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Fender 1966 Jazz Bass
- Thread starter Dr. Cheese
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That's correct. We've been talking about Victor Bailey, hence the posting of that Weather Report clip
I con't doubt that they're voiced differently (they are different models), or that you may prefer the sound of one model over the other, but that doesn't have anything to do with "QC".
Over this side of the puddle, when we see a '66 jazz, we think this guy:
whom I had the pleasure of watching work in the studio, photograph and even dep for. Brilliant musician, great in way more contexts than is most known for.
whom I had the pleasure of watching work in the studio, photograph and even dep for. Brilliant musician, great in way more contexts than is most known for.
Exactly, that's Paul Turner. The band here was The Dark Sinatras, Paul recorder two albums with them.
He doesn't really take the 66 out on tour anymore, tends to stick to Stenbacks now.
He doesn't really take the 66 out on tour anymore, tends to stick to Stenbacks now.
I played his '66 (and he played mine), apart from the neck shape (mine is an A neck, he has a B neck) it was crazy how similar they felt.
What a duo. I think I prefer the look of yours. I was never a fan of painted headstocks on Fenders, with the exception of 66 dot/bound jazzes, but looking at them side by side plain still looks perfect. I do remember the back of the neck on Paul's bass having quite a bit of flame, always love that.
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Hah thanks! Paul's bass is original, mine is a refin (used to be sunburst, judging by the pickguard). I loooove the D&B neck. Love it so much I have it on two custom built basses.
A friend of mine had one built after my Jazz, which was a big honor, especially because the bass turned out fantastic.
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ok you got a point there….
But I just
I love my AVRI ‘66,
The Quality is Great!
pickups sound amazing
way better than AVRI ‘62 and Definitely Better than AVRI ‘64,I can tell it’s voiced different.
it has more Mids and it growls and cuts through^_^.
you’re right my favorite series is AVRI,American Deluxe,Elite and Ultra but I recently played the squire 70’s jazz bass…(I always thought of them as a toy)
it felt good and sounded really good and it surprised me, it was set up right.
I know if the store doesn’t care about the customers and leave on a dead strings and not set up right and let you play through wack amp,then you might feel the quality is bad but it’s not your fault…I would feel exactly
the same way.
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Wait and maybe buy a used one later....I think Sixties Jazzes have their own thing and I like it too. Daryl Jones and Victor Bailey played ‘66’s, and they sounded awfully good to me. Meshell Ndegecello and John Paul Jones sound pretty good too.
I’m just looking. Barring a miracle, I will not have a spare $2K for a new Jazz this year.
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The 1966 Jazz Bass is interesting to me, particularly the 66 that Darryl Jones famously played with Miles and Sting. His bass reminds me of a 70s J Bass because of the block inlays, but sonically it sounds like a 60s J Bass...particularly when Jones goes into his distinctive thump & pluck style. I wonder if those 66s were transitional & Fender was starting use block inlays on the necks and the pickup covers, but kept the 60s placement for the bridge pickup? I would love to compare measurements the pickup placements on Darryl's 66 to that of Marcus' 77.
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I believe the Jazz bass B-pu shifted toward the bridge in '70/'71. Other than the bound & dotted/blocked (mid '66) necks & non-reverse lollypop tuners - they were essentially the same as a pre '66 J up to that point. From '69, single-slotted saddles replaced threaded saddles. More changes came in the '70s including the 3-point neck plate ('76-'81 - but introduced on the Tele bass in '72), the removal of the "Hootenanny" hs peg and different/larger hs decal - late '60s to '76.
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