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Interesting moded vintage fender jazz

#21
Copperhead said:
Wasn't exactly the point. :roflmao:

I think someone gutted a boss GEB 7 pedal and mounted it in their bass. Believe it or not, I have thought of this. It does a great job outboard, why not on board ?
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That’s what I figured. Have seen several basses over the years modded by using the guts of pedals. Wingbass sells basses right now with a ehx micro pog built in.
 
#24
callofcthulhu said:
EQ points are wrong for a GEB7. It does match the bottom 6 of a GE7, but its +/- 18 vs the GE7's 15.

However they did it, I love the integration into the pickguard, very clean.

If I hadn't sworn off active basses this is something I'd be into.

As already mentioned, check out an Ovation Magnum if you want to see where this idea was likely lifted from, OP.
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You are right on point with that. I noticed after the fact, that was kind of a knee jerk on my part.
A bass like this would be the one for the amp you have that is loud but "not quite the enough"
 
#28
Acoop said:
Yuck, just added more crap for the signal to get through to the amp just to EQ it again. It better come with a case or pot cleaner cause it's a dust magnet. ... The best sound from an instrument is Pickups to output then control tone and volume from the amp. ... I'm sure whomever went to all that work regretted it in the end and, I guess, why it's for sale.
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Most players like the control harness basic and if wanted use pedals and the amp for more variables/nuance. On-board effects, as you state, effect the signal chain and are usually not as good as a remote version. Gibson, Burns and Vox started the on-board effects (mostly fuzz and tuner pitch) in the early days of "what's possible for a bass guitar". Although there are active basses with mid-sweeps etc - over time, a basic harness is still what most players use.
 
#30
ardgedee said:
I think it's cannibalized from an MXR guitar pedal. Great idea but wrong choice, they should have used a unit that started an octave lower.
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Yep. I was thinking MXR or Boss GE6. It's certainly MXR.
Had it been an octave lower, it would be a little better for bass, but there are some pretty useful bands for the mids. I like the idea of this, though. You get some onboard tone manipulation and buffered output.
 
#32
HawldieMPB said:
Fully dig the ingenuity
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I concur. It's not as elegant as the on-board controls of a Jaguar, but someone put a lot of work into it to integrate it into the overall aesthetics.

Here's my own bit o' perspective…

Let's assume the collective "We" have never seen a Jazz bass before until we came across this one. It may be tough for some, but really try to imagine it. With that in mind, does it appear as if this is the way they've always been made or do the extra controls make it look slap-dash and jerry-rigged?

From my perspective, while the pickguard does look a bit "busy" with all those controls, whomever made the modifications did it well enough that it doesn't look like it was an after-the-fact job, but rather an integral part of that particular model.
 
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Copperhead said:
Wasn't exactly the point. :roflmao:

I think someone gutted a boss GEB 7 pedal and mounted it in their bass. Believe it or not, I have thought of this. It does a great job outboard, why not on board ?
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It would be a lot more convenient then having a pedal to trip over, and one less cord to carry. In my case, the EQ section on my amps is more than adequate, and typically, I don’t mess with my EQ much. One it’s set for the gig, there it stays. Interesting concept, however. Is the rocker switch a kill button got the EQ you think?
 
#36
JohnnyChatter said:
What makes you say that? Just curious? It always blows my mind when people can just look and know. The person who posted has a picture of the neck stamp but nothing on the body.
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Comes from years of owning, buying, selling and servicing them. The contours aren't round enough. It's a bit more squarish. Hard to describe. ;-) It's very similar to the MIM bodies, which coincidentally, have a color identical to this. Midnight Wine.
 
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