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03-17-2013, 08:35 PM
| | | | What was the best non-Fender J you ever played?
Some companies do Fender better than Fender. The best one I played was a Joe Osborne sig Lakland. |
03-17-2013, 08:40 PM
| | | | Had a really old aria pro jazz copy with block inlays that sounded gorgeous, miss that bad boy, was my second bass after my squier p bass. It served me well and sounded more like a jazz bass than any other I've owned since, neck was rock solid and comfy as well. |
03-18-2013, 12:38 AM
|  | Out of GAS!! | | Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Roseville, CA | | | The Sadowsky Metro UV70-5 that I used to own.
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03-18-2013, 12:55 AM
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Endorsing: Ampeg | | Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Apopka, FL | | | An Alleva Coppolo 5-string J. I usually don't like 5's, but this one was superb and weighed considerably less than most. Cannot bring myself to spend that kind of money on a bass, but if I could, it would be at the top of my short list.
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03-18-2013, 01:26 AM
|  | Dr. Jim | | Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Denton TX, Kailua HI, New York | | | Sadowsky NYC, hands down.
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UL1 410 & fEARful 15/6/1 www.jamescarr.net |
03-18-2013, 01:57 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: SOCAL | | | Mike Lull M4V
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03-18-2013, 02:06 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Siegen | | | A Sandberg California TM!
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03-18-2013, 02:24 AM
| | | | Sadowsky, Sandberg and Lakland are all better than Fender
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03-18-2013, 02:34 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Czech | | | My Moon JJ4 |
03-18-2013, 02:38 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: England | | | Lakland DJ5 gets my vote |
03-18-2013, 02:50 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Milan, Italy | | | I say Sadowsky (both Standard NYC and Metro UV70 5ers)
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Originally Posted by JimmyM  An Alleva Coppolo 5-string J. I usually don't like 5's, but this one was superb and weighed considerably less than most. Cannot bring myself to spend that kind of money on a bass, but if I could, it would be at the top of my short list. | But I quote this one, 'cause the sensation I back then felt for Sadowskies was exactly this one.
Quotin' again up until the end of sentence I'd tell that, havin' in the past the opportunity of a 5er boutique made for me (that I eventually let down) if I'd ever spend that kind of money, I certainly wouldn't go for Sadowsky, but for Custom USA G&L L2500 from American Guitar and Band (definitely no Jazz bass anyway)
Cheers,
Wallace
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03-18-2013, 03:32 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Willow Street, PA | | | Everyone here has such high end basses, I'm a little embarrassed about mine!!
Not really. Here's the thing. I don't have much experience with Jazz basses. I've had two in my 32 years as a bassist. One was a MIM that fell apart on stage on me back in the mid-90's. that turned me off on Fenders for quite a few years.
The best I've personally ever owned is my SX Ursa 2, but you have to understand that I've put a TON of work into making it play the way it does. |
03-18-2013, 03:44 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: York, UK | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Rip Topaz I don't have much experience with Jazz basses. I've had two in my 32 years as a bassist. One was a MIM that fell apart on stage on me back in the mid-90's. that turned me off on Fenders for quite a few years. | Yeah I had a USA Jazz fall apart on me during a summer of gigs in the mid '90s. I think they just made a lot of terrible basses around that time. I think mine was a '93 or '94. By the end of '95 it was firewood. |
03-18-2013, 03:50 AM
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Originally Posted by Rip Topaz One was a MIM that fell apart on stage on me back in the mid-90's. that turned me off on Fenders for quite a few years. | How on earth did the Jazz fall apart on you? |
03-18-2013, 03:52 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Willow Street, PA | | | Bridge saddles decided to loosen themselves while I was playing. By the end of the set I was picking up whatever pieces of the bridge that I could find. I returned the bass the next day.
That was back before I knew anything about my gear. Now, that bridge would have been swapped before it made it to the stage.
Funny, that was the LAST time I gigged without a backup. |
03-18-2013, 03:55 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Wadhams! NY (Adirondacks) | | | I own a '73 Jazz, a fretted 70's Squier VM and a Squier Fretless VM. Last month I bought a Masada Jazz copy off Craigslist for $150. It's amazing. Currently my #1 electric. Sounds GREAT. |
03-18-2013, 04:01 AM
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Originally Posted by Rip Topaz Bridge saddles decided to loosen themselves while I was playing. By the end of the set I was picking up whatever pieces of the bridge that I could find. I returned the bass the next day.
That was back before I knew anything about my gear. Now, that bridge would have been swapped before it made it to the stage.
Funny, that was the LAST time I gigged without a backup. | I just can't imagine a Fender falling apart like that. Things must have really been bad for the company then. |
03-18-2013, 04:09 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Milan, Italy | | | Oh yes: they were much like that (and worse) back then
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Originally Posted by kevteop Yeah I had a USA Jazz fall apart on me during a summer of gigs in the mid '90s. I think they just made a lot of terrible basses around that time. I think mine was a '93 or '94. By the end of '95 it was firewood. | Can you trust me when I say that mid '90s Fenders kept us all nervously laughin' where have all past glories gone?
Cheers,
Wallace
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03-18-2013, 04:12 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Luxembourg, Europe | | | Nordstrand, Sadowsky, Lakland
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03-18-2013, 04:16 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: La Mesa (San Diego area), Cali | | | Sadowsky Standard 5 and Alleva Coppolo LG-5
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