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Fender American Vintage '62 Jazz Bass Reissue
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Average Price
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Average Rating
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89% of reviewers
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$1,183.17
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8.3
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Description:
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Body Alder
Neck Maple, “C” Shape,
(Nitrocellulose Lacquer Finish)
Fingerboard Rosewood (7.25” Radius/184 mm)
No. of Frets 20 Vintage Style Frets
Pickups 2 Vintage Jazz Bass Single-Coil Pickups
Controls Stacked Concentric Controls
Volume 1. (Neck Pickup),
Tone 1. (Neck Pickup),
Volume 2. (Bridge Pickup),
Tone 2. (Bridge Pickup)
Pickup Switching None
Bridge American Vintage Jazz Bass
Machine Heads Vintage Style Reverse Tuning Machines
Hardware Nickel/Chrome
Pickguard 4-Ply Brown Shell on:
(800) 3-Color Sunburst,
(805) Olympic White,
(806) Black
Scale Length 34” (864 mm)
Width at Nut 1.50” (38mm)
Unique Features Stacked Concentric Controls,
Vintage Styling
Strings Fender Super Bass 7250ML, NPS,
Gauges: (.045, .065, .080, .100),
p/n 073-7250-005
Accessories Deluxe Brown Hardshell Case, Strap, Cable, Meguiar’s Mist and Wipe Kit
Case Deluxe Brown Hardshell Case
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Author
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Ostinato
Guest
Registered: February 2005
Location: Toronto ON
Posts: 1220
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Review Date: Sat January 28, 2006
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Would you recommend the product? No |
Price you paid?: $1,299.00
| Rating: 5
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Pros:
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Nice fingerboard and fretwork, beautiful tone
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Cons:
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Bum neck, fit and finish requires some adjustment (ie. stack knobs), tuners are stiff to the feel
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Gorgeous open tones and a super fast, slim neck, ruined by bad wood selection. This model is a real treat for the shredworthy, but try as many as you can before buying though, as Fender's well known quality issues (ie. spotty at best) are always in effect.
Tonally, it gets the best Jaco burp of any Fender I've tried, probably due to the pickups. The concentrics can really give some interesting effects, from vintage 60's surf to very modern deep fat and clean (PLENTY of treble from the pickups, I was surprised) with the bridge tone rolled off. The more extreme settings seem to reproduce some of those early "brown sounds" that were required during a time when bass on the radio meant cranking up the mids in the studio.
Visually, my bass has a somewhat darker alder than usual for a sunburst, but it's growing on me. Also, I recall Fender used to offer this model with a vintage tint on the neck as well as a more faithful sunburst to their basses of old; that is no longer the case, a minor quibble.
Neck is a write off. Sounds great live though!
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The war on drugs is over and drugs won.
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woolysock
Supporting Member
Registered: July 2006
Location: Vancouver Canada
Posts: 706
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Review Date: Sat August 25, 2007
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Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Price you paid?: $1,300.00
| Rating: 9
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Pros:
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Amber tint neck gives an old-school vibe
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Cons:
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So mint I'm hesitant to make it a player
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My band plays 60s R&B. I often play a custom-made Mike Kinal precision-style bass or my Sadowsky jazz bass but I've been looking for something more old-school-authentic. Spotted this bass on Craigslist and snapped it up. Was made in Corona California in 97, stored under a bed and rarely played. Dead mint condition, with amber tint on the neck and headstock.
The neck profile on this bass is flatter than my Sadowsky (the finger board is rounder though) and is super comfortable and easy to play. The bass sounds great. Like the previous review says, far more treble than you'd expect.
My Sadowsky sounds great in a different way: the on-board preamp let's you add bass which is handy when you move to the bridge pup. And you can add treble to compensate for the hum-cancelling pups. It's all about adding "more".
The 62 reissue is a different beast. It's passive and you can only roll off treble, but the natural "flat" sound is terrific. Solo front or back pup and you get some 60-cycle hum, depending on the quality of your power source. Both pups together creates a lovely focused sound and with the tone controls wide open it's significantly brighter than the Sadowsky set on passive.
I've taken this bass to several gigs and have been really pleased with it. The upper end is clear and present, the middle notes are warm and punchy and the low end is really thick and strong without being boomy.
