Reviewer	Elliott Chinn
Experience	2
Review date	July 03 2001
Manufacturer	Fender
Model	American Precision Deluxe 97'
Price	500 used

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Bass type	4 string fretted
Neck join	Bolt-On
Neck construction	Maple
Fignerboard	Maple, 22 frets, 34"
Body	Poplar
Finish	Greenish Teal.
Pickups	3 jazz bass's, two in one position
Hardware	Fender
Electronics	Active

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Nice bass! I think it is very well construced, outside and in. Everyting feels quite solid. The bass stays in one place when it is held by a strap and on my body. Doesn't droop down! In other news, it sounds great and is extremely versative! It has a volume knob, Pan knob, Bass/Treble stacked knob, and a Midrange knob. You can get a mellow P-bass sound with great bass or a funkified slap machine sound. It is punchy as hell when I played it through a GK 800RB. It has a P-bass pickup in the neck position, and two jazz bass pickups wired together so it looks like on the those ErnieBass musicmans in the brigde position. Active electronics powered by a 9V battery. On another note, it play's like a dream. This neck is superior to posts basses I've tried. Like I said, the bass balances out right when held by a strap. No, for the bad times. It isn't puchy out of my SWR, or most amps. With a Gallien Krueger though, puch's like a RedNeck in a bar. That is really the only thing wrong with it in my opinion. Aside from that, wonderful!

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Construction	100%
(Can anything be better?)
Appearance	100%
(Hotter than blazes of hell in damnation.)
Playability	100%
(Can't get better in my opion.)
Sound	90%
(Not the punch I need but all else is all good.)
Customer Service	100%
(Threw in a cleaning cloth and held it in an extra day so I could buy it.)
Value	100%
(I scored! Yet mine has a rock-star cigaret burn on the headstock, so that ma
de it cheaper. On eBay you can get these for 500 with a harshell case (mine c
ame with one too).)
Overall	95%
(Great bass for so many!)

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