Opinions on Jazz (Am. Std) V?

[Booman]

Anyone care share there experience with this Fender Jazz 5'er? Latest addition. Played a maple board one today during lunch hr. and liked the feel. Have played 4 strings for ever. Mainly P's and P styles. New to the 5 thing. Thanks for any responses.

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[broadcaster]

I love my '08 AS Jazz V, it's the bee's knees. Mine is also a maple boarded funk machine.


A home run IMO!

[Booman]

Very sweet Broadcaster. Love the black on black w/ maple board. The one I played was black w/ white guard. Was your's stock w/ black guard?

[dlb1001]

I have a '09 one...Olympic White with a rosewood board. Nice and light; sounds great with the blues band, even though I use roundwounds. I'd imagine halfwounds or flatwounds would be more old-school but I'm happy with it.

[broadcaster]

My black PG is aftermarket, Booman.

[4mal]

How radiused are the necks on these ? 34 or 35 " scale length ? passive ?

[Booman]

Hey 4mal.

9.5" radius (very comfortable). 34" scale and passive.

[BigDaddyLH]

Do folks have a preference on headstock lineup? The 4+1 arrangement usually looks like an afterthought to me:



I prefer the look of 5-on-a-side:


(Hmmm... the Deluxe Active Jazz Bass V was the only 5-on-a-side I saw on the Fender web site.)

[Booman]

Good point Bigdaddy. Tend to agree. Ergonomically the 4+1 is better. Cosmetically? I like the 5 on a side.

[4mal]

3 + 2 is better yet. The weight of a shorter peg head and moving some of the weight back towards the body is goinf to help with balance.

35" scale seems to provide a more solid B as well IME.

I'm going to have to try one of those one day. The FB on my Lakland is extrmely flat and it makes it a little tough knowing where I am by feel. As I sing a lot, that's a big deal to me. I'm relatively new to this bass though an it may be that as I log more hours on it, my opinion will change ...

[BigDaddyLH]

Originally Posted by 4mal

3 + 2 is better yet. The weight of a shorter peg head and moving some of the weight back towards the body is goinf to help with balance.

Logical extreme?

[Vince a]

broadcaster . . . THAT IS NICE! My favorite combination . . . I like the 9.50 inch radius - more like the 4-string Jazz. I have a much-modded Ibanez 5-string that I simply cannot stand because of it's 16 inch radius. I thought I'd grow into liking it, but I picked my 4-string Jazz, and fell in love again! Now I don't pick up the Ibby . . .

[broadcaster]

Thanks Vince!

For myself Fender basses mostly are the standard and feel like home. Whenever I stray to something different, be it a 35" scale five, or a more modernish type of bass, I eventually feel something is lacking.

The (new) Am. Stan. J or P - 5'ers have that good ol Fender neck feel, like the 4 bangers, and the B string (and the g string) are even and loud.

As for 4+1 or 5 in-line tuner arrangement, I like both with a slight edge to the 4+1 for looks.

[Vince a]

Originally Posted by broadcaster

For myself Fender basses mostly are the standard and feel like home. Whenever I stray to something different, be it a 35" scale five, or a more modernish type of bass, I eventually feel something is lacking.

Ditto . . . and I've played some mighty expensive basses . . . though they were nice, they just didn't feel or sound like a Fender . . .

Originally Posted by broadcaster

The (new) Am. Stan. J or P - 5'ers have that good ol Fender neck feel, like the 4 bangers, and the B string (and the g string) are even and loud.

You wrote exactly what I was going to ask you next . . .

Originally Posted by broadcaster

As for 4+1 or 5 in-line tuner arrangement, I like both with a slight edge to the 4+1 for looks.

I like the 4+1 better too!!! Now, to decide whether it's a Jazz or a P . . .