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11-12-2012, 12:04 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Arizona | | | Simple 4 string passive
Hey guys, I don't know why this is so hard.
Maybe it's because I'm up so late looking.
I want a four string, passive, jazz bass. (p/j is acceptable)
It needs to be $800 or less.
Here's the hard part, apperantly.
I hate basses with the jack on the front face, pointing straight out. The jack needs to be either on the bottom or at least poitioned like a stratocaster.
Do you fella's have any guidance for where I can find one of these? Bonus points for sunburst finish.
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11-12-2012, 01:09 AM
|  | Groove, just groove. | | Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Kansas | | That's quite the challenge! I tried for a bit and found zip.
Since finding such a bass would be difficult and provide you with very few options, I would take a different approach. Find a jazz bass you love, sound and feel, then rout a jack to the side. You shouldn't allow something so insignificant to limit your choices. Just my $0.02.
Or, just get an angled cable 
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11-12-2012, 01:28 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Fukui Japan from San Diego | | Here you go. I'm sure you may find it cheaper, but it wa the first link when I searched for aerodyne. http://www.musiciansfriend.com/bass/...ring-jazz-bass
I think the Japanese version have the jack on the side. |
11-12-2012, 01:31 AM
|  | 6 String Nut | | Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Santa Barbara, CA | | | Or you could use a cable with a right angle input jack.
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11-12-2012, 02:31 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2012 Location: Shanghai, China | | | Maybe the Aerodyne Jazz?
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11-12-2012, 02:38 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Western NY | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Espresto  Maybe the Aerodyne Jazz? | And it's $800.
I'm thinking about trying one myself.
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11-12-2012, 04:12 AM
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11-12-2012, 04:22 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Darwin, Australia | | | G&L L2000 and JB-2.
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11-12-2012, 04:26 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Northern California | | | G&L Tribute JB 2
You can buy this bass brand new for $600, and I see them online now "gently used" for $450. G&L is a very well made, underrated instrument... and it comes in 3 tone sunburst! http://www.glguitars.com/instruments..._new/index.asp |
11-12-2012, 04:36 AM
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11-12-2012, 05:41 AM
|  | Gettin' medieval on yo' bass... | | Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Like old Hampshire, but New | | | Yamaha bb424x? It's P/J, passive, jack is on the heel of the body. Also the Washburn Taurus T-24. Both comfortably below your budget.
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11-12-2012, 05:46 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2006 Location: Land of Lakland | | | Take a look at the basses here in the classified ads. There is bound to be something there for you. |
11-12-2012, 05:53 AM
| | | | Why don't you route a jack for the side then you could put a switched jack in the top for a stereo output, or another tone pot, 2 band or you could just plug the hole. |
11-12-2012, 06:03 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Willow Street, PA | | | 1) Buy a blank pickguard.
2) Route the new pickguard for pickups and pot holes.
3)Drill side jack. |
11-12-2012, 06:07 AM
| | | | Warwick Streamer, new Rockbass series, with the twin passive soapbar MEC's. $500, jack on the bottom, narrow string spacing, and sounds like a Jazz on steriods...
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11-12-2012, 06:14 AM
|  | Registered User | | | | | try and get your hands on a 1980s Yamaha BB1000S, it is the greatest underrated bass in the world, IMHO.
Passive, Reverse P and J on the bridge, input on the side.
You should be able to fid one in the $500/$750 range and they are neck through!
I have one which I will not ever sell.
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11-12-2012, 06:35 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Columbus,Ohio | | Here you go - http://phoenix.craigslist.org/evl/msg/3385021057.html - get this and try it out, then if you don't like it, sell it to me (for the same price)  You can't loose !
* 4 string
* passive
* jazz bass
* jack on the side of the body * Super Ferrite pickups * uber cool P knobs
* with case
* made in the USA
* way under $800
It looks to be all original so, by the knobs & bridge its a 1983 or 1984.The USA Peaveys have a great sound and, there is almost a cult following for the Super Ferrite pickups.
I seriously would buy it if you didn't like it.
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11-12-2012, 08:54 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Jersey Shore, USA | | Quote: |
Originally Posted by hrodbert696 Yamaha bb424x? It's P/J, passive, jack is on the heel of the body. | +1 - it's a PJ, but the bridge pickup on the BB series cops a very convincing Jazz-like tone. And the P pickup sound great, too...
A new sunburst model would cost around $500...
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11-12-2012, 08:56 AM
|  | 1 - 2 - 3 - Uhhh... | | Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Edmonton | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Buskman +1 - it's a PJ, but the bridge pickup on the BB series cops a very convincing Jazz-like tone. | Shouldn't it? |
11-12-2012, 08:58 AM
|  | ... you talkin' to me ?? | | Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: DEEP in the Heart of Texas | | Quote:
Originally Posted by icecycle66 Here's the hard part, apperantly.
I hate basses with the jack on the front face, pointing straight out.
The jack needs to be either on the bottom or at least poitioned like a stratocaster.
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Originally Posted by Epitaph04 Or you could use a cable with a right angle input jack. | ... simple answer is the best answer .
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