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Posted by Jay --Previous Message--
on 3/22/2006, 2:17 pm, in reply to "Re: SX fretless bass"
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Well I don't think they are quite as bad blowbass would have you believe but I do agree with his advice, which is to try to find a real fender or maybe a MIJ for around $500 or less. I bought a SX fretless jazz just to try out fretless and for the price they are amazing but the neck is wider than the standard jazz and so the feel is not quite right. It's now sitting in my closet while I am playing the MIJ 62 Jazz RI that took it's place.
:: I am amazed that anyone can sell a new
: instrument for that low of a price. Then I
: start thinking about the pawn shop around
: here that buys these inexpensive imports and
: the "budget basses" the music
: store I work for sells. The necks on these
: things are like wet noodles. The pickups are
: noisy. The sound is mediocre on the fretted
: instruments and absolutly horrible on the
: fretless ones. I can imagine the underpaid
: labor that assembles these things working in
: bad conditions. I dont think the wood has
: been dead for more than a couple weeks when
: they build these things. I would save your
: money and buy something at the 500 USD price
: range used. You'll be able to see if the
: neck wood has stabilized over a period of
: time instead of hoping the cheap bass
: doesn't warp during the next seasonal
: change. Fretless basses need good wood and
: pickups to sound really good. Technique
: helps alot too.
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