Fender MIA Deluxe P

imo its kinda big, but comfortable, its not the fastest neck on the market, but still fairly easy to play.

 

The bridge humbucker sounds much like the bridge pickup on a Jazz Bass, definitely not Music Man-ish at all. Personally, I don't think it's very usable by itself, the tone is just too thin.

 

i don't know if j-retro's are amazing, but the existing preamp is pretty similiar, bass/treble boost/cut with centers, and a sweepable midrange..

Bridge Pickup added highs quite nicely... IMO it sorta smoothed out the P pickup

Neck was noticably wide but i loved it... played pretty quick for me.. nice string spacing...

i love this bass... still deciding between it and a stingray 5... its definately a great instrument though.

oh by the way.. this is all from the deluxe MIA P-5 that i've played, i don't know how the 4 would differ.

 

i like a lot this bass. never tried or seen one in person, but the specs really got me. i'd really like to A/B with the MAI horrodded precision. i have a MIA precision and love it. i'd lieka lot to try one of those. did you A/B the hotrodded woth the Deluxe?

 

*ahem*

 

I would definitely take the MIA Deluxe P over the Hot Rod, but just don't expect to get Stingray tones out of the bridge pickup.

 

I agree. Most of the time I'm soloing the neck pickup.