Product: Hohner Professional JJ
Price Paid: 550 (?)
Submitted
08/13/2003
at
01:33am
by
beavis
Features
:
7
1996 korea
4 strings fretted jazz bass
rosewood fret board
maple body
active j-style EMG pickups with 2 band egal and pickups control
pretty dark red finish
Sound
:
6
big active sound
sound great with pick
sound good with fingers
sound pretty bad in slap
don't sound with tapping
good for slow music or noisy music but forget it if you want funk or something like that
Action, Fit, & Finish
:
5
the big problem of this bass is the string/fretboard alignement
it must be fixed and it's not an easy action so if you're not a repairman you'll have be pay for fixing it
This bass is also very heavy for a 4 string
no others problem
Reliability/Durability
:
8
It's solid exept one of the strap button which get often away
Customer Support
:
No Opinion
Never have to deal with Hohner
Overall Rating
:
6
A good active jazz bass that is cheaper than the fender MEX one
It's my 2nd bass and it do good the job.
Product: Hohner Professional JJ
Price Paid: US $140 used
Submitted
07/27/2001
at
02:31am
by
JT
Email: none
Features
:
8
Made about 1996 in Korea,
20 frets - 4-string
Volume and Tone for each Pickup
2 active single coil Pickups
Maple-neck withe rosewood fretboard, body ?? - heavy
black, chromed brass bridge
j-style
came with gigbag, tools and cable
Sound
:
10
Fits perfectly for blues and slow rock music. Use it with a no-name combo, no special effects. Bridge pickup is a bit noisy when tone poti is fully bright. Full, brilliant and clean sound with good sustain. Due to active electronics it has wide variability in sound.
Action, Fit, & Finish
:
8
Bright black finish, everything, except the neck fitted very well, good overall quality. Adjustment of the neck is very hard, so i was hardly afraid to crack the inbus - but it worked.
Reliability/Durability
:
8
It seems to be very robust, though I don't use it very hard. The finish is thick, so one deep scratch is still on the surface. Strap buttons will shurely hold the heavy instrument. I now own it for about a year and it never left me alone. Even when the battery of the electronics is worn the pickups still work. I never used a backup.
Customer Support
:
No Opinion
Never needed, never used.
Overall Rating
:
9
My first one was a Vision. It was cheap and nice for the beginning but the Hohner is another class and fits for my needs. I also tried an Ibanez and an Aria. Both could be possible.
