Picked it up on ebay. It's on '07 model, was hanging in a small guitar shop on Missouri all this time. The shop owner put good pots in it and wired the pups in series/parallel via a push/pull pot as the neck pup volume.
Got it for $185 shipped plus a brand new Fender gig bac (still has the tag on it.
One little snag...it showed up with 2 huge dents in the paint. I don't mind so much as I bought it as a "beater bass" while my USA L2500 gets some TLC.
The seller and I are working on getting an insurance claim with the shipper. If we get some refund, he said he'll give it all to me. If we don't, then oh well, I still love this bass!!!
I posted before about how incredibly surprised I was at the sound of this bass that I just had to have it. The Series pups sound fantastic as a slap-tone setting.
I'm waiting on a black abalone pickguard from WD music, should be here any day.
I love the sound of this bass so much that I'm in the middle of converting my Deluxe Active Jazz V to passive, with the same series/parallel switch. The Active is defretted.
I replaced the bridge, because I felt that the original one just sucks. Since my Active JV came with a badass V, as well as the stock bridge, I put that stock bridge on the affinity. Gave it slightly more string spacing (was 17.5mm, now 19mm) and I actually installed it straight (it was slightly off-center from Squier).
All in all, it is an amazing bass, and I'm very happy with it, even though I had it for only 2 days. It's funny how a good setup changes the sound of the bass, too. After I adjusted the action and pickup height, it sounds 40% better than when I got it. Now I just need to set intonation.
now for pics:
the dents:
I don't know how the one at the heel could have happened. The box has a small dent at the body dent, but not at the heel...it's as if the shock of the body dent made the paint chip at the heel. Must have been a hard hit!. But everything is fine, neck is straight & all.
the bridge:
nice & straight:
this bridge has an entirely different hole pattern, so I had to drill new holes (all 6 of them). The good thing is that THIS bridge has the same hole pattern as a Bad Ass, in case I ever get one of those.
...so I hear that Duncan Quarter-Pounders sound REALLY great in these basses, huh?....
Got it for $185 shipped plus a brand new Fender gig bac (still has the tag on it.
One little snag...it showed up with 2 huge dents in the paint. I don't mind so much as I bought it as a "beater bass" while my USA L2500 gets some TLC.
The seller and I are working on getting an insurance claim with the shipper. If we get some refund, he said he'll give it all to me. If we don't, then oh well, I still love this bass!!!
I posted before about how incredibly surprised I was at the sound of this bass that I just had to have it. The Series pups sound fantastic as a slap-tone setting.
I'm waiting on a black abalone pickguard from WD music, should be here any day.
I love the sound of this bass so much that I'm in the middle of converting my Deluxe Active Jazz V to passive, with the same series/parallel switch. The Active is defretted.
I replaced the bridge, because I felt that the original one just sucks. Since my Active JV came with a badass V, as well as the stock bridge, I put that stock bridge on the affinity. Gave it slightly more string spacing (was 17.5mm, now 19mm) and I actually installed it straight (it was slightly off-center from Squier).
All in all, it is an amazing bass, and I'm very happy with it, even though I had it for only 2 days. It's funny how a good setup changes the sound of the bass, too. After I adjusted the action and pickup height, it sounds 40% better than when I got it. Now I just need to set intonation.
now for pics:
the dents:
I don't know how the one at the heel could have happened. The box has a small dent at the body dent, but not at the heel...it's as if the shock of the body dent made the paint chip at the heel. Must have been a hard hit!. But everything is fine, neck is straight & all.
the bridge:
nice & straight:
this bridge has an entirely different hole pattern, so I had to drill new holes (all 6 of them). The good thing is that THIS bridge has the same hole pattern as a Bad Ass, in case I ever get one of those.
...so I hear that Duncan Quarter-Pounders sound REALLY great in these basses, huh?....
). I find the stock pickups to have a great aggressive character to them with strong lows & good, cutting midrange punch. Congrats again!