All in all, this bass is extremely well made, looks great and sounds even better. I knocked a point off from absolute perfection for the 60-cycle hum but I'll have the cavities shielded soon and that should make this bass a perfect 10.
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Gigging and digging Fender AVRI 62 P bass w Lollar pup.
www.woolysock.com
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alexmoore10
Registered User
Registered: April 2007
Location: London
Posts: 92
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Review Date: Mon January 28, 2008
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Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Price you paid?: None indicated
| Rating: 9
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Pros:
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The neck is fantastic
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Cons:
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The volume/tone controls feel slightly cheap
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I picked up my 62 Jazz the other week and absolutely love it.
As every bass I have played in recent years has been an active I felt an urge to go back to passive and having looked at a number of Fenders including the 64 and the 75 I settled on this.
The tone is exactly what I was looking for, nice, warm and fat and the neck is nice and manageable ( alittle fast truth be told at times).
The only thing that I am unsure about at the moment are the volume/tone controls as they feel slightly cheap and I have a slight worry that they may break at any moment. However I may change them in the coming weeks.
I would thoroughly recommend this bass however I would definitely agree with previous Fender comments - TRY BEFORE YOU BUY!!!!
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Alex Moore (www.alex-moore.com)
Member: Fender MIA Club #160, Ashdown Club #27, Fender Jazz Club #242
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bassman_al
Registered User
Registered: April 2008
Location: Fairfax, VA USA
Posts: 1532
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Review Date: Tue January 13, 2009
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Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Price you paid?: $900.00
| Rating: 8
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Pros:
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nice looking, great tone
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Cons:
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buyer beware neck problems!!!!
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I bought a 1994 model from a TB'er (didn't know he was TB until after the sale) via E-bay. After the sale I was able to trace the bass' genealogy back to birth since another TB-er had owned it prior, and had bought it from it's original owner. The bass I bought looks essentially brand new, with one small scratch on the pickguard and one very tiny ding on the back of the body opposite the volume knob.
Here is a summary of my experience with it:
Purpose of buying it was to get myself a new primary bass, a nice looking one that would look good with me all dressed up on stage in the wedding band I play in. Also needed one that got a nice vintage tone for the wedding music we play, lots of motown and 60's favorites. I also wanted a little variety from my beloved '73 P, which I still planned to play on occasion. So I bought this one since it seemed to have been well cared for and was being sold by a reputable E-bayer.
On receipt I noticed the setup was slightly off, so I took it to my tech to have it set up and he said that the neck had too many peaks and valleys to be set up beyond a certain point. He advised that I get the frets leveled/dressed. I found Larry Smoak who runs "Wooden Wizard" repair shop out of his basement. Larry is a Fender Certified Gold technician and was referred to me by Fender directly. I hired Larry to do the work, figuring that this bass was a keeper and would play great after the work, which Larry said would be the case.
So long story slightly less long I paid the $160 to have the work done and now it plays like a dream. Larry said next time it needs the frets dressed it will also need new frets as well, total cost will be $300. Reason being that the frets needed to be leveled quite a bit to complete the job he did. He told me that depending on how hard I press on the frets I could expect about 3,000 hours of playing before that work will need to be done. So for me, that will be quite a while.
I did ask him if there is any way to tell upon inspection of a bass whether it has the same problem. He said there is no way to tell how the neck is going to be unless you pull it off the bass and check the frets for levelness. He said its a crapshoot even if you inspect the bass. He said in his experience that 90% of Fender necks are perfectly fine.
So there it is. My imperfect but irresistible bass is now totally ready for me to keep and enjoy for many years.
I rated it an 8 overall for the imperfections, since even with the imperfections the bass was very playable. Post-fret work I would rate it a 10. I added strap locks and a nice wide Planet Waves strap, and a polyoam Road Runner case since the stock Fender hard case is not great, and this bass now full throttle and ready for action!
As and add-on: This bass does require regular truss rod adjustments, when the seasons change. Kind of a pain, but not too bad once you learn how to do it.
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After Hours Band
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nongeyebong
Registered User
Registered: October 2009
Posts: 6
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Review Date: Sat October 24, 2009
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Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Price you paid?: None indicated
| Rating: 0
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ive had for a couple of years now and i love that bitch....its cool because i already started to ware out the paint and it looks pretty cool
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MattyH
Registered User
Registered: July 2010
Posts: 818
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Review Date: Tue August 3, 2010
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Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Price you paid?: $1,400.00
| Rating: 9
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Pros:
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Sound, feel, look, everything!
