Fender Jazz Bass Reviews

Well when Flea and Geddy Lee have this bass you just know it's a good one. This bass is my pride and joy it has got me through thick and thin. Really reliable with excellent tone and it looks the nuts! Compared to my Epiphone Thunderbird Bass this is much more lightweight and not top heavy at all (even though the headstock is quite large). I have ...  Read the complete review

I recieved this bass around 6 months ago, and for the price i am really impressed with the standard. I paid £220 (brand new condition with protective plastic and tags still intact) which to me is a bargain compared to the £440 retail price! Starting off with the sound, this bass is very versatile. When (if) you get this bass make sure ...  Read the complete review

I have been playing bass for six years, and to a professional level for over four of these year. I got the Fender Bass nearly four years ago, and it has been used for all my live and studio work since then. I started out in a local youth big band and jazz quartet, and progressed to working in a more prestigious modern small ensemble and a ...  Read the complete review

I hate to sound like a geek here but anyone looking to buy a good bass i reccomend a jazz bass in mexican range as it has american silent pick ups, and hasnt got a graphite neck which in my opinion makes the bass sound horrible because its so tony in my opinion a bass should sound like a jazz bass, warm and bassy. My jazz bass was £550 ...  Read the complete review

Although fender often make excellent guitars they are often seen as the choice for most beginners with their bog-standard, but sill quite good fender squire strat. This could also be said for the fender jazz bass or J-bass, which is kinda the strat of the bass world. Although this bass is called a jazz bass, it is anything but that! With a ...  Read the complete review

A Jazz bass then. So does that mean you have to play Jazz? Well no, the beauty of this instrument is that with a good amp and through the use of the two pickup volume controls and tone control you can get anything from a "rock" sound or a "soul" sound or actually anything you want. So you have your sound but how does ...  Read the complete review

The fender jazz bass really is the bass of bassists. Made from Rosewood and Maplewood it offers a great tone which easily be altered by alternating the bio-pole full range pickups pickups. The Jazz bass was introduced in the 1960's as the 'Deluex model' over time it has become one of the most played basses in history. The ...  Read the complete review

This is the Fender bass that I own and swear by. It cost me £370 last month and it is to replace my battered Marlin Bass that is 11 years old. The reason i bought it is because im limited to what I can have. Im left handed so my choice in Basses is limited as they dont make all models. I wanted the slightly cheaper Precision bass but ...  Read the complete review