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Fender Jazz '62 AV RI club

#101
Joseph, the newer versions are better I hear. I gigged mine on both my gigs this weekend and the bass is definitely worth a little extra work. It's easy to learn how to do set ups by reading up on it right here on TB. That's what I did.
 
#102
My '62 AVRI Jazz in Oly White upon arrival. Birthdate 2012. She is a tone monster already and soon will be sporting TI flats. Trying now to sort out which J basses to keep long term, but already know this is "the permanent one," as the song goes.

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#105
Here is a pretty decent homemade live recording I captured on a gig this past weekend. A local pro friend of mine sat in on bass for a couple of tunes. He is playing my '62 AV which was made when they were still called RI (1994). Playing through my Shuttle 6.0 and Epifani PS 112 with flat EQ except for the bass boost filter knob. Tone knobs are either wfo or slightly rolled off, I can't remember. This tone and this sound is why I love this particular bass so much. He gets it to really play like it was built to. His attack is aggressive enough to get some Jaco tones out of it, even though the pickups are not set for that sound and the strings are TI flats. Hope you enjoy.

 
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#107
Joseph12 said:
Hello, just received a '62 oly white jazz today.
I started reading this thread and read about all the tweaks, etc. that seem everybody's having to do here, am wondering about that.

I generally get a setup on my basses then leave them alone...perhaps i'm not overly fussy about all that but i'm concerned what i'm gonna run into with this beautiful new '62.
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Not everybody. The neck on my AV62 has been rock solid since the day I bought it 5 years ago, haven't had to touch the truss once. Strung it with La Bella 760FL flats and haven't had to do anything since, action stays put, no issues whatsoever.
 
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bassman_al said:
Here is a pretty decent homemade live recording I captured on a gig this past weekend. A local pro friend of mine sat in on bass for a couple of tunes. He is playing my '62 AV which was made when they were still called RI (1994). Playing through my Shuttle 6.0 and Epifani PS 112 with flat EQ except for the bass boost filter knob. Tone knobs are either wfo or slightly rolled off, I can't remember. This tone and this sound is why I love this particular bass so much. He gets it to really play like it was built to. His attack is aggressive enough to get some Jaco tones out of it, even though the pickups are not set for that sound and the strings are TI flats. Hope you enjoy.

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Excellent tone and playing. It makes me want to revisit TI's on one of my Jazz basses!
 
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#110
Just took mine apart to shield the cavity. Turns out that the grounding strip is actually the ground to the bridge! Not cosmetic at all. Wow! Looks like the period-correct design is true down to that level of detail.

The shielding is now complete and wow, what a difference. The sound is now smooth and sleek, not filled with buzz and EMI/RF interference! Just clean J-bass tone!

The old school design made the shielding work a little more challenging, but with the shielding paint I used for the body, not really that hard at all. Copper tape under the pg, although that part was not necesary. Copper tape inside the plastic pup covers, grounded, and all set!
 
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