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12-19-2012, 03:01 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Austin, TX | | | Squier VM Jazz 5 - under $350 new and a very well made instrument. I'm not a fan of the stock pickups, so I'd replace those if it was me...
All the best,
Bob
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12-20-2012, 02:55 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: London, Ontario, Canada | | | Did NOT like the Ken Smith KSD's I checked out.
Had a VM Jazz 5, nice and light, but I didn't get along with the tic-tac sounding top end, or the pickups that don't quite cover the full width of the strings, resulting in a weak B or G, depending on neck alignment. Easy to do a preamp swap, but not the pickups, with are shorter then regular Fender Jazz V.
The other choices mentioned are all worth a good look.
If you like MM-style basses, I would also mention Ibanez ATK's, or BTB 5's. |
12-20-2012, 08:21 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Austin, TX | | | Steve,
I'm confused. I've got a set of Lollar single coil 5 string pickups in my VM Jazz 5. They fit like a glove and are the same size as standard Fender Jazz V.
Could you mean the Squier Deluxe 5? That's the one with the preamp and the slap switch.
Bob
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12-20-2012, 08:28 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: West Bend, Wisconsin | | Quote:
Originally Posted by mattsk42  I want the easiest/best playing/lowest action/smoothest/fastest neck 5 string that I can get. ...I'm a fan of narrow necks/spacing ... So with playability and weight as the only factors, what's the best I can get for under $450 USED? | I'm currently playing your best option: the Ibanez SR505 or 605 or possibly even 705.
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01-10-2013, 10:35 AM
|  | $100 off new Directv subsp.PM me BEFORE signing up | | Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: SiouxFalls by way of Pierre,SD | | | That does seem to be at the top of the list so far.
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01-10-2013, 10:38 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Rochester, NH | | | i love my washburn force abt 5
new you can get it in the $550-$600 range.. you should be able to find it used in that price range or better
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04-22-2013, 12:56 PM
| | $100 off new Directv subsp.PM me BEFORE signing up | | Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: SiouxFalls by way of Pierre,SD | | | Thinking of getting my OLP Spector set up, but nervous about spending 40 bucks and not noticing much of a difference in string height/buzz.
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