£500 for an extra String?

[yorks5stringer]

Bass Direct are selling Bass Collection Basses.

The 4 string Jazz bass is £495

The 5 String Jazz bass is £995

http://www.bassdirect.co.uk/bass_guitar_specialists/Bass_Collection.html

[allighatt0r]

I think the specs are very different. The four banger is basswood, fiver is Figured Ash, five is active, etc...

Four: http://www.basscentre.com/bass-collection-jive-bass/BC-PORTRAIT.html
Five: http://www.basscentre.com/bass-collection-jive-bass/bass-collection-jive-five-solar-flare.html

[yorks5stringer]

[quote name='allighatt0r' timestamp='1507648267' post='3386969']
I think the specs are very different. The four banger is basswood, fiver is Figured Ash, five is active, etc...

Four: [url="http://www.basscentre.com/bass-collection-jive-bass/BC-PORTRAIT.html"]http://www.basscentr...C-PORTRAIT.html[/url]
Five: [url="http://www.basscentre.com/bass-collection-jive-bass/bass-collection-jive-five-solar-flare.html"]http://www.basscentr...olar-flare.html[/url]
[/quote]

Yes, that was not apparent from the BD site but still a lot extra?

[allighatt0r]

Does seem like a big difference in price for not of extra value...

[Kev]

To be fair, the only thing they have in common is the Jazz shape. Quite different models.

[fretmeister]

Squier Jazz -v- Mex Jazz....

[Grangur]

Somethings can't easily be summed up in words in the bullet point description.

[b]Maybe [/b]more attention is paid to things like:

Fret-ends?
Neck/body pocket precision in the fit?
Pickup quality?

What we do know about the 5 - string is:
[color=#1D2837][font=poppins, arial, helvetica, sans-serif]"Taking its cue from the hugely successful Bass Collection Jive Bass, the 5 string Jive Five sports a new, light, weight body contour and super-fast, satin finish neck alongside a wealth of additional modern flourishes... 21 fret [b]ebony fingerboard[/b], lush, [b]figured ash bod[/b]y with [b]contrasting ash-veneered pickguard[/b], twin band active EQ and a hi-mass, hi-sustain bridge system."[/font][/color]

On the face of it, a USA Fender isn't worth paying the extra over a MIM, but folk still do.

I'd prefer a bass with the refinement of the 5er here, And I'd pay the extra.

[clivem]

I'm not liking the wooden pick-guard on the 5er. It really jars..... The grain being 90 degrees to the grain on the body. But, maybe that's just me.

[Grangur]

[quote name='clivem' timestamp='1507657380' post='3387050']
I'm not liking the wooden pick-guard on the 5er. It really jars..... The grain being 90 degrees to the grain on the body. But, maybe that's just me.
[/quote]

If you look closer, the pickguard grain does run the same way as the body wood. What you're seeing is a wave in the grain that gives a sideways line as well.

All that said, I can appreciate that you don't like it. TBH, I would go for a different wood. I don't think that is a great combination either.

[Cato]

A grand seems like a lot of money for a bass CNCed in the far east, although I noticed the other day that the top end Sire Marcus Miller's are heading in that direction.

Maybe it's just a sign of the times, but a couple of years ago you could get a part custom built Maruscyck for that kind of cash.

[Beedster]

Perhaps everything should be priced the same to keep things simple

[yorks5stringer]

[quote name='Beedster' timestamp='1507660575' post='3387093']
Perhaps everything should be priced the same to keep things simple
[/quote]

A bit like Utility Furniture ? (Ask someone in their 80's...)

[Grahambythesea]

Maybe the price is due to the dreadful state of the pound?