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5 strings bass Classic vibe or OLP

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stefffbasss

Nov 19, 2016
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Canada Québec
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I have an OLP 5 strings that i really like i also have a Geddy Lee jazz bass 4 strings.Iknow that if you d'ont try you d'ont know, but i would like to know what would be the best bass to have between a 5 strings classic vibe jazz bass and a OLP (copy of Musicman). I really like the neck of my 4 strings jazz bass but i also like the power of the humbucker of the OLP. What would be the one that covers best all styles?Also what bass is having the most comfortable neck?
 
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stefffbasss said:
I have an OLP 5 strings that i really like i also have a Geddy Lee jazz bass 4 strings.Iknow that if you d'ont try you d'ont know, but i would like to know what would be the best bass to have between a 5 strings classic vibe jazz bass and a OLP (copy of Musicman). I really like the neck of my 4 strings jazz bass but i also like the power of the humbucker of the OLP. What would be the one that covers best all styles?Also what bass is having the most comfortable neck?
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Neck comfort is the 2nd most subjective aspect of instrument ownership (1st is “good tone”)
Noted that you said you like your Geddy 4 neck, which is very thin any way you look at it. The OLP neck is also narrow (but may be thicker...I don’t know - never played one) and has narrow (16.5mm at the bridge I think) string spacing for a 5 string. The Squier 5 neck will definitely be wider. For a 5, I like the Squier/Fender profile very much, a very comfortable profile. The Squier 5 will also have wider 18.4mm string spacing. So it depends on what you can deal with or adapt to.
Squier instruments are built by Cort, I believe, and the Cort basses mentioned above will be of higher quality and more economically viable. I don’t like how Squier CV Jazz 5 is priced at $450. Seems to be a lot for what you get. The problem with Cort instruments is that they aren’t readily available on this side of the globe, and you will most likely have to purchase from an international distributor like Thomonn (sp?)
 
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stefffbasss said:
The GB75JH would be a very great choice combines jazz bass and musicman tone Humbucker and jazz bass pick-up . That would be the best choice i think.
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I skip the nice QC and nice tone China made Squier Para54J then bring home a Cort GB74JJ several days ago, this bass play better, sound better, light in weight, stunning tuning machines and better QC than any Indonesian Squier CV J bass(they also born from Cort factory....) i been try and setup( include my current Sammick made CV50P) , meanwhile the GB74JJ also smoke out the China Sadowsky Express J which i been compare side by side in past.

The J pup on GB74/75 jj/jh are split coil which safe from 60'hum, but she sound just like single coil J pup .

Another bonus on GB74JJ is Passive/Active switch which has same output level and similar tone .
 
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