New Bass Day: Fender ADE Jazz

[Matt R.]

What's that old cliche- "fourth time's a charm"?

Earlier this year, I sold my Rickenbacker to help deal with some hand surgery costs. I recovered the funds way quicker than expected, so being newly (and ultimately unnecessarily ) Rickenbacker-less, I decided that I would fill that void by trying Fender's American Design Experience yet again by placing a third order for a fourth bass (that'll make sense if you take a look at my post on the last page of this thread: http://www.leftybassist.com/viewtopic.p ... +creations ).

Anyhow, here's my new addition, which is absolutely amazing. Perfect neck. Sounds phenomenal. Beautiful.

I went for a modern Jazz Bass.

Lake placid blue/mint green guard
Alder Body
Maple Board
Vintage '64 Pickups

I could babble about it more, but here are some pix instead.

[superheavydeathmetal]

Awesome! Lake Placid Blue is my favorite, and with a maple fretboard aww yeah!

I'm glad your hand issue hasn't taken away from your bass playing, both physically and monetarily.

[Matt R.]

Awesome! Lake Placid Blue is my favorite, and with a maple fretboard aww yeah!

I'm glad your hand issue hasn't taken away from your bass playing, both physically and monetarily.

Thanks, I really appreciate that. I had a ganglion cyst on my finger. If you're a musician and you have to have hand surgery, that's the one to have. I'm very lucky and it hasn't affected anything. Very minor in the overall scheme of things.

[pjmuck]

Looks fantastic, Matt. When did you order it? What was the turnaround time?

[Matt R.]

Looks fantastic, Matt. When did you order it? What was the turnaround time?

90 days, but this time it took a couple weeks less than that for me

[AzWhoFan]

She's a looker Matt!

[bbl]

She's purty.

Glad this ADE worked out for you.

[Matt R.]

Thanks fellers. I'm pretty excited about gigging with my new additions.

[Carmine]

Beautiful Matt- it's virtually impossible go wrong with lake placid blue and maple! Hopefully this solves your "Jazz Bass problem" for awhile?

[Matt R.]

Hopefully this solves your "Jazz Bass problem" for awhile?

There are always others to be had

[Frenchy-Lefty]

Awesome! How would you describe those '64 pickups?

[Matt R.]

Hm, they sound great but I can give a better description after I gig with them. Right now I can just say they're a little darker than the custom shop 60s pickups, which are snarly and bright.

[Basshappi]

Beautiful Jazz Matt, hope this one is all you hoped for, congrats!

[Matt R.]

Absolutely. The only thing I changed was that I put new pots in. As usual, they put righty pots in but wire them lefty, which is fucking stupid (no taper). But yeah it's pretty much perfect now.

[screambasses]

If you'd like a blue '77 4001 to re-add to your collection, let me know...



pete

[superheavydeathmetal]

If you'd like a blue '77 4001 to re-add to your collection, let me know...



pete

My bank account would appreciate it if you could not say things like that where I can read it .

[paulo]

Don't be saying that in public