NBD (actually, NBMonth) - Fender 60's Jazz Lacquer and 50's RW

Hi all,

It's been a while since my last post because I've been doing all reading but no posting.
But since I have two new basses to report, well ---, here I am with the report of NBD for the 1st time in 2 years.

Last month, I decided to do a major overhaul in my gear. Sooo---
Out:

• One electric guitar (Epiphone 1960s Tribute Plus, which was as close to Gibson Les Paul as it can get without spending a fortune): I just don't play it much
  
• One guitar amp (Marshall DLC 40C tube combo): Don't get much use becasue of the reason above
  
• One 5-string active bass (2011 SR1205 Premium): Don't have much use of the 5th string anymore since pretty much all I play (mostly classic rock and hard rock) can be done by a 4-string bass.

Once I sold them,
First in:

• A brand new (2017 serial) Fender Classic Series 60's Jazz in Lacquer finish (MIM), which totally blew my mind in terms of its tonal quality and build quality.
• In fact, I was so impressed by it, I purchased one more MIM Fender, with remaining fund and then adding some more---,

Second in (a little over 1 1/2 week later):
A brand new (2017 serial) Fender Road Worn 50's Precision Bass (MIM).

Now, here's the NBD pic.


And with the entire family.


I feel good, getting back to the basics with 4-string passive basses.
Fewer knobs (and one fewer string) to be occupied with so I can focus more on the playing the instrument.
Well, at least that's my justification for this overhaul...

Oh did I tell you that the quality of these two MIM Fenders are quite impressive???
YES they really are amazing, worthy of the hype/praises you see in the reviews by many.

Thanks for reading~!!!

 

Thanks MEKer.

TheGreatSealof, we all know that GAS is a fact of life and we can never get rid of it.
Still, I think you will do yourself a great service if you can get your hands back on a 50's RW P bass.
I am not crazy about its relic work, but it is a crazy good bass in terms of feel, playability and tone as you know and remember.

Maplenecked, I kept the stock Fender 7250 strings on the the Jazz since I was going to use roundwound nickel plated strings like D'Addario XL. I have no problem with the stock strings on the Jazz.
But I replaced the stock strings on the Precision with 45 - 100 EB cobalt flatwound a few days ago.
Normally I use Fender 9050 flatwounds, but thought of trying out EB cobalt flats and I like them so far.
Typical punch of flatwounds, but with more top end.
And the E string has more growl that I like.
But like many reported, the strings are grippy, for now at least.

 

Thanks Mark, MD Stingray and Crusher.

MD Stingray, BTW, I noticed that you are in Amsterdam.
I will be spending a night in Amsterdam in May (one night of lay-over), on my way to fly back home from Croatia.
I did the same last year in May, but it was a night when there was a football (soccer ) match between Netherlands and UK and the entire city of Amsterdam was full of totally worked up football fans everywhere.
Hopefully I will get to see more quiet, peaceful Amsterdam this time.