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Opinions on Jazz Am. Std. V ?

markob

markob

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Mar 2, 2010
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#1
My apologies if this has been covered too many times. Those who own or have played care to comment? I played a maple board today at lunch and liked the feel. Did not plug in. Please limit opinions to the american standard V. Don't need alternative choices at the moment.

Thanks,
mark
 
#3
Great bass, tight B, sounds great, looks sweet.

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#6
Thanks for the honest responses guys. Been playing 4-strings for years and kind of new to the 5 string thing. For a fingerstyle in the pocket player is the B on this bass tight and musical enough to be useful?

Bray-With the issue you had with the B string, was it lacking in the pop/slap department in your opinion? Or overall?

mark
 
#7
I haven't played a ton of Fender 5 stringers out there, but I did just A/B one the other day with my 35" scale much more expensive Mike Lull. The Lull has a tremendous B on it, so it made for a good comparison.

I was surprised how much I like the Fender's B even with the 34" scale. It sounded really great and had similar tone to the rest of the strings (most 34" scale B strings out there I've tried sounded way different than the rest of the strings, including the Sadowsky Metro I had for a while) and felt great under my fingers. The action was considerably higher than my Lull though and I don't think it would be able to quite match the low action my Lull can get without buzzing, but my Lull can get scary low for a jazz bass.

For reference, the Fender was an American Deluxe, not a standard, and had taper-wound strings, FWIW. Definitely gig worthy and I'd be proud to own that particular one. Can't speak for all of them of course.
 
#9
I have an Am Std Jazz V, it's a '97 though. I do, however, also own a 4 string Am Std from last year. Putting aside the differences due to number of strings, I'd have to say that they feel and sound pretty similar.

I do find the low B useful and even detune the whole bass to A sometimes. The Jazz V I have seems to be able to pull enough punch that the B doesn't get lost in a sea of bass warble - and I use an Ampeg B2 amp which is notorious for being a bit muddy.

I also like to use a bass specific parametric EQ sometimes just to help shape that low end...
 
#12
I used to have a '97 American Standard passive Jazz V. It was a great bass. Played great, felt great, sounded great. Only reason I don't still own it is that I never played it after going to a six string bass. Great B string that sounded very nicely balanced with the rest of the strings. Highly recommended. I used Fender brand nickelplated steel roundwound strings.
 
#13
I've been playing my '08' MIA Fender Jazz V since I bought new in May '08' and it's my main axe. Great sounding bass, fits into the mixes when all my other basses won't. My bandmates say it's the best sounding bass I've ever played and I have to agree with them. Excellent bass.:)

BTW - I use the Fender 8250 Super Bass Taperwounds that came with the bass and they sound just fine. I've since changed the original strings a few times since I got the bass.
 
#17
Scott McArron said:
(most 34" scale B strings out there I've tried sounded way different than the rest of the strings, including the Sadowsky Metro I had for a while) and felt great under my
Click to expand...

To get off topic for a moment: Scott, Since acquiring that MV5 of yours, one of the compliments I get most often, is how the "B" sounds like a continuation of the other strings. Maybe it's just me, but my findings of that bass are completely opposite of yours.

And now, back to the topic at hand.....
 

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