MIM and MIA

The bodies and necks for the Mim and Mia instruments are made in the USA factory. BUT the Mim bodies are made of poplar (with maple front/back on sunburst models). THe Mia Bodies are alder or ash (blonde and white blonde have ash). The new Mia range has less pieces of wood in body construction. The Mim necks are less pretty than the Mia ones.

The pickups and electrics are different.

The Mim basses are made to a price and IMHO are very good value. A guitar playing mate of mine just bought a Mim Jazz and its excellent. I tried one other (a sunburst) and it was good too. BTW I have had a Mim Strat for 3 years. Some people have played that Strat then announced that they wanted one.

MIa is 'better' than Mim because it was designed to be so. I think that the Mim P's and J's (and Strat and Teles) are the best value in that price range. Going for a second hand one makes it even more so.

If you do go for one try loads as quality and dimensions vary on mass production instruments.

 

I agree w/CS. The only thing I feel he left out is that the hardware on the MIM basses arent as good as the MIA (I had a MIM strat & the hardware held up fine). The tuning machines & bridge are good, but they could be up-graded. I had a MIM P once & as I was playing it, the bridge saddle of the "E" string would get lower & lower. LOL. They're great basses & w/a few modifications, are just as good as/better than the MIA series.
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I had the same friggin problem on my MIM Jazz, but it was the G saddle that would drop on it's own. I finally got fed up and yanked the damn thing out. Now I have a 3-string Jazz. I figure, Jaco did it with 4, and I ain't nearly as good as he, so I'll start with 3 and work my way up to 4.

(Truth is, I'm waiting for my Gotoh 201 to arrive so I can pop it in.)

 

Xavier, you can put a little superglue on the screws, to keep them in place.

 

Can I use this as my signature????????

 

Shhhh, or you'll put Gotoh out of business..

 

Be my guest. I expect full credit.....

AND ROYALTIES!

 

Well, Tony levin has a Custom Made 3 string Music Man StingRay . The p/u looks really weird w/3 poles.

 

HAD.

He lost it in a house fire.

 

I thought it was in a barn fire. Didn't he send it back to Musicman Co. (is that what it is called? I don't have a clue.), and asked for a refund?

 

which strings did the bass exactly have?

 

I'd guess E, A, and D.

 

www.fender.com

they should have all the answers you need