Just for a change....

[oldbluebassman]

I took my 1980 Stingray out to the weekly jam on Tuesday instead of the Bongo 5.

Not my turn to provide the backline this week so it went through a Marshall 100-watt valve (tube) head and a 4x12.

The other basses there were a Precision, a Fender Jazz and a 1960s Futurama.

If it had been a shoot out there would have been no contest. Now I know why I bought it. I really should use it more often.

Just off to do some side by side tests with the Bongo to see if I can make it sound like the Ray.

 

[tkarter]

I truly love and loved my Fender Jazz. That is until I got the SR 5. Just amazing what rules the bottom isn't it?

tk

 

[Rayan]

Active J5 / SR5 Piezo & Going 2 Bongo5 HSP

Being polygamous by nature, I have no problem appreciating my '93 AmerDlxJazz5 with 18volt, noiseless, and tapercores thrubody ... she has some really fine moments ... However, there is, and probably can be, *no* comparison with the vibe that comes out of an SR5 Piezo ... and I'm no pro ... it's like another dimension ... ie. SR5 Piezo is to Active, as what Active is to Passive ??
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Now the questions ...
A) can anyone advise me on string options for SR5 Piezo, and eventual Bongo5 Piezo ... I'm pretty stuck on nickel plated steel roundwounds, fretted & fretless and so far stick with stock ...
B) would tapercores like on the J5 work well with the SR5 Piezo & Bongo5 HSPiezo or does the Piezo bridge prefer conventional string windings over the saddles ...

[I have a light fingerstyle touch and I like to explore the sound, natural vibe feel and dynamic range of the instrument from whisper to fullon, probably more cellolike than rockbass, but also groove on old school] /Rayan

 

[phatduckk]

i used my Fender mia Jazz during reherssal on tuesday for the first time since i got my sr4 ... i figured its kinda expensive and i should use it sometimes. LoL. i now know why i stopped using the thing. my sr4 kicks its ass and my sterling kicks everyone's ass.

eb makes some awesome basses and playing my fender just reminded me how amazing these basses really are

anyone else get the impression that a Fender Jazz neck is made of plastic compared to the eb necks? it might be the unfinished neck or whatever but other bass' necks look and feel fake to me now (well, at least the ones i own)

 

[oldbluebassman]

Interesting comment about necks. I've got three different finishes of MM neck and they all feel good. The original lacquer on the pre EB, the oiled on the SR5 and the black Bongo. I also have a Sterling which I'm selling. All the necks feel great. proportionally right, well for my hand anyway.

It's always the same other bass players each week and my MMs always punch right through. My friends always comment about the clarity of the sound regardless of whose amp is being used.

 

[Rayan]

3 In The Attic

Back in the late 60's there was a movie titled "3 In the Attic" ... the hero was a college dude named Paxton Quigley ... his major strength was his appreciation of women ... his major weakness was his appreciation of women ...
Mr.Quigley maneuvered his way into the hearts and beds of 3 lovely ladies ... 1 was a very tidy little blonde, 1 was an equally special redhead, and 1 was a very dynamic brunette ... casting for the 3 femme fatales was superb ... no hot, red, blooded male would have found space to criticize Mr.Quigley's selections, nor had any more success in reducing them in numbers ...

eventually, as fate would have it, the 3 ladies discovered each other ... in accordance with their nature, and Mr.Quigley's wildest dreams, the 3 ladies negotiated with our hero, and arrived at an agreement ... rather a forerunner to the modern and popular timesharing arrangement ...

the last scenes of the movie show Mr.Quigley on a mattress in the "Attic" of a college residence house, unshaven, and nearing unconsciousness ...

Seldom do I take more than 1 instrument from the closet at a time ... if there is a reason to do so, I rarely if ever allow one bass even the slightest and quickest peek at one of her sisters ... I'm careful to never mentions another's name to the one in my arms ... I share the late Mr.Quigley's dilema ... there are just some choices a man should never have to make ...

I allow myself the slack of rationalizing the fact that Leo Fender's name is associated, one way or the other, with 3 out of the 4 brands of basses sharing me in my attic /Rayan