geoffbyrne Posted February 3, 2010 Share Posted February 3, 2010 (edited) Right!! I've been playing bass about 5 years now & I'm relatively happy with my progress. I discovered early on I didn't like wide fretboards, but *did* like 5ers. The first 5er I got that suited my hands (small) was the Hohner B Bass V (Cort built). It suits me very well. The next is the Peavey Cirrus BXP V. Slightly wider fretboard, but really nice - currently my No.1 bass. Recently I got aN OLP Stingray 5, & through my MXR-80+ in front of the amp, I love its tone & the B string is superb. However, the neck's not for me as it's one of the baseball-bat variety and my small hand finds it too far of a reach round to the B string. Add to that that I've always admired the Jazz body shape, and you'll see that my perfect bass would be: Jazz body, slim neck, narrow string spacing, 5 string & MM pup in Stingray position. I don't really care about a 2nd pup. Cheap comes into the equation too. Is there anything produced that sounds/looks like that? Cort? Vintage? Either that or I'll trade with someone who likes this kind of neck for a slim one they don't like. Geoff Edited February 3, 2010 by geoffbyrne Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Jack Posted February 3, 2010 Share Posted February 3, 2010 You really spoiled it all with that "cheap" bit, Geoff ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geoffbyrne Posted February 3, 2010 Author Share Posted February 3, 2010 [quote name='Happy Jack' post='734614' date='Feb 3 2010, 11:08 PM']You really spoiled it all with that "cheap" bit, Geoff ...[/quote] Yeah. I know. But that's the reality when you're retired & not gigging. Damn Drummers! (No offence to drummers intended!!!) G. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lemmywinks Posted February 3, 2010 Share Posted February 3, 2010 Get Prosebass to build you something? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Jack Posted February 3, 2010 Share Posted February 3, 2010 [quote name='lemmywinks' post='734623' date='Feb 3 2010, 11:20 PM']Get Prosebass to build you something?[/quote] +1 That way, if it's not [b][i]quite [/i][/b]how you wanted it he can then trim it to your requirements. I currently have three Prosebass instruments and I love all of them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geoffbyrne Posted February 3, 2010 Author Share Posted February 3, 2010 (edited) I must admit to being ignorant as to Prosebass. Educate me? Please? Site's inop. G. Edited February 3, 2010 by geoffbyrne Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tait Posted February 3, 2010 Share Posted February 3, 2010 [quote name='geoffbyrne' post='734629' date='Feb 3 2010, 11:25 PM']I must admit to being ignorant as to Prosebass. Educate me? Please? Site's inop. G.[/quote] paul rose, he's a luthier who's a basschatter here. his builds are really well priced and lovely to play, i expect if you PM him he'll give you a rough quote for what you want. i met him at the nottinghamshire bass bash and played a couple of his builds, and i think he had a 5 string jazz with MM pickup there. i THINK it was nearly finished but not quite done so i didn't get to play it. of course, i could just be imagining it and he didn't have anything of the sort there. anyway, i'm by no means anywhere near the best person to tell you about prosebass, i've not got a bass built by him or anything, i only met him one time at a bash. but you should definatly consider him for a custom build that is really well priced. another idea would be to build it yourself? start with say a squier jazz deluxe 5 (which have, IMO a really nice neck. although i've heard others say they really hate the neck) and route for a musicman pickup? or get someone to route it for you? i'm sure your local music shop would do it for you, or if not there has to be a luthier somewhere in your general area. just an idea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geoffbyrne Posted February 3, 2010 Author Share Posted February 3, 2010 Thanks for the info - appreciated. G. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tombboy Posted February 4, 2010 Share Posted February 4, 2010 I was going to say try a Sandberg Cali JM5.... but then you mentioned the 'cheap' word. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
josh3184 Posted February 4, 2010 Share Posted February 4, 2010 Musicman sterling 5 would have worked too. Not helping with the cheap thing though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BottomEndian Posted February 4, 2010 Share Posted February 4, 2010 (edited) Not a Jazz body, and the bridge pup looks to be a [i]little[/i] bit back from Stingray position... oh, and it only comes in dullard grey... but there's the Ibanez SRX365: Under £300 new, with a slim neck, 16.5mm spacing and an extra pup into the bargain. Honestly, if it came in [i]any other colour[/i] I'd have it. EDIT: The Ibanez site actually says 18mm spacing, but dv247.com says 16.5mm. The plot thickens. Edited February 4, 2010 by BottomEndian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Jack Posted February 4, 2010 Share Posted February 4, 2010 Geoff, can I be the first to congratulate you on your new avatar? Nothing wrong with the Humbug hat (I have one myself) but the Guinness stockings are ... well ... genius. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geoffbyrne Posted February 4, 2010 Author Share Posted February 4, 2010 (edited) G. Edited February 4, 2010 by geoffbyrne Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geoffbyrne Posted February 4, 2010 Author Share Posted February 4, 2010 (edited) [quote name='BottomEndian' post='734856' date='Feb 4 2010, 10:50 AM']Not a Jazz body, and the bridge pup looks to be a [i]little[/i] bit back from Stingray position... oh, and it only comes in dullard grey... but there's the Ibanez SRX365: Under £300 new, with a slim neck, 16.5mm spacing and an extra pup into the bargain. Honestly, if it came in [i]any other colour[/i] I'd have it. EDIT: The Ibanez site actually says 18mm spacing, but dv247.com says 16.5mm. The plot thickens.[/quote] Mmmmmm. Interesting. I think my ideal body would look like this: G. Edited February 4, 2010 by geoffbyrne Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lemmywinks Posted February 4, 2010 Share Posted February 4, 2010 What sort of bass is that Geoff? Looks gorgeous! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farmer61 Posted February 4, 2010 Share Posted February 4, 2010 [quote name='geoffbyrne' post='735002' date='Feb 4 2010, 01:23 PM'] G.[/quote] IBTL....hahahaa! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geoffbyrne Posted February 4, 2010 Author Share Posted February 4, 2010 [quote name='lemmywinks' post='735202' date='Feb 4 2010, 04:20 PM']What sort of bass is that Geoff? Looks gorgeous![/quote] Actually, I don't know - I just Googled jazz bass walnut, clicked on images & picked this particular image. G. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geoffbyrne Posted February 4, 2010 Author Share Posted February 4, 2010 [quote name='lemmywinks' post='735202' date='Feb 4 2010, 04:20 PM']What sort of bass is that Geoff? Looks gorgeous![/quote] It's a Modulus. [url="http://www.musicpark.com.au/B_Guitars.html"]http://www.musicpark.com.au/B_Guitars.html[/url] G. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geoffbyrne Posted February 4, 2010 Author Share Posted February 4, 2010 What's the neck like on a 5er ATK? G. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mykesbass Posted February 4, 2010 Share Posted February 4, 2010 Hi Geoff, Having torn myself away from your avatar (big Guinness fan of course), may I be so bold to suggest my very nice Korean built Aria that's up for sale on here - I'm sure the neck is along the lines of what you are looking for: [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=69115"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=69115[/url] Sorry for the shameless commercialism! Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BottomEndian Posted February 4, 2010 Share Posted February 4, 2010 [quote name='geoffbyrne' post='735337' date='Feb 4 2010, 06:02 PM']What's the neck like on a 5er ATK?[/quote] Never had my hands on one personally, but the neck dimenions on the [url="http://www.ibanez.com/BassGuitars/model-ATK305"]Ibanez USA site[/url] are pretty much the same as my Stingray 5. If you want to try an ATK 5er you'd better get a wriggle on: they seem to have disappeared from Ibanez's UK site. Just 4-strings left. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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