Recent content by The Real Jake

As a professional, or very frequent player, what are your main reasons for preferring an Active bass over a passive bass?

A standard Fender Jazz (MIM)… and sorry I posted this twice ;)

A standard Fender Jazz Bass. (MIM)

Bass Brethren, I confess, I like the tone of Active pickups - which I realize have greater tone modification than their passive counterparts- I’m thinking of that crisp tone with a touch of tenor, it is especially great for that punchy funk sound that slapping and popping brings out, but I...

I've posted about this before, but I'd like to take a look at it again. WHAT I GOT: A Squier Vintage Modified Precision Bass (PJ pickups, Agathis body, Indonesia) with a Fender Fretless Jazz Bass Neck (Maple with Pau Ferro fretboard, Mexico). MY PROBLEM: Neck Dive. I'm curious if any of my...

FRETLESS NECK-DIVE ; Solutions? Fellow Axemen, In transforming my Squier Precision-J Bass into a fretless bass, I’ve got a serious case of neck-dive. I prefer the Precision bass body shape for playability and I like the extra jazz pickup in the “PJ” design. Therefore, the Squier Vintage...

Mrcbass said, "I'm amazed that the buzz shows up on your flats and not your rounds IME, any buzzing is worse with rounds." MRC, I was amazed too! But like I said, the neck (bought brand new) came stock with round wound strings and may have been designed for them exclusively. -Jake

Bass players, In short, I’m having trouble with string buzzing on a Squire Precision fretless bass with an ebonal fingerboard and plastic fret marker lined inlays. Asking for advice on how to solve the problem. Brief History of the bass: As you’ll see in the pictures, my Squire is a mod, but a...

Yes and Yes, But no, I’m through paying people to tend to this guitar. Got to solve the problem on my own!

Bholder, The only problem with resanding the neck is that the neck has a finish on it; it would have to be refinished afterwards. TRJ QUOTE="bholder, post: 22213333, member: 18186"]I think you ought to try getting the right size of radiused fingerboard sanding block and try to fix the...

Bass players, In short, I’m having trouble with string buzzing on a Squire Precision fretless bass with an ebonal fingerboard and plastic fret marker lined inlays. Asking for advice on how to solve the problem. Brief History of the bass: As you’ll see in the pictures, my Squire is a...