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This one works I also enjoy Fender headstocks despite hating them in the 80s. Older Peavey headstocks are also pretty good.

Love the tone of your bass.

Beautiful

Amazing colour! I look forward to seeing it finished.

Lots of options new: Ibanez Yamaha Schecter I’m sure others will have great suggestions.

Fender Limited Edition Sandblasted Precision from 2014. I’m the original owner and also have a Jazz from the same series. It is based on the American Special. Great stable neck. Light weight, swamp ash body. I added black HipShot HB7 tuners and Vintage bridge. Sounds like thunder.

Just the perspective from the angle of the photograph.

I’m not normally a fan of black pearl but n that bass it definitely works.

The mercury one: Followed by this one:

I currently have an Ibanez EHB1005 that is ridiculously light. Sounds not too bad and is a joy to play. However my favourite 5-string is my Roasted Pine American Professional II Jazz V. It has a sound I enjoy more. It is very light and balances well on a strap. As far as I’m concerned it was a great purchase.

I owned one in black and it was very light and balanced well. Sounded like a Jazz bass. I rarely used the battery as I found the lights rather hokey. I sold it because I could never get the truss rod to adjust properly. It was amazingly tight and no tech could get it to move. If you buy one test that first. Otherwise I found it a great sounding and comfortable bass.

For me it has been mixed results. Most of the time I use a PJ as a P bass only. However with the right pickups the J does add a nice colour and bite to the tone. Many of the PJs I have come across don’t seem to have a well paired set of pickups. Particularly most of the Fenders I have owned that were a PJ configuration. This despite owning and playing a Boxer which works if I keep the J pickup around 30% volume. At the end of the day I think a stacked J would work best for me.

Love black and maple. I have a similar bass however it still sports a bent plate bridge. Maybe I’ll replace the bridge one day. Very classy look.

When I had on of those I a tech add a notch in the body (expanded what was there) and a corresponding notch in the guard. Made life much better for adjustments. Great basses and much underrated. I only sold it because the neck width started to irritate my hand.

One of the few basses I regret selling. I had the Candy Apple Red one. Great necks and good sounding.

When I started with that bass I played in the school jazz band and it was primarily swing music so the first 7 frets were all you needed. Then I got into Yes and Rush and my music world dramatically changed 🙂

My first bass was a Raven EB-0 copy purchased for me by my parents in 1979. I played the heck out of it. It’s only redeeming feature was it really built up my left hand strength because no matter how much you adjusted the neck the action remained very high. I don’t think I ever played past the 7th fret on that bass. I traded it for a Frescher bass that I still own and quickly moved to Yamaha after that. I don’t miss the Raven but it sure ignited my love of bass.

I love DR Hi Beams on a Jazz. Second choice is DR Lo Riders which I have on my Ultra Jazz. Third choice is Dunlop Super Bright Nickels. When it comes to flats on Jazz definitely TIJFs.

Nice looking bass. You could see if you could source a black pickguard. Otherwise put black pg screws in the holes and rock it.

Also guilty. Great looking bass this one.

Congratulations on the SB2. Great looking bass. I’ve been wanting to try one as they seem right up my alley.

I’ll just add a note to agree with everyone else who posted so far. I love mine, was prepared to mod it but no need. Performs well and sounds great. Best Precision neck to date.

Generally speaking MIJ are a low risk purchase. The ones I owned have been wonderful.

Congrats. That’s a great looking bass. I’ve always wanted to try one.

I’m not really drawn to signature models. I prefer to make a bass mine by making it work for me. I’ve owned three signature models (out of 50+ basses over a few decades) and move them all on pretty quickly. The Fender Geddy Lee Jazz (huge Rush fan) and the Dee Dee Ramone Precision (not a Ramones fan) we’re both excellent basses but both were too heavy for the 5 hour gigs we were doing at the time. I also had an Epiphone Allen Rumblekat (Gov’t Mule fan) and I just never gelled with it. It was well made, just not meant to be. So now I just focus on what works for me.