timmchale2009 Posted April 6, 2012 Share Posted April 6, 2012 Has anyone got any thoughts or musings on one of these? Are they any good? How much are they worth nowadays? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris2112 Posted April 7, 2012 Share Posted April 7, 2012 Great basses. Probably worth about £800-£900 now, there have been a few that have hung around at those sorts of prices for a while. They generally don't seem to be as sought after used as the first generation Urge bass, which was a bit more 'special' in my eyes. Are they any good? No doubt, they are a great basses. They don't sound like a normal jazz bass or Precision bass though, even though they have the pickups, as the active preamp adds a bit of colour to the sound. IIRC, the pickups are slightly displaced from their normal positions, IE: everything is a little closer to the bridge than on the normal J and P basses. The sound is typically bright and modern and they are nice to play. A few Urge II's were handmade by Todd Krause at the Fender customshop. Most went to Stuart Hamm, though I believe a few made their way into general circulation. These are one off items, and are supposedly frighteningly good. They also did an Anniversary Edition that was pretty cool. Stuart played his main Urge II (Mel) for over a decade and only retired it when the neck started to wear out after many trips round the globe! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigsmokebass Posted April 7, 2012 Share Posted April 7, 2012 Pretty hard basses to get your hands on these days, especially coming from a production line from Fender you'd think there would be a few. Killer bass is all I can comment Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris2112 Posted April 9, 2012 Share Posted April 9, 2012 They were never a huge seller, but they shifted more than you might think. They come up fairly regularly for sale on Talkbass and a couple a year pop up on these boards too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timmchale2009 Posted April 10, 2012 Author Share Posted April 10, 2012 Thanks for the insight chaps! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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