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01-15-2013, 10:46 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2006 Location: US | | | What about some sort of Stingray, SBMM, or the new Sub series?
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01-15-2013, 10:51 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Hudson Valley, NY | | | After a p-bass, a Stingray may be the next logical step.
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01-15-2013, 11:28 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Traverse City, Michigan | | | 1 more vote for Blacktop Jazz. Bought one a little over a year ago and really liked it. Dropped a Audere JZ3 in it a couple months ago and now really love it! |
01-15-2013, 11:33 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: CT | | | Any thoughts on an Epiphone T-Bird Classic or Pro? I dont think they sound ANYTHING like a Jazz-especially since they have humbuckers at the bridge.
Or a Ray34 or new Sterling SUB
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01-15-2013, 11:59 AM
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Originally Posted by SIFJiggy But then we turn around and do a medley that goes from 'Bringing Sexy Back' to 'Killing in the Name' --- need some more punch 'n growl | My vote is still for the Blacktop Jazz, but even though Tim Commerford of RATM used (and recorded with) Stingrays early on, he plays Jazzes now... Just sayin'... 
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01-15-2013, 12:18 PM
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Originally Posted by Buskman My vote is still for the Blacktop Jazz, but even though Tim Commerford of RATM used (and recorded with) Stingrays early on, he plays Jazzes now... Just sayin'... | He has a lot more toys than me... (dunno for fact, but I'm assuming his rig is a teensy bit more expansive than mine) hahaha
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01-15-2013, 01:59 PM
|  | You unlock this door with the Key of "E"magination | | Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: The Archduchy of DuPont | | Check out this TBer's Blacktop Jazz demo. I believe he's using a pick, so that is adding a little twang and bite to the sound, but to my ear, it sounds great. The sustain is pretty sweet too. NBD - Fender Blacktop Jazz Bass
I got to try one out a couple of weeks ago. Very ballsy! If I ever get into a "playing on stage" situation, I'll likely invest in one.
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01-15-2013, 02:43 PM
| | | | Nice nice - Now let me change it up --- how would this differ to the Modern Player jazz ---- I always thought I was looking for humbuckers... lots of love for the split coil on the blacktop.
But wait... the modern player is the same price - Made in China, though (I could care less where it's made) - but Fender tags it as more of a beginner instrument.
So if I'm looking at the MP --- would that have a ballsy sound as well and build quality to match the MIM Blacktop?
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01-15-2013, 02:48 PM
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01-15-2013, 02:57 PM
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Originally Posted by SIFJiggy Hey TBers - this is a wildly open-ended and subjective question that might aggravate some...
Right now I'm playing a 2012 Hand Stained Jazz (mahogany w/ maple neck) and I friggin love it... BUT
I have chronic GAS syndrome and really want to find something that sounds totally different. Something with a little less "smoothness"? I guess... I was thinking something along the lines of one of the new Gibson EB basses - My budget is more like half that so I'm debating something like a Blacktop P-Bass or Yamaha BB424.
Just something that will give a different sound - maybe hotter and grittier.
Let me also put the caveat in here that "go play a bunch and see what you like" is a crap-answer. I really don't have the time and if you've noticed, brick and mortar stores have the diverse selection of a mid 1940s German army...
so that's why I ask my TB homies.
Thanks in advance. |
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01-15-2013, 03:08 PM
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Originally Posted by Chef Epiphone EB3. $299. | A-ha! One I'm fairly certain I can find in-store. How would fit and finish and build quality compare to MIM Fender?
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01-15-2013, 03:10 PM
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Staff Reviewer; Bass Gear Magazine Moderator | | Join Date: May 2004 Location: Columbia MO | | Comparably, I think.
I played one once after putting fresh strings and a setup on it for a friend.
Nice enough bass; and certainly Not a Jazz 
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