I tried a short scale Mustang...it sound pretty good, just not sure I am ready to go short scale for that price. Between $300-$500 I am leaning towards a Precision. I love the Ibanez look and body but it sounds muffled to me. Fender Jazz has a tinny sound. Oy...I feel like I am standing in a perfume isle and my sniffer is getting confused. My ears are beginning to feel that way with sound.
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I tried a short scale Mustang...it sound pretty good, just not sure I am ready to go short scale for that price. Between $300-$500 I am leaning towards a Precision. I love the Ibanez look and body but it sounds muffled to me. Fender Jazz has a tinny sound. Oy...I feel like I am standing in a perfume isle and my sniffer is getting confused. My ears are beginning to feel that way with sound.
I think Ibanez has the most beautiful bodies...but they seem slightly muted.
A Precision will have the thickest neck of all the basses mentioned so far. There are a few models that have Jazz necks, though.
If you can find an old USA Peavey Foundation or fury, they have nice slim jazz style necks, great build, and cost very little $$$.
Find a Jazz bass neck or Precision "A" neck and put it on a Precision bass body. Maybe look into building a parts bass, or something like a MIM Jazz would be a killer platform that is full scale Fender with a narrow nut width.
by all means get a Precision here is a pic of me playing my Pbass with a “S” designation in 1978 with “EDDIE AND THE SUBTITLES” original Bass Player
A Ric has narrower string spacing at the bridge but is wide at the nut. the strings are more "parallel" for lack of a better term. For a thin necked Ric, it's better to get a 70's model 4001 than anything newer.
If there are any Guitar Center locations within a reasonable distance, there's a chance they might carry an Aerodyne in the store. Plus, they have a very generous return period…45 days, I believe. Plus, you can order something off their used database, have it shipped to a store location (if you don't want it sitting outside your home, waiting for Bob-Knows-Who to take it off your hands) where you can give it a proper shakedown trial. If you like it, you're done. If not, you can return it right there, on the spot and no questions asked. The only thing you'll be out is the shipping fee, which usually amounts to $20 or so.
A used Geddy-sig or Aerodyne might be a bit over your budget, but you may end up getting a free bag or case along with it. That being said, either of those might fit the bill. From many, many accounts, the Geddy's have some of the thinnest, front-to-back Jazz necks around. I believe the thinnest ones are the Japanese-made models, the USA model has the thickest and the MIM's seem to fall in-between the two.
Aerodyne necks are neither super-thick, nor pencil-thin, but their fretboards are a bit curvier. Dunno if that's a deal-breaker or not, but there you go. Their P/J pickup configuration…or for that matter, any other P/J…might be up your alley. You tend to get a bit more "thickness" in their sound, but with a bit of "growl" from the bridge pickup.
Just out of curiosity, not to mention the possibility of "compatibility", what model Squier have you been rockin'? Things like series (Affinity, Vintage Modified, etc…), model, year and country-of-origin can determine whether or not a replacement neck is a viable solution. For example, if it's a late-nineties/early-2000's, Indonesian-made Squier Standard, you might run into compatibility problems.
It's worth mentioning that I have a couple of parts-basses that I might be parting out soon (re: the link in my signature below) and both of them have excellent, Squier Classic Vibe necks. But then, almost everything that came out of the CV series was very, very good.
Yeah...gonna have to nix the Precision. I learned on a standard Jazz ...so...the thin neck thing....is just a want not a need. I certainly don't want a neck bigger than a Jazz...unless I can find a Precision with a Jazz neck.
If there are any Guitar Center locations within a reasonable distance, there's a chance they might carry an Aerodyne in the store. Plus, they have a very generous return period…45 days, I believe. Plus, you can order something off their used database, have it shipped to a store location (if you don't want it sitting outside your home, waiting for Bob-Knows-Who to take it off your hands) where you can give it a proper shakedown trial. If you like it, you're done. If not, you can return it right there, on the spot and no questions asked. The only thing you'll be out is the shipping fee, which usually amounts to $20 or so.
A used Geddy-sig or Aerodyne might be a bit over your budget, but you may end up getting a free bag or case along with it. That being said, either of those might fit the bill. From many, many accounts, the Geddy's have some of the thinnest, front-to-back Jazz necks around. I believe the thinnest ones are the Japanese-made models, the USA model has the thickest and the MIM's seem to fall in-between the two.
Aerodyne necks are neither super-thick, nor pencil-thin, but their fretboards are a bit curvier. Dunno if that's a deal-breaker or not, but there you go. Their P/J pickup configuration…or for that matter, any other P/J…might be up your alley. You tend to get a bit more "thickness" in their sound, but with a bit of "growl" from the bridge pickup.
Just out of curiosity, not to mention the possibility of "compatibility", what model Squier have you been rockin'? Things like series (Affinity, Vintage Modified, etc…), model, year and country-of-origin can determine whether or not a replacement neck is a viable solution. For example, if it's a late-nineties/early-2000's, Indonesian-made Squier Standard, you might run into compatibility problems.
It's worth mentioning that I have a couple of parts-basses that I might be parting out soon (re: the link in my signature below) and both of them have excellent, Squier Classic Vibe necks. But then, almost everything that came out of the CV series was very, very good.
Hmm...Fender Jazz Squire...probably Mexico...lol When I decided to pick up Bass I got it from a guitarist. She has served me well, but now...it seems way overboard to repair her neck compared to what I paid for her or at least for now. She is playable and sounds great, but I don't to chance a bang up at a gig besides she is falling out of tune every few songs. Sad. I guess you can say...she was my first and is invaluable to me. With that said, I have known I need to get a spare...but...it's tough buying a 'car' without test driving. Today I am going to check out a Carver. Tomorrow a Schecter and some Ibanez. I play Saturday night, so I feel the pressure...lol Guitar Center has seen me a lot recently...oy!
You could always rent. It's like less than $10 a day for some models (up here, anyway) It would also give you a chance to check out something you might wanna buy.
And most places will take the rental fee off if you buy something later.
Thanks
Intriguing…
If it is, I can't offer much advice. I don't think I've ever seen one "in the flesh" and definitely have never modded or tinkered with one.
I don't think it is quite that fancy...Here is a pic
