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Fender Plus Deluxe Club

#122
JIO said:
Just in case you ever wanted to see the size difference in these three Fender Jazz basses; (sorry for the crumpled brown wrapping paper)

red = 22 fret late 80's/early 90's American Standard (boner) J
black = 20 fret original J (1960-)
blue = 22 fret early 90's Jazz Plus / later 90's American Deluxe J

(all aligned at the neck pocket)

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Very cool picture!
 
#124
Just watched this Fender doc (worth the watch if you haven't seen it) - and why I'm posting here is seeing a young Frank Bello talking about Fender (at 8:50) while holding (and playing live) what looks to be a black Plus Deluxe (P/J). Cool! :bassist:

 
#128
mjac28 said:
Even cooler :) how is the love affair with your baby going? I'm still in awe of this bass it really is something special.
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Diggin' it - that tone is back in the house! (it records well also) I usually keep it in the first active position and adjust from there. Like when I owned my Factors, I never use the passive mode - the volume drop is too big and I usually don't play through big watt amps to compensate.
In this regard, I prefer my G&L L-2000/twin MDF powered Tele P for the variety option. It has 3-way passive/active/active boost switch and the transitions are much closer in volume. So technically you can go from passive to active w/o that big surge of output.
 
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#129
JIO said:
Diggin' it - that tone is back in the house! (it records well also) I usually keep it in the first active position and adjust from there. Like when I owned my Factors, I never use the passive mode - the volume drop is too big and I usually don't play through big watt amps to compensate.
In this regard, I prefer my G&L L-2000/twin MDF powered Tele P for the variety option. It has 3-way passive/active/active boost switch and the transitions are much closer in volume. So technically you can go from passive to active w/o that big surge of output.
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That G&L sounds wicked and I keep my the settings just like yours I prefer the first active.
 
#130
mjac28 said:
That G&L sounds wicked and I keep my the settings just like yours I prefer the first active.
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As much as I love the feel and tone (and looks!) of my active J+, the L-2000 system is like a swiss army knife - it does it all.


T2K (Tele 2000) - '06 CIJ Fender (ash) '51 RI P w/G&L L-2000 pu's/9v preamp, string-thru Hipshot bridge, custom-modified (70's full plate) lollypop tuners, custom-cut pg & finish, GHS Progressive rw's - Leo's legacy
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JIO said:
As much as I love the feel and tone (and looks!) of my active J+, the L-2000 system is like a swiss army knife - it does it all.


T2K (Tele 2000) - '06 CIJ Fender (ash) '51 RI P w/G&L L-2000 pu's/9v preamp, string-thru Hipshot bridge, custom-modified (70's full plate) lollypop tuners, custom-cut pg & finish, GHS Progressive rw's - Leo's legacy
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Holy Cow!!!! Is that one of the sweetest things I've seen I bet she sounds incredible.
 
#134
mjac28 said:
JIO I keep forgetting when you select the last position "off" does it disconnect the battery?
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As far as I know - off means off whether plugged in or not. I make it a habit to switch it off either way when not in use. Batteries last a long time that way.
 
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