FunkyDude Posted Tuesday at 11:20 Share Posted Tuesday at 11:20 https://www.jonesbasses.com/ I recently came across this and I know it's a clone on the "you know what" basses but I think Mark Jones, the luthier, is heading in the right direction. IMHO, there is nothing wrong in cloning. Sadowsky, Mike Lull, James Tyler, Suhr, Overwater etc etc. The craftsmanship on the basses seem to be very nice. Best of all, it's Made In England. Just wondering if anyone has tried out these basses. There isn't much information or review on the Internet. Merry Christmas ALL! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandypjb Posted Tuesday at 12:21 Share Posted Tuesday at 12:21 Had a look on their site - Incredible craftsmanship on display. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Russ Posted Tuesday at 15:28 Share Posted Tuesday at 15:28 (edited) Mark's moved away from the Ken Smith tribute thing and has revised his shapes to make them a bit more original. They've got a little bit more of a Jaydee vibe now, to my eyes. He's also using multicoil pickups and a filter preamp in most of his basses now, so they're just as much a Wal tribute as a Smith one! Lovely instruments though. Looking forward to seeing more. Edited Tuesday at 15:29 by Russ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FunkyDude Posted Tuesday at 15:52 Author Share Posted Tuesday at 15:52 19 minutes ago, Russ said: Mark's moved away from the Ken Smith tribute thing and has revised his shapes to make them a bit more original. They've got a little bit more of a Jaydee vibe now, to my eyes. He's also using multicoil pickups and a filter preamp in most of his basses now, so they're just as much a Wal tribute as a Smith one! Lovely instruments though. Looking forward to seeing more. Yeah, it's a good move to steer away from a total clone of a well known one. Not too sure how the filter preamp works though. Is it like a fixed tone, pre EQ thingy? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tubbybloke68 Posted Tuesday at 16:41 Share Posted Tuesday at 16:41 Look very impressive! My wallet’s trying to creep away to a safe dark corner … Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itu Posted Tuesday at 19:08 Share Posted Tuesday at 19:08 Playing SMs need quite a reach. Strap is attached to approx 16th fret in model 1 and even further away in the model 2. Not the most ergonomic approach for a half position player. Surely nice for a soloist. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NickA Posted Tuesday at 19:23 Share Posted Tuesday at 19:23 The filter pre is a high pass for each pickup, but the variable Q turns the high pass into something like a band pass with the gain lifted at the pass frequency. On a Wal you only get no lift and " some" lift, on an acg-eq-01 you have an infinitely variable lift. This "Jones" bass has 2x levels of lift. That raised Q Also does weird things with the phases of the signals from the pickups making a kind of chorus effect. Hardly ever use it on my Wal in public tbh, fun at home tho. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bevan7 Posted 23 hours ago Share Posted 23 hours ago I’ve been Jonesing for one of these for a while. Will get one when I win the lottery 😁 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FunkyDude Posted 20 hours ago Author Share Posted 20 hours ago 2 hours ago, Bevan7 said: I’ve been Jonesing for one of these for a while. Will get one when I win the lottery 😁 I missed out on the 20% Black Friday sale. Let's see if there is a Boxing Day/ New Year sale coming up or not! 😑 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassassin Posted 17 hours ago Share Posted 17 hours ago Craftsmaship notwithstanding, those are some shockingly ugly basses. 2 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Killerfridge Posted 15 hours ago Share Posted 15 hours ago 1 hour ago, Bassassin said: Craftsmaship notwithstanding, those are some shockingly ugly basses. I've only just come around to the look of Ken Smiths, and these look like they've got a bit of Fodera Imperial in their blood too. I'm not sure I like the combination, but I wonder if given time I couldn't be convinced Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OliverBlackman Posted 15 hours ago Share Posted 15 hours ago 2 hours ago, Bassassin said: Craftsmaship notwithstanding, those are some shockingly ugly basses. I didn’t want to be the one to say it 😆 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
franzbassist Posted 6 hours ago Share Posted 6 hours ago 8 hours ago, OliverBlackman said: I didn’t want to be the one to say it 😆 Nor did I. Close up shots look amazing, full body images not so much... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FunkyDude Posted 6 hours ago Author Share Posted 6 hours ago 9 hours ago, Killerfridge said: I've only just come around to the look of Ken Smiths, and these look like they've got a bit of Fodera Imperial in their blood too. I'm not sure I like the combination, but I wonder if given time I couldn't be convinced I know what you mean about Ken Smith basses. It is totally KEN SMITH, in person. If anyone have communicated with him before will know what I mean! Used to dislike the look of it but it kinda grow on you though. 😅 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FunkyDude Posted 6 hours ago Author Share Posted 6 hours ago 6 minutes ago, franzbassist said: Nor did I. Close up shots look amazing, full body images not so much... I agree the SM1, full-body one looks as though it needs to be on a diet! I wouldn't say it's ugly though. Just different. The SM2 looks a lot better IMO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Killerfridge Posted 1 hour ago Share Posted 1 hour ago 5 hours ago, FunkyDude said: I agree the SM1, full-body one looks as though it needs to be on a diet! I wouldn't say it's ugly though. Just different. The SM2 looks a lot better IMO. That "fatness" is the Fodera Imperial influences (I think anyway) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Killerfridge Posted 1 hour ago Share Posted 1 hour ago The more I look at them, the more they are growing on me... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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