Im sorry I got rid of it!
Model Year: 1998
Price: $420.00 (new)
Where Obtained: 8thStreet Music
Made in Corona California. {Baja Series}
Alder body, maple neck and fretboard, clover tuners {standard}, One P, one J pickups, Vol, Vol, Tone knobs,
Vintage standard bridge, Anodized aluminum scratch plate, polar white finish.
After a setup, played like a dream. Low action, no buzzes! Nice Jazz neck, very smooth. Satin finished.
I changed the pups to Bartolini's and didn't like them.
I put the originals back in. With the Barts, it didn't sound like a Fender anymore!
Fender Tough! Takes a boppin and keeps on rockin!
If any body buys one of these basses then i suggest uprate the frets for the heavy duty type, get rid of the rubbish strap buttons (always work loose) and if money permits fit a badass II bridge and you wont ever need another bass
Model Year: 1997
Price: $500.00
Where Obtained: private sale
Made in usa, jazz maple neck,gold anodized pick guard & sunburst finish
The only drawback with this bass is that the frets are very easily worn with roundwound strings that leave grooves and can produce buzzing
I play through a fender bassman 100 and the sound is awesome
This baby is bullet proof
I have been in search of the perfect bass for 6 years when I found this one. They don't make them anymore and even when they did make them, they didn't make many, so it's a collectors item. If I lost this bass, I would need therapy for years and I would never be the same..Could it be better?... Yes, the paint job could have been better, but that's the only flaw.
Price: $650.00 (new)
Where Obtained: Ted Brown Music
This bass was built in the U.S.A and painted in Mexico. So, it was a combination effort on both parts. The body is Alder wood, and the neck is Maple. "She" has 21 frets and 4 strings. 2 pickups, 1 Jazz and one P-bass, each has it's own volume knob and one other for tone. Passive electronics, vintage white paint, gold pickguard. Bridge style is standard P-bass, non-locking vintage style tuners.
The neck is like silk, by far the best playing bass I have ever owned, and I have had my share.... Carvin,Gibson,Ibanez, Yamaha,Musicman, FenderLite, to name a few. The only owwie with her, is the paint on the back of the bass.. The paint is bleeding thru in one small spot. It can't be seen when I am playing it...so not that bad.
No effects other than a compressor. I have 2 different amps, one for gigs and one for practice. The one that goes to work with me is a 500 watt SWR, and at home is a 1970'S Earth Sound Research Superbass B-2000 with a JBL MR815 with a single 15 inch speaker...The neighbors love me!! The sound is superb, soft and fat to thin and mean, all with the twist of a knob or two. ..Sounds good where ever we go and what ever we do..We play rock and roll, I do very little slapping,and plucking.. pretty straight forward stuff, and it never lets me down.
She is used hard every weekend and at least twice a week for practice, a little tuning here and there keeps everybody happy, and no other adjustments have ever been made. I highly recommend strap locks to everybody. A bass on the floor is not a pretty sight, and really embarrassing.
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