bassbiscuits Posted February 7, 2016 Share Posted February 7, 2016 I paid a visit to Bass Direct on the weekend, to trade in my Sandberg TT4 - a stunning bass, amazing to play and so light and comfy, but rather too polite and hi fi for me, and sadly just not the sound i have in my head. I am something of a Fender fanboy I must admit. Came out with this - a 2008 USA jazz, which the previous owner had pimped with a pair of Aguilar hot jazz pickups. It sounds immense. I had a good noodle of a lot of really nice basses while there, but this one came out the best match for my needs - fat and full and loud, but still with the extra tonal range on offer from a jazz over my existing P basses. I love the black/tort/maple combination I've gotta to say! Currently doing the thing of just carting it around the house with me so I can look at it wherever I am sitting. Done a lot of sofa noodling. Likely to get a chance to gig it this weekend, and prepared for my band to go: "What? Another bass?" And me having to say: "Ah yeah but this one is different...." Excuse the upside down pics btw - can't seem to correct them but you get the idea anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lozz196 Posted February 7, 2016 Share Posted February 7, 2016 Congrats, I`ve just recently got hold of a US 2012 in the same colour combo and agree, love it. Bet those Aggie pickups are good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bassbiscuits Posted February 7, 2016 Author Share Posted February 7, 2016 [quote name='Lozz196' timestamp='1454884330' post='2973957'] Congrats, I`ve just recently got hold of a US 2012 in the same colour combo and agree, love it. Bet those Aggie pickups are good. [/quote] Cheers Lozz - and congrats on your new purchase too! Yep those pickups certainly sounded great at the store thru an amp even with the EQ flat. Plenty of welly and fatness but still a passive pickup tone. I spent a fair bit of time playing the various basses I liked unplugged first anyway, to get a feel for which were loud and most resonant. I had a half hour blast of it when I got home just straight into a Little Mark head and my Schroeder 1210 cab and it sounded really good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LewisK1975 Posted February 9, 2016 Share Posted February 9, 2016 Nice! Spotted that one on one of my daily visits to the Bass Direct website. Didn't notice it had gone but did notice a s/h TT4 had appeared! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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