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01-05-2010, 10:52 AM
| | | | Squier Deluxe Active Jazz Bass IV
Does anybody have one of these?? And how is the ebonol fretboard?? This is looking nice for my next bass.  http://squierguitars.com/products/se...tno=0300574506 
Also, I'm curious as to what the slap on/off button does.
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01-05-2010, 10:53 AM
| | | | Do want!
I have the 5er, and the best thing about it was that ebanol fretboard, I'd love a four.
The Slap switch is a mid boost/cut.
In one direction, scoops out the mids, for slap, in the other, pops 'em back in, for nomal play
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01-05-2010, 10:54 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Blackshear, Georgia | | The ebonol feels kind of like a gloss finish except not as 'sticky, IMO. I've got the 5er version and these are great basses.
Mein bass- 
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01-05-2010, 10:59 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Glen Cove, New York | | | I'm another owner of the fiver. The fretboard is very good and didn't scratch up at all, as I had been told it would. The neck is awesome - very smooth and comfy. I find I only play with the pre-amp toggle in the "slap" setting with some added mids to give it more body. Go for it! |
01-05-2010, 11:09 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Huntsville, TX | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Darkstrike Do want!
I have the 5er, and the best thing about it was that ebanol fretboard, I'd love a four.
The Slap switch is a mid boost/cut.
In one direction, scoops out the mids, for slap, in the other, pops 'em back in, for nomal play | which direction is which, if you dont mind me asking?
i have one of these (5-er) on order in black...its been a month.  i aint got it yet |
01-05-2010, 11:20 AM
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Originally Posted by AgIdoc which direction is which, if you dont mind me asking?
i have one of these (5-er) on order in black...its been a month. i aint got it yet | I'll be honest, I don't know, I made mine passive, and can't remember, its easy to tell by ear, anyway. 
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01-05-2010, 11:23 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Blackshear, Georgia | | | The switch flipped down is brighter, up is darker. i keep it in the darker setting.
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01-05-2010, 11:26 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Glen Cove, New York | | Quote:
Originally Posted by AgIdoc which direction is which, if you dont mind me asking?
i have one of these (5-er) on order in black...its been a month. i aint got it yet |
The switch is 2 position - Towards the neck is "slap" position, towards the bridge is normal. The "slap" position is more than just a mid cut. The bass and treble is also accentuated, and the whole EQ point is shifted. There is also a noticeable dB gain. IMO, this setting has a much better low midrange punch. Just dial in some upper mids onboard, or at the amp for a little more grit/grind. |
01-05-2010, 11:26 AM
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Originally Posted by CBgaragebassist The switch flipped down is brighter, up is darker. i keep it in the darker setting. | Up is with mids, then, down scooped.
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01-05-2010, 11:41 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Blackshear, Georgia | | With mids- 
Scooped(slap)- 
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01-05-2010, 11:45 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Michigan | | | I had the V version - great construction and feel but I did not trust the electronics. I've seen several at guitar stores with electrical problems (not a dead battery) that were either not working properly or not at all. |
01-05-2010, 01:32 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Huntsville, TX | | | thx CB! |
01-05-2010, 01:35 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Blackshear, Georgia | | You're very welcome. I like any excuse to take pics of my basses. 
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01-05-2010, 01:58 PM
| | Banned | | Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Southern Saskatchewan Canada | | | I JUST got back from putting money down on a black 4 string deluxe!
should be here in a week or 2...will give full review upon arrival. |
01-05-2010, 02:20 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Huntsville, TX | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Bassslayer69 I JUST got back from putting money down on a black 4 string deluxe!
should be here in a week or 2...will give full review upon arrival. | i bet slayer gets his before i get mine!
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01-05-2010, 02:53 PM
| | Banned | | Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Southern Saskatchewan Canada | | | What the! you are AMERICAN! you should have gotten yurs within days! I bet whoever you ordered from is a moron! Mine has to come all the way up to canada! |
01-11-2010, 11:38 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Huntsville, TX | | | well i ordered it from the local mom & pop store, not the mega-dealer. he gave me a decent trade-in for my VM jazz.
it took 2 weeks & when it got here it had been dropped & had a big ding on it.
then the Christmas holiday set us back
then Fender/Squier had to "process" the return, whatever the heck that means.
so yeah. i'm not mad at my store...just frustrated by the long process. friday it will be 5 weeks since i traded in my beloved VM jazz |
11-21-2012, 08:37 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Toronto, Canada | | | I may be interested in picking up one of these Squier J Bass Deluxe IVs. Always been a Sunburst type guy but always end up with something else. I've seen images on the net of these basses with the classic 3 colour sunburst but also the simpler 2 colour sunburst. Anyone have one of these basses in a sunburst? And if so is it a 3 colour or a two colour? |
11-21-2012, 09:22 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Toronto, Canada | | | 3 colour sunburst or 2
After checking the Fender site it appears that this bass is only offered in one style of sunburst (3 colour). The pics on the net seem to be fooling me as some of them don't appear to be a 3 colour burst. |
11-21-2012, 09:25 PM
| | | Well I love my VM V sunburst and it is my primary bass .I love the many many sounds i can get out of it.  .I really love the neck it fast and smooth
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