walshy Posted December 5, 2018 Share Posted December 5, 2018 15 minutes ago, bassfan said: I’m sure they are very nice... mines better though IMO.... 😃😂 Yeah it is, so is/was the silver grey one too! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bassfan Posted December 5, 2018 Share Posted December 5, 2018 24 minutes ago, walshy said: Yeah it is, so is/was the silver grey one too! Yeah the grey was too, just no longer mine. The Lane poor in the pink is awesome! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krispn Posted December 5, 2018 Author Share Posted December 5, 2018 Tidy bass the Shuker! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clivem Posted December 5, 2018 Share Posted December 5, 2018 (edited) 10 hours ago, Chiliwailer said: Plus the CS is probably a 1/4 sawn neck. Fender specs says that this production model has a quarter-sawn maple neck. EDIT: The interesting things about this neck, IMHO, are the 12-16" compound radius and 1.62" at the nut, rather than the expected 1.5". Edited December 5, 2018 by clivem Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chiliwailer Posted December 6, 2018 Share Posted December 6, 2018 5 hours ago, clivem said: Fender specs says that this production model has a quarter-sawn maple neck. EDIT: The interesting things about this neck, IMHO, are the 12-16" compound radius and 1.62" at the nut, rather than the expected 1.5". Cheers, I think that must be a first for a US bass? Very cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricky 4000 Posted December 6, 2018 Share Posted December 6, 2018 I'm not surprised if Mr Flea likes a chunkier neck. He strikes me as a heavy handed sort of person. I bet he has a heck of a grip. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcnach Posted December 6, 2018 Share Posted December 6, 2018 11 hours ago, clivem said: Fender specs says that this production model has a quarter-sawn maple neck. EDIT: The interesting things about this neck, IMHO, are the 12-16" compound radius and 1.62" at the nut, rather than the expected 1.5". Just over 41mm... not bad! I wish it were wider, but that's getting into 'ok' territory for me. Or rather... I wish it were thinner, then I would not even think of getting one 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danny-79 Posted December 6, 2018 Share Posted December 6, 2018 I’m still quite happy with my StingRay’s. Feels like I’m cheating playing anything else lol 😜 (apart from my DJ. But that’s something totally different) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HazBeen Posted December 6, 2018 Share Posted December 6, 2018 For me the thing with these Flea Jazz basses (not the 62 JB one) is that they come across as something that they’re not.... ie a Moduray/Stingulus. Clearly Ernie Ball missed a trick by not giving one of the best brand Ambassadors they had his own signature, and I get Fender jumped at the opportunity to get him onboard. But why the need for a Jazz without JB pickups? Clearly Flea said I need something to replace my Modulus, build me something. An excellent opportunity to design something new and fresh, but no they go and stick a Ray pup in a Jazz body. Jaguray next? Or am I being harsh and just not getting it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NJE Posted December 6, 2018 Share Posted December 6, 2018 45 minutes ago, HazBeen said: For me the thing with these Flea Jazz basses (not the 62 JB one) is that they come across as something that they’re not.... ie a Moduray/Stingulus. Clearly Ernie Ball missed a trick by not giving one of the best brand Ambassadors they had his own signature, and I get Fender jumped at the opportunity to get him onboard. But why the need for a Jazz without JB pickups? Clearly Flea said I need something to replace my Modulus, build me something. An excellent opportunity to design something new and fresh, but no they go and stick a Ray pup in a Jazz body. Jaguray next? Or am I being harsh and just not getting it? I think essentially Flea knows what he likes for live use after all these years. He likes that MM humbucker in the sweet spot and by the looks of it, a Stingray-ish thickness in the neck (not surprising after so many years playing them). He has been seen regularly with his old fender and a couple of other fender jazz basses and a Precision, and it’s pretty well documented that he uses/used a Wal and has recorded recent stuff on a Stingray. Ernie Ball don’t need to pay him a load of money to endorse a bass that is always going to be synonymous with flea that already sells well. From fragments I have read over the years I think Flea was basically being a d*ck about it and I don’t think Sterling Ball takes any crap from anyone. Modulus go out of business, Fender knock on your door offering some money and you say yes to a replica of your trusty 62 and say I also need basses that sound as close to the ones I love to use live, pretty simple really. I think that he’s obviously still peeved that Ernie Ball didn’t bow down to his celebrity, and still won’t use a stingray in public despite it being the bass everyone associated him with, that is essentially the spec and tone he still wants. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stingrayPete1977 Posted December 6, 2018 Share Posted December 6, 2018 I think it was more that he wanted a graphite neck, EB didn't make them so he went to Modulus. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eude Posted December 6, 2018 Share Posted December 6, 2018 13 minutes ago, stingrayPete1977 said: I think it was more that he wanted a graphite neck, EB didn't make them so he went to Modulus. Yup, I heard the same. I expect that's why he keeps the Modulus basses to hand, I can't expect any Fender will be more stable than a Stingray, same construction etcs. Eude Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NancyJohnson Posted December 6, 2018 Share Posted December 6, 2018 Nah. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Musicman20 Posted December 7, 2018 Share Posted December 7, 2018 I still think Flea sounds better with a humbucker in the sweet spot, despite his Jazz bass sounding fantastic. It really pops for that aggressive rock/funk. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eude Posted December 7, 2018 Share Posted December 7, 2018 2 minutes ago, Musicman20 said: I still think Flea sounds better with a humbucker in the sweet spot, despite his Jazz bass sounding fantastic. It really pops for that aggressive rock/funk. I completely agree, that tone IS Flea. However, I've always loved his tone on BSSM, and that's a Wal... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fretmeister Posted December 7, 2018 Share Posted December 7, 2018 I quite like it. And I'm really interested in the neck carve. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pea Turgh Posted December 7, 2018 Share Posted December 7, 2018 15 hours ago, HazBeen said: Jaguray next? Funnily enough, I’m still contemplating building exactly that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gpw5150 Posted December 7, 2018 Share Posted December 7, 2018 It is a lovely looking bass and I nice take on the MM classic, for the money i would want a lane poor pickup and a badass bridge though. I would probably buy an MM cutlass (save a bit more!) or Black stingray in all honesty for that money though. @walshy is your bass home made? It looks fantastic! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delberthot Posted December 7, 2018 Share Posted December 7, 2018 (edited) I think the issue was that Flea was endorsing the pink stack knob but playing a Modulus live so the natural thing to do was for Fender to make him something the same shape as the bass with his name on it but more suited for live work. I believe that the reason Flea never used the stack knob live was because it didn't cut through enough Edited December 7, 2018 by Delberthot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest MoJo Posted December 7, 2018 Share Posted December 7, 2018 I don't like it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stingrayPete1977 Posted December 8, 2018 Share Posted December 8, 2018 On 07/12/2018 at 09:03, eude said: I completely agree, that tone IS Flea. However, I've always loved his tone on BSSM, and that's a Wal... Except for the bits that weren't. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eude Posted December 8, 2018 Share Posted December 8, 2018 1 hour ago, stingrayPete1977 said: Except for the bits that weren't. The 5 string bits were a Stingray, right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stingrayPete1977 Posted December 8, 2018 Share Posted December 8, 2018 Yeah. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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