Fender Limited Player Plus x Blu DeTiger Jazz Bass, what?

[Spectre Gunner]

As far as I know this must be the first ever Made-in-Mexico bass with a chambered body. I don't think Fender has ever offered a chambered body on any American made Fenders let alone one that is a MIM bass. Am I wrong?

Will we be seeing more MIM or MIA chambered Fender basses in the future?

 

[discochris]

I may (if I get up early enough to go before my son's football game), get to try one out in person tomorrow. I was planning on looking at an Epiphone Embassy this weekend at a store in Minneapolis, and I saw on their site they have a Blu signature model. If I go, I'll check it out and report back.

 

[ximun]

I find this finish very nice and like the white pickups+ the playing of Blu of course.
This seems like a nice bass

 

[OlyWhite]

New video where Blu demos the bass and her pedalboard:

 

[discochris]

I got to see it in person today, though I didn't play it. It definitely stands out appearance-wise. The finish combined with the mirrored pickguard is certainly unique.

 

[stevensivak]

This thread is all about everything but the bass itself...

Can someone speak to the pickup configuration and type and why or why not that is a good idea- it certainly is unique to MY eyes...

 

[Malak the Mad]

This thread is all about everything but the bass itself...

Can someone speak to the pickup configuration and type and why or why not that is a good idea- it certainly is unique to MY eyes...

Fair point. I, for one, haven't had a chance to try it out, but I do look forward to testing it's ergonomics. As for the pickups, if what they're saying is true, it should be a fairly noiseless sonic suite. I'm curious to see what impact you get from twiddling the EQ's up and down.

The bridge pup seems to be the same doubled Jazz style, if not exactly the same pickup, as those in Fender Blacktop Precisions and the Chinese-made Modern Players. Their owners may have written about their strengths and/or weaknesses over the past ten to thirteen years.

 

[EliasA]

Fair point. I, for one, haven't had a chance to try it out, but I do look forward to testing it's ergonomics. As for the pickups, if what they're saying is true, it should be a fairly noiseless sonic suite. I'm curious to see what impact you get from twiddling the EQ's up and down.

The bridge pup seems to be the same doubled Jazz style, if not exactly the same pickup, as those in Fender Blacktop Precisions and the Chinese-made Modern Players. Their owners may have written about their strengths and/or weaknesses over the past ten to thirteen years.

I think those pickups are also found in the Player Plus Meteora.

 

[Gervais Cote]

New video where Blu demos the bass and her pedalboard:

It sounds like a very versatile bass to me.

Quite honestly, it was about time for Fender to put such bass on the market. In my area, many bass players are using a Lakland active jazz bass for its versatility so to me, this Blu Detiger bass fits in the same ball park and maybe a tad better.

That said though, I’m a p bass dinosaur so I’ll stick to it and work on my technique instead.

 

[Queue]

New video where Blu demos the bass and her pedalboard:

Saw this video last night. She's impressive. It was fun to see her interact with Tyler, I've seen many of his videos.

I like the fact that her sig bass went a little further than just a special finish on a P or a J.

I wonder if she knows who Dennis Dunaway is. He liked mirror pickguards and more mirrors.

 

[Malak the Mad]

I think those pickups are also found in the Player Plus Meteora. View attachment 7038204

That's right! I'd forgotten about those!

I took a quick peek at both the Meteora and the Blu de Tiger-sig bass' official write-ups. Apparently, Fender is now referring to their doubled-J pickups as "Fireball Pickups", both of which are in the same basses, only Blu's has one with cream covers.

Side-note...calling them "Fireball Pickups" is hardly the worse rebranding I've heard out of a marketing department. I give it a solid "B"..."B+" if the pickups are pretty good or better.

 

[Killing Floor]

As far as I know this must be the first ever Made-in-Mexico bass with a chambered body. I don't think Fender has ever offered a chambered body on any American made Fenders let alone one that is a MIM bass. Am I wrong?

Will we be seeing more MIM or MIA chambered Fender basses in the future?

The Spark-O-Matic Jazzmaster and Kenny Wayne Shepherd Stratocaster are chambered. Not aware of basses. But they make some chambered MiA guitars. So it’s certainly possible.

 

[Queue]

I would love to see someone look "behind the mirror" (pull the pickguard) and see just how chambered this really is.

 

[Spectre Gunner]

I would love to see someone look "behind the mirror" (pull the pickguard) and see just how chambered this really is.

I think you would have to saw the body in half or at least remove the top veneer to see all of the chambering.

 

[HeavyBassThump]

Funky Jam

 

[EliasA]

Funky Jam

Giacomo always being outshined by whatever bassist he's playing with

 

[stevensivak]

Has anyone bought one?

 

[stevensivak]

All of this and no one actually owns one?

 

[phillipkregg]

For what it's worth, I found one of these basses and played it the other day. It's a killer bass, and honestly the first thing Fender has offered in a long time that makes me want to get one.

I've also seen her live a couple of times and she's a fantastic bass player - much better than a lot of other players that have signature instruments from other brands.

 

[pb9717]

This may been stated farther back in the thread but her social media following has likely had a huge bearing on the Signature Model decision. She’s pretty popular and I’m thinkin it’s not just her bass playing. No disrespect. Pretty, Young, can play, can write, can sing, and has a good size following. Nuf said.