Someone has one for $300. I was wondering if they were any good at all? Does one usually upgrade the pickups or are they good as is?
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Are MIM Jazz basses any good?
- Thread starter NickInMesa
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They can be very good. Mine needed some fretwork, but I've never felt the need to replace the pickups. $300 is about the going price.
I bought a MiM P bass of the bay for £250... it's a cracker. Try it first if you can but I reckon they're great.
idk about the standards. the deluxes are great ..at $300 i doubt its a deluxe. alot of people will upgrade the electronics and bridge on standard MIMs and be quite happy with em..you see alot of guys swap for nordys or barts
I like mine...
Mine is the active one with US pickups (deluxe), so I cant speak for the standard ones. People on here normally say you can get good ones and bad uns, mine seems like a good one as I cant fault it (low action, nice finish etc). I have upgraded the bridge also, as the standard ones saddles move a lot.$300 seem like a great price also, compared to here anyway!
MIM J's went through a phase where they got lazy with the pickups. They used neck-sized pickups in both neck AND bridge position, so string alignment sucked. I think that's been fixed in more recent models, but you should check that out before you buy...
I traded for a Standard fretless, and it was perfectly set up. I traded it off in turn (I'm a P guy) but I was just by the local studio and the engineer (who is a great bass player himself) apparently has permanently "borrowed" it from the music store next door. He explained to me, "I'm not a fretless guy, and I don't play flatwounds [this one has TI Jazz Flats on it], but there's something about it that says, 'pick me up and play me!'." So I guess he likes it OK.
I own two. I own the Fender Deluxe Jazz and a standard Fender Standard Jazz. Both are from 2004 and I think the Standard plays a lot better. The Deluxe needs fret work and I'm in the middle of restoring.
Deluxe I picked up in a trade for a P bass I bought for $200 and the standard I paid $250 for it and a SKB Hardshell case.
Deluxe I picked up in a trade for a P bass I bought for $200 and the standard I paid $250 for it and a SKB Hardshell case.
Each one is different. I've played some that have been iffy, but mine (which has been modified) is my first bass, and the only one I would never sell, it's almost like an extension of me.
