What I wish Fender would make...

[Dogbertday]

Fantastic. Name, model, picture, something? Just to be clear, P/Js don't count. A Jazz base with a Precision pup, two knobs, yeah. I have a Lakland 44-64 Custom in that configuration. I saw one (1) '79 Precision with a factory-installed Jazz neck for sale here recently. But nothing else. If I'm looking in the wrong places, I'd love to be corrected.

Isnt the mark hopus sig bass what your looking for?

 

[placedesjardins]

...A 5-string P-J from Mexico. First off, Fender doesn't make a P-J 5, and they should. Second, The Squier P-5 doesn't get it done. Third, the American P-5 isn't a P-J, and is more expensive that I want to spend.

Me me me. Blah blah blah. The world revolves around me.



































Just kidding. I would want a Fender Marcus Miller Jazz Bass with chambered body and figured maple top, glossy clearcoat over transparent red dye, purpleheart fretboard with pearloid block inlays and fretboard binding, white marine pearl pickguard and black nickel hardware. It has to say "Me me me. Don't focus on the lead guitarist, focus on me."

 

[Selios]

a 6-string Fender P would be pretty cool

 

[infraviolet]

squier geddy lee jazz bass. or at least a squier that looks like it.

 

[Solar]

I want a Candy Apple Red, or Torino Red with some transparency, maple board with black binding and blocks, matching headstock, badass 2 bridge, lollipop tuners. And I'd pay $2K.

 

[bassbenj]

6 string Jazz, a la the Steve Bailey model..

Nonsense! The Steve Bailey showed nobody wants a 6 string. In Fact nobody even wants a 5 string PJ. What people really want are more "signature" 4 string P and J basses by celebrities. Basses with important variations like no tone control or knobs that are 1/8" larger diameter than standard. That is what will really sell the product!

 

[DigitalMan]

I'd like to see rear routed J and P basses with side output jacks and no control plates or pickguards. I'd like them to be offered with premium wood facings and either natural or transparent finishes. I'd also like a third fingerboard option in a darker color than rosewood.

 

[P. Aaron]

A current model American Standard split coil precision or American reissue 60s telecaster bass.

With a 5-string option on the Tele Bass.

 

[P. Aaron]

I don't know why every company hasn't adopted the Music Man daisy wheel truss rod adjustment idea. Sooooo much easier.

The Dimension's do this. I think I saw it being incorporated into other Fender products too. The modernization clock ticks slowly.

 

[P. Aaron]

Agreed. I'm kind of surprised that Leo ever let that shortcoming slip through his otherwise genius designs (although many of the pre-CBS Fender bass necks I've seen sat high enough in the pocket where you could adjust them with a screwdriver if you were willing to dig into that little notch in the pickguard a bit). The truss rod access notch with the T-Bar tool that Fender employs on their (1995 to now) American Standard P and J basses is one of the best truss rod systems out there (along with the Ernie Ball Music Man truss rod "wheel" system), IMHO. Having to take the neck off to adjust the truss rod makes a relatively straight forward maintenance activity a real pain in the arse. * It also can lead to stripped neck mounting holes, chipped finish in and around the neck pocket in the case of a tight neck/neck pocket fit and frayed string wrappings if the neck has to be removed and reinstalled too many times (particularly by a cheapskate, hack, knows almost enough to be dangerous DIY repair guy like me). My American Standard P necks have been pretty darn stable for me, but on the rare occasions that they do need a tweak, that T-Bar tool can do the finest of adjustments with no muss & no fuss. I've been known to file a truss rod access slot on my own Fender bodies & pickguards when the neck sits high enough in the pocket where I can do DIY it with a simple circular file but have also have had a pro do it for me when a substantial slot was required that was beyond my meager skill level and tool ownership.

* I have a bass buddy (who's actually a pretty skilled luthier) who considers removing the neck to adjust the truss rod some kind of "manly" right of passage thing to do and has been known to tease me about routing truss rod access slots in my basses. Life can be a struggle ... I'll take "easy peasy lemon squeezy" any time I can get it. ;^)

My 2010 Precision V is adjustable by a rout through the PG and a standard supplied T-wrench that came with the bass as are most of the recent AM ST builds. My (formerly owned) 2002 MIA Precision had this as well. The reproductions of the vintage models don't seem to. It's that whole classic 'feel' thing.

 

[P. Aaron]

I want a Candy Apple Red, or Torino Red with some transparency, maple board with black binding and blocks, matching headstock, badass 2 bridge, lollipop tuners. And I'd pay $2K.

And they cancelled (it seems) the Cayenne trans red for the Dimension line. The nicest looking color of the bunch.

 

[bdplaid]

jeez, all I asked for was to add a pickup to the P5 and you guys repopulated Fender's entire product line with stuff from the Custom Shop . Sorry I brought it up.

 

[bdplaid]

Isnt the mark hopus sig bass what your looking for?

P pickup is in the wrong place.

 

[Matt O]

MIM 60s Classic P.

Like the 60s Classic Jazz but, you know, a P.

 

[Mustang Surly]

As long as we're dreaming: a maple-FB Mustang Bass with arm and body relief cuts and a Guild Bi-Sonic pup.

So shoot me...

 

[bobba66]

Just work out the bugs in the Modern Player short scale Jazz Bass and release that monster to the general public.

 

[Mousekillaz]

They already did. My J-Bass!

 

[SanDiegoHarry]

Okay, I have one: An MIA P-Deluxe in blueburst w/maple fretboard. I might actually buy one of those right now if I saw one at store!

 

[fhm555]

A jazz bass with a precision pickup. Is that too much to ask?

Reggie Hamilton. MIM p/j in a j bass with a hipshot d tuner

 

[pudgychef]

MIM 60s Classic P.

Like the 60s Classic Jazz but, you know, a P.

Yes please..
At the build quality of the MIM 50s P.
(And to get greedy...in seafoam green, shell pink or even LPB)