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A bass for the gigging musician . . . one that you can afford.

Upgraded with modern features to give the working musician a versatile, sweet-playing instrument at a reasonable price. It has the comfortable modern C-neck profile, medium-jumbo frets, and Vintage Noiseless pickups with active 3-band EQ combined with the standard volume and pan. Traditional yet modern.

Fender Deluxe Active Jazz Bass Features:

  • Modern C-shaped maple neck with rosewood fingerboard
  • Alder body
  • 20 medium-jumbo frets
  • Vintage Noiseless Jazz Bass Pickups
  • Master volume, pan, plus 3-band active EQ
  • Includes Fender deluxe gig bag

Fender Deluxe Active Jazz Bass Includes:

    Fender deluxe gig bag

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Look No Further

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.

Reviewed by jimbo on 10/9/2006 who plays Classic Rock, Jazz, Metal, Blues, Anything.

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MIM...means they cut some corners

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.

Reviewed by Blue+Pinup=CustomShop on 10/3/2006 who plays Rock, Alternative, Metal, Punk, Jazz, Blues.

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Make Sure You Get a Good One...

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.

Reviewed by Sal on 8/6/2007 who plays Gospel, blues, rock, & jazz.

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The best

I went to guitar center last night, and spent 3 hours playing this baby. It sounds amazing, and the knobs give a large variety of sounds. I was playing it off just a little Peavy 15w amp and it sounded awesome. The thing that most impressed me was when set correctly, just playing an open E gave me a meaty, funky sound that blew me away. When Itried some slap and pop on it, it performed beautifully, even when I broke out some Flea beats. Overall, I would recommend this bass to anyone who wants a fairly inexpensive bass with great quality.

Reviewed by DavyJonesRocker on 11/24/2006 who plays Rock/Metal/Ska/Jazz.

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Great Value - Good Sound

I own a Mexican Jazz Fretless which I've had for about 8 years and it's been a great sounding bass. I wanted a fretted model and checked out a number of different Jazz basses, including the Marcus Miller. I can get that sound with the Deluxe, and I like the Alder body and Rosewood more than the Ash of that bass. I bought a Black one last week and it needed a little set-up like filing down the nut grooves to get the action a little lower. The Active EQ really helps in sound shaping. A great value for the money!

Reviewed by egd3 on 1/5/2007 who plays Rock, Jazz, etc..

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