NBD - Squier Deluxe Active Jazz IV *Revisited*

[Drax]

  On 23/11/2018 at 18:10, discreet said:

You want to buy this Squier, too?

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Can you get Marcus Miller to sign it? 

[discreet]

  On 23/11/2018 at 18:39, Drax said:

Can you get Marcus Miller to sign it? 

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Better than that, I'll sign it for him!

[stewblack]

This is genius, 8th Dan level, Ninja marketing. A superb glowing testimonial, igniting burning GAS left right and centre so when the bass turns up on the for sale page in a fortnight a gagging populace starts a bidding war. 

Sir, I salute you 

[stewblack]

Oh it's also a finely written review with great photos.

[discreet]

  On 23/11/2018 at 23:15, stewblack said:

This is genius, 8th Dan level, Ninja marketing. A superb glowing testimonial, igniting burning GAS left right and centre so when the bass turns up on the for sale page in a fortnight a gagging populace starts a bidding war. 

Sir, I salute you 

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Dammit - busted! 

[stewblack]

  On 23/11/2018 at 23:19, discreet said:

Dammit - busted! 

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I didn't spot it right away, I thought here's a man who's happy with his bass, they will surely never be separated. No this is true love, until death do us part stuff.

It was like you'd cast a spell 

[discreet]

  On 23/11/2018 at 23:34, stewblack said:

I didn't spot it right away, I thought here's a man who's happy with his bass, they will surely never be separated. No this is true love, until death do us part stuff.

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Well I AM happy with it. I may even keep it. It's just that my track record in this area isn't exactly 100 percent...

[discreet]

  On 23/11/2018 at 23:34, stewblack said:

It was like you'd cast a spell.

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Or, you may have just got in from the pub.

[stewblack]

  On 23/11/2018 at 23:40, discreet said:

Or, you may have just got in from the pub.

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If only you knew

[discreet]

I just couldn't stand the 'no pickguard'' thing any longer. It's just not me. I tried tort, black, gold and white, they all looked terrible. So I went with this cream job. I hope you like it. If you don't - too bad!

[Bassman Sam]

10 holes and only 2 screws. Just like my last visit to a swingers club. Looks very nice though.

[discreet]

  On 24/11/2018 at 19:26, Bassman Sam said:

10 holes and only 2 screws. Just like my last visit to a swingers club. Looks very nice though.

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Well spotted! It's temporary. I'm still not 100% about having a guard at all, and still may paint the bass a solid colour (white? Lake Placid Blue?) ...if so, I'll only have two holes to fill on the body. Fnaar.

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[Cato]

  On 24/11/2018 at 19:05, discreet said:

I just couldn't stand the 'no pickguard'' thing any longer. It's just not me. I tried tort, black, gold and white, they all looked terrible. So I went with this cream job. I hope you like it. If you don't - too bad!

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The lack of control plate sort of reminds me of a Hamer Cruise.

[discreet]

  On 24/11/2018 at 19:26, Bassman Sam said:

10 holes and only 2 screws. Just like my last visit to a swingers club. Looks very nice though.

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I'm also aware that only recently on another thread (what with me being in the Pickguard Police and all), I ranted about how a white guard was totally unacceptable with a sunburst finish. But I like this cream guard, it just seems to work with the burst and dark board. Maybe because there's no bell plate? I would have preferred tort, but IMHO only vintage tort or Spitfire tort is ever good enough and as these options each cost more than the entire bass, it's not going to happen.

There's also a whole thread on TB about the merits of various shades of mint green with sunburst, but I'm really not sure about that.

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[discreet]

  On 24/11/2018 at 19:31, Cato said:

The lack of control plate sort of reminds me of a Hamer Cruise.

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Yes! I like that! Or possibly this Alleva Coppolo...

[stewblack]

Considered a clear one with just a hint of colour?

[discreet]

  On 24/11/2018 at 21:40, stewblack said:

Considered a clear one with just a hint of colour?

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Nah, I think it's all or nothing.

[Billy Apple]

My original comment about it looking nice was because it did not have a pick guard. So leave it alone!

[NikNik]

[discreet]

  On 25/11/2018 at 15:11, NikNik said:

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Black bridge and controls next?

[NikNik]

  On 25/11/2018 at 15:24, discreet said:

Black bridge and controls next?

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Yep.

[Paul S]

I had a black one 4 or so years ago - fabulous thing it was, too.  Unbelievable quality for the price.  It was the lack of scratchplate I found appealing initially - I quite like that naked look.

Looks the biz with the stealth hardware, too.

[NikNik]

  On 25/11/2018 at 15:29, Paul S said:

I had a black one 4 or so years ago - fabulous thing it was, too.  Unbelievable quality for the price.  It was the lack of scratchplate I found appealing initially - I quite like that naked look.

Looks the biz with the stealth hardware, too.

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Thanks. Watch this space with the hardware changes.

[kendall]

I have this bass in black but the five string model.  Absolute  cracker of a bass for the money.  @NikNik loving the black hardware on yours.

[NikNik]

  On 26/11/2018 at 06:23, kendall said:

I have this bass in black but the five string model.  Absolute  cracker of a bass for the money.  @NikNik loving the black hardware on yours.

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Yeh, can't wait to see the finished effect. Bridge on its way and getting knobs from here, probably the ones that go on Barto pre-amps. Then rounding the effect off with a set of Roto Nexus.