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    Review of American Standard Jazz bass

    Everyone knows the Fender Jazz bass but with the competition making some pretty good copies at a lower cost Fender had to do something to keep their instruments competitive. You no longer could just use the name Fender against the competition. [/FONT][/Fender updated their bass guitars in 2008 with the graphite truss rod, beefier pickups, larger bridge, strings going through the back, lighter tuners and a more modern C neck. No real change has been done since nor was it needed. In 2017 they are updating the bass guitars with a better case and some minor tweaks. Regarding higher end bass guitars Fender did not want to loose customers to Sadowsky and Lakland, so they came out with their Fender Elite basses which offer active electronics and newer pickups that most say sound better than the Deluxe it replaced.

    I previously had a G&L bass and many have said Fender quality was not on par against G&L. With the improvements Fender made in 2008 I can say they are on par. Not only their bass guitars but their guitars as well. The American Standard instruments from Fender are of high quality. My 5 string Jazz low B string sounds full and strong. Neck is very easy to play on, it weighs 9.3 pounds which is lighter than my G&L 5 and the sound of the bass it what you expect. No dead spots and the neck connection is very solid. [/FONT][/COLOR]
    [COLOR=#606060][FONT=open_sansregular]This is a great passive bass guitar. If you want added flexibility, you can buy a Mesa Boogie Tone Burst pedal which does not change the sound of the bass but provides an active sound which means the tone is more forward, it reacts a little more to subtle touch and a little brighter with the EQ set at noon. Now you have an active and passive bass.
    The American Standard Jazz and P bass are both quality instruments that will make you smile when you play them.
    Last edited by Revelation Sound; 10-29-2016 at 03:12 PM.

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    Re: Review of American Standard Jazz bass

    TD;DR. (Too Dark, Didn't Read.)

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    Re: Review of American Standard Jazz bass

    I have been looking at one of those and the Elite. Will probably end up with one. Got this ordered for now...


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    I have a real hard time reading the original post in that dark font. I gave up after a sentence.
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    Re: Review of American Standard Jazz bass

    Renderit........ NICE BASS!!!!!!!

    To the original post.
    I own a MIM Fender JB a Squire JB ....and Epi/Peavey/Dean and one homegrown kit Rickenbastard and I must say the MIM Fender is top of the build quality and durabilty heap---- bested ONLY slightly by the USA PEavey neck through UNity Dyna model. which to be fair -- new was also about double the cost of the MIM Fender new. So..........

    Fender IS the foundation all others where built on in mass produced Electric Bass world , no?
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