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Fender Modern Player Dimension Bass w/ Triplebucker
- Thread starter pcake
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I'm pretty happy with mine. Great value for the money.
I was about to say it hurts my wrist just to look at. That's some very extreme wrist bend he's got going on.
Of course, basically any bend in the wrist looks weird to me, since I usually play with my right wrist completely straight.
Sorry, I was thinking of the Chinese-made Modern Player Jazz V.How about new-in-box?
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You should be able to pick up a pristine example for $250-300.
I got my Fender MP Dimension with triple bucker today. I like it! Usable tones!
Got it for about 65% of what it was selling for before it went on clearance. Glad I snagged one. Might only be a handful left across the country. I got the Candy Apple Red body with black pick guard. The pick guard is quite scratched up, yet the rest of the body is unmarked. Haven't looked to see if there are any aftermarket Dimension pick guards yet, but I may change mine out if I find some.
The general workmanship, fretwork, etc. is very good. Not at the level of a $2000 bass, but very good nonetheless.The neck set up to my liking very easily. Still has the stock strings on it. Might leave it that way for a while, as I cannot find any great deficiencies in tone or string to string balance. Speaking of balance, there is no neck dive and mine weighs in at exactly 9 lbs. on a digital scale.
I noticed that the tuners look exactly the same as on a Classic Vibe Squier, and that concerns me a little, because I had to change out the tuners on my '70's P-bass Classic Vibe, as 2 of the 4 buzzed when the respective strings were plucked. I changed them out with Hipshots. The ones on this Dimension bass seem fine at the moment though, and changing out tuners is not a big deal if I have to down the road.
I thought I would like this bass "for the money", but I am very pleasantly surprised at how fun this one is!
Got it for about 65% of what it was selling for before it went on clearance. Glad I snagged one. Might only be a handful left across the country. I got the Candy Apple Red body with black pick guard. The pick guard is quite scratched up, yet the rest of the body is unmarked. Haven't looked to see if there are any aftermarket Dimension pick guards yet, but I may change mine out if I find some.
The general workmanship, fretwork, etc. is very good. Not at the level of a $2000 bass, but very good nonetheless.The neck set up to my liking very easily. Still has the stock strings on it. Might leave it that way for a while, as I cannot find any great deficiencies in tone or string to string balance. Speaking of balance, there is no neck dive and mine weighs in at exactly 9 lbs. on a digital scale.
I noticed that the tuners look exactly the same as on a Classic Vibe Squier, and that concerns me a little, because I had to change out the tuners on my '70's P-bass Classic Vibe, as 2 of the 4 buzzed when the respective strings were plucked. I changed them out with Hipshots. The ones on this Dimension bass seem fine at the moment though, and changing out tuners is not a big deal if I have to down the road.
I thought I would like this bass "for the money", but I am very pleasantly surprised at how fun this one is!
wow, you get that quick!
the ones i played were nice, and the tone was super.
i'm not that familiar with those tuners - was there no way to tighten them? that's what i've done on other instruments that had buzzing tuners.
glad to hear you're enjoying it
mine doesn't arrive till next week....wow, you get that quick!
the ones i played were nice, and the tone was super.
i'm not that familiar with those tuners - was there no way to tighten them? that's what i've done on other instruments that had buzzing tuners.
glad to hear you're enjoying it
There was no way to tighten the tuners, as there was a slight bit of slop between the tuning stem (the part the cloverleaf is part of), and the housing around that stem. A manufacturing problem. On the bad tuners, you could actually grab the cloverleaf and ever so slightly wiggle the stem. If you plucked the "bad" string, but held the cloverleaf, there was no buzz. Later tonight when I get home I can look up the Hipshots that I replaced them with. There was no like-for-like replacement, but what I got was better. Gotta go to work now.
Just got my Standard Dimension the other day off of the bay. Still had tags and pickguard film on it! Strings not even changed yet, just tuned her up and started playing. Love the sound of this bass, very loud and punchy! Questioning on going flats or rounds...
please let me know which hipshots they are, and have a good day at work
I wouldn't change out the tuners unless they became problematic. Who knows, the manufacturer may have taken care of the issue, even though the tuners visually look the same.
As promised though, here is the Hipshot tuner information. I cut and pasted the review I wrote on the HB1 tuners that I bought from BassStringsOnline.
"Hipshot HB1 also fits Squier Classic Vibe series
The Hipshot HB1 tuners also fit the Squier Classic Vibe series basses without modification. I bought a new Squier 70's P-bass and soon after noted buzzing while playing. I traced it down to rattling tuners on my E and D strings. If I grabbed those tuners, I could wiggle the shafts just a bit, and this is what was resonating. The retailer that should have covered this under warranty was very slow in getting anything done, and I figured that I should put something of higher grade than the standard tuners, which might start buzzing again anyway. I emailed Hipshot and was told that the HB1's are the way to go, so I ordered a set of 4 HB1's in the Long Key version, thinking I would get the identical key length to the Squier version. When I got the HB1's from BSO, I thought that I was shipped the short key version in error, as the shafts on the Hipshots were appreciably shorter than the originals. Jason assured me that these would fit according to info he found in a thread in the TalkBass forum. I put them on and they do fit just fine. I was worried that the bottom of the clover leaf would rub against the headstock - it does not. And I like the shorter shaft look on the headstock too. I did have some slight issues in putting these in, but it has nothing to do with Hipshot; but with Squier. - Only ONE of my Squier tuners had holes that lined up perfectly! The other tuners had one or two holes that were about 0.5 mm off. So I had to start all 4 screws loosely and work them in equally bit by bit. Had to make sure I used a philips screwdriver with a good bit. All ended up looking perfect once I was done. Other remarks: The screws supplied by Hipshot are very slightly longer and bigger in diameter from the originals in the Squier. I used the Hipshot ones. I did not install the friction-fit bushings that Hipshot sends as part of the package, as I could not push out/knock out the originals in the headstock. Either looked identical and rather than risk doing damage, I left the original bushings in. Also, if anyone is wondering about weight savings, there is little difference, as the HB1's are not the in the light-weight line of keys. The Squier original tuning machine weighs 76 grams and the HB1 machine weighs 73 grams. At least the weight difference was in the right direction even though small. I have no issues with neck dive on this bass, and being basswood, it is light-weight anyway. So glad to get rid of the buzzing! The bass was living in its case for the last few months as it was basically unplayable until the tuners were changed."
Loving how it feels. It has a slim Jazz style neck. It’s also pretty lightweight. Feels lighter than my P and Jazz bass. Neck relief is a breeze to set, and was able to set action low (my preference) even with the hi mass bridge.
It’s becoming my go to bass.
