NBD: CV 50s P Bass
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George, if you're after a PJ combination then you can get both Fender and Squier Jaguar basses that might fit the bill. Squier also make a shortscale one if you're struggling with the 34" scale.
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ekwatts wrote:I'm just going to smash it in with a hammer and hope it works. Tone is all in the fingers anyway.
I got mine from a bass player who did sound for some really huge bands. He's fantastic but strung out like crazy. I like mine because the mirror pickguard is cracked so it's like bad luck. ha.
I had been using my morpheus droptune pedal for bass and my friend Julian went get this bass for me and called me and said come get this because it's perfect for you. He got it for 125 bucks and i'm very satisfied.
I posted this pic somewhere else but here it is again
I had been using my morpheus droptune pedal for bass and my friend Julian went get this bass for me and called me and said come get this because it's perfect for you. He got it for 125 bucks and i'm very satisfied.
I posted this pic somewhere else but here it is again
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cur wrote:I need it to be smaller or I get shitty messages from mezz telling me my junk's too big.
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iCEByTes wrote:Carrot´s and pussy party
i'm not really into jaguar and jazz bodies unfortunately. im def considering a punt at that p bass special to try them side by side as well. then maybe sell one. having a jazz bridge pickup and neck sounds pretty invincible
i'm really bonding with the 50s cv at the moment though. it sounds great and the neck is a bit easier now. the hardest part is definitely right hand technique. i'm using two fingers slightly curled toward the bridge. seems to be best for speed and control. does that sound normal?
i'm really bonding with the 50s cv at the moment though. it sounds great and the neck is a bit easier now. the hardest part is definitely right hand technique. i'm using two fingers slightly curled toward the bridge. seems to be best for speed and control. does that sound normal?
Play on your bass for about 2 hours and then grab your guitar. I did that and it was weird as hell for me. I was fumbling around like a clumsy idiot...It was like i was playing a ukeleleGeorge wrote:i'm not really into jaguar and jazz bodies unfortunately. im def considering a punt at that p bass special to try them side by side as well. then maybe sell one. having a jazz bridge pickup and neck sounds pretty invincible
i'm really bonding with the 50s cv at the moment though. it sounds great and the neck is a bit easier now. the hardest part is definitely right hand technique. i'm using two fingers slightly curled toward the bridge. seems to be best for speed and control. does that sound normal?
cur wrote:I need it to be smaller or I get shitty messages from mezz telling me my junk's too big.
Chico Malo wrote:This thread just went down the toilet. Bye
iCEByTes wrote:Carrot´s and pussy party
WTF is a ukelele...That probably means you're a stupid haole in Hawaiian. Ukelele - a Unicode Keyboard Layout Editor for Mac OS X versions 10.2 and later.
I meant ukulele..
Word of the day - haole - Hawaiian for stupid white guy or ghost. Same difference..
I meant ukulele..
Word of the day - haole - Hawaiian for stupid white guy or ghost. Same difference..
cur wrote:I need it to be smaller or I get shitty messages from mezz telling me my junk's too big.
Chico Malo wrote:This thread just went down the toilet. Bye
iCEByTes wrote:Carrot´s and pussy party
okay so i ended up winning the auction for £164. not bad considering theres a dimarzio and a seymour duncan in there.
the finish is actually metallic. pretty cool. i love the look with the tort.
the guy who owned it did a lot of pub and function gigs i think, so he did some nerdy things like glow in the dark paint on the markers and a big vinyl sticker on the back to protect it from buckle rash. i don't mind it for now
it had these awful strings on it though. they have this ball end at the bridge which you set up like so by threading it through and around a ball in the inside. with these the string actually goes over the saddle with the bare core wire. they were really floppy and broke when i was setting the thing up. terrible. he raved about them though. no idea what they are but i recommend avoiding them
it sounds great but definitely more "modern" sounding than the cv 50s - on reflection, this is probably due to the steel saddles more than anything. the p bass pickup is very gurgly and throaty and sounds great, and the j bass at the bridge slightly lacks bottom end but has a pleasing funky honky tonk sound. both together sounds fantastic, bit like a stingray - very deep, vocal sounding and punchy
it plays well but needs a bit tlc and a fine tuning at some point, but it gives me much less fatigue than the p bass neck. also notice the whack string spacing round the heel of the neck. i think i may need a wider bridge spacing to match the neck. i doubt i'll do that though. it's also very light for a bass which is a relief
also one problem is the neck might be slightly warped or twisted. the treble side is higher at the heel than the bass side. with a normal setup it poses no problems for now.
the finish is actually metallic. pretty cool. i love the look with the tort.
the guy who owned it did a lot of pub and function gigs i think, so he did some nerdy things like glow in the dark paint on the markers and a big vinyl sticker on the back to protect it from buckle rash. i don't mind it for now
it had these awful strings on it though. they have this ball end at the bridge which you set up like so by threading it through and around a ball in the inside. with these the string actually goes over the saddle with the bare core wire. they were really floppy and broke when i was setting the thing up. terrible. he raved about them though. no idea what they are but i recommend avoiding them
it sounds great but definitely more "modern" sounding than the cv 50s - on reflection, this is probably due to the steel saddles more than anything. the p bass pickup is very gurgly and throaty and sounds great, and the j bass at the bridge slightly lacks bottom end but has a pleasing funky honky tonk sound. both together sounds fantastic, bit like a stingray - very deep, vocal sounding and punchy
it plays well but needs a bit tlc and a fine tuning at some point, but it gives me much less fatigue than the p bass neck. also notice the whack string spacing round the heel of the neck. i think i may need a wider bridge spacing to match the neck. i doubt i'll do that though. it's also very light for a bass which is a relief
also one problem is the neck might be slightly warped or twisted. the treble side is higher at the heel than the bass side. with a normal setup it poses no problems for now.
I remember those type of bass strings from the late 80s early 90s, they were marketed as being developed from piano string technology, better sound/tone for bassists.
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mezzio13 wrote:JJ makes sweeps look easy and effortless. His nick name should be broom.
ahh okay. yeah the guy seemed to love them. i can't really say about tone cos i hadn't tried them properly after a setup, but the practicality of them is terrible unless there's something i don't know about them. they couldn't handle any changes in string height and intonation.
for now both basses are strung with bog standard d'addario roundwounds. i love how they sound. nice and punchy.
for now both basses are strung with bog standard d'addario roundwounds. i love how they sound. nice and punchy.