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The official "Show your basses" thread part 19!

#3,741
pnojazz said:
If one lives in a small town, as many do, one is reliant upon the internet to shop. And they roll the dice. Fact is, whether it's a jazz archtop, or a bass, if you buy it used and buy it right you're safe to move it on at no cost to you should the instrument not be to your liking. That's been my experience. And I've acquired more than my fair share of guitars via the internet, each bought blind.

I'm partial to USA made instruments. No way I would ever buy an instrument without having it in my hands and for a couple of hours minimally. That explains why I have just one bass at the moment and it will most likely outlive me. I have to have a great deal of affinity for the instrument at hand which is why I never invested into an MTD. Not an ounce of funk in one and I've tried out enough to know over at Bass Central in Altamonte Springs, Fl.
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NOLA_Dragon said:
Hahaaa! I feel ya on that.
Yea, I was at my local music shop just the other day, and started jammin' a Fender American Standard Precision. This guy I was talking with there played slap as well, and insisted that I try it since I've never played a Fender 'jazz type' bass. So now I'm considering it to be my next…it played so ridiculously well...so smoothly, and has unbelievable resonance! It felt like it had been mine for years.
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Try these MM Caprice and Cutlass models. The Caprice is one nice babe of an instrument. The Cutlass is everything Fender wish it produced. Most wide open full bodied Goddamned LOUD, twangy sucker I've held in the last 40 years at least.
 
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W.Roberts said:
Try these MM Caprice and Cutlass models. The Caprice is one nice babe of an instrument. The Cutlass is everything Fender wish it produced. Most wide open full bodied Goddamned LOUD, twangy sucker I've held in the last 40 years at least.
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I'll definitely take your word and have to try them.
I always try my instruments out before I buy...agreed...purchasing blindly is just silly!
 
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Kmrumedy said:
Here is my 1960 PBass yellowing nicely.

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The Jazz accompanying PBass in 2nd picture is a 1969 used in recording studios for 35+ years. Spectacular bass in its own right.

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Fans and alumni of the now defunct " Dude Pit " will know this one. It is the Infamous Karl Hoyt Fretless Funkifizer bass. A blend of 40 year old smoked stained Fender neck smelling of beer, dirty bars, and dirtier women. Just an old school funk machine.

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Both cool basses - :thumbsup:
 
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NOLA_Dragon said:
I'll definitely take your word and have to try them.
I always try my instruments out before I buy...agreed...purchasing blindly is just silly!
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The drag is the big box retail model screwed over all the mom and pop music stores where in my day growing up (60's - 70's) there were several within a 20 mile or less radius. That is if I recall correctly. They were run by locals, owned by locals, and were positioned close to schools because music ed was in full bloom. A small music store can't compete with the big box stores and one of the other big drags is if you need specialty sheet music or a horn and such, Gutter Center's don't got any. Uh, oh. I pledged to myself I wouldn't get started on the WalMart model which blights every town and city across the US and most of the world.
 
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technocraft said:
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Just got this finished up:
Squier Vintage Modified 70s Jazz Bass, Natural
Audere 3-band Preamp
Fender Hi-Mass bridge
Couch Strap
Hipshot drop-tuner
D'addario Chromes
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A cat at one of my regular jams brought in his 5-string Squire pretty much like your one shown. My only comment should not be said except ... for all those features, the one this other cat had was extremely heavy and didn't sound all that good despite passive electronics. To me buying one speaks to one's sound. Squires will never emit a professional sound. They're for beginners or cheapskates. This is simply my opinion based on my experiences with Fender Fenders. Fender's Fenders literally made one a professional right at the onset. Same with the original Gibsons, Guilds, Gretch, Vox, Hofner and the 50's and 60's MIJ stuff was WAY out of this world! Someone somewhere loaded pix of a Soviet era electric bass made in the Eastern block. When I find that video or set of pix I'll post them. I think that would truly be my next bass. It's just that far out and unbelievable to behold. Can't get parts for the thing for starters. Couldn't copy Fender because that would be pro capitalism or something. Wow. Wait to see what I can find. Guitar production in USSR
 
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W.Roberts said:
A cat at one of my regular jams brought in his 5-string Squire pretty much like your one shown. My only comment should not be said except ... for all those features, the one this other cat had was extremely heavy and didn't sound all that good despite passive electronics. To me buying one speaks to one's sound. Squires will never emit a professional sound. They're for beginners or cheapskates. This is simply my opinion based on my experiences with Fender Fenders. Fender's Fenders literally made one a professional right at the onset. Same with the original Gibsons, Guilds, Gretch, Vox, Hofner and the 50's and 60's MIJ stuff was WAY out of this world! Someone somewhere loaded pix of a Soviet era electric bass made in the Eastern block. When I find that video or set of pix I'll post them. I think that would truly be my next bass. It's just that far out and unbelievable to behold. Can't get parts for the thing for starters. Couldn't copy Fender because that would be pro capitalism or something. Wow. Wait to see what I can find. Guitar production in USSR
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Now now, Just like there's a girl (...go again), for every guy, there's a
bass for every...bass...guy. Like the other % guys to gals comparison,
I'll say the preponderance of cheaper beginner level instruments just gives
us "connoisseurs" alittle more time to purchase all the rarity/ collectibles.
(Most of the hi end sellers overvalue these gems and that's more my concern).
Which fortunately there are still a lot of. As other pros on this site have mentioned,
some of these lines are indeed quality instruments. ATM I'm shopping for a
vintage '76 mapleneck pearloid Jazz. Matching headstock or not; later, a Series 1.
So I say to you:
"icksnayway onway ethay eapchay assbay amsslay". More for us lol.
Lotta things out there I'm not paying attention to. Including the "cat" just
dumped $250 mommy's cash into a GC Squire or pawnshop Ibanez.
Concentrate on a new USSR bass forum- Pre Ernie Putin.
 
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