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View Poll Results: Should I buy a Fender Custom Shop Bass??? | |
YES, DO IT, THEY ARE WORTH IT!
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No way man, too expensive, buy something else!
|    | 91 | 45.27% |
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01-20-2011, 05:13 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Sparks, NV | | | FENDER CUSTOM SHOP JAZZ BASS!!!
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Ok, gonna take the plunge on one of these. Anyone here thinks I shouldn't do it speak now or forever hold your peace! 
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01-20-2011, 05:17 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: A small town in Iowa | | | do it!
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01-20-2011, 05:19 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: El Paso | | | I've always wanted one, its a once in a lifetime instrument. So if you look at it one way, you only need to buy one, and never waste time or money on another bass. Anyway that's just my thoughts one the matter. Enjoy! |
01-20-2011, 05:22 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Montreal, Quebec, Canada | | | Fender Custom Shop basses are very good, but you can get better for cheaper.
For basses that sound similar to Fender, I recommend Lakland or Xotic.
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01-20-2011, 05:29 PM
| | | | I have a '90 CS Relic in Olympic White and it's a wonderfull instrument - I have some lovely basses (couple of Sadowsky's and a Suhr) and the CS Fender is right up there... different flavour of good!
Do it!
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01-20-2011, 05:31 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Florida | | Quote:
Originally Posted by flipper_gv Fender Custom Shop basses are very good, but you can get better for cheaper.
For basses that sound similar to Fender, I recommend Lakland or Xotic. | +1! I've owned quite a few Custom Shop Jazz basses and there is not one that I regret getting rid of. You can get one of these for the same money: http://www.degierguitars.com/ |
01-20-2011, 05:33 PM
| | | | I'd keep the $ and get something cheaper. At the least wait a month. If it is still on your mind then go for it! |
01-20-2011, 05:34 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Louisville, Ky | | | I've looked a Fender Custom shop basses a time or two, but you seriously can get a better instrument for a cheaper price.
The STARTING price for a custom shop Jazz is $4,600. For that money you can get a sadowsky, Low End Jazz, Nordstrand, Suhr, Lakland and pretty much anything else. Before you drop that kind of cash, definately check out your options.
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01-20-2011, 05:38 PM
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Originally Posted by Maiden Bass Ok, gonna take the plunge on one of these. Anyone here thinks I shouldn't do it speak now or forever hold your peace!
PLEASE VOTE!!! | I recently acquired a brand new (NOS) CS Jazz in bing cherry translucent with maple fretboard. I absolutely love it! It seems to be much higher quality than the US deluxe jazz I owned about 10 years ago. The CS came with the stock noiseless (humbuck) pickups, and I swapped them out with Lollars. Those Lollars are worth every penny! Fantastic tone! The build quality of the CS is, IMO, just as nice as my US Lakland Glaub. Both play like buttah!
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01-20-2011, 05:45 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: California | | | I've never had a custom shop bass, but I've had MIM, USA, USA Deluxe and Custom Shop strats. The Custom Shop strat is miles above the rest. |
01-20-2011, 05:47 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2005 Location: Glendale, AZ | | | Are you talking about the readily available CS model, or are you going to custom order a bass from the custom shop? |
01-20-2011, 05:51 PM
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01-20-2011, 05:55 PM
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Originally Posted by Maiden Bass | Nice looking bass, but I'd think real hard about your options before spending that much $. |
01-20-2011, 05:59 PM
| | Livin' it up at the Hotel California | | Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Sacramento California | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Maiden Bass | Oh, you are looking at the Sweetwater CS jazz. Those were special order by Sweetwater. They come upgraded with the badass bridge and SD pickups. The NOS CS jazz I recently bought was not a Sweetwater. Mine came with the stock Fender bridge and the stock Fender noiseless pickups. But I paid less than the Sweetwater CS's. I paid $2175, but then I paid $180 for the Lollar single coils, and I also paid over $300 to upgrade the preamp to a John East J-Retro Deluxe.
IMO, the Sweetwater price is a bit high, but if they have the bass you want, then do it. Life is short!
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01-20-2011, 06:04 PM
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Originally Posted by Maiden Bass | It's a beautiful bass... But if I were you, I'd spend that money on a Sadowsky NYC way before I'd get the Fender.
But that's just me. 
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01-20-2011, 06:14 PM
|  | Sponsored by Jagermeister | | Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Seattle / Tacoma | | | I looked up a bunch of 60 and 64 reissue Custom Shop Jazz Basses earlier this week and it looked to me like they dropped the prices quite a bit for standard models. I saw lots of NOS models listed for 2200, which is pretty darn good. |
01-20-2011, 06:21 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Upstate, South Carolina | | | That's an awesome bass. I couldn't see paying over $1500 for it though. At the end of the day, it's a Jazz Bass. For the kind of money Fender charges you can get a Brubaker, Elrick, Roscoe...you name it.
If you must have a Jazz copy, look at Sadowsky, Mike Lull, and Lakland. |
01-20-2011, 06:34 PM
| | | | Why would he want a copy if he can have the real deal?
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01-20-2011, 06:37 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Appalachian State University | | | it's your money, spend it on what you want.
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01-20-2011, 06:37 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Holiday, Fl | | | Can get better for less, but the CS will appreciate in value as it gets older. A wise investment. | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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