On Saturday, I lent my Jazz Bass 24 to the bassist of a local punk band that i sold my old squier to. The drummer came up to me after the show and offered me 300 for it, which I declined because I like the tone. I might see them tonight, and I will turn them on to the world of SX.
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Just played my first SX (essex)
- Thread starter lowendmafia
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Ahhh you guys are killing me.
I'm officially going to buy my first SX in a few weeks because of all these freakin' threads. I'm convinced!
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Can't wait for my first fretless!
I'm officially going to buy my first SX in a few weeks because of all these freakin' threads. I'm convinced!
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Can't wait for my first fretless!
+1. The more I play my SX-P, and the more I compare it with other basses, the more I am beginning to feel this way.
I only have a headphone amp, so I'm in the market for an amp rig. I was trying some out at a couple of local shops with basses from their wall racks and I now have taken my SX around instead because I wanted to hear it specifically through some various amps and also compare it to some other basses.
The guys at the shop said the same thing: freaking amazing bass for the $$$. I played my SX up against a 2008 MIA Fender P-bass (as well as several other basses--mostly Fenders and Squiers) and frankly, while I'm sure the pots and caps are better on the Fender, and the bridge and tuners are higher quality, and probably the nut came a little better cut, I can't for the life of me see why I would want to spend an additional $1200 for the Fender. In fact, I like the SX neck tons better.
(I will say, though, that the best sounding bass I think I played during those excursions was a Squier VM Jazz. That baby sounded great, but the neck sucked. And this may just mean I'm more of a J player than I used to think.)
The ONLY problem I have with the SX/Rondo lines is that they are such high quality for such a low price I'm in danger of ending up with a dozen basses I don't need just to have different colors and slightly different features.
If this is the worst "problem" I experience this year, it's gonna be a pretty damn good year.
I too find the Squier VMs to be nice basses. But if you put an Audere JZ3 on an SX SJB (I put one on my SJB-57) you might just change your mind! Granted, I got my 57 as a $99 blowout so my final cost was still less than the VM (well it was until I put some Fender Original Jazz pups in it for $80), but the versatility still has me smiling every time I pick it up!
I was hesitant about having an active J with no passive mode, but really the mid Z position on the Audere (LOVE that Z switch) is close enough to the original passive sound as to make the loss of true passive a non-issue for me. And with the Z switch in low Z the bass deepens up significantly, and in Hi Z it's slap city! My biggest issue? I have 2 exposed screw holes from where I took the bridge cover off (the holes from the neck pup cover are covered by the pickguard I put on.
And yeah, the prices of SX basses does make you buy more than you, uh, really need (see my sig).
Similar experience here (to the OP): we got this bass as a gift:
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I don't even have a single "but" to say about it! This one feels like a MIA Fender. I haven't even changed strings yet.
It feels so good that I would like to keep it to myself
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I don't even have a single "but" to say about it! This one feels like a MIA Fender. I haven't even changed strings yet.
It feels so good that I would like to keep it to myself
The easiest solution is to cut the A string so that it has a couple of extra windings on the tuning peg. This will create enough downward pressure to stop the rattling. It's a common problem with Fender-style headstocks (as others have pointed out as well).
Only a dozen?? Jeez, I think I am on the way to 37.....I have 3 and am seriously thinking of getting this bass -
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But then there is this Rondo bass, and I have a spare black pick guard if I don't like the tort -
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But I may most likely get the Squier and then this bass too!
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Though I am intrigued by this bass due to the slightly different sonic signature vs a Jazz or a P -
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Of course it would then need a maple neck with the black blocks and binding........
See what I mean?
I bought two and returned two. Thats about as nice as I can put it. The finish is nice and the wood is nice and resonant. But other than that......
The nut slot on my SPJ is cut flat.
I used a Fender P-bass replacement nut and built up the base of it with superglue and printer paper. Then I sanded it flat. Worked like a charm!
i tried one SX bass before and i hated it because of the neck.
that one i tried had a rounded shape neck that i felt too thick and bulky. (not referring to neck width, but rather, the depth of the neck.)
that one i tried had a rounded shape neck that i felt too thick and bulky. (not referring to neck width, but rather, the depth of the neck.)
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Pretty much 95% of the basses on Rondo show the truss rod adjustment dude.
Don't remember exactly which two I clicked on, but as you can see.....
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Thanks for the condescending and obnoxious BS post. :scowl:
