Low End Jazz Megathread, post pics and soundbites!!

[caesarbass]

Look what I got today!!!!!!!!!!!!

It is SWEET!!!!!!!!!! The color is really hard to capture, but you see some of the grain of the wood through the paint....
I will submit a full gig report this weekend, and I will post some quick recordings......

 

[tribal3140]

played that one at NAMM was fantastic!!!!!
made me commit to one myself!

 

[caesarbass]

Here are some quick clips going through my U5 and Focusrite Saffire Pro interface with no effects or compression:
Both pick-ups eq flat.
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Neck pick-up, high eq turned down, low eq turned up.
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Both pick-ups, high and low eq boosted a little.
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Bridge Pickup only with low eq boosted a little and treble eq flat.
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Both pickups up and bass and treble eq all the way up.
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[caesarbass]

played that one at NAMM was fantastic!!!!!
made me commit to one myself!

Nice!!! What kind are you getting???

 

[j-raj]

I played it too... That is one killer bass, like all LEJ's.

Enjoy it.

 

[Akito]

The clips rule! Oh yeah so does the bass. When I first opened this thread I thought the bass had a massve head stock lol!

 

[caesarbass]

The clips rule! Oh yeah so does the bass. When I first opened this thread I thought the bass had a massve head stock lol!

That is funny!!! Thanks Akito!!!

 

[caesarbass]

I played it too... That is one killer bass, like all LEJ's.

Enjoy it.

Thanks J-Raj-I must have missed this bass at NAMM because I would have bought it back in January.

 

[Dr. Cheese]

LEJs are a nice take on the boutique J thing. Your clips are groovy! Nice playing.

 

[tribal3140]

Nice!!! What kind are you getting???

a modded 5 string
pretty out there for a LEJ but I love torturing them!
attached a mockup

sweetspot dual J's
custom pre
grey/black trans quilt top
35" scale
narrow string spacing and bridge
lace sheoak pickguard, binding and block inlays, and neck stringers.
black trans flame maple body.
ebony or wenge fingerboard.

circle of life/death inlay in flame maple, ebony

 

[j-raj]

Thanks J-Raj-I must have missed this bass at NAMM because I would have bought it back in January.

better later than never.

 

[Akito]

Tribal you are insane.
I love it!

 

[jordanm]

How is the neck on those things. A 6 string J sounds nice, but I don't want a giant J neck x 1.5

 

[caesarbass]

How is the neck on those things. A 6 string J sounds nice, but I don't want a giant J neck x 1.5

I played Jorg's 6 string LEJ bass when I was trying out the Schroeder cabinets and it was "THE" bass that convinced me to get an LEJ5. I'm not a 6 player but that thing was the nicest and easiest 6 I have ever played, the 5 that I just got IS the best playing 5 I have ever played/owned.

 

[caesarbass]

a modded 5 string
pretty out there for a LEJ but I love torturing them!
attached a mockup

sweetspot dual J's
custom pre
grey/black trans quilt top
35" scale
narrow string spacing and bridge
lace sheoak pickguard, binding and block inlays, and neck stringers.
black trans flame maple body.
ebony or wenge fingerboard.

circle of life/death inlay in flame maple, ebony

I agree with Akito:
You are insnase!!! That bass is KILLER!!!!!

 

[Christov]

BEAUTIFUL!!! I LOVE the PURPLE!!

 

[wujuu]

Very nice!

Where's the full, extended review and gigging report?

 

[MMiller28]

Your bass is purple.

 

[caesarbass]

Very nice!

Where's the full, extended review and gigging report?

Well I used it on Sunday at a church gig through my 1210L and the tone was awesome, it kept it's tonal character even though I was not very loud. Tonight I used it on a casual/corporate event for a few hundred people in a ballroom of a hotel, or actually two or three ballrooms combined. I used my 1212L and my 1210L along with the LEJ5 and it was tone heaven!!!!! Again the bass held it's tonal character, and I was LOUD, very very even tone throughout the fingerboard. Our soundguys were really impressed with the sound I got tonight, one of them is a bass player and might be looking into getting his own LEJ because he liked mine so much, tone wise and feel wise (I let him play it at soundcheck). The combination of the Schroeders and the LEJ bass is the sound I've been searching for, it is super clean, punchy as hell, and doesn't lose tone whether I'm playing really loud or playing quietly.
I can get a killin slap tone, ala 70's j-bass, and then I can get a great p-bass type of tone with just the neck pup, so in the versatility dept. this bass kicks some serious ass.

 

[wujuu]

How would you say it compares to other boutique J's in terms of its tonal characteristics? (if you have experience with others)