1977' timestamp='1415897423' post='2605020'] You can't even get a USA standard five for a grand jtuk mine was nearly £1400, another couple of ton for the deluxe which is into used boutique money isn't it? [/quote] I wouldn't pay new prices for the American Deluxe J5, Pete... I'd start to get interested at £1k for a s/h price. And that would also get you into territory inhabited by better clones as well. The thing that I like about the Am Delux is RW and binding which is what I want on my next bass. Other than that, I don't need to buy another as I am more than happy with what I have. I know the DJ5 has those features but I am not so sure on the rest of the bass, on the ones I've played so far.. Put a decent pre amp in one and you might be on the right tracks, tho..?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stingrayPete1977 Posted November 13, 2014 Share Posted November 13, 2014 (edited) The neck was nice on the one I tried, not sure about the maple and blocks on the black ones though, anyway who said anything about need!? My 2007 SR5 realistically does everything I will ever need, there are far superior players out there that use nothing else but that does not stop me buying more basses Edited November 13, 2014 by stingrayPete1977 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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