I’ve had a fiver before. I told myself I would not play it until I finish the B2B Course and just stick to my Warwick for that. I am going to do a very deep clean on this thing and may break it down and repaint it. Not sure yet.
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Although I had a bass before these two, a Rickenbacker 4003, I never played it. It didn’t feel right and probably all it needed was a setup. Recently I sold it and with the money I’ve bought two basses, got the BassBuzz course and now I’m subbing to some of the bass channels on youTube. Now sure exactly what happened except that Davie504 is mostly responsible.
This is a Fender Jazz, of course, one of the Mexican-made ones.
A Jackson CBXNT whatever. I looked and looked at this one in at least 3 trips and decided that meant I was supposed to get it, plus it was on clearance, fits my hands a little better and has a nasty tone. 
Trying to avoid G.A.S. after this. 
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Fantastic. I love the Carvin “bolt neck” basses. That’s a purty one, too.
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Yeah, it is very dirty and the guy put his name on the headstock. It was bought at an estate sale. so, I need to sand his name off and get a Carvin sticker to put up there and I am trying to decide if I want to paint it.
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Omg she’s sooo beautiful 
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[quote=“rodney.e.buse, post:9810, topic:608”]…I guess people don’t like butter cream? I’m loving it!
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I like it!!!
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The dirt can be cleaned. But…
What the what. I’ll never understand why people do stuff like that. I mean, I get that the BK was the “kit” offering that Carvin used to sell, where it came raw and disassembled and you put it together and customized to taste yourself, but… c’mon.
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Well. I lasted a month.
In all fairness, I wasn’t looking for a new bass and I wouldn’t have bought this for myself. It was an early birthday gift. And what a gift it is.
This is a 2013 Fender American Deluxe Dimension bass IV HH. I’ve always been smitten with the Dimensions, but could never get the sound I wanted out of a single H model. I always wanted an HH model, but man… they’ve just been too expensive. This one was not, and I don’t know why… it was evidently previously owned by a collector, and came to me as if I’d bought it direct from Fender. It included the OHSC as well as all the paperwork and accessories. Look at this:
It even has the never-sent-in Fender registration card. It’s in absolutely mint condition.
It sounds effing amazing. It’s not super-hot like the single H models I’ve had were. The 5-position pickup selector is awesome; in position 1 (closest to the neck), it’s the full neck pickup and sounds very, very P-like; in position 2 it’s the neck poles on the neck pickup and the bridge poles on the bridge pickup which sounds very, very J-like; in position 3 it’s the full neck and bridge pickup; in position 4 it’s the bridge neck poles and the neck bridge poles, again very J-sounding; and in position 5 it’s the full bridge pickup. Here’s a graphic representation:
This is probably the best gift I’ve ever gotten. The down side is that since I’ve committed to two keepers, this has to replace either my Carvin or my Charvel. Probably the Carvin, I’ve grown quite attached to the Charvel.
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I’m waiting for next cover.
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I’ve got three I’m working on: AC/DC’s Hell’s Bells, Joan Jett’s I Love Rock-n-Roll, and the Cardigan’s Lovefool. Regardless of which I choose to actually record, it’ll for sure be on this Dimension.
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No exceptions to your rule for gifts? After all, you did not buy it yourself. I say keep all three!
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Here’s a used MTD Kingston Z5 I found for a great price. I play in a cover band where most of our songs are in D, C# or Eb and I absolutely love having the lower range.
Do I need a 5 string? Probably not, but the best instrument is the one that you’re excited to pickup and play, and man do I ever feel like a champ playing this thing.
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The “two keepers” rule is actually only peripherally related to acquisitions; that’s just because I find two basses to be the optimal number for me. More than two and I get in an “analysis paralysis” kinda mode when I sit down to play over which bass I should actually play. You know, “Ah, gonna sit down to practice, gonna use bass A… but wait, bass B has such a cool sound. But bass C feels so nice. But no, I need to play bass A. But… C! No, B! Wait, A!”
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You had a good run (or, as my school report card would have said: “He always tried”) 
Congrats on a beautiful bass!!
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That’s really pretty much all that counts 
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That thing is smoking hot. Not your run of the mill Fender. I want one now.
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Thanks!
I must admit… I’m as “in love” with this bass as one can be with an inanimate object.
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Hang one bass on the wall as wall art, then theoretically you only have two basses to play and the other is art like a picture. At least that is how I handle multiple basses.
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You are getting closer and closer to a Stingray Special. This pleases me 
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I’m in love with a bass I keep talking about
I’m in love with a bass with a bass I can’t live without
I’m in love but sure picked a bad time to be in love
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