Fender American Professional II Series

[Smooth_bass88]

These look really cool, I'd love to check one out.

 

[ric4682]

Fender: tries something new
The people: “yUcK. tHeY shOuLd jUsT sTiCk wiTh WhAt tHeY kNow. i’Ll nEvER bUy tHaT!”

Fender: sticks with what they know
The people: “wHeRes tHe iNnoVaTioN?!”

 

[Wretched Banana]

Got the proper heel finally. 24 frets when?

 

[Kipp Harrington]

The Fender American Professional II basses have arrived in the Fender store: Invalid Link Removed

Oh man! Diggin' that Miami Blue P with the maple fretboard!

 

[Leonid Nidis]

Got the proper heel finally. 24 frets when?

Ask for a fanned fret hadless while you at it
This is fender we are talking about,the averege fender customer gets mad because the fretboard radius is not like in 1957.

 

[Kukulkan61]

Why now, the music and entertainment world is practically dead right now...

 

[Wretched Banana]

Why now, the music and entertainment world is practically dead right now...

The home enthusiast scene tho? Ask me who got two new expensive basses in 2020.

 

[Kukulkan61]

The only colors that appeal to me are the surf green and oly white, well burst too, guess I’m too old school!

 

[Kro]

Why now, the music and entertainment world is practically dead right now...

Right, because working musicians are their primary target...

 

[nilorius]

I like 3 color sunberst fretless j-bass and natural V j-bass.

 

[Ian774]

Pretty sad for 1800 dollars.

Why sad? These are just aesthetic features. You can have them on some Squier. They’re not synonymous with “expensive bass”. A pricey bass doesn’t have to have binding and block inlays. They’re just a feature that changes looks; not performance, sound or comfort.

 

[Bikeguy57]

Great. Five bolts to remove now, to adjust the truss rod. Five bolts should equal a way into the neck, without removing it.

American Standard/Pro basses have had a notch at the neck for easy truss rod adjustment since fire was discovered. Brilliant observation!

 

[Tom Gallo]

If I had the cash now, that Miami Blue would be a definitely buy.

 

[FunkHead]

I am strongly considering a fretless Jazz.

 

[Kukulkan61]

Damned if you do damned if you don’t, a lot of haters here, there’s always the whiners and the ones who are never satisfied, if it wasn’t for Fender we would all be playing those herendous Gibson’s of the time..

 

[Roger W]

I suppose you could choose to look at it that way.

I have found over the years that this tool over time, having to go in at a slight angle, begins to strip the truss. Just my experience. You should always go at it, at a straight angle. But whatever works for us individual pbass players is fine by me. I’ve just noticed over time this can damage a truss. Start to strip it. I know it’s not designed to. I get that.

so use an “L” shaped hex key with the short leg in the slot.

 

[Plain Old Barry]

The home enthusiast scene tho? Ask me who got two new expensive basses in 2020.

Same here... Even though I've only been playing to my two cats, I've purchased two basses, a new rig complete with Tuki covers, built a new pedal board, set up a new misc gear trunk, and worked several new technique books to stay sharp.

The cats have never been happier!

I unfortunately joined a new band a week before everything shut down. My only band work this year was watching all the bookings vaporize as clubs and bars closed, festivals got cancelled, and the fall fair season became a memory.

 

[Roger W]

I almost always prefer “natural”, but that Miami Blue is calling to me. I will resist . . . At least a month.

 

[Wretched Banana]

Same here... Even though I've only been playing to my two cats, I've purchased two basses, a new rig complete with Tuki covers, built a new pedal board, set up a new misc gear trunk, and worked several new technique books to stay sharp.

The cats have never been happier!

I unfortunately joined a new band a week before everything shut down. My only band work this year was watching all the bookings vaporize as clubs and bars closed, festivals got cancelled, and the fall fair season became a memory.

[OT]
I like the idea of having a captive audience at home! I always wanted to get a cat too.

 

[EmaTheMirror]

Counterpoint: inflation exists

I agree and we can't fool ourselves. However, depending on region and market, one thing is inflation, another thing is pisstake.

I'm not gonna write down here how much £1,740 is in $, but here in London it's fairly rainy these days, I'm wondering if someone is pissing on our shoulders and tell us it's rain instead.

P.S. I still love my Fenders and "Fender" as an entity... It's more like complaining about your loved ones.