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Jack Read Update

fretlessrock

fretlessrock

Aug 8, 2002
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Connecticut
petebrunelli.com
#1
I had to drop a line to Jack today and he is well but:
His website is down for the count, expect something new soon.
Some of his basses are being sold via Bunnybass.
He is concentrating on the Purity preamps.

You can contact him by phone at (978) 779-0075

No commercial interest here, but I am a customer, and thought that i'd share an update since Read Custom is going through some "growing pains" at the moment.

Pete
 
#5
That's too bad that he's not doing basses at all anymore, he was one of my favorites. But you have to do what you have to do. I'm just glad I was able to get a creation of his. He has a Lake Placid Blue Model J coming up on Bunny Bass soon, and of course there was the Zebrawood fretless I posted. Thankfully someone put a hold on it and stopped my temptation :)
 
#8
fretlessrock said:
I'm not trying to put words in Jack's mouth, but I would be surprised if he didn't pick up with building more basses at some point. Right now I think that it is all he can do to keep up with the Purity operation.
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That would be great! He builds a darn good instrument!

Tom.
 
#11
To echo everyone else's statements here, Jack Read is a wonderful man to do business with and he's a genuinely good guy. The Purity preamp is worthy of every bit of praise that it gets. I wish him all the best in the future.

- Art
 
#12
BunnyBass said:
I spoke with Jack last night and he said that he would be packing up the Model J along with two Fenders and shipping them out to me this coming week. So, hopefully the Model J LP Blue will be here by next Friday. I will post a note on the basses page on the BB site when it arrives. :bassist:

Jimmy @ BunnyBass
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Great, I can't wait to see it. I'm the guy who bought the white P-bass a few weeks ago. My gas is settled (well, now that the Zebrawood fretless has a buyer ;)) but I love seeing his work.
 
#13
Wow. I just saw this and had no idea that he is no longer (or at least for a while) building basses. The only bass I own is a Read Custom that he built for me 5 years ago. It is a four string with mahogany body, maple neck, rosewood fretboard, Hipshot bridge, Schaller locking tuners, and.... Lane Poor passive soapbars! (The LAST pair Jack had laying around as Lane went out of business around that time). The bass is super sleek, has tight string spacing, and weighs a mere 7.5 lbs. My "one and only" and I do not mind it that way at all.
 
#14
has there been any word from jacks camp? is he still in business, or at least is he well. while i had not had the chance to become a customer, he was always very helpful via email, on this board, or via other bass mailgroups.

i hope he is doing ok.



i think i have permanent gas for his basses, and purity pre's.
 
#17
I'd gotten away from my Purity for a few months... I was using my dirtier preamps (RBI, IOD, SVP). But I've recently rediscovered the beauty of the Read... it sounds so perfect through my Berg HT cabs. I'm glad to hear Jack's back (or will be shortly).


One of the very minor but still cool features of the Purity is the Fender amp jewel. I have replacement jewels in five different colors: amber, red, green, blue, purple (yeah, I'm a geek...)
 

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