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Cons:
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Hum, slightly low volume
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Best bass I've ever owned. I've recorded on a few albums with this guy and I've been told the bass is the best sounding instrument on the album. The producer has never been able to plug in a bass and go, until he came across my baby.
Some minor cons, are that the volume of the bass naturally played, is a tad low. Live I run through some equalizers that boosts my volume, and really beefs up my sound, not changing, but enhancing the clarity and beauty of this bass' natural sound. It also has a slight hum, but is easily fixed by my BOSS noise supressor.
I got it in vintage white, and I'm a sucker for that "road worn" look. This bass stays true to the 60's, and after about 3 years of having it, there is some serious and noticable fades to the finish at the belly and arm contours. It looks SWEET. Like a custom job. The paint chips quite easily, and i have alot of dings and scratches. Sure, people may rate this as a con, but its a very big PRO for me. I'm naturally wearing down the bass to that vintage look. Couldnt be happier.
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- Matty H -> Fender Jazz Bass Club#617 Hartke Club#230
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*Tempest*
Registered User
Registered: March 2010
Location: Brooklyn, New York
Posts: 5
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Review Date: Mon May 28, 2012
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Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Price you paid?: $1,150.00
| Rating: 10
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Pros:
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Sound. Love the dual concentric knobs
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Cons:
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I don't love the 7.25" FB radius.
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I originally played this bass years ago in a Guitar Center and wanted one from that moment. I found one used a couple of months ago and bought it right away. I took off the neck, mine was made on 2-14-97. It's fairly heavy, which I like. It took me awhile to get used to playing it but I feel really comfortable with it now.
It is the growliest, most harmonically rich bass I've ever played or owned. It records well and when I bring it to rehearsals people always comment on how awesome it sounds. I have Chromes on it 50-105 and honestly, it still growls. I can get a lot of different tones very quickly with the dual tone controls. I even like the nitro finish on the neck. My other bass is a 1981 G&L l-1000, which is the total opposite of this bass.
This bass is very bright and snappy. It still has good lows, but it is heavy in the mids and highs. I think it takes to fuzz and distortion pedals very well. I highly recommend it.
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xray
Registered User
Registered: February 2009
Location: Kona, HI
Posts: 538
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Review Date: Fri February 1, 2013
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Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Price you paid?: $1,050.00
| Rating: 9
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Pros:
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Weight, feel, tone
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Cons:
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Have found any yet....
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I started looking for one of these after I picked up a CS '62 Jazz NOS. The build quality and tone of the CS wasn't all that I thought it would be. I took the CS back to GC and bought this on clearance. As far as a total comparison there is little to no difference between the workmanship and tone of the CS and the AVRI. As a matter of fact, side by side in the store they look identical. I am extremely happy with this product and it lives up to all the hype on TB. Right out of the box this thing had the tone and swagger of what you'd expect from a '62.
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Worry is a species of myopia - nearsightedness. ESJ
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Warpeg
Rocket Surgeon
Registered: June 2005
Location: Mansfield, Ohio
Posts: 1570
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Review Date: Thu May 9, 2013
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Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Price you paid?: None indicated
| Rating: 7
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Pros:
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Convincing vintage Jazz tones and appearance, noticeably better build quality than many other American Fenders
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Cons:
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Fitment issue with bridge cover screw holes
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Overall, this really is a great bass. It's impossible to perfectly duplicate a pre-CBS Jazz, but this bass comes close. Here are the highlights of mine:
- The tone really surprises me; it sounds very similar to real '06's Jazz basses I've played. As a previous poster noted, it has a rich harmonic response and it naturally cuts through a mix very well.
- The finish is outstanding. Fender put a nice, thick nitro on it. I can't comment as to how well it compares against the original pre-CBS finishes, but it certainly appears to be durable and carefully applied.
- The neck is very comfortable and strong. It doesn't feel exactly like pre-CBS Jazz Basses I've played, but it's not far off. The build quality is on par with other current USA-made Fenders.
The only "con" I can find is the location of the bridge cover's screw holes. They are located approximately 1/32" too far toward the pickguard. This causes the bridge cover to push hard against the back of the bridge/string balls, which prevents the bridge cover from sitting flush with the body. It raises the back of the bridge cover slightly.
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