Fender 2012 American deluxe precision bass

[bojondar]

So, finally i decide to buy an Amdlx precision bass from fender...

after a long way of searching and reading the review on Forum which i can conclude that this bass has an Annoying noise from the electronic

what i can say that i've found that i got no Noise or any electronic problem from this bass..

great Bass, no any minor error on the fret work or fingerboard..

mine has a wine red colour with Ash body Wood..

a little less heavy than alder body,with More Attack..

i changed the stock pickup wtih barekuckle pickups for P/J set each 65' P and 60 PE J

IMHO the Stock P pickup doesnt sounds much different from the BK 65' splt coil Pickup..

you can check how it sounds like on this link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CsZ3X1a_OqM

so what i can say is don't 100% sure/belief of what we Read on the forum before you try it by yourself.. Peaceee

[Munjibunga]

Fantastic.

[bojondar]

Originally Posted by Munjibunga

Fantastic.

Great bass...thanks

[Guygrooves]

I have had ZERO issues with the last 4 American P and J Deluxes Ive tried over the last year! Quiet and quite nice-All 2010-2011-2012's........NO noise. Great necks! super quality..used you cant beat the price for the bang for your buck..Active passive with great tonal control..I recommend-HIGHLY...

[RickenBoogie]

I love the American Deluxe series basses. Though my favorite is an older model, 2002, that has the old style humbucker @ the bridge, and no active/passive switch. But, my best player of all time, and it sounds great, and silent. Even though I'm a huge Ric fanatic, my Dlx P is the ONE bass I'd never sell. Well, one of two anyway.

[Dredmahawkus]

Originally Posted by Guygrooves

I have had ZERO issues with the last 4 American P and J Deluxes Ive tried over the last year! Quiet and quite nice-All 2010-2011-2012's........NO noise. Great necks! super quality..used you cant beat the price for the bang for your buck..Active passive with great tonal control..I recommend-HIGHLY...

I have one with one of yours and its my fault! I decided to mess with the pickup height.....when I put it all the way down it started whistling out of the clear blue! So I messed up something! I have to take the pickup out and see how I messed that up. other then that they are wonderful bases!

OP you turned the active passive bass into just passive?

I think I am going to get the same bass you have next to match my jazz!

[jnslprd]

That is some awesome playing.
I hope you are getting payed well for your talent, you deserve it.

Bass sounds good as well.

[atomicdog]

Nice tone, nice playing.

[kakao]

Originally Posted by Dredmahawkus

I have one with one of yours and its my fault! I decided to mess with the pickup height.....when I put it all the way down it started whistling out of the clear blue! So I messed up something! I have to take the pickup out and see how I messed that up. other then that they are wonderful bases!

OP you turned the active passive bass into just passive?

I think I am going to get the same bass you have next to match my jazz!

I did not have any noise issues until I changed pickguard. I think I did something to pickup. Even I did full shielding, it buzz and it is loud. I messed up something as well...
Otherwise, American deluxe bass is just so awesome!

[Burke]

I'm considering one of these in tobacco sunburst. My question is,how much different is the "Active" tone compared to the "Passive" tone? Also, is this a P neck? Or a jazz neck? I'm torn between one of these and the new American Standard P-V. I have a 5 string Carvin LB 75 already but I love the P tone. Any comments? Thanks guys. I'ma go check one of these out in person at the local guitar center before I purchase but I won't really have my rig set up to judge the tone too critically but I'll be able hopefully to get a fix on the playability. Hopefully the set up will be pretty good. Fender does a decent job out of the factory. Thanks again for any input.

[bojondar]

Originally Posted by Guygrooves

I have had ZERO issues with the last 4 American P and J Deluxes Ive tried over the last year! Quiet and quite nice-All 2010-2011-2012's........NO noise. Great necks! super quality..used you cant beat the price for the bang for your buck..Active passive with great tonal control..I recommend-HIGHLY...

+1

[bojondar]

Originally Posted by jnslprd

That is some awesome playing.
I hope you are getting payed well for your talent, you deserve it.

Bass sounds good as well.

Thanks broo..

[bojondar]

Originally Posted by Burke

I'm considering one of these in tobacco sunburst. My question is,how much different is the "Active" tone compared to the "Passive" tone? Also, is this a P neck? Or a jazz neck? I'm torn between one of these and the new American Standard P-V. I have a 5 string Carvin LB 75 already but I love the P tone. Any comments? Thanks guys. I'ma go check one of these out in person at the local guitar center before I purchase but I won't really have my rig set up to judge the tone too critically but I'll be able hopefully to get a fix on the playability. Hopefully the set up will be pretty good. Fender does a decent job out of the factory. Thanks again for any input.

Actually this bass has a modern C shape neck not like a traditional Pbass neck which a little thicker and a little more close to a J neck..

Active preamp on tthis bass add about 32dB gain a little unusual for bass with active preamp ..great tone if you like more gain and a little modern hifi sound..if you dont like it just turn it to passive mode..

[thomas-k]

Hi, just played one yesterday and loved it!
Do you know if the switch completely bypasses the preamp?
Will the passive mode function normally with no battery?

Thanks

[StrangerDanger]

Luff mine too.