Elite vs ultra bass

[MultiScaleMale]

oh! that's very interesting

I wasn't aware - thanks for the details

And they don't provide a tool for adjusting the rod. Very disappointing considering the implementation on Sadowsky, Valenti, MusicMan, etc.

 

[nilorius]

Elite better.

 

[stingray69]

The first early batches of the Ultra 5 put hundreds, maybe thousands of Ultra 5's out there on the market with a G-string that is almost literally falling off the edge of the fingerboard by the time they reached the upper frets towards the bridge.

Actually, some examples of B strings were found too, but those were a little less common than those with the G-string issue. Somewhere around here there is a pretty sizeable thread about it.

So if you're contemplating an Ultra Jazz (5-string), be sure to eyeball both the B & G string to make sure they are not too close to the edge of the fingerboard - especially from the 12th fret area & higher.

 

[Ooba Tooba]

My Elite V is one of the best playing Fenders I’ve owned. This one stays for the long game and I’m not impressed with the changes made for the Ultra series.

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It’s been a long search. Mine are here to stay

 

[vid1900]

Elite is superior to the Ultra in every way except available colors.

 

[MattB88]

To me the Ultra’s seem like a backwards step. They’ve lost the string through option, the classy bridge and the truss rod wheel.

And added the HORRIBLE Gotoh battery box.

 

[bigswifty1]

I thought about that licensing thing, too. But I think Sadowskys do the truss wheel adjustment thing as well. (?)

They do, but perhaps Musicman and Sadowsky have paid some licensee for it?

 

[DWBass]

That body looks huge!

 

[vid1900]

I thought about that licensing thing, too. But I think Sadowskys do the truss wheel adjustment thing as well.

Trump basses had the same thing back in the 60s, so any patents would have run out by now....

 

[PaulCISSA]

That body looks huge!

Yeah, I’ve lost about 15 lbs since that photo was taken.

 

[LadyLoveStingRay5]

I’m still favoring my Elite. I’m so smitten that I havent even considered an Ultra.