Active Flea jazz bass

[Basshead57]

I put DR stainless roundwounds on my Inca Silver pretty girl and it is beyond a doubt the best sounding bass I've ever played. The guys in the Fender lab did their homework and it surely shows. The Parallel Universe PJ is a close second, but the Flea bass is my master of reality. It gives low, growly bottom end and sustain while also punching out funk and hard rock. This bass is the poop.

 

[forrestlaw]

Which DR stainless? LoRiders or Fat Beams?

 

[Basshead57]

Fat Beams

 

[dbljointedthumb]

I have really enjoyed mine. Sounds fantastic and is a really comfy bass to play.

 

[JRA]

This bass is the poop.

cool beans.

he-men play steel rounds...and she'll like it, too!

 

[Ghastly]

But no photos to drool over?

 

[murphy]

 

[Ophiothrix]

I really want to play one of these at some point, as the pink one in particular seems like it would be just my thing, but I was starting to think that they only existed on the internet. My local stores buy in a lot of the weirder limited run Fender stuff, but none of them seem to have been offered any models to stock, they're all just available for special order.

 

[dbljointedthumb]

Humbuckery goodness

 

[Ophiothrix]

Humbuckery goodness

How does the Fender Humbucker stack up against the trad MM design? I assumed Fender were going for a clone of the Lane Poor pickup Flea used to use on a lot of his custom stuff.

 

[Lammchop93]

i really want to play one of these, as well as the parallel PJ.

 

[dbljointedthumb]

How does the Fender Humbucker stack up against the trad MM design? I assumed Fender were going for a clone of the Lane Poor pickup Flea used to use on a lot of his custom stuff.

I had one of the early Modulus Flea models (gold sparkle) that came with the LP and to my ears it’s very similar. The Aguilar Pre in the Fender has tons of headroom and even with the tone controls dialed all the way down it sounds a bit punchier and fuller than the MM, at least though my setup anyway. Both are great and I know the Fender will always get compared against the MM but I feel they are way more different than alike.

 

[JtSD619]

Beautiful bass. Bet it sounds great with those DRs. Almost bought that bass, but decided to go for the champagne pj.

 

[BigDrew]

Does anyone know if the MM pickup will fit in the Flea?

 

[InhumanResource]

I had one of the early Modulus Flea models (gold sparkle) that came with the LP and to my ears it’s very similar. The Aguilar Pre in the Fender has tons of headroom and even with the tone controls dialed all the way down it sounds a bit punchier and fuller than the MM, at least though my setup anyway. Both are great and I know the Fender will always get compared against the MM but I feel they are way more different than alike.

This guy's interesting. Just churning out some YouTube clips it absolutely sounds more like a jazz bass than a stingray. Very different indeed.

 

[murphy]

View attachment 3450130 Beautiful bass. Bet it sounds great with those DRs. Almost bought that bass, but decided to go for the champagne pj.

I am right now wrestling with whether I should have that exact model?

 

[govknoc]

New purchase for me. Absolutely can't put it down!

 

[Kukulkan61]

Good looking axe!!

 

[DanGroove]

I am right now wrestling with whether I should have that exact model?

You absolutely should.

 

[FirewalZ]

I played one at a GC and was very surprised....sounded huge and very punchy. Like you imagine an active jazz/stingray would sound, warmer and fuller than a stingray...especially on the D and G strings.