Recent content by RRJackson

I've still got mine. This was a 16th birthday present from my girlfriend in 1981. They were brand new on the shelves.

I got an unexpected email from Dave Ryan yesterday that finally explains this amp. It was great to finally get some info on it: Hello Mr jackson, my name is Dave Ryan, I built the amp you own now, as you can see. I was the "line assembly supervisor" for the SVT-HD re-issue project. 1986-1987...

I don't really hear a difference in the higher notes. Just a tiny bit more clarity in the bottom two or three notes on the E string. BTW, it's probably worth pointing out that I really like an emphasis on the fundamental. I like a big, round, bass-y bass tone and short-scale basses seem to do...

My first bass was an Aria Pro II CSB-380. Those had a scale length of 880mm, which is about 32 1/3". I played a Rickenbacker for years that was 33 1/4". I've played Gibsons with their 30 1/2" scale. Personally, I can barely tell the difference between the Aria, the Rick and a 34" scale...

I've mostly owned 34" scale basses, but I'd offer up the Alembic Stanley Clarke model as a pretty potent example of a short scale bass that's not really a "student design" instrument. I actually have an Alembic Series II 34" bass that I really wish was a Stanley "Brown Bass" these days, since...

I actually really love that nut design. I've often thought of doing a run of basses and I'd love to license that from them, but I don't know if they ever do anything like that. Heh...that reminds me...I had an Echoplex that stopped working for about ten years and then one day I took it apart to...

I gotta say, I've had an Alembic Series II since 1984 and I don't have a single bad thing to say about the nut. I will say that the design probably wouldn't work on most other basses. The fretboard on an Alembic is really thick, so the nut is pretty tall and that allows enough room for a nice...

No, the Pedulla sounds like Jaco's bass. :D Sorry, had to go with that zinger. Unplugged the Pedulla has that singing Jaco-ish tone, but they use active pickups and so plugged in they sound a little too hi-fi for Jaco, IMO. And they're too expensive to just gut one and install passive...

I certainly wasn't knocking the work done on the "official" Jaco basses, but it seems like they focused on building a very nice bass and didn't really focus on what gave Jaco his synth-y sound. I remember a lot of people grabbing Pedulla basses when the Buzz first came out because it was (as...

I couldn't really see much that needed modding. The pickups sounded good. I might have put a Badass II bridge on it, but other than that it seemed pretty nice. Particularly for a dirt-cheap bass made out of some kind of New Zealand evergreen with a plastic fretboard. But of course Jaco got his...

Has anyone played the Squier Vintage Modified Jazz Bass Fretless? Cause that plastic "Ebonol" fretboard sounds a LOT like an epoxied fretboard to me. Of course the no-pickguard sunburst thing makes me think they're trying for a cheapie Jaco-ish option, but it's funny 'cause the el cheapo sounds...

Fenders are like Honda Civics. They're predictable and they get the job done. My first decent bass was a Jazz Bass and I own a Jazz Bass now. They are, as you say, plug and play. No muss, no fuss. You take them along when you don't know the lay of the land. A Gibson is a whole 'nuther kind of...

I dunno. Allen Woody and Jack Bruce seemed to do OK with 'em...

An EB with a Mudbucker sounds HUGE, though. If you're playing in a power trio it might just save your life. :hyper:

Hey, you gots good taste! :hyper: -Rob (Brown SG Faded)