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Post by JAC on Nov 14, 2018 17:32:00 GMT
No because when I use a guitar it's exclusively for recording while sitting down, but bass is my main instrument on stage and so I'd be standing up. As for it being/ not being short scale, all I know is I've held it in person (a Squier though) and it felt too stubby.
Maybe you tried the Squier Short Scale Jaguar? There are various models of the Jaguar Bass.
Squier Vintage Modified Jaguar "Special" Short Scale
Available in Red or Black, passive, with a Rosewood fingerboard and matching headstock. PJ Configuration. Very good bass (especially for it's price) but only if you like short scale basses
Squier Vintage Modified Jaguar "Special" Bass
These are a available with either a PJ configuration or a single humbucker (I am not 100% if the humbucker version is still available). They are active, although the active part is really only a bass boost. 34" Scale and available in Red, Black, Silver and Sunburst. Decent bass except for the electronics (IMO) but for just over 200€ they are certainly worth the price.
Squier Vintage Modified Jaguar
These were only available for a very short time (maybe a little over a year). For the majority of that time they were only available in black, although a small amount of red and white ones showed up just before the were discontinued. They had (have) black headstocks, block inlays on a Rosewood board and a Tort pickguard. These were equipped with Duncan Designed PJ pickups and a stacked tone/vol control for each pickup. An amazing 34" scale bass and one of my favourites amongst my collection.
Fender Jaguar Bass
Then we get into the Fender versions of the Jaguar Bass. I am no Fender expert, so I can't list them, but off the top of my head I seem to remember a MIJ version, a standard (MIM) version, a Modern Player version (this is the one I posted earlier with the maple fretboards), a MIA version, a Troy Sanders version and probably a few more that I can't remember at the moment. All of these are 34" scale (as far as I am aware).
As you can see, there are quite a few Jag basses about, without even getting in to the Jag Clones
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Post by LeoThunder on Nov 14, 2018 17:37:10 GMT
Is there one without a pickguard?
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Post by LeoThunder on Nov 14, 2018 17:42:00 GMT
The only Squier without a pickguard is the one I have and the fretless. Both are Jazz Basses. Fender has three more. One of them is… this:
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Post by JAC on Nov 14, 2018 18:13:30 GMT
The only Squier without a pickguard is the one I have and the fretless. Both are Jazz Basses. Fender has three more. One of them is… this:
There are no Jaguars without a pickguard.
As far as Squiers, the only ones I can think of are the Squier Vintage Modified Fretless, the Squier Deluxe Jazz Bass and the Squier II Precision Bass.
As for Fenders, I am sure I have seen various models over the years without pickguards, however, as I said, I am no Fender expert. The ones I can remember (other than the one you posted) are:
Fender FMT Jazz Bass
Fender Victor Bailey Jazz Bass
Fender Jazz Bass Plus
Fender Aerodyne (I actually really regret not picking up a 32" MIJ version of this that was being sold cheap a couple of years ago )
Duff McKagan Precision
Fender Jaco Pastorious Bass (available Relc'd from Custom shop or un-relic'd from the normal line)
There were probably more options from MIJ, but I couldn't tell you the models.
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Post by LeoThunder on Nov 14, 2018 18:34:47 GMT
I like the Aerodyne but the Victor Bailey models are what I really would want. No longer available, though, at least not on the Fender site. I'm quite happy with my Squier Deluxe, anyway.
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Post by JAC on Nov 14, 2018 21:01:23 GMT
Just scrolling through this page is like a little peek into blablas's mind. But seen through a mirror
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Post by rtm on Nov 15, 2018 13:00:11 GMT
No because when I use a guitar it's exclusively for recording while sitting down, but bass is my main instrument on stage and so I'd be standing up. As for it being/ not being short scale, all I know is I've held it in person (a Squier though) and it felt too stubby.
Maybe you tried the Squier Short Scale Jaguar? There are various models of the Jaguar Bass.
Squier Vintage Modified Jaguar "Special" Short Scale
Available in Red or Black, passive, with a Rosewood fingerboard and matching headstock. PJ Configuration. Very good bass (especially for it's price) but only if you like short scale basses
That's the one Mystery solved
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Post by DerAlex on Feb 1, 2019 8:23:58 GMT
Anyone with hands-on experience of the new models?
How is the built quality, neck dimensions and so on?
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Post by rtm on Feb 4, 2019 11:18:40 GMT
3 months on, no reviews anywhere. Paper launch?
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Post by DerAlex on Feb 4, 2019 11:40:34 GMT
3 months on, no reviews anywhere. Paper launch? Well on the Thomann site there are a few reviews - I just think that the price is a big hurdle for most. Under 200 EUR is ok for HB - but with 350 EUR - 400 EUR they are in the same realm like Yamaha, Sire and so on. I would also be reluctant to buy one especially as the Yamaha´s get so many favourable reviews. Still would be nice to know what others think.
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Post by rtm on Feb 5, 2019 23:14:20 GMT
3 months on, no reviews anywhere. Paper launch? Well on the Thomann site there are a few reviews - I just think that the price is a big hurdle for most. Under 200 EUR is ok for HB - but with 350 EUR - 400 EUR they are in the same realm like Yamaha, Sire and so on. I would also be reluctant to buy one especially as the Yamaha´s get so many favourable reviews. Still would be nice to know what others think. Hmm, but you know what kind of basses those companies make in "Traditional" Harley Benton budget ranges. HB beats them at every price point. So logically HB should continue to beat bigger brands at any higher price points they choose to occupy. So I find it odd that suddenly when it's $100 more nobody is making a video. I bet if you filter Youtube for "Ibanez SR300" posted in the last 3 months which is an ancient bass by now you'll find something. Even if it has zero news value and is likely a worse instrument if HB lives up to their tradition of outscaling other brands.
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Post by DerAlex on Feb 6, 2019 8:13:50 GMT
If you look for example at basses there are entry level basses from Yamaha like the TRBX 174 (230 EUR), BB 234 (300 EUR) or TRBX 305 (350 EUR) that I would always prefer since I know the quality is consistently high.
Most of the time quality of HB instruments is high as well but there are some (or more on some models) inconsistencies that make it hard for me to justify buying HB in that price range.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 6, 2019 9:10:06 GMT
I remember when Harley Benton had only 4 pages on Thomann Was very easy to brows through them and check if they got new models. Any way, I remember when the most expensive HB guitar came out and it was the L-450Plus and I thought man that is expensive for a HB, and then came the L-550 Paradise Amber Flame woah that was like hi-end HB at that time jeez! But then I look at some entry level Squier and things fall into perspective. Still as DerAlex say I too can't justify these new prices and models anymore as HB is for me just HB, good affordable guitars and 400 Euro is FAR FROM AFFORDABLE!
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