Love this guy's energy

@rodiaz6652

3 жыл бұрын

Chaotic good

Hey johnny Shada KAka ! Love your videos and your energy . Ive been a Bassist for over 40 years and its finally good to see a site that is so in debt , I work on my own guitars and drums as well. The one thing I find is Ive learned that if a musical instrument dealer can not tell you all the components to his product , keep searching until you do . Its different from a person to person inquirey . Ive had some no name basses that when I did a couple of upgrades sounded and played majestically ,And sold a couple right at some gigs Shada Kaka ! So keep up thge goold work and God bless you and the Queen !

I have a Chinese-origin bass that is a copy of Larry Graham Signature Moon Bass. I got to play it before I bought it of a friend who had ordered on AliExpress. It played really nice off the bat. I replaced the J pickups with EMG Riptides, added a Babicz FCH bridge, Hipshot tuners, bone nut, Elixirs, shielded cavity, straplocks, and made a gold cavity cover. Then I had it PLEKed. After 50+ shows and many worship services I put it back on the machine and it required very little in the way of touch ups. Stays as straight several of my high end pre 2000 basses. Of course up until about the year 2000 very few basses offered had any graphite reinforcement in the neck. This bass is my #1. An absolute delight to play!

great advice,,,,Johnny.

Exactly!!!

Which raises a bigger question. How much do they really cost? after replacing hardware, electronics, getting a craftsman to spend some quality TIME on it and still having to deal with neck issues.

@aarondavis4341

6 жыл бұрын

Arnold Bell you are 💯 on that,I always wonder why guys go spend 250$ on a bass then replace the pickups,tuners,bridge and whatever else,why not go ahead and spend the 900/1000$ on a bass ,not have to change anything

@NamikazeKyuuga

5 жыл бұрын

Even if they change the pickups, the tuners and the bridge it'll only cost them around ~300$. That's 400$-500$ they're saving.

@StayHomeEatGreat

5 жыл бұрын

Arnold Bell “Ken Smith” USA are $2500 at least.

@110380michael

5 жыл бұрын

Sometimes (some people) enjoy doing their own build.

Man that's great information!

Dude you funny lol. Walking to the store and coming back.

Very good review home Flava!

That is essentially a Smith!!!!!!! Insane!!!

Great knowledge of the neck . I have experienced it as you know . Please find me a neck.

Your bass luthier videos are awesome! Can you do a video comparing China Bass sound before you BadAssIt, to hear the difference?

@LONGCASTLE777

4 жыл бұрын

Will do

What about American Fender jazz bass??? Good neck???

Johnny I'm in a bit of a predicament I'm wanting to upgrade the bridge on my 75 American Vintage FSR jazz bass to a high mass bridge. I'd really like a badass but they are so expensive now could you recommend a good high mass bridge

Hey Johnny have you ever owned any of those SIRE basses by Marcus Miller. I'd like to see you review any model

@cbluezcastlegar

6 жыл бұрын

very nice basses..had one for 2 years...tons of reviews on facebook and talkbass etcetc.

@doxx2427

5 жыл бұрын

I own one... it's top quality at a budget. can't go wrong.

So what if the bass I like has a through neck design?

Thanks I was just going ta buy the 6 String. Now I’m not!!! Thanks Johnny for saving me money!!!

Ordered a Vox teardrop bass from China. They sent me a left handed when I ordered a right handed and they are trying to charge me more than what I paid

Shada ka ..Johnny. and wow ..good information thanks

Thanks for that truth

My dear brother Johnny, I gave you a thumbs up because I refuse to give a man a thumbs-down who's supplying us with fantastic information and you're fantastic gift. That being said, I'm giving up thumbs down to the tone of that bass and I really wish I could have heard it before you made the changes in the preamp and the pickups because in my humble opinion it basically sounds like an active Fender Jazz Bass Deluxe. I really didn't hear that Smith sound and again this is my opinion. Other than that you always do a great job with the videos as far as your playing, your humor, and the information you provide. I say let Hootie try that bass out and let's see how it sounds. Love you brother

Mannnnn...I'm just wondering if you ever put that Showmaster hanging on the wall together

This was too funny but your right

Hi Johnny, so you say there is no truss rod? Or not graphite on neck? Saludos desde Argentina!

