NEW Fender Deluxe Models!

[Musicman20]

[url="http://www.talkbass.com/forum/showthread.php?t=637125"]http://www.talkbass.com/forum/showthread.php?t=637125[/url]

I cannot find the link to the Fender site as yet...I think its just been announced.

Edited March 12, 2010 by Musicman20

[wateroftyne]

ooooooooooh

[Musicman20]

Im glad they ditched the Humbucker in the Precision.

Anyone else thinking the same as the Talkbass chaps? Eg

Fender - 'Sadowsky, please dont copy us'.

Sadowsky - 'Tough, we are allowed and do a very good job'.

Fender - 'How you like that? We copied you back!'

[bartelby]

That is one fine looking bass!! Edited March 10, 2010 by bartelby

[Raggy]

[quote name='bartelby' post='770382' date='Mar 10 2010, 01:54 PM']

That is one fine looking bass!![/quote]

If that comes with a black body, my GAS is gonna go through the roof!!

[thodrik]

They certainly look very nice, very Sadowskyish in terms of features.

I kinda liked the humbucker on the P bass as it added a real added 'ooomph' to the sound, now its just a standard PJ bass which really doesn't excite or interest me. I might be in the minority though.

Colours and body shape are a great improvement on the last/current US Deluxe line. I always hated the Black/Montego orangey combination!

The move to 22 frets is a shame but maybe they needed to do that to complement the new body shape. I would have liked a 24 fret jazz bass but there you go.

[Musicman20]

I await the reviews. I hope the pre-amp is improved. I might be in the minority on the Humbucker...they are best left to Rays IMO.

[artisan]

[quote name='Musicman20' post='770519' date='Mar 10 2010, 05:30 PM']I await the reviews. I hope the pre-amp is improved. I might be in the minority on the Humbucker...they are best left to Rays IMO.[/quote]

amen brother

[EssentialTension]

Finish options on the P seem to be:

- olympic white with black pickguard and rosewood fingerboard

- natural, black, maple

- wine transparent, black, rosewood

- sunburst, black, rosewood

- black, black, maple

and I guess the same for the J.

Edited March 10, 2010 by EssentialTension

[bubinga5]

Very impressed...didnt like the old body shape...Lets see what the preamp is going to be like....that will be interesting..


ill take the 5ver in TTSB with pearl blocks

[lee4]

[quote name='bartelby' post='770382' date='Mar 10 2010, 01:54 PM']

That is one fine looking bass!![/quote]
WANTWANTWANTWANTONENOW!!!!!!
That is pure sex!

[bigevilman]

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If they release this is black....i think I've just fallen in love

[Ray]

They're on the [url="http://www.thomann.de/gb/search.html?xsid=205d65e8574c4f1452525109c98c3316&sw=deluxe+bass+21+frets&bn=fender&gk=GI&pv=1479&pb=1550&ls=10&oa=rnk"]Thomann website[/url]. Doesn't look like they have them in stock yet though...

[Low End Bee]

[quote name='bartelby' post='770382' date='Mar 10 2010, 01:54 PM']

That is one fine looking bass!![/quote]

Very Ikea

[bartelby]

[quote name='Low End Bee' post='771403' date='Mar 11 2010, 11:10 AM']Very Ikea[/quote]

My house is full of IKEA furniture, maybe that's why I like it...

[Wil]

[quote name='bartelby' post='770382' date='Mar 10 2010, 01:54 PM']

That is one fine looking bass!![/quote]

Christ on a bike that's a good looking P.

[lojo]

A fender should'nt have that many knobs!

Edited March 11, 2010 by lojo

[EdwardHimself]

They're looking quite good, swamp ash is always a nice thing.

[lee4]

[quote name='lojo' post='771933' date='Mar 11 2010, 06:15 PM']A fender should'nt have that many knobs![/quote]
Philistein!

[Dubs]

daaaaaaaammmmmmmmmmnn that's sexy...

[M-Bass-M]

Damn, in one fell swoop this bass would solve two drivers of current GAS:

- wanting a natural body / black pick guard combination on a Precision á la John Deacon (although shame about the maple fretboard)
- wanting a bass with a P-Bass PUP at the neck instead of a Jazz PUP

Oh and potentially a third one too:

- a gratuitous number of nobs to fiddle with and therefore keep up the illusion that I know exactly how to shape my bass tone...

[Musicman20]

Mingusbass on Talkbass has just took delivery on one.

Apparently Fender are releasing all the info in 2 weeks...launch on site etc.

Well, I know I was after a super Fender 5 string bass, and my budget was a lot higher than these are probably going to be, but basically Fender have nailed most of my features in these new basses.

Check this....THIS is the one:

[url="http://www.musicpower.com/mmMUSICPOWER/Images/BGFW-0194690705-f.jpg"]http://www.musicpower.com/mmMUSICPOWER/Ima...194690705-f.jpg[/url]

5 String, blocks, passive switch, new pups and circuit, lovely colour, rosewood board, 70s logo. If these play as well as they look, I can forget getting a custom...this is it.

The Talkbass thread on the first post has more updates and this pic from Mingusbass:

[url="http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y105/MingusBass/0311001747.jpg"]http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y105/Ming.../0311001747.jpg[/url]

Im glad someone at Fender finally listened to the customer. Good 08-10 USA Series, and now these!

[Clarky]

Blimey Gareth that Oly White J5 is a looker and a half. Does the PJ come in any body colours other than black or natural?

[Musicman20]

[quote name='Clarky' post='772840' date='Mar 12 2010, 03:15 PM']Blimey Gareth that Oly White J5 is a looker and a half. Does the PJ come in any body colours other than black or natural?[/quote]

Thats what I thought. If the new electrics are upto scratch, I think Ive just saved myself a fair amount of cash going custom. Ill have too hear them first though.

Ill have to look at the colours with the PJ....

[wateroftyne]

[quote name='Clarky' post='772840' date='Mar 12 2010, 03:15 PM']Does the PJ come in any body colours other than black or natural?[/quote]
Hopefully not Sunburst, for the sake of The Bank of WoT...