I Already have 4 Jazz Basses. So....

[neepheid]

Yamaha TRBs = "Fender copies", really?

[Marc S]

I'm not a huge fan of Fender basses, as a rule
I've owned 2x USA vintage basses,
and I have a Squire, which IMO is better than any USA fender I've played

But the other day, I played a Mexican Fender Jazz
and it was a delight!
I'd played Mex Fenders before, and not been impressed

but this Jazz just blew me away
The neck was nice & slim, the action was really low
with no buzz, it was a delight to play

The guy bought it online, for a little over £250
and I'm sorely tempted to get one myself....

EDIT: Meant to add - It was really lightweight too

Edited November 5, 2013 by Marc S

[ras52]

[quote name='blamelouis' timestamp='1383131688' post='2260504']
I have two squiers already but SERIOUSLY tempted by this ......

[url="http://www.fender.com/en-GB/basses/precision-bass/vintage-modified-precision-bass-pj-rosewood-fingerboard-lake-placid-blue/"]http://www.fender.co...ke-placid-blue/[/url]

These basses are going to be classics in a few years the quality is so good.
[/quote]

STOP IT! For those who have too much self-control to click on the link, here's your ticket to hell:

[4 Strings]

[quote name='neepheid' timestamp='1383222985' post='2261710']
Yamaha TRBs = "Fender copies", really?
[/quote]

Well, I suppose they sound like a Fender and are based on Fender design. They aren't an original design, even if the body is slightly different.

[Mornats]

[quote name='4 Strings' timestamp='1383645185' post='2266855']
Well, I suppose they sound like a Fender and are based on Fender design. They aren't an original design, even if the body is slightly different.
[/quote]

You've pretty much described all electric basses...

[4 Strings]

[quote name='Mornats' timestamp='1383681160' post='2267677']
You've pretty much described all electric basses...
[/quote]

Thank you! Actually, not really, the Yamaha in question has a bolt on neck, P type pickup, J type pickup, maple neck etc and so is going to sound pretty much like a Fender. Not a straight 'copy' as we know it, but pretty heavily based on a Fender.

There are plenty of other basses with different construction, different pickups etc which while would be described as 'bass guitars' in the same way as Fenders, but have started anew with their designs (Hofners, R********rs, Jaydees, Statii etc).

We all know Mr F wasn't the first with the bass guitar, even if he made the design acceptable musically and for mass production, so if we wanted to be pure we could say his were copies to start with (of the solid bodied, fretted Audiovox Bass from the 30s).

We won't.

May have been though.