Iron Fender Posted January 15, 2009 Posted January 15, 2009 Greetings from the USA, Austin Texas to be precise. Stumbled upon this while doing some searches on Leo Fender, and thought it was great a great site. I do like other bases besides Fender and my next purchase will be either a Warwick or Music Man...can't decide at the moment. I also want to mention that I'm very lucky that I was able to purchase in Dec a 1962 Jazz bass in great condition...it was refinished though. I'm more concerned with the logo than the finish, it was done by RS Guitar in nitro with relic touch. I have to say that it's the smoothest, most incredible bass I've ever played. I'm sure that are newer ones that would blow it away for the price, but it was worth it.... Cheers! Quote
Weird War Posted January 15, 2009 Posted January 15, 2009 Hello Mr Fender (can I call you Leo? ) Love the sound of that Jazz, post some pictures in the appropriate section here (you'll find it). I play a Jap 75RI Jazz myself and love it - just had some SCNs pickups installed so am looking forward to gigging those next week. Austin makes me think of Daniel Johnston and Man or Astroman?, but that's just me! Doug Quote
misrule Posted January 15, 2009 Posted January 15, 2009 Welcome, Mr Fender. Do you happen to know Stony Grantham, another Jazz-playing bassist from Austin, TX? A slim chance, I suppose, but worth asking Cheers Mark Quote
beerdragon Posted January 15, 2009 Posted January 15, 2009 Welcome to Basschat Iron Fender I hope the time difference does'nt put you off visiting the site. Quote
Iron Fender Posted January 15, 2009 Author Posted January 15, 2009 [quote name='wateroftyne' post='381532' date='Jan 15 2009, 05:31 PM']Welcome aboard![/quote] thanks mate. BTW, that's a sweet 73 Jazz, I bet it plays awesome... Quote
Iron Fender Posted January 15, 2009 Author Posted January 15, 2009 [quote name='misrule' post='381623' date='Jan 15 2009, 07:11 PM']Welcome, Mr Fender. Do you happen to know Stony Grantham, another Jazz-playing bassist from Austin, TX? A slim chance, I suppose, but worth asking Cheers Mark[/quote] I don't, but I'll have to look him up. I'm sure he's pretty good...does he have a website or a group website? Quote
KennysFord Posted January 15, 2009 Posted January 15, 2009 Welcome aboard mate.Austin Texas eh!! you lucky man. Quote
misrule Posted January 15, 2009 Posted January 15, 2009 [quote name='Iron Fender' post='381831' date='Jan 15 2009, 10:41 PM']I don't, but I'll have to look him up. I'm sure he's pretty good...does he have a website or a group website?[/quote] He's a member of the UK-based metal band Shadowkeep who 'commutes' here for gigs. His myspace is [url="http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendID=30232035&Mytoken=EA34455E-6A7F-4265-B5ED1752D8547C4D327702394"]here[/url] Cheers Mark Quote
obbm Posted January 15, 2009 Posted January 15, 2009 Indeed welcome. I spent a very happy 2-weeks in Austin a few years ago making an album. Have you ever come across Eric Blakely, Ron Irwin, John Main or Bill Kirchen? Quote
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