cd_david Posted May 23, 2023 Share Posted May 23, 2023 (edited) Two recent acquisitions. First came the BB2000 (from Alex Carr). I’d lusted after a BB2000 since receiving their catalogue when Making Music Magazine did the old business reply card system. As a young musician, I gazed/drooled for hours at the BB pages. I was never into Fenders at the time so I’m not sure why I was so fixated on them. I drove down to Reading and collected this 1982 bass at the beginning of April. What a stunning bass. Change of strings and a Setup to my preferences and it floored me. Stunning tone and playability. The MC924 I drove to a gorgeous village outside Tonbridge on Saturday and brought it home with me. I got it from the original owner who bought it new in 1980. I had an MC900 which I sold foolishly around 20 years ago. They’ve always been in the back of my mind with the intention to replace it. The neck on this one is far superior to the one I sold, the clarity of the tone is so much better than I remember too. Again, string change, Schaller straplock buttons and setup and it’s a beautiful player. Both keepers. Edited May 23, 2023 by cd_david 19 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itu Posted May 23, 2023 Share Posted May 23, 2023 That Jabanez looks fab. Good colours and all. I suppose it weighs a lot? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cd_david Posted May 23, 2023 Author Share Posted May 23, 2023 18 minutes ago, itu said: That Jabanez looks fab. Good colours and all. I suppose it weighs a lot? Neither are lightweight basses but I never weigh basses, I think it’s so it doesn’t become a psychological issue for me. I’m fortunate enough to not be bothered physically by weight but could quite easily let it become something that would bother me if you know what I mean. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pow_22 Posted May 23, 2023 Share Posted May 23, 2023 Just doing a spot of maintenance on my Jap Fender 57ri. Turns out it was born 16th Dec 1985. Lovely bass just pondering which flats to go with 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soulstar89 Posted May 24, 2023 Share Posted May 24, 2023 (edited) On 23/05/2023 at 10:01, Pow_22 said: Just doing a spot of maintenance on my Jap Fender 57ri. Turns out it was born 16th Dec 1985. Lovely bass just pondering which flats to go with Im trying to find a fender PB-57. Do share more pictures. Where did you get it from? Thomastik-Infeld JF344 Jazz Flats would be cool Edited May 24, 2023 by soulstar89 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pow_22 Posted May 25, 2023 Share Posted May 25, 2023 It was from Legends over at Bass Bros. Ive tried TI’s - too floppy for me. Ive ordered some la bella 760FL’s so hopefully have them in soon. More pics to follow 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skidder652003 Posted May 25, 2023 Share Posted May 25, 2023 Love them both but that Ibanez is absoloutely stunning. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hooky_lowdown Posted May 27, 2023 Share Posted May 27, 2023 On 25/05/2023 at 07:30, Pow_22 said: It was from Legends over at Bass Bros. Ive tried TI’s - too floppy for me. Ive ordered some la bella 760FL’s so hopefully have them in soon. More pics to follow The FL's are nice strings. If you don't get on with them try DR Legends, often overlooked but are great flats. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waddo Soqable Posted May 27, 2023 Share Posted May 27, 2023 I clicked on this thread and was most disappointed... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baloney Balderdash Posted June 23, 2023 Share Posted June 23, 2023 (edited) Love how that Ibanez looks. This is my rather mistreated Aria Pro II Laser Electric Classic from 1986, though I bought it around the mid 90's used, as my first bass ever, one of the last Aria models that was made on the legendary Matsumoku factory in Japan, before Aria Pro moved their production to Korea. Amazing quality bass, even if it wasn't one their high end models back then, and still tends to go for absolutely ridiculously low prices whenever one comes up for sale used compared to the actual quality. The fact that this was my first bass ever, and my main and only bass for the first 10 years or so of me playing bass (bar a short love/hate fling with a vintage 70's Rickenbacker that I quickly ended up hating (most expensive piece of crap I've ever bought) before eventually banishing to it's case under the couch in our rehearsal space at the time and returning to my trusted Aria Pro), might play a role in this, but it just feels so good in my hands, like coming home (so much that it isn't actually really any more difficult to play than my just 28.6" scale Ibanez Mikro Bass, which otherwise has been my main bass for the last past 12 years or so (and I have almost exclusively played short scale basses for the last past 16 years or so). For some reason it also kind of incite my fretting hand to instinctively and very naturally stay in the correct position most of the time. And actually for some stuff actually easier to play than my 28.6" scale Mikro Bass because fingering doesn't get as cramped on the regular 34" scale of the Aria. And it sounds amazing as well. That humbucker neck/middle pickup with its pole pieces arranged like a reverse P (while as far as I gathered it is actually a full humbucker pickup, that is the parallel coils actually going the whole length of the pickups and not just under the pole pieces) just sounds awesome, very punchy and ballsy, but at the same time really clear and articulate. It features a very stable 3 piece Maple neck, slightly figured beautiful Rosewood fretboard, and an Ash body. Might very well become my main bass again. Here it is: It does weight about half a ton though. Edited June 23, 2023 by Baloney Balderdash 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waddo Soqable Posted June 23, 2023 Share Posted June 23, 2023 Stop talking about japanese porn, it gives entirely the wrong impression ... 😁 The Arias of that period were certainly v. good kit, a guitarist I played with at that period had the guitar equivalent and it sounded and played brilliantly , I remember having great fun fooling with it upside down with the strings the wrong way round ( he was a lefty ) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bottomfeed Posted July 24, 2023 Share Posted July 24, 2023 Early 80's Tune 'Bass Maniac'... Very unique sounding bass.. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doomed Posted July 26, 2023 Share Posted July 26, 2023 Owned from new, has a set of Wizard 'Hammers' installed with the obligatory cts etc. loom. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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