grayn Posted May 28, 2021 Share Posted May 28, 2021 I went out today, to get a guitar and bass. I had in my mind to get a Telecaster and either a 4 or 5 string bass. I did try out a couple of nice Teles but came home with a 4 and 5 string bass, instead. I already have a very nice '61 re-issue Jazz Bass, so didn't need another JB. But I picked up an American Original 70s Jazz Bass, in vintage white and got rather wowed by it. Really gorgeous and very smooth to play. Well, it has different pickups, positioned slightly different and different body wood to my '61, so that's my excuse for getting it. I also tried a couple of Cort 5-stringers. A GB75JH which is incredibly good, for very little cash. But the one that came home with me was an A5 Plus SCMS, which is a single cut bass, with a through neck and multiscale fretting and really excellent spec. Bartolini Mk1 pickups, Hipshot hardware and some beautiful woods. Including Ash body, with a spalted maple top and a maple and panga panga neck. The pre amp works really nicely with 3 band EQ, vol, pan and a passive/active switch. 2 very different basses, in pretty much every way but both are a real buzz to own and play. The Jazz will be more for band playing, the Cort for noodling and recording. Though I may take it to band practice, for some fun. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reggaebass Posted May 28, 2021 Share Posted May 28, 2021 10 minutes ago, grayn said: I picked up an American Original 70s Jazz Bass, Congrats, Lovely jazz grayn, I’ve had a few of those, they play so nice, which one did you play first when you got home 🙂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGreek Posted May 28, 2021 Share Posted May 28, 2021 Nice SC - you probably won't see this for a few days though... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grayn Posted May 29, 2021 Author Share Posted May 29, 2021 13 hours ago, Reggaebass said: Congrats, Lovely jazz grayn, I’ve had a few of those, they play so nice, which one did you play first when you got home 🙂 Thanks. The JB of course. But later on I spent ages noodling on the Cort. It's whole feel and tone just makes me experiment more. Made me go all King Crimson😸 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
franzbassist Posted November 4, 2021 Share Posted November 4, 2021 (edited) Two fab looking basses! Are the pickups on the SCMS parallel to each other, or is the bridge pickup angled slightly more to the bass strings? I can never tell from photos of these basses!!! Edited November 4, 2021 by franzbassist Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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