bubinga5 Posted March 9, 2010 Share Posted March 9, 2010 (edited) Im working in Chester at the moment and went into Dawsons music about half an hour ago....They got a few basses, but i wanted to play a 2010 Fender...Tried a squire in Lake Placid blue that was ok...Looked fabulous...Then i picked up the Fender and loved it...A lovely off white with a killer tone... Then the guy asked me to check out an unknown (to me) bass by Farida.. I sh*t you not i was blown away...Way better tone than the Fender...The best passive jazz ive ever heard....I just couldnt believe how good this bass sounded..very big output, the growl on this thing was immense,..awsome honk when rolling off the front pup...strangly it didnt seem to thin out the tone........i would go as far to say it sounded better than my Custom shop... the swamp ash body prob helps...the bass didnt sound harsh in any way, very smooth creamy sound.... And the price...£380 or there abouts....apparently there made by the same people who make Squires...i was so impressed im thinking about buying one....They look a little like Jag's with the shorter bottom horn... anyone tried one? [url="http://www.dawsons.co.uk/acatalog/Farida_Bass_Guitars.html"]http://www.dawsons.co.uk/acatalog/Farida_Bass_Guitars.html[/url] Edited March 9, 2010 by bubinga5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sibob Posted March 9, 2010 Share Posted March 9, 2010 I think there's a guy on the forum who is 'endorsed' by them.......says he quite happily put down his Fender to play them. Si Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mgibson Posted March 9, 2010 Share Posted March 9, 2010 I love the look of these things... If what you say is true they sound like unbelieveable value... ( :wub: ... maybe) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buff Posted March 9, 2010 Share Posted March 9, 2010 Cant see a jag shaped one in dawsons add though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bubinga5 Posted March 9, 2010 Author Share Posted March 9, 2010 They look a little like Jag's with the shorter bottom horn... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raslee Posted March 9, 2010 Share Posted March 9, 2010 I think they're all kinda Jag shaped, smaller lower horn Whats the quality like? action etc Do you know what P.U.'s they use? Where they built UK/Korea etc? ....i'm semi interested myself as i'm missing having a 4 string passive jazz at the mo and can't really afford anything too pricey - i wonder how it compares to my Laky JO5....and i'd have to order online so no try before buy unfortunately. Good find though bro. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bubinga5 Posted March 9, 2010 Author Share Posted March 9, 2010 [quote name='Rasta' post='769540' date='Mar 9 2010, 06:28 PM']I think they're all kinda Jag shaped, smaller lower horn Whats the quality like? action etc Do you know what P.U.'s they use? Where they built UK/Korea etc? ....i'm semi interested myself as i'm missing having a 4 string passive jazz at the mo and can't really afford anything too pricey - i wonder how it compares to my Laky JO5....and i'd have to order online so no try before buy unfortunately. Good find though bro.[/quote]yeah i guess so...First impressions were it was light...Looked the bass over and the neck pocket was tight. and for a sub 500 its was a very well put together bass, but as always try before buy.....the bass is made in China (that always troubles me) dont know about the pups....y sh I had a USA 75 RI and i would take this over that any day....Just superb tone....ive played many top end passive jazzers and this was up with if not better than them...how do they do it? i will say that i noticed the fingerboard radius was very shallow/flat with no FB rolling... Ive heard your JO5 Lee and its very nice.would like one of those bad boys some day..i think you will like these if your looking for a budget Jazz bro...not sure how well it work with your sound though..didnt get to see how versatile it was...unless you want something funky... BTW hows Dan...you still in Steppaz with him? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mokl Posted March 9, 2010 Share Posted March 9, 2010 I have experience of Farida acoustics as we have sold them through our shop. I understand Dawson's are the importers and set them all up before sending them out. I'm not surprised you were impressed given how good the acoustics were - every one we had played and sounded great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balcro Posted March 9, 2010 Share Posted March 9, 2010 Hi bubinga5, Can you confirm the price you quoted first off? £380 doesn't match the web-site. Ta. Balcro. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bubinga5 Posted March 9, 2010 Author Share Posted March 9, 2010 (edited) [quote name='Balcro' post='769704' date='Mar 9 2010, 08:51 PM']Hi bubinga5, Can you confirm the price you quoted first off? £380 doesn't match the web-site. Ta. Balcro.[/quote]hello mate....I was told £380.00 something.... and that erm...was on the price tag on the bass....cant remember exactly...the site price is not accurate for reasons i dont know...it was under £390.00 i know that much... looks like they dropped the 10% Edited March 9, 2010 by bubinga5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomBassmonkey Posted March 9, 2010 Share Posted March 9, 2010 These were at LIMS last year and we ordered a semi Tele off them, like this: [url="http://www.dawsons.co.uk/acatalog/farida_ftc-32.html"]http://www.dawsons.co.uk/acatalog/farida_ftc-32.html[/url] VERY nice guitar, shoots way over it's price range. They don't sell very well though unfortunately or we'd have had more in. They're definitely very nice though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bubinga5 Posted March 9, 2010 Author Share Posted March 9, 2010 [quote name='ThomBassmonkey' post='769800' date='Mar 9 2010, 09:49 PM']These were at LIMS last year and we ordered a semi Tele off them, like this: [url="http://www.dawsons.co.uk/acatalog/farida_ftc-32.html"]http://www.dawsons.co.uk/acatalog/farida_ftc-32.html[/url] VERY nice guitar, shoots way over it's price range. They don't sell very well though unfortunately or we'd have had more in. They're definitely very nice though.[/quote] tis a shame..thing is there are sooo many jazz copies with names that seem very generic....including Farida...i wouldnt have looked twice to be honest....i was very impressed though... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7string Posted March 9, 2010 Share Posted March 9, 2010 Proves that you can't judge a bass by its headstock. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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