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Fender Vintera Sixties Jazz Bass

#21
Yury said:
Thank you for your reply. Did you try American Performer? Price difference of about 200 eur.
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A week before these were announced I almost ordered the Penny Jazz, but apparently held off the GAS long enough. The greasebucket would have been something to try but why get a Jazz to sound like anything other than a Jazz? I would have more interest with the Elite and their compound neck to see what that was about, but dollar-wise, steeper than I would have wanted to spend. But with what I have now, I think the Fender Jazz urge has been tickled enough.

Sorry to hijack Dr. Cheese...
 
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Shaggai said:
I agree it's a pain, but that's what they were trying to go for, the vintage aspect. It does make you think though about the 70s design. They really must have thought that the 3 bolt neck would have been really bad not to include it on the 70's Jazz.
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This is a possibility that cannot be excluded. That's why they appear to me to be semi-vintage, in a way, but with some good choices and some others not so good. But hey, the problem is that if we correct all the flaws of vintage design, they are not vintage anymore.
 
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Shaggai said:
A week before these were announced I almost ordered the Penny Jazz, but apparently held off the GAS long enough. The greasebucket would have been something to try but why get a Jazz to sound like anything other than a Jazz? I would have more interest with the Elite and their compound neck to see what that was about, but dollar-wise, steeper than I would have wanted to spend. But with what I have now, I think the Fender Jazz urge has been tickled enough.

Sorry to hijack Dr. Cheese...
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No problem, I am glad I gave you a place to post!:)
 
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Vinny_G said:
These are beautiful Jazz Basses and they sound wonderfully (I particularly like the Firemist Gold one). But unless I've seen wrong, I'm annoyed by the fact that we still have to unscrew the neck to access the truss-rod. I agree and I understand that they are vintage inspired, but it's an obsolete and unpractical design that should not be seen anymore on modern day production basses, imho.
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I cannot agree more! Beautiful bass which sounds excellent (thanks @Dr. Cheese for the clip and nice playing) However, the truss-rod on the heel of the neck is a deal-breaker for me. I am done with it. I only buy basses with an easily accessible truss-rod adjustment.
 
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19sixty3 said:
I cannot agree more! Beautiful bass which sounds excellent (thanks @Dr. Cheese for the clip and nice playing) However, the truss-rod on the heel of the neck is a deal-breaker for me. I am done with it. I only buy basses with an easily accessible truss-rod adjustment.
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You have the right to vote with your money!
 
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Dr. Cheese said:
I was impressed. It really makes me want to try a Vintera Seventies Jazz.
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Beware, some of those '70 Jazz Basses had big clunky necks. After my 1965 Jazz was stolen in 1976 I searched for a Jazz Bass with the same neck for almost 10-years before I found the bass I currently use back in 1985. The neck on that '60's Vintera is supposedly the same as the one on my bass. It has a 60's, shallow C-shape neck with a 7.25" radius. Every bass I picked up from 1976 until 1985 had a thicker neck and wider radius (flatter fretboard).

I remember after I bought my 1965 Jazz in 1966 that the "new" 1966 Jazz bass came out with block markers plus binding on the neck. It really looked cool! When they pulled it off the wall for me to try out though, I found that CBS/Fender had changed the neck to a deep U-shape. I was never so glad I had a '65 with that great neck as when I had them put the new '66 back up on the wall. Not sure how long they kept that terrible neck but pretty much everything I tried out from '76 to '85 had a thicker neck than my '65.
 
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Rip Van Dan said:
Beware, some of those '70 Jazz Basses had big clunky necks. After my 1965 Jazz was stolen in 1976 I searched for a Jazz Bass with the same neck for almost 10-years before I found the bass I currently use back in 1985. The neck on that '60's Vintera is supposedly the same as the one on my bass. It has a 60's, shallow C-shape neck with a 7.25" radius. Every bass I picked up from 1976 until 1985 had a thicker neck and wider radius (flatter fretboard).

I remember after I bought my 1965 Jazz in 1966 that the "new" 1966 Jazz bass came out with block markers plus binding on the neck. It really looked cool! When they pulled it off the wall for me to try out though, I found that CBS/Fender had changed the neck to a deep U-shape. I was never so glad I had a '65 with that great neck as when I had them put the new '66 back up on the wall. Not sure how long they kept that terrible neck but pretty much everything I tried out from '76 to '85 had a thicker neck than my '65.
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I’ll find out, but I am just tire kicking.:)
 
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Rip Van Dan said:
Beware, some of those '70 Jazz Basses had big clunky necks. After my 1965 Jazz was stolen in 1976 I searched for a Jazz Bass with the same neck for almost 10-years before I found the bass I currently use back in 1985. The neck on that '60's Vintera is supposedly the same as the one on my bass. It has a 60's, shallow C-shape neck with a 7.25" radius. Every bass I picked up from 1976 until 1985 had a thicker neck and wider radius (flatter fretboard).

I remember after I bought my 1965 Jazz in 1966 that the "new" 1966 Jazz bass came out with block markers plus binding on the neck. It really looked cool! When they pulled it off the wall for me to try out though, I found that CBS/Fender had changed the neck to a deep U-shape. I was never so glad I had a '65 with that great neck as when I had them put the new '66 back up on the wall. Not sure how long they kept that terrible neck but pretty much everything I tried out from '76 to '85 had a thicker neck than my '65.
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I love the big "U" Jazz necks, I believe the Vintera 70s is very similar to the old Classic 70s model Fender, 7.25" radius and a chunky profile (for a Jazz). Same 38mm nut width though. My favourite profile Jazz neck by a long way.
 
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Vinny_G said:
But unless I've seen wrong, I'm annoyed by the fact that we still have to unscrew the neck to access the truss-rod. I agree and I understand that they are vintage inspired, but it's an obsolete and unpractical design that should not be seen anymore on modern day production basses
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People are of course free to not buy this model if they don't like this "feature", but I wonder how many people will buy it not realising it is a feature? This product line is being mass-marketed, it's not being sold as a boutique collector's item, so in that
context I agree with you that it seems silly to take the "vintage" thing that far.
 
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nnnnnn said:
This product line is being mass-marketed, it's not being sold as a boutique collector's item, so in that
context I agree with you that it seems silly to take the "vintage" thing that far.
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The Vintera series ("Vintage Era") is Fender openly taking the piss (and money) of vintage worshippers. I would be ashamed of buying one.
 
#39
Michael Jewels said:
Yes, Dr. Cheese!

The only Vintera instrument I've played so far, was the 50s P-bass.

It felt very good in my hands right off the bat, and sounded reasonably close to my old friend's 1965 P-bass.

A very full bass tone with just the right amount of mids and highs.

I can imagine they probably all sound good.

The one I played looked just like this:
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I don't need another bass.

Mike
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I also played one like this a few weeks ago at GC. I thought that it played and sounded really nice, and I LOVE the red finish/maple board/anodized gold combo.
 
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