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| Author: | basslefty [ August 17th, 2010, 6:04 am ] |
| Post subject: | Jazz @ Elderly |
Check it out... http://www.elderly.com/vintage/items/56U-188.htm If I didn't already have one, I'd get one... |
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| Author: | bajito [ August 17th, 2010, 7:53 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Jazz @ Elderly |
I used to own one japanese fender (CIJ, 1999), that's wasn't really my cup of tea, the sound wasn't very impressive. Maybe that one is better. |
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| Author: | Frenchy-Lefty [ August 17th, 2010, 2:04 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Jazz @ Elderly |
I had one too and I did not like it either. At first I thought it was just the pickups that really lacked definition but after I replaced them several times I came to the following conclusion. The Basswood body did not have either the punchy and textured mids of an Alder body nor the nice low-end and focused high-mids of an Ash body. I felt that the sound was hollow with no personality and no punch. The recent MIM Jazz made of Alder are actually better sounding |
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| Author: | basslefty [ August 17th, 2010, 4:55 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Jazz @ Elderly |
Interesting, the negative responses about these basses. Come to think of it, mine does have Seymour Duncan Quarter Pounders in it (there for a while I used to put these in all my basses as a matter of course). This may account for my not noticing the tonal deficiencies you guys mentioned, but I have just always loved the way this bass plays. The neck is great. It seems to have a bit thinner profile than other Jazz necks I've played & it's nice and lightweight, too! Especially considering how relatively inexpensive they are, I think it's a great deal... My two cents... |
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| Author: | bajito [ August 18th, 2010, 12:07 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Jazz @ Elderly |
Well, not sure this is a good deal. Here in France, with a bit of patience, you can find cheaper US fender guitar basses in the second hand market, for nearly the same price as this Japonese model (600€). But well, the bass you like IS a good bass, cause you know how to play it well ! [what does my two cents mean ?] |
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| Author: | basslefty [ August 18th, 2010, 6:19 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Jazz @ Elderly |
"My two cents" means my opinion. It's a version of a saying "Put my two cents in" meaning to state one's opinion. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_two_cents_(idiom) |
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