Model Year: 2005
Price: $590.00 (new)
Where Obtained: Musician Friends

I bought mine a year ago. Made in Mexico, vintage white, 20 frets, 3 bands active EQ. 2 Noiseless Pickups, Rosewood fretboard. The only thing I didn't give this great bass a 5* because of the bridge, it's a standard and I would change to something like the Leo Quan Bad A-- II.

Great playability, neck is smooth and fast, very well done! a 5*, I change the string to GHS Boomers Flea signature serie (105 - 85 - 65 - 45).

Great sound! I play live direct to PA (for fast gig, studio), or through Ampeg B2RE Amp and Ampeg 4x10 in rehearsal room (the amp's not mine). I always use both pickups, the sound is full and bright, almost no noise compare to other basses. I think better use live.

I only have this for over a year now, but I think this bass is gonna last 20-30 years or more if you take good care...

Model Year: 2002
Price: $500.00 (new)
Where Obtained: String Shop

My Guitar was a Mexican Fender jazz deluxe. My guitar came with a brown sunburst paint job on a alder body. My bass came with two humbucker active jazz pickups one bridge one neck. The guitar had one volume pot one pickup pan pot a duel bass and trebal stacked pot and one mid pot. the bolt on neck was made of maple and walnut with a fretted rose wood finger board.

This bass was the bass I was looking for it has a great action that allowes me too glide through notes as well as the neck is very fast and comfortable. The construction is flawless. This bass puts too shame my old samack

I play all different styles with this bass and I can acheive any sound with it. It can produce a deep warm fat jazz sound or a punchy metal sound it also produces a good slap bass sound with the proper strings I use Ghs bass Boomers. This bass sounds well at all volumes and is suitable for studio and gigs. I recommedend having a custom nut put on for 60$ for even better sound

This bass is a beast it stays in tune very well sometimes up too three days. The trusrod has yet to need to be adjusted. Every thing else on this bass is well built and can take a beating. this bass gets optimum sound at room temprature so if its cold a little warm up before you start playing is a good idea.

Model Year: 2001
Price: $540.00 (new)
Where Obtained: Mars

Mexico made, American active pickups, black with the tortoise pickguard, basic bridge

I like many other basses better, i didn't look then, i thought i only wanted a fender. FLAW- the G string bridge keeps sinking, i have to use a little wrench thing and raise it at least once a day

Ampeg SVT410HE cab, Ampeg B-2R head, dark growling sound. I say it isn't good enough for stage or studio.

I am constantly raising the G string bridge which is a big hassle, it doesnt like cold weather

Model Year: 2000
Price: $295.00
Where Obtained: jk luthier guitars

Bass was totaly stock and hardly played at all. It is now(ha ha). Overall this bass rocks. It is a mexican Jazz bass. Rosewood fretboard, black with white 3 ply pickguard. My jazz rocks with some thondurous lows and the neck is true and gets great sounds all around. Only complaint is I really don't care for separate volume controls as I always have them both all the way up.

I play the strings really high. If set medium to low they hit the frets too much(finger style).I love this bass. Only flaw is the fret dots you see when you are playing are halfway between the rosewood and the neck.

Sounds perfect live. Really cuts through ,especially the lows.

Wore out my 76 fender prcision, after 3 music music stores and trying about 6 different models I bought a Fender Jazz Deluxe. I felt at home with it soon as I picked it up. The active electronics are great fopr the variety of music I play , Everything from big band 40's 50'srock country,jazz and up to date.I installed all gold hardware & Schaller tuners. looks and plays great use a 506 effects box & with active electronics makes it sounds ausome. after playing bass 30 years this is it.

I obtain very fast action useing flatwound strings on this bass, it is flawless.

I use a Fender BXR200 amp W/ extended PA systemm and monitors.Play all types of music, not noisy.

Very reliable Truss rod adj. once in one year

Model Year: 1999
Price: $350.00 (new)
Where Obtained: BLUE MOUNTAIN GUITARS

THIS IS A MEXICAN BUILT FOUR STRING, 19 FRETS, PASSIVE PICKUPS,

THIS IS A VERY PLAYABLE BASS.

I USE A CRATE 100BFX, AND IT SOUNDS GREAT. I MOSTLY PLAY CLASSIC ROCK, AND IT FITS THE BILL VERY WELL FOR THAT TYPE OF MUSIC. IT IS VERY VERSITILE, AND YOU CAN GET A CLEAN PUNCHY SOUND OUT OF IT OR YOU CAN MAKE IT GROWL. IT DOES BOTH EQUALLY WELL.

IT HAS HELD UP VERY WILL FOR THE YEAR AND A HALF I HAVE HAD IT. I HAVE NOT NEEDED TO GET IT ADJUSTED IN ANY WAY, AND FREQUENTLY I CAN PICK IT UP AND IT WILL BE IN TUNE FROM ONE DAY TO THE NEXT.

Model Year: 2000
Price: $469.99 (new)
Where Obtained: Guitar Center

Made in Mexico. 20 frets 4 strings 2 deluxe active pickups Vol. knob, pickup selector/balance knob, 3-band EQ Black finish

Excellent action. It has a thin neck that is very comfortable and easy to play. When I was purchasing this bass, i played several different basses (Samick, Ibanez, and Dean to name a few) and this had the most comfortable action.

I play this bass through a Fender Bassman 135 all-tube head with an accooustic 18-inch bass reflex system cabintet. I use the Digitech bp-8 for effects. I play this bass in a metal band, although we occassionally do a Blues Tune. I also play in the University of Akron Jazz Lab band (minus the effects and through a different amp) This bass fits in well in all styles. THe 3-band EQ makes it easy to adjust the sound. I usually go for a full warm sound. This bass gets less hum and noise than any other I've played, and when I go to my Jazz lesson, my teacher always turns down the amp, because my bass is much louder than his other students.

I just bought this bass last November, but everything is holding up well so far. I play out once every week or two, and this bass can hold its own.