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Any experience with the "Vintage" guitars brand?


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I think it's only GAK calling it a "Jaco Pastorius" bass - on the JHS page ([url="http://www.jhs.co.uk/vintagebass.html"]http://www.jhs.co.uk/vintagebass.html[/url]) it's called an Icon VJ96. With a lot of references to Jaco but nothing explicit.

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Those Vintages have been out a few years, Fender aren't really like other big names with their rights protection and don't seem to see it as much of a threat. I've played a couple and was fairly underwhelmed.

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[quote name='TDM' post='886605' date='Jul 5 2010, 07:25 PM']I played one of those at a shop a while back and it actually felt surprisingly good. The shop however, sucked, and didn't let me plug in to an amp to try it out properly.[/quote]

The Jaco or the other ones being discussed? If you're willing to spend time and cash modding them I reckon they're good for the money. Mine is gathering dust at the moment sadly.

Here's a pic.



There's not enough space in the cavity for 2 pots so it's just got volume at the moment. The pickups also need raising as they're way too far from the strings. I'm considering a de-fret for tonal variation and for fun.

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