Why don't you guys make slimmer j bass v necks

thanks for pointing this out

I agree that’s what I’m here for is to find that out why on earth would they not give passive tone, I think that is a huge No it’s not difficult to make treble the passive tone.

you can upgrade it by droping in an Ultra preamp and Ultra noiseless pickups it has a tone control for Passive mode for a couple hundred later

Don’t know that you would benefit in spending the extra money for the player plus to play it passively. Better to get a player series and save and mod with noiseless pups if that is the goal.

I'd bet if you're handy with a soldering iron, a tone control wouldn't be hard to implement. You could swap the single volume pot for one of those concentric ones and wire one of them to earth via a capacitor, as the tone control.

And how do you like it? I was considering the Tequilla Sunrise one, but ended up with Opal Spark :D

@@BARTFUNKBASS My only gripe is with how close the G string is to the rolled edge of the fretboard. I threw light gauge Rotosounds on her and I absolutely LOVE the tone. It’s definitely one of Fender’s best basses. I can only play for like 10-15 minutes because of a back injury and surgery but those ten mini are priceless

I think the special active deluxe is the better bass even though they are basically the same bass

The moment they put that noiseless pickup trash, they lose to anything.

You could've gone with the old Player series too, but that wasn't a bad choice. Anyway, anything but these noiseless pickup trash non-sense that Fenders like to push. Sounds bad.

I have both the sire v7 and and the player plus p and there is no comparison, fender p is better in every way. Although sire are great basses I now get the difference in price.

@@joeholliday2438 i have to sadly agree. And I don't even have a player plus. I have a p bass that I assembled myself from fender replacement parts (all MIM and US) and even those parts are just better quality than my sire V7. The V7 is really nice but there's certain things like the fret edges, the standard tuners they come with, the weight, just the general feel of the instrument feels like it's supposed to be more expensive even if it doesn't have all the extras the sire has. But my p bass sounds better anyways since it has EMG PAs in it instead of the standard fender pickups.

Not sure what the newer sires are like, but after having used a sire 5er for alot of stuff, the drawbacks quickly become a real problem. VERY heavy, dreadful neck dive, really poor tuners and hardware in general. With most fenders you can forget about them/not worry about them over time which is so useful, cant speak for these ones but all i can say is i dont pick up the sire anymore

@@alfieharries not quite the same thing but Ive used a sire v5 a lot recently (one of the newer ones) and I think they've fixed most of the things you mentioned. My v5 is 4.1 kilos, so not too heavy and the neck dive is average I would say. Tuners are fine on mine too. Seems sire has listened to feedback a bit

Sire's headstocks are big no no.

Try the American Ultra P-=Bass, it kicks the Sires butt

The new C Vibe lines are great though for regular guitars.

Sadly I agree - I'm returning my 2nd American Pro II JB in a month for QC issues....

@@danb74 Bummer. I have one of those and it's perfect.

@@ericisenhart4762 I have a Pro II Strat and couldn't be happier with it. I guess there will always be lemons every so often.

@@danb74 that sucks. In my experience the QC of the american factory is the worst of the lot. Every mexican i've had has been good, some have been superb

Corker 😊

Yes, but it's a good thing to have options.

Rechargeable? How would that work at a gig, dead battery? Now what?

The same thing you do after a 9v dies . replace it or play passive. That what is normally done. Take a spare with you to the gig.

@@ricksigurdson2016 Yes, because that's what I want to do, always have 2 fully charged rechargeable batteries as opposed to throwing a bunch of 9 volts in the gig bag. Do you know musicians?

@@PSA955 I have been working with musicians for more than 40 years. So, yes I know musicians.

Warwick basses are rechargeable.

Agreed. It's not just the fret noise (although jazz basses has some anyway) but the jazz in this video sounds awful, mid scooped with no body to the sound. I can't really believe this guitar sounds like this, it definitely needs attention with setup / proper strings.

Subjective... Many amazing bassists rely on having that rasp of the string directly after the attack buzzing a little. I like to have my bass at a point where it makes that nosie when I start digging in just a little bit have enough room to play softly and have none at all

Yea very subjective. On new rounds it is pretty disgusting. On old rounds or flats, fret noise is essential for great tone imo, and also a great range of tones

@@Homanjer exactly what i do