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Fender Squire Jaguar Bass et al
rnolan:
Here's one for you bass dudes, my bass player (Matt) who's only been playing for 6 months or so now (he's learning fast! :whoohoo!: ) bought a Fender Squire Jaguar bass (30" jazz bass neck). Nice guitar for the money ($280 AUD). Anyway today (after last nights jam/rehearsal) we started chatting about doing it up a bit (and also he wants to buy a 5 string now (he's got the bug :thumb-up: )).
So any ideas what would be best bang for buck for the squire (obviously new PUs come to mind, any recommendations ? (it's got a split single coil precision and a single coil jazz PUs)). Great sounding guitar (so maybe we should leave it alone ? I put a set of DR short scale lights on it and set it up (finger board took a big drink..)).
Also any recommendations for a 5 string, he's got small hands so a 34" may be a bit long for him.
We also talked about various bass amp possibilities (I'm spruking MB1/poweramp/cabs but it may be a bit premature). He's got a fender rumble 30w (this amp punches well above its weight) to start off. I mic it up (as no line out) but don't need to add much at all (and that's with drums miked and 2 loud (particularly me ;D ) guitars). So he's also thinking about bass head/cab scenarios, after a quick check online, there are so many different possibilities these days, (Ampeg, Fender, TC, Ashdown, Eaton, Gallien Kruger, it goes on), so, if you didn't have an MB1, what would be your fancy ?
Cheers Richard
Peter H. Boer:
Nice bass :thumb-up:
I'm not one for short scale though, as I'm 6'3" and love tight B-strings So most of my basses are 36" scale.
For a 5-string I would not go shorter than 34", as the B would be nothing but floppy on short and medium scale.
rnolan:
Hey Peter, thanks for the tips
rnolan:
Update (Peter, and other bass dudes), today he bought a SUB (Indonesian) music man lice stingray 34" 5 string and a Carvin BR510 500w combo. He's got the bug ;) The Carvin seems like a good amp (well optioned and stacks of grunt), later he'll add a Carvin 18", next is MB1 rig >:D
Peter H. Boer:
:banana-guitar: :metal: :banana-guitar:
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