I think the demo video is quite good - it gets people to either like it or hate it. Either way, it provokes a response, and Flea - no youngster anymore - gets to show his cosmic/punk cred to a new generation of potential customers.
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This was their same exact approach to the Custom Shop Custom Classic models. Pushing the bridge out also pushes reach out. It's amazing how such a small change can make a huge difference in comfort.
Now if they made one in Adam Clayton purple flake....well, let’s just say I’d be on one like a seagull on a frenchfry
Agreed. Although, I’d probably like both color combos better with a rosewood board and/or pickguard of some kind.
Hi - to any owners of this bass.
Can you get passable jazz bass tones out of this guy playing with the EQ and active circuitry? I’d love to hear a sample of the bass with the bass and treble boost turned to 0 to see what this one sounds like.
Thanks!
Can you get passable jazz bass tones out of this guy playing with the EQ and active circuitry? I’d love to hear a sample of the bass with the bass and treble boost turned to 0 to see what this one sounds like.
Thanks!
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It has more of a Stingray tone. I wouldn’t say it’s comparable to what the standard sound of jazz bass is. The single humbucker doesn’t get that nasally solo’d bridge pickup sound, nor does it sound like when both pickups are up full. The bass was created to be somewhere between the very aggressive Modulus Flea Bass and a Stingray.
Thanks a lot. I am excited to try it. I'm selling my P bass to fund this new adventure. I love my passive 60's style Jazz and want something modern to have when the song calls for it. I love higher radius fretboards so the 12-16 compound is appealing. I like the 2 band EQ vs. 3 band as well, one less knob to fiddle with.
The whole bass is a wooden neck substitute for the Modulus. The major difference is that Flea is using a Custom Shop bass hand built by Jason Smith and we’re getting the production model. If you buy a Modulus it’s the exact same as he used. Flea also swapped out the pickup for the Legacy Lane Poor. I believe it originally was an Aguilar humbucker, but the production bass uses something Fender designed. It’s not bad, but it’s no Legacy LP.
