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09-03-2023, 03:38 PM
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The world's ugliest bass guitar... and it's all mine!
I currently own a standard Fender American P/J bass, a Musicman Stingray, and a UBass. These basses cover most of my needs. However, I had some old pedals and electronics to trade in and had decided to go to GC and pick up a Squire 40th Anniversary P bass since they are on sale. On a whim, I picked up this Jackson X Concert bass to play around with, mostly in the assumption that I would be horrified by it. It has single coil ACTIVE pickups, a horrendous headstock, and a red color that is painfully orange looking.
However, when I plugged it in I was blown away by the clarity of tone! This thing has power and clarity like I've not felt in a bass guitar before. It was marked down to $350 from $800, so basically the same cost as the Squire. Since I wanted something different for flat picking in my surf music, I decided to bring it home. It cost me nothing out of my pocket since I had some old trade ins. In fact, I made $150 in pocket change! What a horrendous looking bass! But the tones! Oh man! Surf is up!20230902_224658.jpg20230902_161140.jpg
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09-03-2023, 03:48 PM
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You'll shoot your eye out...
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09-03-2023, 03:50 PM
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Schweet! Looks like a Rick 4001 quasi-clone, no?
Bob
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09-03-2023, 03:53 PM
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09-03-2023, 03:54 PM
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09-03-2023, 05:52 PM
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FYI active pickups don't have the same stigma with bassists as they do with guitarists - in fact, many if not most high-four and five-figure boutique basses have been using them for decades - so if they provide the tone you're after, just remember to keep a couple spare 9V batteries in your case compartment...
Don't know how that finish looks in person, but on my screen it looks kinda like the old Fender Fiesta Red - perfect for surf music... As far as that '80s headbanger headstock is concerned - let's just say if you've got a hostile audience, need to make a quick exit, and picked up some valuable jousting techniques at this year's Renaissance Fair, you're in good shape... 
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09-03-2023, 07:17 PM
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Looks like something you'd see hanging on Rick James
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09-04-2023, 07:25 AM
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It even sounds like a Rick.
A FireGlo finish X is on sale today for $499.99 at Musician's Friend and Guitar Center.  Bob
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09-04-2023, 08:17 AM
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Jackson has always made guitars that look a little different. To me it looks kind of cool. It does have a bit of a Rickenbacker look.
- Glenn
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09-04-2023, 12:43 PM
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It was interesting. They had three of these in stock. The white one was most expensive at $599, the Ricky looking sunburst was $499, and my strange orange/red one was only $375. Given that this will be my "surf" bass, I figured the bright orange/red will work just fine for me! If I had my choice and all were the same cost, I probably would have gotten the sunburst one above.
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09-04-2023, 02:01 PM
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Ferb plays that same model! :-)
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09-04-2023, 03:55 PM
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09-05-2023, 09:26 AM
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Todd, you're a smart man to have tried to play that bass. Gotta love it when you pick up a guitar/bass that you have very little expectation of and then it follows you home. Congrats!
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