@MisterSesek

6 жыл бұрын

Julio Di Felippo same question. As I got it. Check "carbon fiber neck rods" on KZread

@juliodifelippo

6 жыл бұрын

Mister Sesek thanks!

In addition to not having graphite bars, the wood used for these basses is probably not properly aged.

..I still want that bass

Do all the fenders have graphite in them? The newer ones that is.

@BruceMurphy

6 жыл бұрын

Some. Many american, such as Elite or Professional. Mexican, not as far as I can see.

At the end of the day no matter how much you spend, it still ain't a Ken! Did I just rhyme? Shadacaca!

beautiful prices?

Johnny, can I bring to you a Bass Guitar that needs some work done?

@LONGCASTLE777

6 жыл бұрын

Jerry Johnson ...WAITNG ON YA BRO

Sounds like a gamble to me, who wants something you have to invest a lot of coin into it to get it right it sound pretty right now seems like no consistency in the workmanship of china basses Im listening to you I mean no offense.

Hi Johnny, loving your videos and your great sense of humor🤣 I would so love to own a Ken Smith, can't afford the original but would make the investment to upgrade the Chinese model..question, where can I order a model like yours from and if it's possible can I send it to you for upgrade? Thanking you in advance, all the way from Trinidad 🇹🇹 currently stuck on a cruise ship company I work for..Princess Cruises

@LONGCASTLE777

4 жыл бұрын

Hit me up at bootjak7@yahoo.com

You know that there a bass pickups that sound very close to Kensmith pickups!

What site are these basses from?

@victorscarani2559

6 жыл бұрын

Tammi Avery you can find them in aliexpress

Can you put emg pickups on a bartolini preamp

@Mitata72

4 жыл бұрын

Yes

Gold Johnny.

Johnny have you tested a Mayones bass yet?

@LONGCASTLE777

5 жыл бұрын

Yes.. cool bass but bridge is disturbing lol

Bunch of years back some guy was on a bass forum going on and on about how Great SX bass guitars (Rondo Music) made in China. They look ok and seemed to sound ok so I though I will buy a neck and put it on my bass to see if the quaility is ok, NOPE garbage compared to a neck I bought from Warmoth later that i still have on my bass, chucked the China one out. You pay a $150 for a China Bass you get crap electronics, crap neck with crap frets with crap tuners.

What is this bass called?

I gotta American Fender Deluxe 5 out the gate well worth the $1300.00, you get what u pay for unfortunately if your not a Luthier like you Johnny then ya gotta save up but the Sire Bass are really great Bass my next purchase but the 45th has started a trade war.

Can u play the bass line walking to the store

LOL@Low Income Bass.

Johnny - will the Chinese destroy Fender, Gibson, and other great American and European brands? or will they survive like the Ford survived Toyota? Or will there be American companies who can create great design, manufacturing and quality control processes with American labor that can compete at the $900 and below price point with better quality products? Or will we see the great brands just create a cheap line of instruments from Chinese and Korean factories?

1 Fender American Precision and Jazz Bass and anyone will be set for life!

Can you add graphite to the neck?

@LONGCASTLE777

6 жыл бұрын

Luis G ...very expensive

@rhoodj

5 жыл бұрын

Mr johnny, I have a fodera from China I would like you to set it up for me. Please here is my contact 786 274 2440 tdams5@hotmail.com

hello greetings you should put subtitles in Spanish please let me know what you say

Right arm bro

You get what you pay for..

Trump just raised the price 25%

Inexpensive

help! my active bass makes a lot of white noise like "shhhhh". if i turn the treble down it almost disappear. what could it be??

@Mitata72

4 жыл бұрын

A ground issue

@lipptech1

Жыл бұрын

Sounds to me that your bass doe's not like you to play it as it is saying sshhhhh as you play it ?!?!

@kingbassk83

Жыл бұрын

@@lipptech1 I slapped it once and the problem was solved.

I see what's going on!!! You get a bass plus a samuri when you purchase!! :-)

Chaka KHAN khan khan khan

I have a China jazz ,and it's bad quality .....stay away .....Indonesian and Loren are better in my opinion

So sick and tired of all of these imatators of the originators , be inspired to be and do something different, all of that effort and energy goes into something that falls short , of being anything but spectacular,,

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11 ай бұрын

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