All That Jazz

On December 6th I blipped my new G&L Fallout Bass and wondered if it might be “the one”. By the 26th December I knew it wasn’t - I had fallen out with my Fallout!
Visiting R&T Music early in the New Year, I asked their advice. The only things I was definite about were that I prefer a Fender Jazz neck profile and a single pickup.
At which point, I was made aware of the new Fender Gold Foil Series Jazz Bass, the first examples of which were due in the U.K. shortly. Great spec and it seemed like it could be what I was looking for. Of course - and by sheer coincidence, obviously - R&T had one arriving by the end of January, did I want first refusal? Of course I did, and last Friday the call came through that it had arrived.
It looked as good in real life as the pictures on the website had promised and played like a dream - I even tried it on a strap to check it wasn’t too heavy or unbalanced. Only a couple of minor issues - I prefer flatwound strings and the bridge was a bit flimsy looking - presumably for that “retro” vibe. No problem, Vaughan was quite happy to swap the strings and change the bridge to a more modern Fender “Hi-Mass” type, at no extra cost to me.
And thus it was that yesterday, I was able to collect my new - lightly modified - Jazz Bass. Band practice on Friday will give me a chance to try it out in anger, and I’m looking forward to it. There is, however, still one tiny issue to be resolved. This is a full scale bass and I’ve not played one of those for about five years, all my recent basses being short scale models. But maybe that was why I kept chopping and changing. Maybe I hadn’t really bonded with the short scale and was always destined to go back to a “proper” bass.
A couple of hours playing on Friday should provide the answer…