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"OUT FOR DELIVERY"
In other words, yes, this is another useless post from me because I'm excited to finally be seeing it in person for the first time.
In other words, yes, this is another useless post from me because I'm excited to finally be seeing it in person for the first time.
SUPER busy at work right now, but if the plugged tone is ANYTHING like the unplugged tone...
Oh, and the weight and playability are amazing. The looks, well, you'll just have to wait for the carpet shots, but it was DAMN hard to put it back in the case!!
Oh, and the weight and playability are amazing. The looks, well, you'll just have to wait for the carpet shots, but it was DAMN hard to put it back in the case!!
SUPER busy at work right now, but if the plugged tone is ANYTHING like the unplugged tone...
Oh, and the weight and playability are amazing. The looks, well, you'll just have to wait for the carpet shots, but it was DAMN hard to put it back in the case!!
I hate gettin basses delivered at work. It's so hard getting
any work done after it arrives. I must have taken my RA-5
out of the gig bag ten times.
Looking forward to your review!!
Dan
SUPER busy at work right now, but if the plugged tone is ANYTHING like the unplugged tone...
Oh, and the weight and playability are amazing. The looks, well, you'll just have to wait for the carpet shots, but it was DAMN hard to put it back in the case!!
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What you cant' stop long enough to give us your thoughts so far....LOL...I know how you feel! It will come, Congratulations!
Peace,
T
SUPER busy at work right now, but if the plugged tone is ANYTHING like the unplugged tone...
Oh, and the weight and playability are amazing. The looks, well, you'll just have to wait for the carpet shots, but it was DAMN hard to put it back in the case!!
WHAT DO WE WANT.......................PICTURES......WHEN DO WE WANT THEM.........NOW
Chef
In Memoriam
Chef
In Memoriam
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This bad boy is alive. It's just like that badass COJ/DN model Tony had (that now xkimsungminx has). It's got a super sweet sizzly brightness that's very clear and present, but not harsh at all. It's got that phat 60's J tone comin' out the wazzoo, but I'd say an extended amount of low and high end, tonal consistency, and tonal "completeness" if that makes sense. All the boxes are checked off in the sound. It's all there. Rich clear lows, very musical B string, the D and G strings don't die off in the mix (at least playing along with mp3's anyway), etc. Thing is, with all that going on, still, one of the most exciting things about this bass that I also remember from the COJ one is how the whole bass just becomes the bass note. It's got a very serious vibe to it that I really respond to.
I'm super persnickety about dead spots, and I know pretty much any wood necked instrument is gonna' have something. As you folks know, on a 34" scale bass, it's usually around the 5th-7th frets on the G string (C-D). They're not too hard to work around unless they're severe, but nevertheless, my threshold for a deal-breaking dead spot is probably lower than most folks'. Yeah, you guessed it, this ones' is so mild I doubt you'd ever notice it in any playing situation... including a studio, and even under close scrutiny, it's VERY mild. In short, among the best I've ever played on a wood necked instrument.
The action was a little higher than I'd like when I got it, tho the relief was perfect. So I nervously lowered the strings. This is the acid test for fret level, and the fact that it was a bit higher when I got it, despite Jimmy's great rep for fret levels, I was still a bit worried. Well, no problem. I just dropped the saddles and it was golden. I don't play with crazy insane low action, but I do like it lower than a lot of folks... just enough to where I can dig in if I want and get a nice fret sizzle (what I call "usable fret buzz" you get deliberately), but not have the notes choke out, or worse, be perfect for most of the neck but have "choke zones". I can't handle that.
The "vintage tint" on the neck is subtle, but I really wouldn't want it any darker. Just enough to richen up the wood color. Perfect. And if you think the burst looks good in the pics, you should see it in person. It's so deep it's not even funny. I'm probably gonna' leave that pickguard off for a while. The pics also don't do the Alder justice. The grain has that beautiful "sheen" to it that the yellow tint in the middle of the burst just really brings out at certain angles. Don't even get me started on the fingerboard. It is definitely among the very top rosewoods I've ever had. The grain is very consistent, a beautiful rich deep color with just enough accent color variation to bring out the grain, etc. I love it.
Jimmy's also improved the body sculpting a little bit on more recent models like mine. I've tried to get the light to follow the lines in some of the pics so you can see this, but it's a noticeable improvement. Subtle, but noticeable. Real sweet update.
