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$583.00
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10.0
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Description:
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Lace Sensor Pickups, powered by a Kubicki designed pre-amp.
Controls (stacked): Volume, Pan, Bass, Treb.
Four Setting Rotary Knob: "Off," Passive, Active and Active with adjustable mid boost.
Badass Style Bridge
Graphite Reinforced Neck
Smaller sized body (the same as the later Fender American Jazz Bass Deluxe) without a pick guard.
Fender Deluxe Tuners
Smaller neck profile than a standard Fender Jazz.
22 Frets.
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Twocan
Registered User
Registered: October 2009
Location: Michigan
Posts: 830
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Review Date: Sat April 3, 2010
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Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Price you paid?: $650.00
| Rating: 10
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Pros:
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Size, Weight, Passive Option (great for dead battery), Wide Range of Tones!
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Cons:
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Obnoxious 80's Inspired Colors. Later models have poorly anchored pickups (they wobble), and the knobs do not have a fixed "neutral position."
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Revised (after owning/playing more of these):
Let me first say that I have owned six of these basses. No matter what I've owned over the years, I always come back to this bass because it's a dependable workhorse. It sounds great active, you can boost the mids to cut through the mix, and it will play passive with a dead battery. In addition, it's small, lightweight, and has the slimmest neck I've ever encountered on a jazz bass.
There are plenty of these still on the market - some in great condition, but you'll have to look hard to get one that isn't part of the "80's inspired" color scheme. I've owned a few natural wood ones (I believe these ash body ones were extra $$) that were absolutely to die for.
These started in production around 1990. IMHO, around '92 they started to go a little cheaper on these. The pickups were redesigned with lowered supports, which made them wobbly when my thumb was rested on them. If you can see the screws in a photo, you're looking at the better pickup design. In addition, the concentric knobs no longer had a "center" position, which is a pet peeve of mine.
There have been three different tuners issued on this model. The first was similar to a deluxe tuner, but did not have a clover shape. The 2nd was the same deluxe tuners found on the elite models. The later tuners were thinned out a bit, leaving less mass at the headstock.
The early models have a rosewood casing around the truss rod access. It takes a smaller hex wrench and equates to a thinner neck. The later models switched to a plastic casing, housing a larger nut. This is the same as the one found on the later 90's/00's deluxe jazz basses - they have a thicker neck.
I have owned a 5 string version of this bass. The boards are pao ferro instead of rosewood. The string spacing is a bit tighter than on a standard Fender 5 Jazz, so beware if that is an issue for you.
I highly recommend this bass to any type of player. You can really alter the tone on these and it's great to know that you're not stuck if your battery goes dead. Lastly, after a three-to-four hour gig, the weight of this bass will not break your back!
Note - the body cut is the exact same template used for the American Jazz Bass Deluxe, which replaced this model.
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spendidfender
Registered User
Registered: June 2009
Posts: 94
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Review Date: Mon July 25, 2011
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Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Price you paid?: $600.00
| Rating: 10
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It is a great bass
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xucaen
Registered User
Registered: January 2013
Location: Boston
Posts: 15
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Review Date: Sun January 27, 2013
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Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Price you paid?: $499.00
| Rating: 10
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Pros:
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withstands the test of time; American made Fender; sounds great.
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Neck seems to be heavier than the body making it a bit "top heavy"
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I picked up a Jazz bass Plus at Guitar center for cheep because of its physical condition - lots of dings and dents. Structurally, there is nothing wrong with it. Also no longer has original electronics - pups were replaced with Duncan Antiquities pickups. I can tell by the physical condition that this bass was played out for many years. It's nice to know the bass was someone's main bass for such a long time. In spite of the dings and dents, it plays beautifully.
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