Itamar Posted 4 hours ago Posted 4 hours ago Hello, I start to play bass and I have two nice offers: 1. Fender Japan Hybrid II Precision Bass VWH 2021 2. Fender Japan PB70 from 2012 both have the original pickups. I saw there was a “golden era” around 2012, although I trust the Japanese also nowadays. my dilemma is that the 2021 model is newer. should I buy the 2012 model and replace pickups? The built quality is very important to me. Quote
Doctor J Posted 3 hours ago Posted 3 hours ago "Golden era" is generally a load of s***e used in ads to make the seller's instrument appear better than the countless other versions of the same instrument available, but it is entirely made up. There hasn't been a bad era of Japanese instruments, they have been consistently excellent since the late 70's. If you can, try both instruments and see which you prefer. If you can't, pick one and don't approach owning it with the notion that something needs to be replaced before you even get your hands on it. Play it, get to know it. If something isn't working out then, by all means, consider replacing parts but at least play it first and understand what needs to be replaced and why. 1 1 Quote
warwickhunt Posted 3 hours ago Posted 3 hours ago (edited) 17 minutes ago, Itamar said: I saw there was a “golden era” around 2012, although I trust the Japanese also nowadays. I'm not sure I've ever heard of a 'Golden Era' for Fender pups, other than vintage pups were hand wound and there was variance. Stock pups in most instruments are pretty much mass produced, machine wound and don't vary. You do get certain instruments with specific installs but a MiJ 2012 bass it'll be bog standard. <edit> @Doctor J beat me to it. Edited 3 hours ago by warwickhunt Quote
Steve Browning Posted 3 hours ago Posted 3 hours ago I would check out the PB70 first. Look on the back of the neck and see whther it has smaller tuner plates or larger. If they're larger (bigger than the Hybrid), I'd go with that, it's the PBUS model and has an alder body. I've not owned a Hybrid but I know the neck of the PB70 very well. It's my favourite and falls between a 'standard' Precision and a Jazz. However, if you can try both, buy the one that feels best. You can't go wrong with Fender Japaan. 1 Quote
Itamar Posted 2 hours ago Author Posted 2 hours ago (edited) 1 hour ago, Steve Browning said: I would check out the PB70 first. Look on the back of the neck and see whther it has smaller tuner plates or larger. If they're larger (bigger than the Hybrid), I'd go with that, it's the PBUS model and has an alder body. I've not owned a Hybrid but I know the neck of the PB70 very well. It's my favourite and falls between a 'standard' Precision and a Jazz. Hello, I checked in the pictures and the PB70's tuner plates are larger. Although they are both alder body. What's special in the "US"? Another thing worth mentioning, on the 2021 neck there’s 75 anniversary sign, are there any benefits? And I kept your both advices on feeling them. Edited 2 hours ago by Itamar Quote
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