Members PrestiaRules Posted July 27, 2007 Members Share Posted July 27, 2007 Picked this up on Sunday. Pretty nice MIA Jazz Bass. Sent in the serial #s and neck stamp to Fender and found out it is a 1999 and was from the short lived 'American Traditional Series' sort of a pre-cursor to the highway one line in that they were American made but used lower grade hardware, pickups etc. They were originally made with Poplar but apparently some (including this one according to Luthier) were made with Alder. They are top load only. First pick was as she came. I dropped it off and had a Gotoh bridge installed as well as some US pickups, CTS pots, switchcraft jack, tortoise guard and chrome control plate and strap locks. I had most of the stuff already sitting around from an earlier project that didn't develop. Plays quite nice and sounds very good. I love the look. The pics make the body seem lighter than it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bpocall Posted July 27, 2007 Members Share Posted July 27, 2007 Good call on the tort guard. That bass is screaming for cream pickup covers now, however. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members PrestiaRules Posted July 27, 2007 Author Members Share Posted July 27, 2007 and of the mini rig: its a Crate Power block into a cab I had built for an Eminence B102 Legend 10 inch Whizzer cone speaker. I line my Sans Amp into the effects return and use the power block just as a power amp. Sends 150watts into the cab (8ohm) Works great for practice and as a stage monitor. I have a second cab exactly the same and eventually want to pair them up with a Little Mark II, Neo Pak or that EA Mini head. They each are 8ohm and handle 200w Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members hi.flyer Posted July 27, 2007 Members Share Posted July 27, 2007 Looks great! Congrats! I love the finish/p'guard combination. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members chris-dax Posted July 27, 2007 Members Share Posted July 27, 2007 pure jazzy goodness....very nice... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members JacieFB Posted July 27, 2007 Members Share Posted July 27, 2007 Very nice...the guard and the control plate were an excellent touch. Looks like an official Jazz bass, now. I love that finish! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members PrestiaRules Posted July 27, 2007 Author Members Share Posted July 27, 2007 Very nice...the guard and the control plate were an excellent touch. Looks like an official Jazz bass, now. I love that finish! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Thumper Posted July 28, 2007 Members Share Posted July 28, 2007 Oh, sweet Jeebus... You, Sir, have excellent taste. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Guttermouth Posted July 28, 2007 Members Share Posted July 28, 2007 tort guards > everything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members rikshaw Posted July 28, 2007 Members Share Posted July 28, 2007 tort guards > everything. yuck. they make every bass ugly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Guttermouth Posted July 28, 2007 Members Share Posted July 28, 2007 yuck. they make every bass ugly i read somewhere that it's a scientific fact that tort guards > everything else. you can't argue with science............................................................................................................................................................................................................. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members rikshaw Posted July 28, 2007 Members Share Posted July 28, 2007 i read somewhere that it's a scientific fact that tort guards > everything else. you can't argue with science............................................................................................................................................................................................................. i'm not into scientology torts are gross. end of discussion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Guttermouth Posted July 28, 2007 Members Share Posted July 28, 2007 i'm not into scientology torts are gross. end of discussion. hahaha. they do make this guy ugly..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members rikshaw Posted July 28, 2007 Members Share Posted July 28, 2007 hahaha. they do make this guy ugly..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bassred Posted July 28, 2007 Members Share Posted July 28, 2007 Tort is hot, end of thread! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members rikshaw Posted July 28, 2007 Members Share Posted July 28, 2007 Tort is hot, end of thread! in an ugly vomit retarded kind of way Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Kindness Posted July 28, 2007 Moderators Share Posted July 28, 2007 Looks like a cousin of bassment zombie's bass: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members davis1 Posted July 28, 2007 Members Share Posted July 28, 2007 Looks like a cousin of bassment zombie's bass: sweet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Jim-Bass Posted July 28, 2007 Members Share Posted July 28, 2007 Picked this up on Sunday. Pretty nice MIA Jazz Bass. Sent in the serial #s and neck stamp to Fender and found out it is a 1999 and was from the short lived 'American Traditional Series' sort of a pre-cursor to the highway one line in that they were American made but used lower grade hardware, pickups etc. They were originally made with Poplar but apparently some (including this one according to Luthier) were made with Alder. They are top load only. First pick was as she came. I dropped it off and had a Gotoh bridge installed as well as some US pickups, CTS pots, switchcraft jack, tortoise guard and chrome control plate and strap locks. I had most of the stuff already sitting around from an earlier project that didn't develop. Plays quite nice and sounds very good. I love the look. The pics make the body seem lighter than it is. oh, man, I absolutely LOVE that colour blue :love:....but do you think I could get one left handed? in Australia ? One of the reasons I got Arctic White was because it was neutral ...I could but a blue scratchplate on (yeah, like they're real easy to get left handed ...NOT) I did see one on a U.S site but no one except Fender ships Fenders overseas But good on you, well done!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members no-logic Posted July 28, 2007 Members Share Posted July 28, 2007 Nice Adam. Very nice!!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members hawkhuff Posted July 28, 2007 Members Share Posted July 28, 2007 Nice Adam. Very nice!!!!!!!! It's beautiful. You got a nice deal, congratulations. I do have a question. That neck looks more like a P neck. At least from the photos it looks wide for a J. How wide is it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members PrestiaRules Posted July 28, 2007 Author Members Share Posted July 28, 2007 It's beautiful. You got a nice deal, congratulations.I do have a question. That neck looks more like a P neck. At least from the photos it looks wide for a J. How wide is it? It is a hair over 1.5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members SB900LE Posted July 28, 2007 Members Share Posted July 28, 2007 and of the mini rig: its a Crate Power block into a cab I had built for an Eminence B102 Legend 10 inch Whizzer cone speaker. I line my Sans Amp into the effects return and use the power block just as a power amp. Sends 150watts into the cab (8ohm) Works great for practice and as a stage monitor. I have a second cab exactly the same and eventually want to pair them up with a Little Mark II, Neo Pak or that EA Mini head. They each are 8ohm and handle 200w Hey I'm playing around with a Powerblock setup lately (love that blue glow) . . . since it's a stereo amp I'm running it thru two 10" monitors, getting some separation for the stereo effect . . . a Very Nice practice rig! Berry berry cool !!! Partly cause that's such a hot LITTLE amp (maybe 6 lbs.?); it sounds SO good, almost tube-like I think. I bought one when they were marked down to $99 but they went to $79. BEAUTIFUL BASS, by the way. Nice mod job! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members T. Alan Smith Posted July 28, 2007 Members Share Posted July 28, 2007 Nice Adam. Very nice!!!!!!!! What HE said. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members PrestiaRules Posted August 2, 2007 Author Members Share Posted August 2, 2007 What HE said. as soon as I saw the finish I immediately chose the guard based on your SX P for $400 I am pretty happy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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