AndyTravis Posted June 13, 2011 Share Posted June 13, 2011 Heard rumours a while ago, and spotted some pictures from Frankfurt MusicMesse on the Bass Player website, so I was a bit shocked we'd not seen more about these one here? [url="http://www.flickr.com/photos/bassplayermag/5735098882/sizes/l/in/photostream/"]http://www.flickr.com/photos/bassplayermag...in/photostream/[/url] Is a picture of the Jazz... Just wondered if anyone had an opinion? The colour options are garbage, Black (Shock Horror) and some Dingy looking White, which is a shame, the guitar blacktop series got Sonic Blue and C.A.R. as well as fingerboard options...Bass versions are rosewood only. So, semi-exciting, but not overly so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toasted Posted June 13, 2011 Share Posted June 13, 2011 Double P... *barf* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
risingson Posted June 13, 2011 Share Posted June 13, 2011 [quote name='Toasted' post='1267443' date='Jun 13 2011, 03:49 PM']Double P... *barf*[/quote] Got to agree with this, it should always be a single coil at the bridge. It does look interesting though, providing it's not ludicrously overpriced. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyTravis Posted June 13, 2011 Author Share Posted June 13, 2011 MIM, and if they're anything like the guitar versions price wise, a bit cheaper than I expected. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beedster Posted June 13, 2011 Share Posted June 13, 2011 The bass looks horrible, but the reflections in the pickguard might tell a story Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mart Posted June 13, 2011 Share Posted June 13, 2011 The p looks wrong too: [url="http://www.flickr.com/photos/bassplayermag/5734581299/"]http://www.flickr.com/photos/bassplayermag/5734581299/[/url] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ahpook Posted June 13, 2011 Share Posted June 13, 2011 both of them are fugly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bremen Posted June 13, 2011 Share Posted June 13, 2011 [quote name='Toasted' post='1267443' date='Jun 13 2011, 03:49 PM']Double P... *barf*[/quote] That pickup by the bridge - surely the tone from the D and G is going to be jarringly different from the E and A? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyTravis Posted June 13, 2011 Author Share Posted June 13, 2011 I like the idea of both, apart from the colour/fingerboard options...or lack thereof. But i'll reserve judgement until i've played either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tait Posted June 13, 2011 Share Posted June 13, 2011 I don't hate them, and they're a bit different. They're not great looking though. I quite fancy playing both, just to see what they're like. I can imagine myself really liking the Precision, and kind of liking the jazz, but never using the bridge pickup, which makes it pointless when I've already got a Mark Hoppus Jazz. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doddy Posted June 13, 2011 Share Posted June 13, 2011 [quote name='AndyTravis' post='1267453' date='Jun 13 2011, 03:56 PM']MIM, and if they're anything like the guitar versions price wise, a bit cheaper than I expected.[/quote] Sounds Live are advertising them at £519 [quote name='bremen' post='1267480' date='Jun 13 2011, 04:19 PM']That pickup by the bridge - surely the tone from the D and G is going to be jarringly different from the E and A?[/quote] I don't know...it's not the first time Fender have used the double P pickup,and Leland Sklar's old Charvel/Fender hybrid was a double P aswell. I'm not big on the double P on a Jazz body,but I like the Precision with humbuckers. Ideally,they'd do a Jazz with a P pickup in the middle and a humbucker at the bridge. I'd be all over one of those. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cosmo Valdemar Posted June 13, 2011 Share Posted June 13, 2011 I like them. Fender trying something a little different. I reckon the P/P Jazz would be a monster, always liked that pickup combination. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed_S Posted June 13, 2011 Share Posted June 13, 2011 I had a Warlock NJ5 with P/P pickup configuration, and it sounded amazing... which is why I'm so unimpressed that they've put them on a Jazz body. I really aint a J fan. The Precision might be a good one to run BEAD if those pickups are as solid as they look, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lfalex v1.1 Posted June 13, 2011 Share Posted June 13, 2011 I like. I like both. Especially if one or both of the JJ(big block)pick-ups are coil-tapped. But... Why put the PP in a J body and the JJ in a P body. Surely it ought to be the other way around (mind you, it'd put the P-lyte out of business, so to speak) Pity they didn't go for the Warwick/Enwistle PP with the reverse offset P at the bridge position. Still, if I want a JJ/JJ with coil switching in a J body, there's always a Roscoe Beck... If I can get one. I like the fact that Fender are trying new stuff out, What we need now is a J/P/JJ "Super-Urge" or a HB/P/JJ "Tele-tude"!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cocco Posted June 13, 2011 Share Posted June 13, 2011 Fender are just throwing stuff together at the moment by the look of things! Although there's something alluring about the Jazz/P, which ever it is it has the P pickups. Identity crisis basses. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
son of frog Posted June 13, 2011 Share Posted June 13, 2011 The jazz with P pickups looks hideous, but probably sounds monstrous... I personally like the look of the Precision with those big block pickups, but not in those colours... basically Silver or Black... I would want white, or a nice black with Maple fretboard. I also need to stop buying P basses now so i shouldn't be looking at this... i'm up to about 4. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jigster Posted June 13, 2011 Share Posted June 13, 2011 No - Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blademan_98 Posted June 13, 2011 Share Posted June 13, 2011 don't like it...... oh thats right, its got frets. thought there was something amiss Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris_b Posted June 13, 2011 Share Posted June 13, 2011 Oh dear! Fender showing their usual lack of imagination! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassman Sam Posted June 14, 2011 Share Posted June 14, 2011 I Like the P but the J looks wrong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lozz196 Posted June 14, 2011 Share Posted June 14, 2011 I`d like to play/hear the P. Looks very interesting with those double J pickups. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lfalex v1.1 Posted June 14, 2011 Share Posted June 14, 2011 I like JJs. I liked it in the "old" MIA Deluxe P in the bridge position, and the MEC versions found in the Infinity/Vampyre/Dolphin/Fortress MM etc. work a treat, too. In reality, they don't work or sound [i]that[/i] different to what you'd expect a MMHB to. I don't think Fender are just chucking stuff together. These configurations have already been used by other manufacturers. I do wonder which neck is on which bass, though. To be really perverse, they could use a P neck on the Jazz body and vice-versa for the other model! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prime_BASS Posted June 14, 2011 Share Posted June 14, 2011 [quote name='Lfalex v1.1' post='1268170' date='Jun 14 2011, 07:48 AM']I like JJs. I liked it in the "old" MIA Deluxe P in the bridge position, and the MEC versions found in the Infinity/Vampyre/Dolphin/Fortress MM etc. work a treat, too. In reality, they don't work or sound [i]that[/i] different to what you'd expect a MMHB to. I don't think Fender are just chucking stuff together. These configurations have already been used by other manufacturers. I do wonder which neck is on which bass, though. To be really perverse, they could use a P neck on the Jazz body and vice-versa for the other model![/quote] The picture of the P looks like a P neck. I'll be trying that one out for sure. The proof will be in the pudding I guess. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lfalex v1.1 Posted June 14, 2011 Share Posted June 14, 2011 These have got to be good for modification purposes. Chuck a BadAss (other bridges are available!) on it, add an EQ or two of your choice, definitely have some series/parallel/single coil (delete as appropriate according to model of choice) switching, and away you go... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delberthot Posted June 14, 2011 Share Posted June 14, 2011 (edited) [quote name='Lfalex v1.1' post='1268391' date='Jun 14 2011, 11:13 AM']These have got to be good for modification purposes. Chuck a BadAss (other bridges are available!) on it, add an EQ or two of your choice, definitely have some series/parallel/single coil (delete as appropriate according to model of choice) switching, and away you go...[/quote] Alternatively they may sound good, albeit look wrong, as they are Edited June 14, 2011 by Delberthot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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