Fender '08 Hot Rod Jazz Club

[JEDI BASS]

Originally Posted by slapmachine

I buy my basses to play music, not to baby. Mine's beat to sh!t, and it's got some mojo for being 4-5 years old or w/e.

I hear ya. Mine's been babied cause I HAD to have a B string for the band I was in except for a couple of covers we threw in w/ our original stuff.... that's when the HR came out. So it's only seen a handful of gigs and only for (at most) a few songs per gig. Plus, I have WAY too many basses! Nevertheless, the HR will be gigged regularly now, while my others sit at home :-).

[slapmachine]

Originally Posted by JEDI BASS

I hear ya. Mine's been babied cause I HAD to have a B string for the band I was in except for a couple of covers we threw in w/ our original stuff.... that's when the HR came out. So it's only seen a handful of gigs and only for (at most) a few songs per gig. Plus, I have WAY too many basses! Nevertheless, the HR will be gigged regularly now, while my others sit at home :-).

The force....is strong with this one!!

[TorontoAlex]

Iphone pic but you get the idea. Bought mine at the end of last year from a fellow TB'er. I really love this thing, I go back and forth between this and a P as my main players. I've strung this with Ernie Ball Slinky's, and I usually play with a pic, bridge P/U at full, neck backed off touch. Sounds like a dream. I've thought about replacing the pickups, just to try for a vintage sound. I also don't really use the S-1 switch, if I want a P sound I use a P. But no rush to change it up, sounds great anyways.

A few years ago I had a Highway 1 Jazz I really liked, but my mom needed some cash, so I sold it. Since then I always wanted a J with a nitro finish, I really think the tone is better with nitro vs poly, and it was between this and a 62'RI. Those are nice basses but I don't think I made a bad decision with this one.

[SB Dog]

TorontoAlex:

I think you made a great decision choosing one of these. It looks like your HRJ Bass is aging quite nicely.

If you decide to change the pups, please update us on how you like the replacements.

[JEDI BASS]

zenlowend #1
gsdito #2
JEDI BASS #3
kevin lindsay #4
Limpingbass #5
dlb1001 #6
naughtry #7
marwady #8
Blazeman #9
stingray56funk #10
TorontoAlex #11
Commreman #12
daCosa #13
SB Dog #14
godofthunder59 #15
funkbass88 #16
SpikeyAsian #17
Goodlawdy #18
Big Mike Ipp #19
steamthief #20
ataunton #21
slapmachine #22
JimB52 #23
georgestrings #24
Giterdone #215

[JimB52]

I think there were only 215 made, so 26 members means this club is home to well over 10% of all Hot Rod Jazz basses, right?

[JEDI BASS]

Originally Posted by JimB52

I think there were only 215 made, so 26 members means this club is home to well over 10% of all Hot Rod Jazz basses, right?

Yep

[TorontoAlex]

I should point out that I bought mine off Joesguitar1129, so even thought it would would still take us over %10, the percentage would decrees a bit.

[JEDI BASS]

TorontoAlex is now number 11.

Originally Posted by JEDI BASS

zenlowend #1
gsdito #2
JEDI BASS #3
kevin lindsay #4
Limpingbass #5
dlb1001 #6
naughtry #7
marwady #8
Blazeman #9
stingray56funk #10
TorontoAlex #11
Commreman #12
daCosa #13
SB Dog #14
godofthunder59 #15
funkbass88 #16
SpikeyAsian #17
Goodlawdy #18
Big Mike Ipp #19
steamthief #20
ataunton #21
slapmachine #22
JimB52 #23
georgestrings #24
Giterdone #215

[green streamer]

A bit late to the party i know, but i simply adore this workhorse

[JEDI BASS]

zenlowend #1
gsdito #2
JEDI BASS #3
kevin lindsay #4
Limpingbass #5
dlb1001 #6
naughtry #7
marwady #8
Blazeman #9
stingray56funk #10
TorontoAlex #11
Commreman #12
daCosa #13
SB Dog #14
godofthunder59 #15
funkbass88 #16
SpikeyAsian #17
Goodlawdy #18
Big Mike Ipp #19
steamthief #20
ataunton #21
slapmachine #22
JimB52 #23
georgestrings #24
green streamer #25
Giterdone #215

WELCOME TO THE CLUB!! Post more pics and tell us some gig stories.

[Big Mike Ipp]

I love mine, the nitro is wearing wonderfully (or terribly depending on how you look at it, I like my basses with a little wear and tear). Due to living in a thin walled townhouse I've moved to the Zoom B3 and some sennheiser headphones, I'm in heaven.

[JEDI BASS]

Nice! We need some "wear n tear" pics in this thread. Post em up folks!