They even sent a couple of longer screws to mount it.
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Get off my LAWN! "Grumpy Old Farts"
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Is the thumb rest something that you always use? Is the height an issue at all.
It's true that my EB-0 was the definition of mudbucking, but I'm not sure I believe it's all down to the amplification systems. Precision basses were more ubiquitous back in the day and they didn't sound quite like that. But nothing then sounded as good or as well defined as things do today with more advanced technology, especially in the bass world.
A friend of mine has a Gretsch Junior Jet which he let me play once. He'd had it set up by one of the best guys in town, and it felt really good, but I never plugged it in. That's $300 and it has a neck position mudbucker. Reviews say the tone is "dark" so I'm afraid to go that way. Unfortunately, I never see that guy anymore because I'm no longer in a band with him, so I can't ask him to check it out again.
The Squire is my 'backup' and tight space bass. When I play it, I use the rest most of the time unless, of course, I'm picking.
I've read good things about the Gretsch. Unfortunately, ya can't just walk in to a GC and try one. I s'pose you could get one from SW-or whoever-and send it back, but that's a PITA.
I'm pretty happy with the Ibby, but I use it for situations that would normally call for an upright(concert band or big band, jazz combo)which I don't play.
Well, $300 isn't a ton of money compared to my other basses and maybe I can even find a used one somewhere. But I know myself well enough to know that if I decide to go that route, I'll end up liking the scale and deciding I need something "better" (read "more expensive"). I need to think about this one a little bit more.
There's a Squire VM Jag SS(not mine)on Reverb for $250 incl. shipping. As a 7ender player, you'd prolly be very comfortable with it and could 'upgrade' later. or just put a 7ender decal on it.
EDIT: Oops! I've been spelling it correctly/incorrectly. 7ender spells it Squier. My bad.
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Hmm... I could probably even find one of these to check out locally, too.There's a Squire VM Jag SS(not mine)on Reverb for $250 incl. shipping. As a 7ender player, you'd prolly be very comfortable with it and could 'upgrade' later. or just put a 7ender decal on it.
AFAIK, they aren't made any more, but they're all over the place. I paid ~$150 for mine new-I think. Mighta been $200. CRS.
Hello Kitty short scale bass. Don’t laugh. Got some dings though and I wonder about the bridge and intonation. But inexpensive basses are made to be upgraded.
Rare Squier Badtz-Maru Bronco Short Scale Bass Guitar Hello Kitty Character | GOB Instruments | Reverb
Rare Squier Badtz-Maru Bronco Short Scale Bass Guitar Hello Kitty Character | GOB Instruments | Reverb
I don't think that look will work with the blues band, tho
OK, my local GC apparently has the Gretsch in stock. If I don't like it I can just return it, way easier than having it shipped, so I might just take a trip over there today. They don't have it in black, though, which I would prefer, and those aren't available at all until next month. I can live with the walnut finish though.
I looked them up. The walnut and tobacco burst look great. Nuthin' wrong with the black either.
I went and looked/listened to a coupla demo videos.
[rant] To the demo makers: Show me the bass. Tones, QC, different pickups, fingers vs pick, etc. I'm not interested in your technique. I wanna hear the bass. It's not an audition for the player, it's an attempt to sell me/us on the bass[end rant]
This is my old Feb '67 4005WB, neck pickup
"Daffodil Trail" Copyright © Stephen J. Rago & Jeffrey P. Scott 1982 All rights reserved.
This is my old Feb '67 4005WB, neck pickupHansolo'd, through the preamp of an early '80s Walter Woods MI100-8 into a TASCAM 3440 (Maxell XL I @15 IPS). Definitely, not typical muddy tone for a '60 pickup right up against the end of the neck.
"Daffodil Trail" Copyright © Stephen J. Rago & Jeffrey P. Scott 1982 All rights reserved.
Yeah, Rics were always sort of the anti-mud sound back then. Nothing Chris Squire ever did suffered from a lack of definition or high end.
Anything Gretsch should be at home in a drummer's place.
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I despised my EB-0 with the original pickup, especially through the B-15 amp I had at the time. But here's an interesting rabbit hole:
Also, my old Travis Bean had a pickup right at the 24th fret location and was anything but muddy, unless you wanted it to be. Beyond that, I can't help as I've never bonded with any SS bass at all. But I'm sure that if I were sufficiently motivated I'd find something I could work with.
Especially since my husband has a Gretsch sticker on the back of his car. Housemate drummer is a DW man who mostly plays electrics these days, but the acoustic kit that's currently set up in our studio is a 60's Rogers kit. There's a Gretsch kit and a '60's Ludwig kit in cases, too.
I started a thread a few years ago about putting stickers on cars as being an invite to thieves. I gots a bunch of SW stickers(and Gibson, Ibanez, Squier, etc.)here in the house where they'll stay.
ETA: I don't do political or opinion stickers either. Too many crazies out there who'll try to hurt you 'cos of a different outlook. In fact, whenever someone asks who I'm voting for, I look around furtively and stage whisper "that's why it's called a secret ballot". Followed by my best SEG.
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