Originally posted by anstratdubh1979:[..]
New neck? What do you mean?
The burgundy mist Jazz has a rosewood neck in the AdamBass and Adamandfans videos and in the Guardian picture from Olympic Studios.
Looks to be a 60's and most 60's have the rosewood neck. Although Adam has changed many of his to the maple dot or maple block marker necks for live use.
Originally posted by thechicken:[..]
I thought it was one of the old ones.
Originally posted by anstratdubh1979:[..]
As for the burgundy mist Fender Jazz bass... Old yes but apparently fairly new to Adam.
Adam's sherwood green (1964) and shoreline gold (1965) Jazz Bass' originally had rosewood necks.
He changed them to maple as he like the feel better and the block markers are easier to see on stage. (Read the following article for a bit more on that and Adam's Vertigo tour gear - http://u2-stage-and-studio.com/imagelib/sitebuilder/misc/show_image.html?linkedwidth=actual&linkpath=http://www.u2-stage-and-studio.com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/bass_player-january_2006-adam_clayton-beautiful_gear_sidebar.jpg&target=tlx_new&title=* click photo for larger view
Originally posted by thechicken:[..]
Ohh yes, I remember this article. It is not there, but something that broke my heart was when I saw the upgrades he made to the old precision, seen on the vertigo video. (I think it it the old precision). It is so modded...really sad.
Originally posted by anstratdubh1979:[..]
That P-Bass has had TONS of mods over the years. I liked the mirror pickguard (Popmart tour).
Dot inlays in the neck and mirrored pickguard on the 1972/73 Precision
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Here's a Vertigo era picture, Jazz neck with block inlays and black pickguard on the 1972/73 Precision. The block inlay Jazz neck seems to be new for Vertigo tour... I will have to check my pics to see if it still had the dot inlay during the Elevation tour.
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Originally posted by Alex:A few days ago I received the missing parts, and on Saturday I found the time to reassemble my blue strat. I shielded it properly and installed Highway One Alnico3 Pickups with a push/pull poti for serial/parallel switching. Man, these pickups are HOT - almost comparable to the SD quarter pounder but with a different character. I LOVE their powerful, rich and warm sound, especially with full- on tube distortion. They have a prominent mid- spike which I believe is able to cut through a full blown band soundmix easily. And it perfectly blends with the slightly mid- scooping ash body. I also reached my goal of having both of my strats sound different, though none sounds "vintage glassy". But if I wanted "vintage glassy" I would have watched for other pickups. So I'm perfectly fine now.
BTW: There is indeed not only a character difference, but also a quality difference between my Fender MIM Deluxe Ash strat body and my Squier MII Deluxe Basswood strat body. But my guitar tech (who leads the Fender Custom Shop division in the biggest music store in Frankfurt) told me already a few months ago that my Ash strat sounded "surprisingly great". So I believe this body was a lucky shot, resulting in a perfectly transparent sound. The Basswood body on the other hand produces a slightly muddier low end and less crispy highs - but this is put into balance by the Texas pickups. I'd like to A/B it to a Squier Standard, an MIM Standard and an MIA Standard. I'd like to know if my Ash body is really that good.
Strange feelings. When i assembled the blonde strat last week I was really happy with it - until yesterday. Now that I reassembled my blue strat it outshines the blonde one in my heart. Maybe I'll just have to play them for some time to establish a feeling for their different character.
Alex
Originally posted by Alex:Not yet. I'm looking forward to record a few new songs after Christmas when my wife and the kids are at Grandma's. My last recordings are from October 2007, and I only wrote a handful of songs during the last year.
Alex
