• Look No Further

  

  As reviewed by jimbo on 10/9/2006

  Fender is known as one of the best manufacturers of music equipment in the world. The Fender Deluxe Active Jazz Bass is a perfect example of why. It took me months of searching for find a bass guitar that had the perfect tone and best overall sound available. I looked at and tried many other bass guitars including several other Fender's, but this one was the BEST. It allows for the best control of sound with the pots and depending what kind of rig you have, you can get the smoothest richest sound out. The construction of this bass is what takes the cake. The stock pickups are good. The only reason I would change them if for personal preference. The neck is nice and comfortable, and the action is perfect. the only thing I would change is the stock strings. I would change them out to whatever strings give you the best sound for what type of music you play. If you want to play Jazz, Blues and Classic rock, let me recommend DR Strings Marcus Miller Fat Beams. Believe me. If you want to play bass, THIS is the one you want to play.

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• MIM...means they cut some corners

  

  As reviewed by Blue+Pinup=CustomShop on 10/3/2006

  I've had one of these basses for about 2 years now, and I love it. It has the best tone of any stock bass I own. I have another Jazz that I made into a Active deluxe copy I loved it so much. I suggest that anyone looking for a great playing, great sounding bass to stop right here......Just put a new bridge on it. Mine had incorrect set screws for the saddle height and my action would fall, leaving my strings stuck to the pickups. So, just be a lil weary of the Mexican assembly and have it set up properly when you get it, and change the bridge.

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• Make Sure You Get a Good One...

  

  As reviewed by Sal on 8/6/2007

  I am a Fender Jazz Bass fanatic, and have owned several over the years. My main bass was a black 1973 Jazz until the early 1990s and since then a sunburst "1962 reissue" manufactured in 1992, and a 2007 Highway One Jazz. A year and a half ago, I found a "vintage white" (light yellow) MIM Deluxe Jazz on sale. The bass has a very vintage vibe to it. I have played it since then mainly in my church praise band and at home. The bass has a fast ?C? neck and quiet electronics, but it is NOT built to American series standards. Mine required neck/fret work to correct a dead 16th fret zone by a Fender tech. (Free to me under warranty). The chrome on the tuners is unevenly applied and has tool marks from the dipping process. The tuners themselves allow the low E string to go flat too easily, and the stock bridge is the weakest link on the bass. The nut was cut a bit out of tolerance requiring the low E string to have extra windings to put enough downward pressure over the nut for good definition of notes. E string definition was a bit disappointing. In stock configuration I would give the bass an overall rating of 2.5 as delivered to me from the music store. But? following the neck modifications and the addition of a Leo Quan BAII bridge, this bass has become a music machine! The new bridge totally transformed the instrument. Now I would describe the sound as punchy, defined, and harmonically rich. The bass is very useful in rock, funk, blues, gospel, jazz, etc. Action is nice and low with a great Jazz Bass growl. The active electronics provide P-Bass to Jaco sounds quite nicely. The bass was so improved I bought a Fender HSC for it to replace the stock gig bag. So in current configuration it holds it?s own with my American made Fenders. Bottom line is it may (will?) require some tweaks but the basics for a killer bass guitar are there to be coaxed from it. If you need a real player without the need for tweaks I would strongly consider the Highway One Jazz Bass.

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