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[b33r]

@drumandbass:
i would have changed the pickups, but i got no money...

i swapped out the old bridge for a Gotoh 203, since the old one was giving me problems. feels nice and has a bit of mass to it. it was a retrofit, lining up perfectly with all five holes, just that there are an extra two holes to drill at the top, "giving better tone transfer" as claimed by Gotoh.

anyway, there seemed to be a change in tone, but i'm not sure what because i can't remember what it sounded like before. i think i got more mid-range out of it. sounds a bit clearer too.


@spectator:
yup, this was from ahkiatt's mass order. this bass listed for USD120 on the website, so that's $180. adding the shipping and GST, it came up to $240.

[bearclaw]

SX! wow yours came with the pickup cover n thumb rest? looks sweet

[b33r]

no, no, i added those on myself. my model didn't come with them.

[spectator]

haha nice bass la. wasted man.

if u ever look for a buyer. lemme know haha. >.<

[b33r]

i'll sell this one day when i go looking for a better fretless bass, but that day will be a long, long way away...


by the way, expect more pictures in a couple of weeks, got something big coming in :mrgreen:

[shinobi]

i remember seeing the ashtrays around the penin basement. you could order them online without much hassle, but i wouldn't really care much if they were genuine fender or not... unless it's the one with the 'F' embossed into the bridge cover, i don't see the justification for paying more for genuine fender parts man

[b33r]

yeah, the Fender accessories are quite overpriced too. just a set of genuine Fender ashtray covers will cost 40USD, even the thumbrest is 6USD. that's like $10 for a piece of plastic! it's not even too well made either, there were some rough edges around it.


i'd still get the Fender one though, i think it looks weird without the embossed F. :-|

[cloud]

We need another mass order must hurry before those new headstocks come on....anyone knows when the new headstocks will come on?

[rylche]

Beautiful bass. I used to have a SX too, really liked the sound but it was quite a heavy bass.

Would love to get a SX Jazz and defret it for my very own 'Bass of Doom' project!

[b33r]

by the looks of how all the sold out models have disappeared from the site and not coming back, i suspect that they're preparing the next batch with the new headstock.


after bringing it out for a mini jam earlier today, i found that the bass is in desperate need of shielding, and maybe a swap of electronics. it was terribly noisy, even with both pickups fulll. closer inspection under the control plate revealed that the chinese workers were lazy enough to leave some of the plastic wrapping around the pots.

also, the pickups are microphonic, and every sound i made when hitting or even moving the bass was amplified. at least they sounded decent enough, i was quite satisfied. single coils are a nice change from humbuckers.


luckily i don't care enough for it to buy new pickups and get it shielded, i'm just got it to get the feel of a fretless. but i cared enough to make it as playable as possible, which included an amateurish nut file and neck shim made out of an AIA business card.