Resurrecting this thread, as I've just scored this:
It's only got the 'J' pickups, and no toggle- I suppose for obvious reason... I don't know which one this is, but it's made in Mexico.
The jury's still out for me, just had it a few days. But here's what I wrote about it on another site. I make a couple allusions to another med-scale bass I had for a while, a Burns Marquee:
"Feels pretty good to play, the scale-length of the
Fender Urge is noticeably shorter than your garden-variety long-scale bass; and like ******'s
Burns Marquee I had a few years ago I reach too far for some notes and get a little 'brrrt' sound as I fault over the fret... but I'm better at it now, and am paying closer attention. This means it'll be a learning curve until I can achieve the abandon I can play with on the long-scale bass though. I'm sort of mincing through bass lines a little bit, so far.
Sound-wise, I'd make the coarse analogy of a crayon compared to a paint-brush. It's a smaller, 'cuter' sound than the Hamer or any other long-scale bass I've been playing. The
Burns also seemed to have a good deal more 'heft' to it than the
Fender Urge. Those Burns' pickups were pretty great, and it was a passive bass. I'm not sure I love the eq range the active controls on the
Urge work with, but I'm finding an acceptable place to be with it (I just figured out the knob-scheme last night). I haven't played it with an ensemble yet, and that might change my opinion. Maybe it'll nail the good range of tone after all- and maybe I'll replace the p'ups... For now I'll work with it, but the bass looks kinda cool with the different pick guard, and it's a nice Fire-Engine kind of red. It's a nice-looking bass, good for the semi-formal gigs Novera does.
The truss rod seems to be at the end of its ability to go any tighter, after getting the neck to a pretty good relief. I hope that's not going to be an issue. But for $150, I thought it a reasonable move. I know where to bring it if I need to get that set aright.
I have never wanted one of these, but it qualified as a subject of my search so here it is (in good condition, cheep...). Who knows, maybe I'm in love and don't know it yet. I don't ever seem to know where my hands are until they're functioning! Too bad about the name though, "
Urge"... gives a little 80s-style "Perma-Metal-Pop Drama" to it.
Funny funny people over at advertising and PR...
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Anyone know which model this is? It doesn't say on the headstock. This is to be a gigging bass- all mine are. We'll see if she makes the cut!
