I swear I’ve [day]dreamt of this bass before. The color, the matching headstock, the 70s Fender Jazz logo, the MM pickup, and the pickup cover over the neck J pickup. Oh, and block inlays! The high mass bridge is a nice modern touch too.
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Fender Jino Jazz Bass!
- Thread starter P Cheen
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From Fender Japan which usually is doing the "classic" this is a really good surprise!
I'm a bit puzzled with the Atelier Z signature style pickup JHJ configuration but...nice hommage maybe?
Other than that it's a home run in the color/configuration, it's even price reasonnably. Jino is a class act and a really sweet guy. Very active on the local scene so must be a rough patch with Covid. He was regularly at a jazz bar downtown Tokyo where he would actually playing keys, great musicianship
I'm a bit puzzled with the Atelier Z signature style pickup JHJ configuration but...nice hommage maybe?
Other than that it's a home run in the color/configuration, it's even price reasonnably. Jino is a class act and a really sweet guy. Very active on the local scene so must be a rough patch with Covid. He was regularly at a jazz bar downtown Tokyo where he would actually playing keys, great musicianship
It's a really cool bass. That bucky in the middle is right on. Nice blocks. Go, Fender!
I would love to see this bass in America.
I was impressed with the Stingray tone this bass gets.
He seems like a really cool dude.
I thought I had seen him before:
I thought I had seen him before:
Some interesting colors he had by his side - road worn yellow and lime green. Wish the translator worked a little better, the auto-generated subtitles read like word soup.
Sure does look like it. Probably the only way to get the MM in the right spot.
Is it short scale?
Pretty cool, and though I'm a fan of pickup covers, because this one only covers one of 3 pickups, it looks a bit unbalanced and odd, imo.
Pretty cool, and though I'm a fan of pickup covers, because this one only covers one of 3 pickups, it looks a bit unbalanced and odd, imo.
i though it was going to be a Jaco /Pino mashup. ill have to check out Jino
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Good news : 1700 USD so I would say price reasonably, cheaper than USA made for probably similar (better?) craftmanship
Bad news : 4.7kg / 10.3lbs...for a 4..that's heavy. I don't even accept that weight for my 5's
Good news : 1700 USD so I would say price reasonably, cheaper than USA made for probably similar (better?) craftmanship
Bad news : 4.7kg / 10.3lbs...for a 4..that's heavy. I don't even accept that weight for my 5's
No bass is for everybody. Some will accept the weight for the sound and playability they want.
Oof. A little on the pricey side, but justifiable considering it is unique and has 99% of the specs I want. An American-made Fender can be had nowadays for about $500 less with the Am Performer series, but a Japanese Fender is always on my bucket-list.
Most likely, unfortunately.
Thanks for sharing those videos above! I had known about Jino’s models but had never seen his interviews or playing. Wow.
Agreed my comment was personal.
I'm really happy that people are healthy with no back issue. Unfortunately bad disks for me and my band play set of up to 3 hours. My very humble hobbyist level makes that I honestly hear no difference with heavier instrument (I'm from the church who do not believe in tone wood). It was even more important when I move to 5's and I only went for sub-9lbs instrument (no one complain about the tone of my EBMM stingray special and the Zon
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The humbucker isn't on the sweet point.
You can put a MM pickup on a 60s spacing too.
I have a Marcus Miller modded and the humbucker is 5mm out of the sweet point:
You can put a MM pickup on a 60s spacing too.
I have a Marcus Miller modded and the humbucker is 5mm out of the sweet point:
