Mrbigstuff

If you’re going to this level of mods, I’d get the frets levelled by a top luthier to make it play like butter. That and the nut will make the biggest difference.

Think I’m the same but the strings are starting to suffer and GAS has struck for an amp in the classifieds I find myself trying to justify…..

Probably slightly leaning towards red hat on here but very much black hat in normal life.

It will be known as the burns bass bitsa epidemic. Much like when shops sprayed their fenders fiesta red back in the 60s.

Gigging in shorts. A great idea until you see how silly you look in the photos. Especially as a short ar$e

Did the exact same thing with a fuzz pedal!

Interesting. I thought jazz bass 1 sounded more open, like there were more frequencies in its range. I would wonder if the body woods had an impact but that would alert the tonewood police and I don’t want to go to BC jail in this heat.

Out of interest which is lighter?

Couldn’t tell you which is which but I preferred 1

Don’t forget the Sire’s are supposed to be cheap basses. Hard to remember when they punch so high above their weight but you’d expect top range Fenders to be better.

I use the mark bass energy. Not super bright but have a great sound and feel.

My memory of these is they pack a huge punch

Don’t think anyone is saying they’re holy grail. But they’re a flavour modern fenders don’t give or any repros.

He’s playing a Jamerson style line on a similar bass and the objective of the vid is to promote the bass. I thought it was tasteful but each to their own.

It’s a shame so few examples exist!

I would love this bass for the sound alone.

The foam disintegrated on mine and I replaced it with the auto grab. Just something for prospective buyers to bare in mind

Branding isn’t free! I think most would agree Fender are the biggest contemporary instrument brand of the last century. Of course it offers little to the end consumer other than a sort of guarantee of quality…

I could have done. But the overall standardisation (QC) of the product’s manufacture is one factor that is relevant to the end price. There are also wages, machine v employee ratio, raw materials, shipping, tariffs, desirability/ market value and probably more. All the end buyer sees is the end product, the made in/ crafted in sticker and reputation gained/ lost from reviews. You hear it all the time on BC, “japanese fenders are the best”. Any factors other than the location are made irrelevant due to the reputation earned.

Doesn’t make a difference to the end product but does to a lot of customers. Some customers have built up trust with the Mexican product and therefore may feel more comfortable than buying an instrument from Asia. Not to costs and price

Oh fair enough. Is it just the cheaper Squier range made in China then? I would still buy the Squier, but surely it renders the Fender nothing more than a decal!

Depends if you prefer your bass to be by robots in Indonesia or China? You get more for your money with Squier but will suffer more on resale compared to Fender.

I did balk at the price but there aren’t many opportunities to get one so clean!

If you read that quickly, the “do’s” become bigger and the “nots” disappear entirely