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Unicorn Ninja
I have been in love with the Jazz Bass for quite some time now but not for the obvious reasons they are generally utilized. Where the Jazz bass offers a unique clean bottom end dynamic unlike the split coil offerings of a precision bass I find the beauty in the aesthetic design and over time have gotten well acquainted with the tapered neck witch I despised early on. I have owned a Fender Jazz, Fender Players Series Jazz, Squire Vintage and Jay Turser Vintage series jazz bass. Being that I am well versed in the Doom Metal genre I need the bottom end boom of a precision bass but I have found that the Squire Vintage and Jay Turser Vintage have offered more bottom end boom than Fender Jazz, Fender Players Series Jazz and that is before any modifications were made. I run 65 - 130 guage nickel wound strings from a 5 string set on all of my basses tuned to "B" witch definitely put my tone at a lower register. I have found that by simply adding the strings I can damn near achieve what I am looking for with most basses. Below are my Jay Turser Vintage and Squire Vintage Jazz basses. The Squire Vintage on the right with the Jay Turser lefty neck has been modded from a two pickup configuration to a single split coil precision Seymour Duncan quarter pounder pickup and aesthetically modded from its original wood color to what you see now. What the listener see's and what the listener hears are enough for the listener to question what kind of bass they are actually hearing, I like that....a lot. The Jay Turser vintage on the left is really quite impressive in its stock offerings. The magnetic pickup poles are larger than one would expect from a traditional Jazz pickup, my Seymour Duncan Quarter Pound Jazz Pickup poles were roughly the same diameter but didnt have quite the depth surprisingly. I really think Im going to keep these stock pickups installed. Initially I thought otherwise but a few amp settings set me straight.
Got Jazz Bass?, show em if you got em! .
Got Jazz Bass?, show em if you got em! .