Bass?

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2014/04/12 16:04:23 (permalink)

Bass?

Hi,
 
Anyone played one of these yet and have any comments?
 
http://www.musiciansfriend.com/bass/fender-blacktop-precision-bass
 
I'm wanting a Fender back, and I regret letting my Fender Jazz go and not learn more on it, but I couldn't really aford the lessons at the time.

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    bapu
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    Re: Bass? 2014/04/12 21:02:55 (permalink)
    Humbucking pickups on a Fender P-Jass (I say Jass because of the Jazz like neck).
     
    That's about a weird as it gets. Should suit you fine Pedro.
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    Moshkiae
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    Re: Bass? 2014/04/13 11:52:41 (permalink)
    bapu
    Humbucking pickups on a Fender P-Jass (I say Jass because of the Jazz like neck).
     
    That's about a weird as it gets. Should suit you fine Pedro.

    The numbucker version comes in both the Jazz and Precision models. I'm going over to Apple Music here in Portland and see if I can piddle on both. I'm curious about the Humbuckers on the Jazz, though.
     
    Mike Howlett has a version of the Special (Jazz with a humbucker behind the precision pickups) and it is a short scale that looks like the one that is made in Mexico with the dual pickups.
     
    So the neck of the Jazz is thinner than the Precision? Because if so, I will get the Jazz, because I have the hands of a gnome! I can type fast, though!
     
    http://www.musiciansfriend.com/bass/fender-blacktop-jazz-bass
     
    The question is if the humbuckers make a bigger/better difference than the ones on the Jazz version.
     
    Now you got me wondering!
     
     
     

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    Re: Bass? 2014/04/13 13:13:13 (permalink)
    The nut width/string spacing on Jazz necks is narrower: 1 1/2" on Jazz basses vs. 1 5/8" (or 1 11/16") on "traditional" P basses - there are P basses available with "Jazz" necks (which means 1.5" width). This alone can make a neck feel much smaller. Some Jazz necks are quite a bit thinner in depth as well, but that varies by model, manufacturer and often the era it was produced in.
     
    Some of us prefer chunkier necks, but it seems that slimmer Jazz necks are (at least currently) more popular.

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    Re: Bass? 2014/04/13 18:47:48 (permalink)
     
    Pedro, I've had four basses over the years - 2 Fender Precisions, a Yamaha (a la Van Halen's Michael Anthony), and currently a Fender Jazz.
     
    The first one I owned was a Made in Japan Precision that I kept for well over 20 years; it was a joy to play, but felt like it was made of balsa - so light was the construction, coupled with the old style machine heads, that it was actually neck-heavy, and only felt comfortable playing sat down.
     
    I traded that for the Yamaha a few years ago. It had active pups on it and sounded great, but the neck was just too slow for me, it felt like treacle compared to the Fender.
     
    After about a year, I traded that against a used USA-built Precision. As well as the obvious improvements in construction over the MIJ model, it sounded great (as one would expect), but it never felt as comfortable to play as the other Fender.
     
    My epiphany moment came when I was down at my local Guitar store, and I had a play on a Fender Jazz. Similar to yourself, I suffer from very short fingers, and once I started playing around on the Jazz's neck, I was hooked. It was so much easier to play, and I decided the and there I had to have one. As this was a model from the 70's that he wanted well over £2000 for, I opted for the cheaper option and bought a shiny new US Standard Jazz.
     
    My advice (and if I'd followed it myself, I would have gone straight from the MIJ Precision to the US Jazz!) would be to actually get some hands-on time with both a Precision and a Jazz, and see for yourself the differences. The difference in neck radius doesn't seem much 'on paper', but when you need every little bit of help in wrapping your hand around the fretboard, that difference is substantial.

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    Moshkiae
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    Re: Bass? 2014/04/14 11:17:33 (permalink)
    Hi,
     
    It will be the Jazz more than likely. I was comfortable with the neck on my Fender Jazz. When I got the Epiphone EB3, I have a hard time with the neck after the first 3 or 4 frets. I did NOT have that issue with the original EB0 that I had from Gibson 30 years ago, and I regret having traded that in for the Fender Jazz. But the Fender Jazz bass was OK, just could never afford the lessons or the help to get better.
     
    This is the other option as it has a Jazz neck
     
    http://www.musiciansfriend.com/bass/fender-deluxe-p-bass-special-4-string-bass
     
    Thanks Strummy
    post edited by Moshkiae - 2014/04/15 11:36:36

    As a wise Guy once stated from his holy chapala ... none of the hits, none of the time ... prevents you from becoming just another turkey in the middle of all the other turkeys! 
      
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