Congrats, Joe. I know you've been waiting on this one for a while. She looks sweet.
Yeah - when my guy at GC called and told me it was in and he had squirreled it away from other salesmen - I was chomping at the bit to get it into my own hands.
It's here now and in the AM:Early I have to pick up a new chainsaw, so I won't get too much morning practice - but in the afternoon --------
I like how you have matching Jazz and Jaguar and the matching headstock in the Jag looks great
are you keeping the VM Jazz?
Is it kind of redundant having 2 Jazzes?
I just ask because I had 2 Jazz Basses at one point and it didnt make sense to me
so I traded her off for something completely different
Congrats
she looks like a beaut!
That matching scheme was kinda an inside joke that MAYBE my wife would think they were both the same bass if she didn't see them in the same room at the same time. But she's on to me instantly. Maybe the box and the smell of wax in my room gave it away.
The matching Jazz is a Deluxe Active whereas the VM-Jazz is passive and they have totally different voices so----> yeah, I'll keep them all for now.
I dunno, two Jazzes, one with roundwounds, the other with flats, makes sense to me, from a variety stand point. That's what I have, an '08 MIA with Blue Steels for a modern sound, and a Squier VM Jazz with GHS Precision flats for a more vintage vibe. Having said that, THREE Jazzes may be overkill, the next bass I'm looking at is a P-bass (the new Squier amber VM P). I needs me a proper P-bass.
The Deluxe J has Elixir Nanos, and so does the VM-J - so this one might get some different strings - I dunnow.
I put ROTO 77s on the red/white Squire P and love them - but right now I'll play these 'Fender" red-silked things for a bit.
One thing I found out is that the ROTO 45s are almost the same voice as whatever Squier has on here at the mo, and I DID like them for a while on the VM-J, so maybe I can learn to like them or the ROTO 45s after a bit.
But they are pretty 'zing-y' and they may not last long, if you get my meaning.
Somehow in the back of this huge brain, I am thinking more along the lines of some ROTO Swings or so.
I read a link on this site that said that Fender was winding their own strings in Mexico, but then again the new 7250 NPSs all sound bad.
THESE 7250s are with the red silks though and MAY be
NOS - I dunnow. I DO know they are rough as a hacksaw blade - and noisy.
Damn...I gues I am going to have to get one of these. They are cool!
Moonshine
I'm impressed by everything I see and touch so far. That feeling may not diminish much or soon either since the novelty of a P/J to me is so new too.
The weight was perhaps the biggest surprise. It sincerely weighs less than any of the other basses I have except for the SR500 Ibanez.
I went and printed a couple of 8x10" glossy pixs of one of those pixs I posted up there ([Invalid or Expired Link Removed]) and I took it to the jam tonight and everybody saw that there was a new kid in the choir. They made me promise to bring it next jam.
First about 20 coats of Meguire's Carnauba and then hard pressure-wax the neck to gloss it up for me.
I also slip a business card under the PG for future identification and to settle any possession problems. I shouldn't say 'business card' as I am retired, but I have a calling-card instead.
When I pull off the PG and chrome plate I'll take some pixs to show what sort of shielding it has too.
One thing I noticed was that if I shut down one or the other p'ups, there is NO hum or noise at all! I saw another post saying that this Jag had a lot of noise issues when they got theirs - but not this one.
Last impression: I think the body is a
little thinner than my other basses - but it's late and I'll check it out tomorrow after I get back with my new chainsaw.
