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For sale Fender MB-5 5-string bass, lightweight, MIJ (shipping incl.)

Sold
$500.00
Strings
5
Status
This item has been sold and is no longer available!

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You don't see these around too often! I'm going back to short scale and need to make room for a shorty fiver I've acquired.

For a few years in the 90s, Fender Japan departed from their flagship designs to make the "Modern Bass," the MB-5, which features a high mass bridge, small body, modern tuners, and stylish headstock. The tone, too, is neither Precision nor Jazz but somewhere in-between. The neck on this bass is super shallow and doesn't even feel like a fiver, perfect for those making the transition for the first time or who just hate baseball bats.

Aside from a scratch on the back of the neck and some other superficial wear, this bass is in great shape with nice low action.

As you can quite plainly see, one knob is unoriginal. Wearing brand new Dr Legends flats. Well worn HSC case included.

500USD shipped CANACONUS.
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Comments

Oct 18, 2016
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Agreed! The neck is ridiculously comfortable and fast. It's light as a feather too. Really precision-y tone for a jazz.
 
Oct 18, 2016
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Would you happen to know how much this weighs? Thanks!

I have no scale, but it feels like 7 pounds or under ... and I have found online others making the same claim about theirs. If you're interested, I can take it to a friend's house and have it weighed. My 7-year-old broke our scale a couple of years ago by jumping on it repeatedly.
 
Oct 24, 2016
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Ah, no need to get the exact weight, good to know--I've also heard MB-5s were super light, but I wasn't sure if they were all like that. Thanks for the quick response, definitely pretty tempting...
 
Oct 18, 2016
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Ah, no need to get the exact weight, good to know--I've also heard MB-5s were super light, but I wasn't sure if they were all like that. Thanks for the quick response, definitely pretty tempting...

It's definitely a smooth player, that's for sure, and slightly more assertive than the average Jazz.
 

Joebone

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Oct 31, 2005
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Looks like a Fender Heartfield. A fascinating sideroad from standard Fender fare. The original electronics used a filter system rather than traditional treble/bass, like a Wal or an Alembic...but as time goes on, those original guts have often been modded or replaced. Great player basses!
 
Apr 8, 2017
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Hi, how well to the MB-5 bases balance? Do they have any neck dive issues? Out of curiosity, is that volume knob replaceable with a top-hat or is the post it's on damaged?
Thanks, Don
 
Oct 18, 2016
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Hi, how well to the MB-5 bases balance? Do they have any neck dive issues? Out of curiosity, is that volume knob replaceable with a top-hat or is the post it's on damaged?
Thanks, Don
I find they balance very well. No dive, perhaps b/c small headstock/tuners.
Not sure on the knob. I tried taking it off once to see and couldn't. I could try again tho.
 
Apr 8, 2017
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Thanks for the reply, they get good reviews, I have an offer in one one somewhere, maybe if it doesn't work out we can talk.
Thanks, Don
 

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