Product: Fender Jazz Bass
Price Paid: US $299+tax used
Submitted
12/18/1998
at
01:26pm
by
Anonymous
Features
:
9
incredibly built Japanese J-bass.Meat and potatoes
Sound
:
10
this is one of the best sounding jazz basses ive ever played or heard.It is identical in tone,feel,and neck stiffness to my friends awesome 64 Jazz!incredible,but true!Ive played and owned a LOT of basses and I know Jaco would have wanted this one.Im amazed.
Action, Fit, & Finish
:
9
I got the bass used and totally neglected,with a ridiculous setup and clods of dust.As soon as I picked it up and held it to my ear and plucked a string,I knew it had the shit... once I cleaned it up it was awesome.
Reliability/Durability
:
10
super solid neck and body-built like me
Overall Rating
:
10
ive been playing bass for 21 years,and this is the sound ive been looking for.ive played everything-really-and i cant find a thing wrong with it!No dead notes anywhere it has 64 jazz coming out of its ears...
Product: Fender Jazz Bass
Price Paid: Can $300
Submitted
05/07/1998
at
08:04am
by
Anonymous
Features
:
4
There is not a hell of a lot of features on this bass. It has two volume knobs (one for each pick up) and a tone knob. It has passive electronics. I suspect it is made of ply wood and it ways a tone. It has a rose wood finger bord that constently allows the strings to rattle no matter how good your fingering is. The tuning knobs are crap and there falling apart.
Sound
:
4
This is the most gutless bass I have ever played. It has absolutly no punch even with the emg select pickups I put in at christmass. I can't find a tone worth using. I have noticed this with other fender basses I have played.
Action, Fit, & Finish
:
2
I had to get the neck adjust for more action a little while ago for my own playing prefrence. The strings rattle less on the fingerboard now but it is still a problem. I have been told by my bass teacher that it is not my fingering and that the bass is just not made right. If you do not use fat enough strings they rattle in the saddle a bit but not enought to matter. As I said befor the tunning keys are falling apart but it still stays in tune. If I have some spare money to blow I may replace them.
Reliability/Durability
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3
One time using this bass at a show I stepped on the patch cord and basically shattered the input. I play this bass without a backup because I have no choice. I was able to borrow another guys fender bass for the show. The rest of it seems to be pretty solid but I have new electronics in it so I can't really comment on that. If I had another bass I would not play this without a back up in fact this would probably be the backup.
Customer Support
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No Opinion
I have never dealt with company. I have done most work on it my self. The warranty is only one year though. One year is pretty short compared to most companies (fender claims you don't need a longer warranty becuase they last forever, what a joke). It was one year and one day when all the stuff started to turn to crap.
Overall Rating
:
1
I would never get suckered in to buying this piece of SH*T again. It was my first bass so I don't feel too bad but the day I have enough money I will buy a new bass and this will just be my kick around bass.
