Recent content by WesJett

I have a 2000 Am Deluxe in natural ash with the same tuners you describe. the tuners are Schaller brand, these tuners are very similar to the hipshot ultralites. The plastic you see are simply covers over the chrome gears, dont worry, there aren't any other plastic parts in there, I assure you...

I have the badass on both my Fenders. the main advantage I have seen is less movement of the saddles under heavy finger picking or slapping/popping. The BA is also great for maintaining intonation and I have found that the set screws that adjust saddle height hold well and the string height...

2000 American Deluxe 5 natural ash +badass V bridge & custom electronics 2010(??) MIJ Geddy Lee Sig. Black (now with tort. guard)

my collection from a few years back and my new slimmed down stable.wish I hadn't sold all those others :(

I've owned the markbass 2x10 combo for about 5 years, great volume, functional and really portable. I traded my giant ampeg rig for it b/c i needed something light-weight but still loud enough for practice and gigging - this combo was perfect for that. I like that the amp has only a few...

I have two Jazz Bases, a 2000 American Deluxe 5 string and a 2011 Geddy Lee sig. the american deluxe is a great bass with awesome tone, but was modified by the previous owner, which I think caused some issues with the neck and fretboard. the guy put a badass V bridge on it, but it was...

Could not have said it better, hombre. my favorite perk of the fiver

Blood Sugar Sex Magik

From a couple of shows we played at a fun little bar in Fort Worth Texas. that has since closed :hmm:

I played a 5-string bass pretty exclusively for several years of gigging playing in a hard rock kind of jam band and thought I would never go back to playing 4 strings until just recently when I began playing more indy rock style music. I still switch back to the 5 occasionally, but I rarely...