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"This morning was my first gig with my 90 Fender Jazz V Plus and it was a HUGE hit! Even playing it in passive mode only. Our soundboard engineer who's a radio producer for one of our local radio stations absolutely loved the Big tone and of course the purple. Asked if I took it off the set for the movie "Purple Rain".Our media production director, as we are on livestream, CBS local tv broadcast and live FM radio, came up to me twice expressing how much he loved my sound and thank you for playing. Looks like I found a new hit bass.
Is there such a thing as owning too many of these Plus series basses? Though I'm totally happy with my Metallic Purple Jazz V+ I've been looking at another in Midnight Winedrool...is this a sicknessI think it's funny because these are really high-end US made Fender basses (they were right below the FCS basses at that time) that are usually discounted since because of being active and more modern looking. (as in; not "retro") The Kubicki pre alone is worth the price of admission - great sounding/playing quality 22 fret basses.
Yeahh. Maybe its a little PS involved, but its a nice pic and a really good bass. Its deffinitly one of the most allround bases that i own( totally 12).Man that has a gorgeous finish!drool Midnight Blue?
Unfortunatelly only one The other bases i have are : Fender precision OW-75,Squire jazz JV-83, Gibson SG-z - 00,Sandberg JM 4-07,Daion Savage - 83 Daion Performer bass - 83, MARUSZCZYK Jake "el commandante "-07,Epiphone T-bird PRO IV,, Sigma Rickenbacker copy - 74.
Hey all, here's a question that I posted in the Fender Jazz Bass Club thread that I wonder if you all have discovered between your Plus series and other Fender Jazz model basses.
Interesting/puzzling differences that I found out between two of my Fender American Jazz basses...This last week while going thru my upcoming gig set list I was switching back and forth between my 90 Fender American Jazz V Plus and recently acquired 98 American Standard Jazz V, seeing which one that I wanted to use for the gig. I noticed a HUGE volume difference between the two.
When playing my 98 Standard V I set my amp volume at 8-9:00 position with plentiful loudness...when I played my 90 Jazz V+ switched to passive mode, as it has the 9V active Kubicki preamp I had to turn up the amp volume to the 12:00 position in order to get the same volume level as my 98 Standard V. Is there that much difference between the pickup brands that would make that much of a volume difference? My 90 Jazz V+ have the Lace Electronics pickups, where my 98 Standard V have the standard Fender pickups I believe best to my knowledge, I hadn't taken them out to look at the serial#.
What else would cause such a huge difference in the volume level? Now if I select one of the active modes on the 90 Jazz V+ Active Kubicki preamp then I turn my amps volume level down to 8-9:00 position. My past experiences with all passive basses had been I'd have to turn the volume level way up on my amp, like with my 90 Jazz V+. What's everyone's take on the volume level differences? Thank you.
I understand the vol differences between active & passive on the Kubicki preamp alright but what I was trying to understand is why is my 98 American Standard V which is an all passive jazz bass uses less amp vol power than my 90 Jazz V+ in passive mode? Why shouldn't they be the same? Perhaps the Kubicki pre causes interference in the passive mode that cause the user to push more power from their bass amp? My main bass amp is a Genzler Magellan 800, it has a Pad button for active preamp basses, where as my Ampeg B-15T has two inputs jacks, one for passive basses, one for active preamp basses. Thank you JIO
Hey G-Man60...I forgot to thank you for this information that you'd posted back in May and the research that you did thru your friend who has a contact at Fender. I especially like the photo of the Jazz V Plus cost, Standard equip and color options. Quite something how this bass is holding close to its original value! Even after almost 3 decades. In another club thread, Spector, we are finding out all the time about one offs that were made per endorsing artists requests, that make us scratch our heads. So not all that uncommon with bass/guitar manufacturers. Maybe my Metallic purple is one of those special request per an endorsing artist or it could've been a good quality refinish...in any direction it which it might be, I'm sure enjoying its beauty and playing it. Thanks again!
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I understand the vol differences between active & passive on the Kubicki preamp alright but what I was trying to understand is why is my 98 American Standard V which is an all passive jazz bass uses less amp vol power than my 90 Jazz V+ in passive mode? Why shouldn't they be the same? Perhaps the Kubicki pre causes interference in the passive mode that cause the user to push more power from their bass amp? My main bass amp is a Genzler Magellan 800, it has a Pad button for active preamp basses, where as my Ampeg B-15T has two inputs jacks, one for passive basses, one for active preamp basses. Thank you JIO
I turnded my baby into a closet queen I love this bass too much to even play it
Hey G-Man60...I forgot to thank you for this information that you'd posted back in May and the research that you did thru your friend who has a contact at Fender. I especially like the photo of the Jazz V Plus cost, Standard equip and color options. Quite something how this bass is holding close to its original value! Even after almost 3 decades. In another club thread, Spector, we are finding out all the time about one offs that were made per endorsing artists requests, that make us scratch our heads. So not all that uncommon with bass/guitar manufacturers. Maybe my Metallic purple is one of those special request per an endorsing artist or it could've been a good quality refinish...in any direction it which it might be, I'm sure enjoying its beauty and playing it. Thanks again!
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That's too bad...They're made to be played. But I understand...these were only made for a short time period and should become a collector bass some day. I've only gigged mine out once so far but I gig in a pretty safe environment. I usually rotate my basses. I was looking at buying a midnight wine Jazz V+ but I waited too long and it's gone
It was in excellent condition too!
A gallant try and feasible explanation JIO
I figure it's the impedance difference between the Lace vs Fender pickups. All curiosity put aside I played the Dickins out of my Jazz V+ last night and never get tired of the beautiful tone it produces.
I too like PGs, IMHO I think it dresses up a bass and just about everyone expects to see a pg on a Fender bass. I do like the midnight wine color...I keep asking myself, do I reeeeally need another Jazz V+ right now as I have a beautiful one that just sounds amazing? How often would I play it? Wouldn't I prefer to have a different model Fender than what I already have? I'd really like to find a Fender Jazz 5 string fretless lineless. So maybe I'll just hold off buying this one and wait for that lineless fretless to come around. If anyone's interested in the midnight wine Fender Jazz V+ it's listed on GC used bass page.
