yorks5stringer Posted October 10, 2017 Share Posted October 10, 2017 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allighatt0r Posted October 10, 2017 Share Posted October 10, 2017 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yorks5stringer Posted October 10, 2017 Author Share Posted October 10, 2017 [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? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allighatt0r Posted October 10, 2017 Share Posted October 10, 2017 Does seem like a big difference in price for not of extra value... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kev Posted October 10, 2017 Share Posted October 10, 2017 To be fair, the only thing they have in common is the Jazz shape. Quite different models. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fretmeister Posted October 10, 2017 Share Posted October 10, 2017 Squier Jazz -v- Mex Jazz.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grangur Posted October 10, 2017 Share Posted October 10, 2017 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clivem Posted October 10, 2017 Share Posted October 10, 2017 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grangur Posted October 10, 2017 Share Posted October 10, 2017 [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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cato Posted October 10, 2017 Share Posted October 10, 2017 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beedster Posted October 10, 2017 Share Posted October 10, 2017 Perhaps everything should be priced the same to keep things simple Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yorks5stringer Posted October 11, 2017 Author Share Posted October 11, 2017 [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...) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grahambythesea Posted October 13, 2017 Share Posted October 13, 2017 Maybe the price is due to the dreadful state of the pound? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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