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Best affordable Jazz V available today, but not Fender


Tm1303

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Best affordable Jazz V style bass guitar available to buy new today, but not Fender? I'm not anti fender, I know and love fender, just want to know more about the wider market before I part with my cash money.

 

What you got, what do you like, what do you want to try?

 

(PJ configuration acceptable. Budget might be about £1200 but let's go for bang-for-buck, more affordable for more guitar is better.)

 

 

 

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This is my Charvel 5.  I bought it from Andertons, after comparing it to a cheaper Sire V.  Its not perfect but its pretty good and I doubt I could have found better for the money.  I love the look, the neck feels really great, it has luminlay dots on the side of the fretboard/neck and I like the sounds I can get from it.  The pre amp it came with wasn't that good, I changed mine but I could have kept the supplied one, or just played it passive, which is an option.  The B string could be better, but its a 34" scale.  I changed the supplied 125 to a 135 and that improved things. It has a bit of neck dive but this is fine when you use a strap. 

 

It cost me £699.  They are normally dearer but you can find deals online for Charvels.

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I own and play mostly 5ers. Even tho' I've owned several Jazz Basses, they had all been 4 strings. I've never owned a Jazz 5er but played A LOT (Maruszczyk Elwood, Sandberg California TT, several Fenders, etc. -in fact had a friend's Am Dlx P5 for almost a year-). Have also owned several Fernands Gravity 5ers, several Yamaha BB 5ers, a Maruszczyk Jake 5a+, amongst others). Lately I've got a Sire V3 5er and I prefer it over any o other 5er Jazz. It's only second to my Stingray5s and Star Bass 5 in my stable. Nothing remotely close in bang for the buck.

 

 

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