Purple Squier, stock finish??

[JIO]

I have an original Midnight Blue American Standard Jazz from 1992/3...this isn't the same color. The MB is definitely more blue and this definitely has enough red to be purple.

Yep - seen that one. I'm a fan of the A/S J, although mine is completely modded.

 

[BurningSkies]

Yep - seen that one. I'm a fan of the A/S J, although mine is completely modded.

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It's the last Fender bass I own. I keep it for sentimental reasons...I bought it when I was really really poor, I'd dropped out of college mostly to play/tour in a band and it was my first new 'professional quality' bass. I walked into a basement level music store and they had a strat in the window that was midnight blue...I saw it and commented "If they have a Jazz bass that color I'll buy it"...and they didn.

 

[JIO]

It's the last Fender bass I own. I keep it for sentimental reasons...I bought it when I was really really poor, I'd dropped out of college mostly to play/tour in a band and it was my first new 'professional quality' bass. I walked into a basement level music store and they had a strat in the window that was midnight blue...I saw it and commented "If they have a Jazz bass that color I'll buy it"...and they didn.


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That's cool - looks like you are dedicated to fan-fret 5r's these days. Is it strange playing a standard neck now?

 

[BurningSkies]

That's cool - looks like you are dedicated to fan-fret 5r's these days. Is it strange playing a standard neck now?

Going back and forth isn't really bad. It's weird for me to go to a thin 4-string neck from a 5 string though. Also, the Fender is not capable of the kind of action that the Dingwalls have. It can be respectably medium-low but that's about it. It also has big frets...I've come to really love the REALLY thin/low fretwire on the Dingwalls, which have 'banjo' frets on all the modern ones.

I use the Steinberger Spirit for any gigs that might take flying or really tight on space...that one is a mind-bender without the rear-swivel plate on it. The whole bass rides about 3 frets further to the left making a long reach strange right hand placement...and it's super easy to just be a few frets off on it if you're not careful.

 

[JIO]

Going back and forth isn't really bad. It's weird for me to go to a thin 4-string neck from a 5 string though. Also, the Fender is not capable of the kind of action that the Dingwalls have. It can be respectably medium-low but that's about it. It also has big frets...I've come to really love the REALLY thin/low fretwire on the Dingwalls, which have 'banjo' frets on all the modern ones.

I use the Steinberger Spirit for any gigs that might take flying or really tight on space...that one is a mind-bender without the rear-swivel plate on it. The whole bass rides about 3 frets further to the left making a long reach strange right hand placement...and it's super easy to just be a few frets off on it if you're not careful.

Original '63-'65 Gibson T-birds are like that for me (I have a '64) - I ride mine on the upper (missing) horn area for first position access. Cool looking but not a well designed bass.

 

[BurningSkies]

Original '63-'65 Gibson T-birds are like that for me (I have a '64) - I ride mine on the upper (missing) horn area for first position access. Cool looking but not a well designed bass.

I actually have a pivot plate to get mounted to the Steinberger, but it hasn't been a priority. That would be the fix. Last time I needed it, it was a pick up gig for a reggae festival in the islands...so I overcame it by ONLY playing that bass to learn all the songs and woodshed the material. so there was no muscle memory to overcome though I know why guys like Robbie Shakepear played theirs by using the whole upper edge of teh body as an armrest and bending at the wrist for plucking. And you get instant cred in the islands if you show up with an old fashioned Steinie...they ALL love them from the 80's dancehall era.

 

[JIO]

I actually have a pivot plate to get mounted to the Steinberger, but it hasn't been a priority. That would be the fix. Last time I needed it, it was a pick up gig for a reggae festival in the islands...so I overcame it by ONLY playing that bass to learn all the songs and woodshed the material. so there was no muscle memory to overcome though I know why guys like Robbie Shakepear played theirs by using the whole upper edge of teh body as an armrest and bending at the wrist for plucking. And you get instant cred in the islands if you show up with an old fashioned Steinie...they ALL love them from the 80's dancehall era.

Did not know that - I remember seeing/hearing a reggae band in Chicago in the '80s and the bass-player played a Yamaha Steinberger-style headless bass. It sounded great but I was unaware of it's use in the dancehall era.