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Jazz Trio

#43
cnltb said:
Soundclips to illustrate how all three sound different from oneanother would be great!
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Sorry but I don't have the right recording equipment to do them justice. All I can say is that the two newer ones sound similar and much brighter (combination of factors including the body and fingerboard wood, pickups, and active electronics) than the '61 model.
 
#44
Thebinge said:
Sorry but I don't have the right recording equipment to do them justice. All I can say is that the two newer ones sound similar and much brighter (combination of factors including the body and fingerboard wood, pickups, and active electronics) than the '61 model.
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How about you send them over and I do the clips for you?
Not a Problem! ;)
 
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#45
Thebinge said:
Hard to decide which one of these to play anymore, they're all special in their own way!
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... a problem we should all have if we're lucky. Your '61 stack knobs J is a Holy Grail of Grails with its custom color, matching headstock and intact string mutes. I also noticed that your truss rod adjustment screw is flush with the heel which suggests that the truss rod has not needed to be tightened much (or at all) in order to maintain the relief that you like and it has plenty of capacity to adjust if you ever wanted to. I had an all original sunburst '60 stack knobs J as well as refinished '63 and '65 Js back in the late 70's/early 80's when I was playing music full time and you could still buy what are now highly collectible basses for run of the mill used basses coin. Anyway, mine were good players, but all of them had thin necks (particularly the '60) and I had to adjust the truss rods regularly to keep them that way. I was basing out of Iowa and later Wisconsin and touring a 15 state area in the upper midwest as well as places in Canada so I was going in and out of hot/humid and cold/dry climates so that might have had something to do with the neck instability I experienced.
 
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#46
pbassnut said:
... a problem we should all have if we're lucky. Your '61 stack knobs J is a Holy Grail of Grails with its custom color, matching headstock and intact string mutes. I also noticed that your truss rod adjustment screw is flush with the heel which suggests that the truss rod has not needed to be tightened much (or at all) in order to maintain the relief that you like and it has plenty of capacity to adjust if you ever wanted to. I had an all original sunburst '60 stack knobs J as well as refinished '63 and '65 Js back in the late 70's/early 80's when I was playing music full time and you could still buy what are now highly collectible basses for run of the mill used basses coin. Anyway, mine were good players, but all of them had thin necks (particularly the '60) and I had to adjust the truss rods regularly to keep them that way. I was basing out of Iowa and later Wisconsin and touring a 15 state area in the upper midwest as well as places in Canada so I was going in and out of hot/humid and cold/dry climates so that might have had something to do with the neck instability I experienced.
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Good catch on the truss rod. Yep, I don't think it was hardly touched over the years and the relief is perfect. Never needs adjusting even here in the Upper Midwest with the humidity changes from summer to winter. They obviously knew what they were doing when they made these, neck is just a bit thinner than my other two Jazz basses. I like the thinner frets also, think that also contributes to the mellower sound with more string contact with the rosewood board.
 
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