Drax Posted December 24, 2015 Share Posted December 24, 2015 [quote name='discreet' timestamp='1450950625' post='2937242'] Yes Jazz basses are cool... but every time I buy one, the bloody nut width is too narrow. What's that comment about doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result being a sign of insanity..? Wibble. Bwa-ha-ha. Spoon. Herring. [/quote] I capitalised on this earlier this year, taking your Sire MM Still going strong, fabulous instrument. If not BC bass of the year, certainly the most hyped. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cocco Posted December 24, 2015 Share Posted December 24, 2015 [quote name='ikay' timestamp='1450891899' post='2936804'] Speaking of G&L, my revelation of the year was dropping an MFD into a Squier Matt Freeman, a sort of poor man's L1000. It easily holds it's own against my other (much more expensive) basses [URL=http://s1090.photobucket.com/user/iankay/media/Stuff/IMG_2891.jpg.html][IMG]http://i1090.photobucket.com/albums/i370/iankay/Stuff/IMG_2891.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [/quote] That's an awesome idea! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discreet Posted December 24, 2015 Share Posted December 24, 2015 [quote name='Drax' timestamp='1450952453' post='2937271'] I capitalised on this earlier this year, taking your Sire MM Still going strong, fabulous instrument. If not BC bass of the year, certainly the most hyped. [/quote] I believe I did a fair amount of the hyping. Glad you're still enjoying your Sire. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Dean Posted December 24, 2015 Share Posted December 24, 2015 Design one yourself & get Jon Shuker to make for you your perfect bass [attachment=207917:new bass rig.jpg] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discreet Posted December 24, 2015 Share Posted December 24, 2015 (edited) [quote name='Kevin Dean' timestamp='1450958994' post='2937354'] Design one yourself & get Jon Shuker to make for you your perfect bass [/quote] It's a dream a lot of people have, but having seen the results of many self-designed basses, I can only come to the conclusion that though one may be a great bass player, one is not always necessarily a great bass designer. Edited December 24, 2015 by discreet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scrumpymike Posted December 24, 2015 Share Posted December 24, 2015 [quote name='ikay' timestamp='1450891899' post='2936804'] Speaking of G&L, my revelation of the year was dropping an MFD into a Squier Matt Freeman, a sort of poor man's L1000. It easily holds it's own against my other (much more expensive) basses [url="http://s1090.photobucket.com/user/iankay/media/Stuff/IMG_2891.jpg.html"][/url] [/quote] Now that's my idea of what the perfect bass should look like and if I was 'normal' that's exactly what I'd be playing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Dean Posted December 24, 2015 Share Posted December 24, 2015 [quote name='discreet' timestamp='1450959412' post='2937360'] It's a dream a lot of people have, but having seen the results of many self-designed basses, I can only come to the conclusion that though one may be a great bass player, one is not always necessarily a great bass designer. [/quote] Get Jon to help you . Me " Hi Jon would you build me a bass ?" Jon "yes sure what type " Me " A black one " over a hundred emails later & it was done Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discreet Posted December 24, 2015 Share Posted December 24, 2015 [quote name='Kevin Dean' timestamp='1450965213' post='2937444'] Get Jon to help you . Me " Hi Jon would you build me a bass ?" Jon "yes sure what type " Me " A black one " over a hundred emails later & it was done [/quote] I was speaking generally... I'm sure your bass is great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Jack Posted December 24, 2015 Author Share Posted December 24, 2015 Jon Shuker is great but, in fairness, you specified a black bass. Now had you specified a primary colour, it would have gone tits up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Dean Posted December 24, 2015 Share Posted December 24, 2015 Thinking about it I did ask for dark black Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkHeart Posted December 24, 2015 Share Posted December 24, 2015 Dunno about this year but next years will be my Alpher Cobia, with a nice buckeye burl top, maple neck, 4 strings and a single Nordy Bigman pup with active dooddahs, roll on september when i get this baby only downside is i pass my 50 years on this planet mark every cloud Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cocco Posted December 24, 2015 Share Posted December 24, 2015 [quote name='Kevin Dean' timestamp='1450958994' post='2937354'] Design one yourself & get Jon Shuker to make for you your perfect bass [attachment=207917:new bass rig.jpg] [/quote] Love that! Is it basically a 24 fret P bass? Whats the pickup? Also love the murdered out look. I have a Maruszczyk on order that's as black as its possible to be aswell. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grahambythesea Posted December 24, 2015 Share Posted December 24, 2015 I returned to fretless playing via a Spector Spectorcore 5. Also needed a slightly lighter weighing bass due to shoulder problems and the semi hollowed body is a good hybrid, solid enough to give some punch, no feedback problems but not so heavy as a normal solid. The set up straight out of the box was superb (much better than my US Jazz 5 which cost twice as much). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Dean Posted December 25, 2015 Share Posted December 25, 2015 EMG pick up positioned for my style , 36" scale & quite a bit of carbon in the neck to keep it stable for D tuning & it has a piano like tone as requested . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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