If I was gonna' "ping" it on anything, it'd probably be the strings. It came with Jimmy's SS strings, which are good quality strings, no doubt, and no offense to Jimmy, but just like the LM I had a while back, I hear a bit too many overtones especially on the lower strings. Takes some of the focus away that I crave down there. Not a big enough problem to change the strings before I'd normally do so, tho (to put my ping in perspective at least). I'm also probably a bit too over-persnickety about this, but this went away when I threw a set of DRs on that LM, so I'm sure a set of DR LoRiders or HiBeams (most likely my final choice) will take care of that for me.
Anyway, I was really concerned about being "spoiled" by that COJ LG, but no worries. This one follows that act quite nicely.
This bad boy is alive. It's just like that badass COJ/DN model Tony had (that now xkimsungminx has). It's got a super sweet sizzly brightness that's very clear and present, but not harsh at all. It's got that phat 60's J tone comin' out the wazzoo, but I'd say an extended amount of low and high end, tonal consistency, and tonal "completeness" if that makes sense. All the boxes are checked off in the sound. It's all there. Rich clear lows, very musical B string, the D and G strings don't die off in the mix (at least playing along with mp3's anyway), etc. Thing is, with all that going on, still, one of the most exciting things about this bass that I also remember from the COJ one is how the whole bass just becomes the bass note. It's got a very serious vibe to it that I really respond to.
I'm super persnickety about dead spots, and I know pretty much any wood necked instrument is gonna' have something. As you folks know, on a 34" scale bass, it's usually around the 5th-7th frets on the G string (C-D). They're not too hard to work around unless they're severe, but nevertheless, my threshold for a deal-breaking dead spot is probably lower than most folks'. Yeah, you guessed it, this ones' is so mild I doubt you'd ever notice it in any playing situation... including a studio, and even under close scrutiny, it's VERY mild. In short, among the best I've ever played on a wood necked instrument.
The action was a little higher than I'd like when I got it, tho the relief was perfect. So I nervously lowered the strings. This is the acid test for fret level, and the fact that it was a bit higher when I got it, despite Jimmy's great rep for fret levels, I was still a bit worried. Well, no problem. I just dropped the saddles and it was golden. I don't play with crazy insane low action, but I do like it lower than a lot of folks... just enough to where I can dig in if I want and get a nice fret sizzle (what I call "usable fret buzz" you get deliberately), but not have the notes choke out, or worse, be perfect for most of the neck but have "choke zones". I can't handle that.
The "vintage tint" on the neck is subtle, but I really wouldn't want it any darker. Just enough to richen up the wood color. Perfect. And if you think the burst looks good in the pics, you should see it in person. It's so deep it's not even funny. I'm probably gonna' leave that pickguard off for a while. The pics also don't do the Alder justice. The grain has that beautiful "sheen" to it that the yellow tint in the middle of the burst just really brings out at certain angles. Don't even get me started on the fingerboard. It is definitely among the very top rosewoods I've ever had. The grain is very consistent, a beautiful rich deep color with just enough accent color variation to bring out the grain, etc. I love it.
Jimmy's also improved the body sculpting a little bit on more recent models like mine. I've tried to get the light to follow the lines in some of the pics so you can see this, but it's a noticeable improvement. Subtle, but noticeable. Real sweet update.
If I was gonna' "ping" it on anything, it'd probably be the strings. It came with Jimmy's SS strings, which are good quality strings, no doubt, and no offense to Jimmy, but just like the LM I had a while back, I hear a bit too many overtones especially on the lower strings. Takes some of the focus away that I crave down there. Not a big enough problem to change the strings before I'd normally do so, tho (to put my ping in perspective at least). I'm also probably a bit too over-persnickety about this, but this went away when I threw a set of DRs on that LM, so I'm sure a set of DR LoRiders or HiBeams (most likely my final choice) will take care of that for me.
Anyway, I was really concerned about being "spoiled" by that COJ LG, but no worries. This one follows that act quite nicely.
YMMV, but I'd forgotten that Jimmy's necks have a much shallower C than the Lakie. So it's really quite different. It's got both a smaller radius and also a shallower profile. I like it a LOT better, but again, that's a very personal thing. I do like the Lakie neck just fine, but the AC just feels a lot better to me... fits me a lot more naturally.
Oh, and on my scale, it weighs just under 9 pounds. So between Jimmy's putting it at .05 over, and mine putting it a bit under I'd say it's probably just about exactly 9 pounds. Again, perfect.
Bottom line, just tell Jimmy what you want. He'll get it right.
Bottom line, just tell Jimmy what you want. He'll get it right.
Do you have a pickguard? Could you just place it on top of the bass for a photo I'd love to see what it looks like with one.
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