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You're asking a lot for a thread on this website, even if it wasn't already a month old.
Yep, but the OP is asking for help on 2 specific instruments although, as you've already pointed out, the Vintera had him at "hello". Sometimes people tend to cloud the topic with their need to "share".
Did you ever make a decision?
I played the Vintera again recently and to be perfectly honest.. I preferred the Player pickup. Maybe it's the Pau Ferro which I prefer but on the Vintera with the maple fretboard.. it sounds too trebly and doesn't sound quite like a standard Precision sounds like. It's not worth that extra $200 because it's still using cheap tuners and it includes a cheap case. The only plus for me was the thicker neck, string spacing and the blonde color.
I played the Vintera again recently and to be perfectly honest.. I preferred the Player pickup. Maybe it's the Pau Ferro which I prefer but on the Vintera with the maple fretboard.. it sounds too trebly and doesn't sound quite like a standard Precision sounds like. It's not worth that extra $200 because it's still using cheap tuners and it includes a cheap case. The only plus for me was the thicker neck, string spacing and the blonde color.
I did end up getting the Vintera. I put Ernie Ball cobalt flats on it and it sounds fantastic now. I prefer a maple fretboard anyway
Good choice. I have both as well but prefer the Vintera
Exact same combination I've got. Blonde vintera with cobalt flats.
Anyone know the thickness of the Vintera Precision neck @ the first fret? There's a 50s Vintera neck for sale on Reverb, dude says it's .850. Wildwood guitars has a VP for sale that has a thickness of .820. Do the neck thicknesses vary on these basses?
I’ll be the first revive this thread and will have to agree on the player Basses weak pups. Slapped a set of La Bella’s and they sounded very lifeless compared to the vintera.
Definitely save up the extra $200 ($250 now) for the Vintera line and ditch the player series.
Definitely save up the extra $200 ($250 now) for the Vintera line and ditch the player series.
I disagree. My Player series P bass is one that will stay with me forever. But to each his own.
Vintera basses have gloss necks and I personally hate that. Player necks are smooth as silk.
I wish I hadn't sold my arctic white player bass but I just had too many. Exclusively a jazz bass player now but looking at the Am Pro II series or will hold out for an American Standard to show up.
I had a Am Pro jazz and it neither played nor sounded as "jazz like " as the player series. I really hated that bass, and the experience turned me off to American fenders. The quality just doesn't measure up to the price.
The ultimate Jazz bass you may like and never put down is the Geddy Lee American line.
Maybe right, but I went to g&l then Sandberg. Both are better than American fenders, with Sandberg taking the cake across the board. However, for a cheaper bass, the player is very, very good.
That's what I meant about being exclusively a jazz player. Just sort of ended up that way. I have a US Geddy. Terrific bass for sure. I also have a Vintera jazz.
