Recent content by Tom Coyne

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    Fender Blacktop Club

    ...and how to join this, here, group?
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    Fender Blacktop Club

    Irma will be going to the tech after a few more parts-n-pieces come in...she has new pickups and new controls (not pictured yet). The neck needs reallignment, new neck plate to be installed and action and intonation addressed. And she got a bump in shipping from Guitar Center in W...
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    The Fender Jazz Bass Club Part Seven!!!

    She has new pickups and a new set of controls but hasn't been to the tech yet for setup
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    The Fender Jazz Bass Club Part Seven!!!

    I recently got a Black top jazz 4 string. I had never seen one before. I named her Irma.
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    The official "Show your basses" thread part 19!

    My arsenal left to right- Vox Cougar, Fender American Standard Jaguar, Warwick FNA Jazz 5 string, Fender Blacktop Jazz, Warwick Corvette fretless w/modifications, Fender Jaguar. Each very different, nothing mainstream.
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    How bad (or good) was your first bass?

    Memphis copy of a Fender P bass...black w/white pickguard. Maple neck and fretboard. It worked well for years.
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    Fender American Standard Jaguar Bass

    A few summers ago I got a hot rod red MIJ model that I love and then saw a mistic red American Standard Jag bass on FB marketplace marked down to $1300 from $1400. I waited. It dropped to $1200 and then $1100 and when It hit $1000 I drove from Madison, WI to St. Louis. Best purchase I made in...