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SX Jazz - gigging?

#41
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hf6kxSLyNLQ

At 2:35, there's a shot of me playing my SX 57 P at Mohegan Sun Arena with Bowzer from Sha Na Na. I bought it just to see if $109 could actually buy a usable bass. It needed fretwork pretty bad when I got it, and it felt a little clunky so I no longer own it, but it darn sure sounded like a Precision and out of the 10 or 11 acts I backed on that show, not a single one complained.
 
#42
Rip Topaz said:
My SX hasn't been gigged yet, but I've got an outdoor show coming up and it will be my main player. View attachment 325817
My main bass is an MIA Fender P, and the SX holds it own very well. My band actually prefers it to the P. Go figure.

So yeah, I'm planning on gigging my SX. I've leveled the frets, did a really good setup, installed a Hipshot 3-string retainer (fixes the buzz on the open A), and gave her some fancy knobs. It plays just as well as my other basses. Actually, it plays BETTER than my third in line, which I paid three times as much for.
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Looks a lot like a Geddy! ;)
 
#49
Liam76 said:
Seems to me that musicians are more worried about what other musicians think. To everyone else, low notes sound all the same.
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I can't do lowest common denominators on my gigs. I used the SX back then because I actually liked it, not because all low notes sound the same to everyone. Besides, they don't. Ask Chris Squire to play a low E, then ask John Pattituci to play one. Bet anyone could tell the difference.

;)
 
#50
Man I stopped listening to what other people do, say, and think years ago. I have gigged with my SX and have gotten compliments on my tone. As a matter of fact the guitarist on the gig (a well known local guy and working pro) wanted to play it after we were finished playing. He said because it sounded good. The only people who care about what you're playing on or not playing on are gear snobs. Out in the room no matter what we play on, we still sound like boom to the masses. And I paid $139 for mine.
 
#52
I think we need a sticky thread in this forum:

"If you care what everyone else thinks of your bass, you got it for the wrong reason."

Pragmatically, a bass plays the low notes in a band setting. That's its purpose. A $100 bass can do that, and so can a $5000 one.

Will 99% of the audience know the difference? No.
Will other musicians know the difference? Probably. Will they care? No.
Will gear snobs that care more about brand whoring and the prestige of spending a ton of money unnecessarily know the difference? Yes, but f*ck them. They're stupid people.
 
#54
My modded SX J has been my main gigging bass for over a year now. Great bass for not a lot of money!

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#58
Knockoff bridge on knockoff guitars, the way to go :D

Speaking of which, in Serbia we've got cheap guitar parts manufactured by 'Boston', they produce knockoffs like the one shown above. Does anybody know anything about them and if they are any good? I've seen those cheap parts built into high quality handmade guitars and their tuners are solid, bridges are nice, anybody had a personal long time relationship with those parts, or has ever heard of them?
 
#60
The only reason I see for replacing the bridge on mine is that it tears up my hand when palm muting, just like a Fender bridge. It's totally functional and nothing wrong with it.

Some prefer to swap them for a high mass bridge. I like the old bent plate style bridges on fender-style basses. If I swap it for anything, it'll be for the MIA high mass bridge.
 

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