You are right good sir, I stand to be corrected. I knew she was a hooker though so I stand by my analogy lol
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ANY love out there for MIM's?
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You are right good sir, I stand to be corrected. I knew she was a hooker though so I stand by my analogy lol
Not necessarily. ..go on Fender site and look up MiM cabronita and check the bridge. I have those on 4 basses as well as my avhr jazz. It pretty much is a BAlll, but stamped Fender.
Having owned the BA2 and the Fender High Mass (their BA2 variant), I can say I actually prefer the Fender variant.
It's a great bridge and I'm glad they're adopting it to so many models from Squier all the way up to the MIA and ADE.
I have to say that every MiM I have is great. Way back when they came out I admit I didn't think much for them but I was over my cork sniffery years ago thankfully because I have a Dirnt, a Geddy, 2 Cabronitas, CV 51 with a MiM Cabronita neck, and a CV 60 Jazz bass with a Blacktop bass neck. Their stuff is really good nowadays.
MIM basses can be terrific.
My first fretless was a MIM Jazz bass (around 2001) and it was noisy (shielding issues), but I corrected that and after that it was fine. I had planned on making some other mods, but someone offered me a deal too good to pass up on it and I let it go, but it was a very good guitar. Last August I bought my son his first bass, a 2004 MIM P bass and it is great. I replaced the pickguard and knobs, and plan on doing small upgrades over the next few months to not only improve it a bit (it's already very nice) but to teach him how to do it and how things work, etc.
I know other people who use MIM's and have excellent results as well, and I've played plenty that rivaled anything I've played anything MIA (except my old 66 P bass, but that goes without saying).
My first fretless was a MIM Jazz bass (around 2001) and it was noisy (shielding issues), but I corrected that and after that it was fine. I had planned on making some other mods, but someone offered me a deal too good to pass up on it and I let it go, but it was a very good guitar. Last August I bought my son his first bass, a 2004 MIM P bass and it is great. I replaced the pickguard and knobs, and plan on doing small upgrades over the next few months to not only improve it a bit (it's already very nice) but to teach him how to do it and how things work, etc.
I know other people who use MIM's and have excellent results as well, and I've played plenty that rivaled anything I've played anything MIA (except my old 66 P bass, but that goes without saying).
I had a 96 P, poplar body. It was OK. Neck was nice, I didn't like the poplar body, at all. While buying an Ampeg head at Sam Ash I played every kind of bass they had through it for about three hours. One of the best was a MIM Jazz, say a 2009. It played well and sounded like a Jazz Bass. Maybe more so than the MIA Jazz basses. Perfect.
It felt different than the MIA Jazz I played, and it wasn't down to set up. The MIM felt more like a vintage Jazz neck than the MIA Jazz Special and MIA Standard Jazz. I don't know why, but it did.
It felt different than the MIA Jazz I played, and it wasn't down to set up. The MIM felt more like a vintage Jazz neck than the MIA Jazz Special and MIA Standard Jazz. I don't know why, but it did.
I have no problems with MIM basses, I’ve been using them for years. Granted, the early ones didn’t have the best pickups, but the more recent ones are much better. For the price, they are really fantastic basses.
The only issue with MIM's is that there is a lot of variables in the Quality Control, I have played many ranging from Damn near perfect to outwright dogs! on the whole though as long as you try the exact instrument before you buy, you cant go wrong!
When my local shop ordered in my deluxe they got 3 in so I could choose the one I wanted, they put the others up for sale in the shop. (Trevor Davies Music, great service, Heavy on the mark up) The one I chose had a black sticky residue on the neck that took a lot of scrubbing and alcohol to remove, but was by far the best playing of the 3.
When my local shop ordered in my deluxe they got 3 in so I could choose the one I wanted, they put the others up for sale in the shop. (Trevor Davies Music, great service, Heavy on the mark up) The one I chose had a black sticky residue on the neck that took a lot of scrubbing and alcohol to remove, but was by far the best playing of the 3.
That's because the MIMs are closer to vintage specs than the Americans are, now. It's funny how people overlook this when talking about American models being so great.
My latest addition is a 2001 MIM J5. I love the neck and the pickups sound ok, but the output volume is significantly less than my P's. Being this is my first Jazz I don't know if it's a quality control thing, or just the way they are. It's got the wider bridge pickup, they look to be adjusted well, and the action is low. Anyone else ran into this, and any ideas for pick up upgrades, or just turn the amp up?
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So what's the story with the pre-fire MIM's? I was told way back when that they were made of the less attractive end of the alder block that was originally cut in the U.S., which ended up being butcher block style body blocks for the Ensenada plant. This was the "solid alder" that came before the laminated body blanks. This confuses me because the U.S. Fender plant was using poplar on some guitars...
I also heard over the years that they were pretty much hand made by a small team. To tell you the truth, I just think they're cool because they are made in Mexico. Just seems more genuine somehow to me.
I also heard over the years that they were pretty much hand made by a small team. To tell you the truth, I just think they're cool because they are made in Mexico. Just seems more genuine somehow to me.
