kevbass Posted February 13, 2008 Share Posted February 13, 2008 Hello all, I was in soundcontrol in Oxford street today and was having a look around and noticed how the stock of basses there has really depleted, but upon looking at some the small stock they did have, there was a USA S1 switch jazz, sunburst with a maple board, a black USA fender jazz with S1 switch again with a maple board and a USA precision, a dolphin grey also with a maple board and they were on sale at £699 each, not a bad price for a USA fender from soundcontrol is it? Unfortunately I didnt have the time to sit and play any of them but I thought I'd post a heads up incase anyone was after a USA fender at a good price Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MythSte Posted February 13, 2008 Share Posted February 13, 2008 I think they may well be the highway series? Otherwise your not wrong, whaty a great deal! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bassbloke Posted February 13, 2008 Share Posted February 13, 2008 They are American Standard series and I believe they are cheap because they have been sitting around in Sound Control since the great flood. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean-Luc Pickguard Posted February 13, 2008 Share Posted February 13, 2008 [quote name='ste_m3' post='139617' date='Feb 13 2008, 04:18 PM']I think they may well be the highway series? Otherwise your not wrong, whaty a great deal![/quote] Definitely not with maple fingerboards. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umcoo Posted February 13, 2008 Share Posted February 13, 2008 highway ones don't have maple boards, must have been amercan series. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umcoo Posted February 13, 2008 Share Posted February 13, 2008 cuss it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MythSte Posted February 13, 2008 Share Posted February 13, 2008 [quote name='umcoo' post='139636' date='Feb 13 2008, 04:26 PM']cuss it![/quote] Yup, i already got poked from behind TWICE before you got in there, jeeze man, get with it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EdwardHimself Posted February 13, 2008 Share Posted February 13, 2008 [quote name='kevbass' post='139612' date='Feb 13 2008, 04:14 PM']Hello all, I was in soundcontrol in Oxford street today and was having a look around and noticed how the stock of basses there has really depleted, but upon looking at some the small stock they did have, there was a USA S1 switch jazz, sunburst with a maple board, a black USA fender jazz with S1 switch again with a maple board and a USA precision, a dolphin grey also with a maple board and they were on sale at £699 each, not a bad price for a USA fender from soundcontrol is it? Unfortunately I didnt have the time to sit and play any of them but I thought I'd post a heads up incase anyone was after a USA fender at a good price[/quote] there's another thread on here about fender discontinuing the s-1. I think that might explain the price. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevbass Posted February 13, 2008 Author Share Posted February 13, 2008 Yeah they were the American standard series for sure, the sunburst jazz looked particularly nice, I am in the market for a new bass but not until I've been to the USA this month, if I wasnt going I would have been all over the sunburst jazz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adee Posted February 13, 2008 Share Posted February 13, 2008 Got my brand new Fender USA S1 P-Bass in Milton Keynes Sound Control for £499 what a Fupping BARGAIN ! Its the Butterscotch Blonde, Black plate with Maple board I love it ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cantdosleepy Posted February 13, 2008 Share Posted February 13, 2008 [quote name='Adee' post='139667' date='Feb 13 2008, 04:50 PM']Got my brand new Fender USA S1 P-Bass in Milton Keynes Sound Control for £499 what a Fupping BARGAIN ! Its the Butterscotch Blonde, Black plate with Maple board I love it ![/quote] Pics? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MB1 Posted February 13, 2008 Share Posted February 13, 2008 [quote name='bassbloke' post='139626' date='Feb 13 2008, 04:21 PM']They are American Standard series and I believe they are cheap because they have been sitting around in Sound Control since the great flood.[/quote] MB1. The basses or the staff? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bassboy115 Posted February 13, 2008 Share Posted February 13, 2008 there is a fender MIM jazz active deluxe in my local music shop... im gonna guess this aint a good price at £599 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stag Posted February 13, 2008 Share Posted February 13, 2008 Hmmm, I have a lump of cash coming soon which I was hoping to get a second hand EB-0 or EB-3 with but they appear to be as rare as rocking horse sh*te. Perhaps a nice new USA P-Bass for £499 will soften my GAS... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hit&Run Posted February 13, 2008 Share Posted February 13, 2008 [quote name='Adee' post='139667' date='Feb 13 2008, 04:50 PM']Got my brand new Fender USA S1 P-Bass in Milton Keynes Sound Control for £499 what a [color="#FF0000"]Fupping [/color]BARGAIN ! Its the Butterscotch Blonde, Black plate with Maple board I love it ![/quote] Someone's been watching Father Ted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umcoo Posted February 13, 2008 Share Posted February 13, 2008 fupp off ya backstard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sibob Posted February 13, 2008 Share Posted February 13, 2008 If we're going for good Jazz prices. I got my USA Standard Jazz, with S1 second hand for £275 w00pw00p lol Incl. Fender Hardcase Si Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jono Bolton Posted February 13, 2008 Share Posted February 13, 2008 [quote name='Stag' post='139739' date='Feb 13 2008, 06:07 PM']Hmmm, I have a lump of cash coming soon which I was hoping to get a second hand EB-0 or EB-3 with but they appear to be as rare as rocking horse sh*te. Perhaps a nice new USA P-Bass for £499 will soften my GAS... [/quote] No! Get the Gibson, then send me pictures! I want one, and I'm sick of seeing Fenders! I'm hoping my next bass'll be an Epi EB3 that I can mod up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stag Posted February 13, 2008 Share Posted February 13, 2008 if I can find one jono ill post - but its not easy! A couple on the net in dealerships for around the £800 mark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ed99999 Posted April 7, 2008 Share Posted April 7, 2008 I've just bought the one of the Jazz basses with the S1 switching - i got it for £629 - not a bad price at all for a USA bass and fender hardcase! Chuffed to bits - might replace the pick guard with a tortoise shell one though, not sure about the white.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OutToPlayJazz Posted April 9, 2008 Share Posted April 9, 2008 Sound Control bought up the last batch of S1 American Jazzes & P's. They're selling them off at £699 (about £150-£200 off list) because the new 2008 American Standard series is going down a storm. I got one of the last S1 Jazz basses in Feb at that price & it seems to be a hybrid between the old and new. Mine has the rolled fingerboard edges & hipshot tuners. The last few MIA jazzes I tried before I found mine had what I call the "half finished" neck without the rolled edges. Concensus over on talkbass seems to be that the new 2008 Precision without the S1 is excellent (seems S1 never did the P-bass any favours), but that the S1 jazz has better output than the new 2008 jazz, although this could vary from bass to bass, of course! Now I want a 2008 American Standard Precision in 3TS with amaple board. Yum! (Never wanted a Precision before!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted April 9, 2008 Share Posted April 9, 2008 There's no way on earth I'd pay 700 notes for a Jazz while there's an [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=16935"]Overwater on fleaBay with a BIN at 200 less[/url]... PS it's NOT my Overwater, but if I had a spare 500 sovs it bloody well would be Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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