| Reviewer
| Stephen Woo
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| Experience
| 18
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| Email
| sobemtv@yahoo.com
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| Review date
| August 14 2002
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| Manufacturer
| Fender
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| Model
| American Deluxe Jazz Bass Fretless 2000
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| Price
| 560 used (1199 list)
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| Item owned for
| 6 months to 1 year
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| Bass type
| 4 string fretless
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| Neck join
| Bolt-On
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| Neck construction
| Maple
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| Fingerboard
| rosewood
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| Body
| Premium Alder
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| Finish
| Gloss Black
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| Pickups
| a Pair of American Deluxe jazz pickups
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| Hardware
| Chome
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| Electronics
| 9V active 5 knobs control vol, pan, bass, md, treble
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I totally have 4 Fender Jazz Basses.
I got 2 Mexican Active Deluxe Jazz 5 strings, 1st one is black and 2nd one
is Sunburst.
another 1 is Mexican Standard Jazz Fretless and this one the America
Deluxe Jazz Fretless.
Compare between American Deluxe Jazz Bass Fretless and the Mexican
Standard Jazz Fretless:
The American Deluxe Jazz Bass Fretless almost 4 time higher price than the
Mexican Standard, but the sound and built are 10 time better than the Mex.
It is worth to save more money to buy this. If you only have the Mex
Standard, that alright, if you got the American Deluxe together, you will
flush the Mex Standard down the toilet !!
Compare between American Deluxe Jazz Bass Fretless and the Mexican Deluxe
Jazz Bass:
The electronic and the pickups both are using same American Deluxe 9V
active and 3 bands EQ, very easy to use, and quite. The newer American one
now using the "noiseless" pickups set. But my version of Fenders, they
both using same pickups, That means a half price Mexican Deluxe got the
same engine that the American has. But the smaller and lighter body that
American has is much better fit to my body and easier to handle, also the
Alder body sounds warmer and sustain better than the Mex poplar body.
Another major different betwwen two are more "America feel" than the
"Mexican feel", friends told me they feel better on the American than
the Mexican one because it made in US, but my problem is, I don't have
this kind of feeling. The only feeling between 2 basses is I feel more
painful when I paid the price of the American one than the Mexican one.
Compare Fender Fretless to others:
Unless you want the Jaco sound, otherwise I feel many others brand
fretless sound better than all Fender Fretless.
The best wood tone and upright feel fretless, I pick Godin A4 (I'm going
to buy one, and my friend got one)
The best muti-strings and playability, I pick Aria Pro II Avante Fretless
6-string Steve Bailey model (I got one and love it)
| Construction
| 98% | 
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| (very light and balance)
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| Appearance
| 100% |
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| (PERFECT Fender look although it is typical )
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| Playability
| 95% |
|
| (very easy to play with those fretline although I perfer no marks)
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| Sound
| 95% |
|
| (very quite pickup and very active good electronic)
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| Value
| 90% |
|
| (Nice gear & craftmanship the price you paid)
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| Overall
| 95% |
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| (A must for Fender lover)
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