Yeah, exactly. Half of what they're good for. The other 90% is fluff.
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WHY Fender??? WHY?
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More on topic. I like that color. I don't possess a Fender Jazz because my Jazz Bass-shaped needs are met by a different brand, but if I were going to buy a Fender Jazz, that would probably be the one.
At the annual Fender sales and marketing meeting, I bet the guitar guys sit up front, the amp guys sit behind them, and the bass guys have to stand at the back of the room.Yeah, exactly. Half of what they're good for. The other 90% is fluff.
The accessories guys watch it on TV. Especially the cable guy, who gets razzed the whole meeting.
It's all perspective....
I would absolutely buy a lefty Fender or Fender-style bass or guitar in this color. Purple is very popular in my house after my daughter was born and I've wondered at times why there you don't often see a purple/lavender equivalent of the classic pastel Fender auto-inspired finishes.
With their arms crossed saying "We could run this company better"
What's wrong with an affordable stack knob Jazz Bass with a matching headstock? It also looks great.
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Not bad at all. A jazz bass with an awesome color and matching headstock? I'm not into Fenders but quite like this one!
If it was sporting a tort pickguard, folks'd be droolin' all over it. 
Boy they don't miss anything, do they? Gonna have that market for smoking amethyst Jazz Basses all to themselves.
There are only two things that bass is missing:
1) a white pearl pickguard
2) living in my music room
1) a white pearl pickguard
2) living in my music room
I thought I would love it. Then I saw the larger picture.
No thanks, I'll stick with my BMM P-bass with a wenge/rosewood neck.
No thanks, I'll stick with my BMM P-bass with a wenge/rosewood neck.
I don't buy new basses. I prefer to buy mint used examples, but I may have to make an exception. Stacked knob, matching headstock, vintage color, specially voiced pups, < 1,OOO... TAKE MY MONEY!
The takeaway is matching headstocks
How many Fenders have I seen with gorgeous bodies and a clear finished neck sticking out of it like the board they screwed the body onto to go through the paint booth.
Will never understand this.
How many Fenders have I seen with gorgeous bodies and a clear finished neck sticking out of it like the board they screwed the body onto to go through the paint booth.
Will never understand this.
