Me Vs GAS. GAS wins.

Doctor J

But I can't complain

Karl Hungus

I like it.

GAS sometimes pays off. Big time. So definetly no complaints. Except from the missus, aye?

Doctor J

It is the best bass I've ever played. Honestly. The only thing I want to change is just to lower the nut a smidge, but that's just how I play. The tone is just... it's the King.

Karl Hungus

I want to play it. We should have a boards instruments meet where we bring along our various instruments, and jam.

Doctor J

Who's going to provide the armed transport?

Karl Hungus

Baggio. I'm sure he's got something of the sort for hauling around that big red behemoth of his.

Doctor J

I dunno if the Ibiza is quite up to the task

Karl Hungus

We'll stick some razor wire around the windows, and it'll be fine.

fish-head

We'll need a Chainsaw-Hole too, I reckon.

Amazing looking bass, by the by.

Doctor J

Thankee. It's a keeper

Karl Hungus

fish-head wrote:

We'll need a Chainsaw-Hole too, I reckon.

Haven't the movies taught you anything? Unless it's Bruce Campbell wielding it, it's going to end in disaster.

It wasn't me!

a) How much? PM if you don't want to mention on the board.
b) How'd you get them to ship overseas? I have serious thoughts about a Bacchus Jazz with a humbucker, but thought they didn't ship overseas?

In other news, that is the absolute sex Doc, congrats, on a huge scale.

Seany

Looks great man...great buy.

John

That is one sexy looking bass. I really like the stained wood colour (and the character building dints along the body ) and the perspex scratch plate. Where did you get it?

Eoin Madsen

That's a damn pretty bass. Though someone went and put an extra string on it by mistake.... doh.

Doctor J

Ishibashi U-box, gentlemen. My favourite of all the lettered boxes

feylya

Doc, my employers have released me for the day. Is it possible to book a session with yon new acquistion?

jcoote

your a crazy man doc how do u get away wit it..baggio only has room for oxygen in that car of his...infact is planning on buying a roof rack to carry all his snares...

sei046

where you play it?

sei046

oh and Shop Smart.....S Mart....Ya got that?!

Doctor J

sei046 wrote:

where you play it?

Wherever it'll fit. So far every room in the house... you heard me, every room

Doctor J

jcoote wrote:

baggio only has room for oxygen in that car of his...infact is planning on buying a roof rack to carry all his snares...

Man that is the funniest thing I have read in a long, long time, all because it's actually true

I shall now proceed with the cleaning up of the spit out tea

Giblet

Goes well with the Kitchen table I bet :>

fish-head

Karl Hungus wrote:

Haven't the movies taught you anything? Unless it's Bruce Campbell wielding it, it's going to end in disaster.

A chainsaw's the best kind of disaster!

Karl Hungus

sei046 wrote:

oh and Shop Smart.....S Mart....Ya got that?!

OctavarIan

I don't play bass. But that looks like a quite bloody fantastic one. Grats.

Ancient1

So I'm away for a couple of days, and this is what happens?

Nice one, Doc, she's a beauty!

david

Yeah thats a gorgeous bass nice buy. I'd like that finish in a dark blue/navy if I was buying one. Still its a classy interpretation of a jazz bass, bet it sounds great.

Doctor J

It sure does. I was in the studio with Seany last Sunday, di'd and it was sweet. It has a Bartolini NTCT preamp which I have to say I'm deeply impressed with and the pickups are very nice indeed. The B string is very well defined too. I'm delighted with it, great bass, really excellent.

Patricide

Hey doc, am any chance of directions to where you live, a key and your alarm code? i mean i swear im not gonna steal it i just want a mug of tea i swear, no honestly.


On another note DAMMM FINE bass, makes my warwick look like crud . O well happy playing man

Doctor J

Yeah, eh, you'll find me at 123 Fake Street

jcoote

do u know anal mac looney he lives on that street

glad your happy with it doc

Doctor J

I'm glad you're glad Johnny

What has impressed me the most is how clear and defined it is acoustically. I know the "influence of wood" debate will rage eternally but I certainly believe there is a quality to the wood of this bass above anything I've played before which is making a difference to how the instrument plays and sounds when plugged in. It is fundamentally a Jazz bass, but responds better than any other Jazz design I've ever played.

They make guitars too, you know

jcoote

what wood is it doc?

Doctor J

Ash body, maple neck and ebony fretboard.

jcoote

the lite ash strat has been my own really expreience with ash but i have found it to handle lower tunings better than other strats i have played so maybe that would translate onto a bass and handle the B string better than other woods..is that the case with u??

i also always liked the maple ebony combo nice and string but really bright aswell

Doctor J

Hard to say if it's just the ash. It's a common wood combination, in fact the hotwire bass I ordered a while back is the same, they work well with each other. Even playing around the neck, high and low, it just sings and I can really feel the body vibrate against my ribcage.

jcoote

i haven't seen someone this genuinly impressed in a while happy days!!!

what pups are in it doc?

Doctor J

It's their own. Just got the little "handmade" logo on them like the back of the headstock. Regular single coils tied in with the Bart pre-amp... just very nice.

jcoote

yeah that preamp is a nice touch alright...what stuff did u play with seany

Doctor J

It was just a tune we played in a band together recently. We had some studio time to hand and no time to prepare for it, so we went with something we both knew. Need to get a copy of the session from the studio though, we didn't quite get it finished on the day.

jcoote

cool yeah i sold my roc pro to seanys mate...seany playing guitar and u bass i take it ???

Doctor J

Me playing drums, bass and some guitar, Seany doing vocals and guitars. I'll stick it up somewhere if/when I can lay my hands on the session and mix it.

jcoote

so its the doc feat seany then yeah

did u use your own gear for that session...

is the bass ergonomically sound??

Doctor J

Nah, it's definitely the other way around

We used our own stuff, or rather a scaled down version, it was whatever we could fit in Seany's car. Wee little Laney combo for the guitar amp, with Seany's super Electra and my Eggle and he did a couple of acoustic tracks too. Bass was the Bacchus di'd. It was sounding pretty good by the end.

The bass is very ergonomically sound. I was worried that the binding might cause a bit of grief wor my right forearm but it's carved just right, it's very comfy. The neck is not too big, it's feels substantial but fast, 18mm string spacing is just wide enough. Even the neck join is recessed a bit (you can sort of make it out in this pic)

jcoote

sweet u should try get that sample goin it would be interestin to hear..instrumental stuff or just songs wit no lyrics

Doctor J

Seany's got a great voice, the lad can really sing. It's this tune, but hopefully a better version

jcoote

sounds good doc !!!

kinda retro (90s) but still a fresh feel too it

ferdi

only just saw that bass doc, one of the most beautiful guitars i've ever seen, brings a tear to my eye. seriously man, you got taste. of course i'd have had to make a few personal changes if i had bought it

Doctor J

Thanks man. I just have a weakness for jazz basses, what can I say? It wouldn't be my ideal design but I'm more than happy with it and can't see myself changing anything to be honest.

david

Doctor J wrote:

Thanks man. I just have a weakness for jazz basses, what can I say? It wouldn't be my ideal design but I'm more than happy with it and can't see myself changing anything to be honest.

I bet you 50c paypal that you buy another bass within a year