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Good evening all. After a long wait this finally showed up today. A brand new Fender Deluxe Jazz Bass Special Duff McKagan signature bass in black! I've only had an hour or so play time but first impressions are it's bloody gorgeous! Out of the box it plays well but I will probably lower the action to my personal preference and the Hipshot D-tuner needs some adjustment. Neck pocket is tight with no visible gap, paintwork is flawless on both the body and back of the neck. Fretwork is superb with no sharp ends. The nut width is definitely P Bass width 42mm and the thickness of the neck front to back feels deeper than my (now sold) 2017 MIM P Bass. Soundwise, loving the pickup switch and TBX tone circuit. It seems very versatile and just has so much grunt when you push the tone past the centre detent and engage the TBX circuit. With my EBS Multicomp and Darkglass B7K V2 it's all I need to give me the bass sound that I had in my head for so long! The only downside is that whilst everything is black...the side input jack is chrome..but that's just nitpicking. So if you're still reading..here are a couple of pictures.

I have a Duff McKagan bass on order which should be with me in the next week or so. I personally prefer everything about a precision body shape and neck and as was mentioned above it'll have a Seymour Duncan hot stack in the bridge. Will post pics and impressions as soon as I get it and have had a little bit of time on it, if that helps!

I don't use a pick often as 95% of time I use fingers, but when needed for bass or indeed 6 string guitar I swear by Dunlop Tortex 1.14mm - the purple ones. Rigid, grippy and loads of control.

Fantastic looking man! I would love a build done by him.

She's definitely 'vintage' not sure about good for metal though!

Haha! 🤣 Yes i have been known to buy and sell a lot just to try out new gear...My gf tells me I would sell my granny! PZ

These look absolutely fantastic!

I know...talk about being late to the party!? I'll have to make up for lost time. Thanks for the welcome everyone

Yeah I found that the Streamer really did cut through the mix, still had that Warwick growl and did the 'P bass' thing well too. I found it sounded great for the project I was in at the time tuned to D standard. I sold the Corvette first as I found the Streamer had the edge in terms of aggressive tone. The Corvette was more refined. Then I ended up selling the Streamer as I found ergonomically I always seemed to tire my left hand out when reaching for first 4 frets, it was as if it sat differently on me and first position seemed farther away not to mention the thicker neck profile, so playing a set with it tired me out. That project ended and I just really fancied having a straight forward p bass so replaced it with a Fender Precision.

Have you considered a Warwick Corvette? You mentioned you liked the look of the Streamer LX and the neck. I used to have a 2012 model Corvette and even though it was a JJ configuration. I found i could get it to sound like a precision and it had an active/passive pull switch. I also found the Corvette had a slimmer neck than the Streamer and had both in my arsenal at the same time. The Corvette was a nicer player than the Streamer IMO.

Thanks guys 🙂 I've preordered the new Fender Duff McKagan Bass in black. Looking forward to its arrival!

Greetings from Northern Ireland! I have lurked here for a while so decided to sign up and say hello. Been playing bass for 16 years now. Gigged locally in a few bands over the years but it has been a few years since I last gigged so just a bedroom player these days. Current set up is a Fender Precision Bass MIM, EBS Multicomp, EHX Big Muff Green Russian, Darkglass B7K V2 and a modest Ashdown combo which I'm looking to upgrade...suggestions welcome! Also have a new bass ordered which should be arriving next month. 😉