4001 said:
I agree 100% with this as well.
Although I'm amazed the die hard fretless players aren't chastising him for string bending for vibrato
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Coolest jazz basses ever?
- Thread starter facepalmmaster
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I agree 100% with this as well.
Although I'm amazed the die hard fretless players aren't chastising him for string bending for vibrato
My lefty Zon Sonus 519...
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For all intents and purposes, it's a 35" scale 5-string jazz bass on steroids.
oh come on. Super awesome bass, but shouldn't there be more of a line of demarcation of what is and isn't a Jazz Bass?
It has Jazz style pickups, but where is the control plate? And the body isn't Jazz style really. But then quite a lot of Laklands are Jazz style and they certainly take liberties with the body shape.
Just saying is all, I would not kick that bass out of bed for not being a Jazz.
Oh and BTW, how'd we wind up with a 'Ray player in here? :scowl:
Edit: Lost the quote...was aimed toward Calaverasgrande ;-)
Edit: Lost the quote...was aimed toward Calaverasgrande ;-)
This one wins hands down.... check out the other mods on the Tony Cochran web site
http://www.tonycochranguitars.com/sparkycaster.html
http://www.tonycochranguitars.com/sparkycaster.html
That guy makes some very interesting stuff. I like the short story that goes along with each instrument.
Ha! Thanks for the kind words...
I certainly don't think a bass needs a control plate to be a "jazz bass"... there are tons of j-basses out there that are rear routed.
To me, 90% of what makes a jazz bass a jazz bass is pickups and pickup location. My Zon has jazz-style pickups and they are in the typical 60's jazz bass pickup locations. In a blind taste test, I doubt you could tell a difference between it and another active jazz bass that had the stereotypical look of a Fender.
Also, the Sonus body style is actually quite closer to a jazz bass than it might appear at first glance... the upper horn is the same length and close to the same shape, and other than the lower horn, the rest of the body is a similar size as well.
Anyway, I realize that I'm making a bit of a stretch and my Sonus is on the very outer limits of "Jazz bass territory" but I stick by what I said.
yeah steampunk needs to go away and die. It's pretty much just pretentiousness for the sake of being pretentious.
And we thought we were embarassed for the 80's? I cant wait until today generation has kids. "daddy why are you wearing a top hat and goggles in this picture? Were you going to the opera underwater?"
"Yeah son, that was a silly trend called steampunk back in the 2000s. We all wore really ugly boots and made regrettable tattoo choices."
"Oh that explains the scar tissue on your upper arm dad!"
"Anything was better than that steampowered owl tattoo."
And we thought we were embarassed for the 80's? I cant wait until today generation has kids. "daddy why are you wearing a top hat and goggles in this picture? Were you going to the opera underwater?"
"Yeah son, that was a silly trend called steampunk back in the 2000s. We all wore really ugly boots and made regrettable tattoo choices."
"Oh that explains the scar tissue on your upper arm dad!"
"Anything was better than that steampowered owl tattoo."
This was pimped out by TBer MasterBass!
I really don't know where he got it...but it does look cool.
Mine, of course:
Talking about madness... What on earth is that? An old radio or something?
I agree these basses sure look cool. I have wanted one since seeing Krist from Nirvana playing one...however when one does come up for sale I never seem to have the cash to pass.
