Fender Jazz always for sale

[Quilly]

No matter what market place I look at these basses are always for sale. I’ve sold a few myself and never really found one I was happy with . Not just mim ones either , anything from squire affinity to vintage Mia basses. They seem to be far more available than p basses. Is there something not quite right with them , or what ?

[Crawford13]

To be fair I think more Jazz basses are sold than P Basses.  That being said I agree that I haven’t ever played a Jazz bass that I had to “have” , despite playing loads of them...

[PawelG]

Interesting, I didn’t notice that.

For instance, JV Squier jazz - only seen a couple for sale in the past year. And P basses come up quite often. There’s a few for sale at the moment.

[Maude]

Because Jazz basses always 'look' like they're going to be better than a humble old Precision, but they never are 😗😁

[mentalextra]

Could be something to do with the vast numbers of them in circulation?

[Reggaebass]

I have 6 fender jazz basses and I love all of them  but I agree I did go through quite a few before I found the right ones for me 

[TheGreek]

I have an Overwater Jazz - does everything I ask it to. I'm not a fan of P basses.

[Shambo]

I've noticed that there's more Jazz basses for sale recently because I've been looking for a Precision. They're not better or worse because that's entirely subjective. Most of the basses for sale of either variety have been sunburst, which I can entirely understand.

 

[fleabag]

Not just jazz basses of variable prices but 5 strings of all types seem to dominate.

4 strings seem to be thin on the ground - either they're at the cheap end or the over expensive end, generally speaking

[Quilly]

I currently own a non fender precision (sand berg) and a non fender jazz (a mayones) and I’ve no desire to sell either of them. I’ve never been able to find ‘the’ fender jazz  bass but I know they must be out there somewhere 

[GuyR]

I've bought 10 of which I still have 8, so am part of the solution not the problem.

[ead]

13 hours ago, Quilly said:

I currently own a non fender precision (sand berg) and a non fender jazz (a mayones) and I’ve no desire to sell either of them. I’ve never been able to find ‘the’ fender jazz  bass but I know they must be out there somewhere 

Snap on the Sandberg.  The best non-F jazz bass in my possession is my ACG.  I do also have a Limelight replica of Geddy's '72 Jazz which is pretty good and a proper vintage P which is great but not for gigging at every venue we play at!

[Muzz]

You've only got to look at the number of Jazz copies offered by pretty much every manufacturer, from small luthiers to huge companies to see how ubiquitous the design is. Sadly, it's one that's never appealed to me - tho I've owned a few, and for the record, one of the best was a Lakland DJ4 - I'd go so far as to say the number of Jazz lookylikeys out there outnumber all the other designs put together...which would indicate that far from there being anything wrong with them, for most bassists, there's everything right with them, there's just an overwhelming amount of choice...

[spongebob]

I think they vary so, so much.

I've had MIA, AVRI, even a CV Squier when they came out.

For me, I could never get the Jazz sound in my head to come out when I played. Only one I ever really loved was my Geddy MIJ, super bass that was.

However, few months back I managed to get a US Ged. Finally a Jazz I 'get' - it's a much nicer bass than my MIJ, and has got 'that' tone. 

Every other Jazz I played was always too polite. This does the angry wasp thing, but can also get mellow and very P-like if required. Both the things which all J's are supposed do, but rarely in my playing, do I find they ever did!

[Woodinblack]

Maybe it is just what you are not looking for that come up for sale. When I look basically the world is full of P basses for sale, and then a few jazz basses then a couple of others. 

I have only once played a P bass I actually really liked (I have a squier P that is ok, but it is just there for sentintal reason, I don't 'get' p basses), which was last week. A Precision bass elite. 

But really I am a 5 string player. 

[Jonse]

Sold mine to afford a Rickenbacker. 

I regret nothing! 

[discreet]

I've bought and sold a fair few. I like the look and sound, but the narrow nut width is my stumbling block. Yes, I could fit a P neck I suppose.

Best Jazz I had was a Sire V7 Marcus Miller. Growled like a bear and had a very nice 7.25" radius rosewood board. Should have kept it 

But at heart I'm not really happy unless I've got a big handful of P Bass...

[afterimage]

I think you have to look out for the Different Fender jazz basses 

My three are a geddy Lee MIM badäss bridge. A fender 74 reissue u profile neck  and and Fender deluxe 2012   which all sound good to me 

 

Edited August 2, 2018 by Dad3353

[12stringbassist]

I've only ever played one Jazz bass that I have liked. A new USA one from about 2010.
I came across it in a store in Boston USA while on holiday there with relatives.
It sounded very much like a good P bass, so why not?

Edited August 2, 2018 by 12stringbassist

[discreet]

54 minutes ago, afterimage said:

...a geddy Lee MIM bad donkey bridge...

A bad donkey bridge is great if you want to palm mule.

[Bridgehouse]

1 minute ago, discreet said:

A bad donkey bridge is great if you want to palm mule.

You can run it through a Bad Monkey as well 

[stingrayPete1977]

If you take into account that variations are available from less than £100 ranging upto many thousands then surely there are always going to be basses for sale at every price point as people sell their old ones to buy more expensive versions? 

[Quilly]

The best ‘jazz’ I’ve owned is my current 2008 passive mayones jabba 4. It just does everything a Jazz is supposed to do in spades and built like a tank . The pickups are amazing . Delano big pole piece pickups .

[The59Sound]

My one and only bass is a Jazz. Does a killer P sound and an awesome J sound plus anything in between. Put a Russian Muff on top and you're in heaven.

It is a Sadowsky mind...

[Maude]

1 minute ago, The59Sound said:

 Russian Muff on top and you're in heaven.

 

Can't argue with that