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£500 for an extra String?


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[quote name='allighatt0r' timestamp='1507648267' post='3386969']
I think the specs are very different. The four banger is basswood, fiver is Figured Ash, five is active, etc...

Four: [url="http://www.basscentre.com/bass-collection-jive-bass/BC-PORTRAIT.html"]http://www.basscentr...C-PORTRAIT.html[/url]
Five: [url="http://www.basscentre.com/bass-collection-jive-bass/bass-collection-jive-five-solar-flare.html"]http://www.basscentr...olar-flare.html[/url]
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Yes, that was not apparent from the BD site but still a lot extra?

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Somethings can't easily be summed up in words in the bullet point description.

[b]Maybe [/b]more attention is paid to things like:

Fret-ends?
Neck/body pocket precision in the fit?
Pickup quality?

What we do know about the 5 - string is:
[color=#1D2837][font=poppins, arial, helvetica, sans-serif]"Taking its cue from the hugely successful Bass Collection Jive Bass, the 5 string Jive Five sports a new, light, weight body contour and super-fast, satin finish neck alongside a wealth of additional modern flourishes... 21 fret [b]ebony fingerboard[/b], lush, [b]figured ash bod[/b]y with [b]contrasting ash-veneered pickguard[/b], twin band active EQ and a hi-mass, hi-sustain bridge system."[/font][/color]

On the face of it, a USA Fender isn't worth paying the extra over a MIM, but folk still do.

I'd prefer a bass with the refinement of the 5er here, And I'd pay the extra.

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[quote name='clivem' timestamp='1507657380' post='3387050']
I'm not liking the wooden pick-guard on the 5er. It really jars..... The grain being 90 degrees to the grain on the body. But, maybe that's just me. ;)
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If you look closer, the pickguard grain does run the same way as the body wood. What you're seeing is a wave in the grain that gives a sideways line as well.

All that said, I can appreciate that you don't like it. TBH, I would go for a different wood. I don't think that is a great combination either.

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A grand seems like a lot of money for a bass CNCed in the far east, although I noticed the other day that the top end Sire Marcus Miller's are heading in that direction.

Maybe it's just a sign of the times, but a couple of years ago you could get a part custom built Maruscyck for that kind of cash.

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