matt_citizenbass Posted February 21, 2009 Posted February 21, 2009 its all shiny and not seen lightness! plus my bass looks mega badass. there must be something else i can take off my bass? maybe i should just play with 1 string? do i really need a bridge? who else has done this? Matt Quote
Marcus Posted February 21, 2009 Posted February 21, 2009 [quote name='matt_citizenbass' post='415905' date='Feb 21 2009, 12:12 AM']who else has done this? Matt[/quote] Jaco.... Quote
MythSte Posted February 21, 2009 Posted February 21, 2009 [quote name='Marcus' post='415955' date='Feb 21 2009, 07:12 AM']Jaco....[/quote] True, but look how pretencious he got, Get it back on boyo! Its a one way street! Quote
joe_bass Posted February 21, 2009 Posted February 21, 2009 [quote name='matt_citizenbass' post='415905' date='Feb 21 2009, 12:12 AM']its all shiny and not seen lightness! plus my bass looks mega badass.[/quote] Isn't there all the routing? Assuming it's a Fender! Quote
Marcus Posted February 21, 2009 Posted February 21, 2009 [quote name='MythSte' post='415959' date='Feb 21 2009, 08:16 AM']True, but look how pretencious he got, Get it back on boyo! Its a one way street! [/quote] Aye..... next thing ya know you'll be playin Jazz and getting a T Shirt printed with "Worlds Greatest Bass Player" on it it's a slippery slope man..... Quote
Dubs Posted February 21, 2009 Posted February 21, 2009 (edited) [quote name='joe_bass' post='415973' date='Feb 21 2009, 09:07 AM']Isn't there all the routing? Assuming it's a Fender![/quote] Not all are routed like that. I think there was a thread on Jazz bass routing, I'll see if I can find it... EDIT: Found it - [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=26434&hl=jazz%20routing&st=0"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=...outing&st=0[/url] - I don't know if it really explains much though. Edited February 21, 2009 by benwhiteuk Quote
matt_citizenbass Posted February 21, 2009 Author Posted February 21, 2009 [quote]Isn't there all the routing? Assuming it's a Fender![/quote] nah, its just an empty pickup hole which i had anyway. i'll upload some pics later! and also, i don't have to get pretencious and print t-shirts and stuff, i know i'm the worlds greatest bass player...or so my mummy tells me. Tim Commerford also did it and he's cooler than beans. Quote
Tait Posted February 22, 2009 Posted February 22, 2009 (edited) pictures? i want to see your jazz anyway, it looks cool in your avatar but i can't really see it properly. EDIT: ooh i found you're gear porn thread, its a great looking bass! but i always thought it was purpley maroony, not black. black looks better anyway. Edited February 22, 2009 by LWTAIT Quote
Boneless Posted February 22, 2009 Posted February 22, 2009 [quote]Tim Commerford also did it and he's cooler than beans.[/quote] Tim Commerford is a prick. Quote
Starvolt Posted February 22, 2009 Posted February 22, 2009 [quote name='Boneless' post='416691' date='Feb 22 2009, 04:10 PM']Tim Commerford is a prick. [/quote] Blasphemy! *Runs off and plays Bombtrack* Quote
henry norton Posted February 22, 2009 Posted February 22, 2009 Jazz basses sans scratchplate look excellent (or do I mean excrement?) Quote
Randy_Marsh Posted February 22, 2009 Posted February 22, 2009 [quote]Tim Commerford is a prick.[/quote] say what now? Quote
Boneless Posted February 22, 2009 Posted February 22, 2009 Well, he is! Great player, but a total dickhead C'mon, fellas, that "I'm cooler than you" attitude of his is soooooooooooooooooooooo annoying and obnoxious Quote
dave_bass5 Posted February 22, 2009 Posted February 22, 2009 when i swapped necks over last year i left the scratch plate off my HW1 jazz. I did mean to get the holes filled in but in the end i just stopped playing it so put the scratch plate back on. Quote
Randy_Marsh Posted February 23, 2009 Posted February 23, 2009 [quote]Well, he is! Great player, but a total dickhead C'mon, fellas, that "I'm cooler than you" attitude of his is soooooooooooooooooooooo annoying and obnoxious[/quote] how dare you speak of timmy c like that! hes a bit of a legend to me so.... Quote
budget bassist Posted February 23, 2009 Posted February 23, 2009 Haha, you guys should have seen what was going on under the scratchplate on my old reggie jazz, practically hollow! Quote
Tracer Posted February 23, 2009 Posted February 23, 2009 There's some really weird routing underneath the scratch plate of my jazz (2005 US). There's a lot of routing around the pickup, and then a hole below and forward of it. Just a hole. No tracks to wiring to anywhere else and a really stupid place to put a control. I always assumed it was somewhere to hide your crack, because I can't think of any other reason for it. Quote
joe_bass Posted February 23, 2009 Posted February 23, 2009 [quote name='benwhiteuk' post='415978' date='Feb 21 2009, 09:14 AM']Not all are routed like that. I think there was a thread on Jazz bass routing, I'll see if I can find it... EDIT: Found it - [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=26434&hl=jazz%20routing&st=0"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=...outing&st=0[/url] - I don't know if it really explains much though.[/quote] Hmm yeah point taken, would have thought that the USA ones wouldn't be like that though. Especially as the cheaper HW1s don't seem to have that routing as dave_bass has shown. Quote
james_d Posted March 21, 2009 Posted March 21, 2009 Anyone else think that Fender Jazz basses look better with the scratch plate on? I think they look weird without them, plus there are screw holes everywhere. You should try playing bass with one string actually. I bet there are a few songs out there that only use the 1 string or that can be transposed. Quote
Jean-Luc Pickguard Posted March 21, 2009 Posted March 21, 2009 [quote name='matt_citizenbass' post='415905' date='Feb 21 2009, 12:12 AM']there must be something else i can take off my bass?[/quote] You see those screws at each corner of the neckplate... Quote
leschirons Posted March 21, 2009 Posted March 21, 2009 Here's mine. I think it looks pretty cool. Quote
Jase Posted March 22, 2009 Posted March 22, 2009 [quote name='leschirons' post='441439' date='Mar 21 2009, 11:49 PM']Here's mine. I think it looks pretty cool.[/quote] That it does. Quote
leschirons Posted March 22, 2009 Posted March 22, 2009 [quote name='Jase' post='441455' date='Mar 22 2009, 01:36 AM']That it does.[/quote] You must be as sad as me posting at that time of the morning. Quote
sub-a-dub Posted March 25, 2009 Posted March 25, 2009 ....maybe it depends on the bass - sunburst or natural finish with a nice grain looks good without the scratchplate, don't some of the pickguards look cheap/poorly finished also? Mind you, it's a toss-up as to which looks better: a 3TS with or without a t/shell plate... The jury is out on that one as far as I'm concerned... I built a 62RI fretless recently and had to think long and hard about the scratchplate. I almost reluctantly put one on to avoid possible accusations of building a Jaco clone, but as the finish and grain on the sunburst alder body were so beautiful and unmarked I left it off in the finish. There is a kind of abstract image of the bass in my profile - gives a general idea of the smooth uncluttered lines etc... I have a spalted maple jazz that came with a plexi pickguard and off that came as well, but I have a couple of Olympic whites' and there is no way in hell the t/shell puckguards would ever come off those babies!! Guess it's all a matter of taste... Regards, Sean Quote
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