thoughts about jazz bass.

[edgaroviz]

I played a Fender American Vintage '62 Jazz Bass in the local music store, and only after I played it, I noticed that the guitar had only 2 volume knobs, and no tone knob.
I really dug the sound, but I liked the american standard as well, and found that I played the american standard a lot more than the 62 because I could change the tone on the fly.

Originally I was looking for a pre-amped guitar, the american deluxe, but they didn't have one, and I want one in the olympic white finish, but like the 62, the aged olympic white.
Fender make the american deluxe's in the aged olympic white, which is more like a light banana yellow, with a red pick guard?

BTW... What are you're thoughts about these guitars?

 

[colcifer]

Try the '62 again.

 

[coreyfyfe]

The tone/volume knobs on the 62 are stacked so there is a tone and a volume for each pickup. The top ring is the volume, bottom ring is the tone.

 

[colcifer]

He would've been so excited had he figured that out on his own! BTW, been both volumes are the same, each tone control affect both pups.

 

[edgaroviz]

What do you guys think about the the american deluxe compared to the '62?

 

[colcifer]

Apples to oranges.

 

[-=DanAtkinson=-]

That's like comparing a 65 Mustang to a 2011.

 

[groooooove]

The tone/volume knobs on the 62 are stacked so there is a tone and a volume for each pickup. The top ring is the volume, bottom ring is the tone.

yeah.

in '62 diddn't they only use the stacked knob for the first (or second?) half of the year, or some kind of arrangement like that? IIRC the stacked knobs were less common than the non stacked. why would the reissue be stacked then?

((probably because im completely wrong- i am not a fender buff by any means.))

 

[coreyfyfe]

yeah.

in '62 diddn't they only use the stacked knob for the first (or second?) half of the year, or some kind of arrangement like that? IIRC the stacked knobs were less common than the non stacked. why would the reissue be stacked then?

((probably because im completely wrong- i am not a fender buff by any means.))

No I think you're right, they were phased out in early, if not by, 62 but that's what they did for the reissue.

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