So I was a my local GC and I played one of these... http://www.guitarcenter.com/Fender-Deluxe-PJ-Bass-109128652-i3076789.gc This is not the active deluxe model. It is passive, and the bridge pickup is a Fender Noiseless Jazz model. I am wondering you guys can give me any more information about this model, such as nut width, neck size, and overall quality. Thanks!
Copied from Fender forum (sorry if that is a rule breaker): Model Name: FSR Deluxe P Bass® Special Model Number: 014-0054-(Color #) Series: DELUXE SERIES Body: Alder, (Precision Bass® Body) Neck: Maple, (Jazz Bass® Neck with Precision Bass® Special Decal) Fingerboard: Maple, (9.5” Radius/241 mm) No. of Frets: 20 Medium Jumbo Frets Scale Length: 34” (864 mm) Width @ Nut: 1.50” (38 mm) Hardware: Chrome Machine Heads: Standard Bridge: Leo Quan Badass® II with Grooved Saddles Pickguard: 4-Ply Tortoise Shell on (506), 3-Ply Parchment on (549), Pickups: 1 Vintage Special Precision Bass® Pickup (Mid), 1 Vintage Special Noiseless Jazz Bass® (Bridge) Pickup Switching: N/A Controls: Volume 1. (Neck Pickup), Volume 2. (Bridge Pickup), Master Tone Colors: (506) Black, (549) Sea Foam Metallic, (Polyurethane Finish) Strings: Fender USA, NPS, Gauges: (.045, .065, .085, .105) Unique Features: Black Block Position Inlays, Black Fingerboard Binding, Knurled Chrome Flattop Control Knobs, Top Mounted Input Jack, Source: MEXICO Accessories: None U.S. MSRP: $1,159.99 INTRODUCED: 5/2013 DISCONTINUED: DISCONTINUED COLORS: COMMENTS: FSR for GC 2013,...to date @ 200 Black, @ 300 SFM WRENCH SIZES: Truss Rod Adjustment Wrench, (3/16” Hex), P/N 0038467049
Thanks guys! I really liked this bass, but the $900 dollar price tag is beyond what I can afford right now. I wanted the specs to see if I could find a similar instrument...especially one with a similar neck.
So what you're looking for is a Precision body with a Jazz neck and a P/J pickup configuration? There's no shortage of them, in or out of the Fender/Squier families. That is, unless you specifically want the maple board with black blocks. Then things will get a bit trickier.
Yup! Current four-string models are 1.5"=Jazz Neck and 1.65"=Precision Neck. The P-Bass Specials, and their related models, are supposed to be of the "best of both worlds" set. Go onto Fender's website and look up Precision Basses. Check the boxes by each listing you want to see. Then go to the top-left of the page and hit the "Compare" button. It'll give you a side-by-side comparison of each checked-off model. (I think you can do up to three at a time) Look for anything with the 1.5" nut width and that'll be your Jazz necks. For the record, the Aerodyne is a lighter-than-normal (thank you, carved top) Jazz bass with a P/J pickup config and (obviously!) a Jazz neck.
Thank you sir! I have a Schecter, and I am finding that the nut spacing is too tight for my hand. I like the sound of the P/J configuration,but I am not that picky. Mainly, I am looking for a good deal on a bass of this sort.
Here's the thread--- http://www.talkbass.com/forum/f8/fender-deluxe-pj-bass-981868/index5.html I love the neck width/shape, not really in love with the J pickup's sound so far though.
You're very welcome! But don't call me "sir" I work for a livin'! Seriously though, what is the nut width of your Schecter? I keep looking around for it and am getting nothing, not even Schecter's website lists it's width. The photos look slim enough to easily be 1.5" or maybe even less. If you want something spaced out more, you'd probably want something with a P-bass width, or at the very least 1-5/8" like you see on SX basses.
Sorry for the sir, just an expression I use sometimes. My nut measures at 1.5", but it still feels tighter than that jazz neck on the special P. Maybe I am after P-Bass spacing. I am going to have to try a p next time I am at the GC.