I have one of these in a five-string, active Deluxe USA version. Really good sounding. I think Fender’s mistake with the Dimension line is that the pickups are non-standard shape/size so replacing them is virtually impossible.

I absolutely love my American dimension

One reason I love this show is all the different basses I get to see. Plus the education I get. Has helped me a lot with working on my two....a 2019 Ibanez and a 1968 Silverstone which I love trying to get strings for...heh

I have a mexican deluxe version of one of these that is active, I absolutely love it, necks great, pickups sound awesome, and the body looks great and rests really great as well, also love having that obscure fender that isnt a p or j clout

Best wishes to your family, Dave, and to all those affected by the floods. 🦘

I played one of these guys quite a bit. Pretty great instrument.

Sounds pretty good. Looks like what you get when Fender takes some cues from Music man.

Nice bass👍🏻👍🏻 I like it.

Wow. Hadn't seen one of these in the wild. Have the Squire branded Dimension that has a single bridge pickup (active). Was a Musicians Friend Stupid Deal of the Day Sale item about 7 years ago. It makes me happy. Nice tone but heavy AF. For a Squire, had pretty damn good fret ends.

Nice tone!

Strat, PRS, and a Melody Maker. It was one of those nights.

Never ever seen one of these guitars. Fender bassman is the bass. You did a great job on it

Thanks Dave awesome as usual your the best! Have learned so much from you bud !

Looks like a Precision got bent and mugged a thinline tele for its pickguard? I'd play it!

I think I plugged one of those into a Fender tube amp about a decade ago and the amp caught on fire. Probably unrelated to the bass.

I've never heard of a Fender Dimension bass before. Sounded really good though.

This was fender going after musicman. They had an unspoken agreement to not rip each other off. When fender broke that, it led to the EBMM cutlass bass and guitar as well as the caprice bass (p/j). All but the cutlass guitar failed to sell despite being great instruments.

Hey Dave, thanks for the shout-out to BC, which got Gooched by the Mother of All Pineapple Expresses.

They needed to put a pickup size (EMG or Bart size also used by Nordstrand, Delano, Aguilar, etc.) in there that could be replaced if you didn't like the pickups. They probably thought the stingray pickup size would've been too much of giveaway as to what they were trying to emulate.

Hey Dave! Good health to you!

Dave, Thanks for your videos. Solo is just a little too far for me to drive. I live in southern OH about 10 minutes from the KY border.

I was very close to buying a single pickup version of that bass as my first instrument. Instead I bought a p bass. All in all, I don't regret buying my p bass.

Ibanez and Music Man had a baby.

The sound to me is between Precision and Stingray.

Really like these basses and their swept pickguard. Trimmed jazz pickups will fit underneath the covers, don’t fret. Don’t experimental runs of instruments usually appreciate in value?

Great video.

Utube recommended you and glad I watched, Cheers from Swift Current Sask

Good looking bass, sounds great too. How’s the back Dave?

I'm going with the bongo meets musicman in the corner pocket...

🙏Hope all in BC are safe 💪

I have a 2016 Dimension 4, really quite a good bass for the money. Thanks for the vid Dave.

Love your videos Dave, pls keep them coming, I have learnt everything I know from you 😉

Played one when they came out - actually a really nice versatile bass. Got a lot of hate though (no idea why). Halfway between a Musicman and a P bass.

Music man and fender precision.

Reminiscent of a G&L L-2000

🤞🏼🍀 B.C.

Steve Wallis gave me the weather news.

God bless the BC.

Interesting bass. Def has some beef to it!

Jazz-binez.

Is it me, or didn’t that design spawn from the old Roscoe Beck model? Seems to me that the Roscoe had a pair of dual single coils … like a pair of jazz bass pups smashed together and then coil tapped… then it had a few variations on the name, like dimension and modern player, etc. also, the pick guard is almost exactly like a similar Gibson bass design. Cool basses though, I like the concept. It does however resemble the G&L layouts (a Leo design) so it’s fender copying fender : / I tried to order the five string a few years back, but the absolutely refused to produce a fretless fingerboard in either lined or unlined. Some day when I have money to blow, I’ll pick one of these up, because I do like them. In the meantime my squier jazz 5 bastards will continue to rock the house.

Did the B.C. weed survive it Dave ?. Just done homework, I see it was Winter, so good luck in the sunny times guys.

I want one . I just want to touch it. ❤🤘

Ibanez + Precision = Dimension

Kinda looks like an EB MM Stingray guitar body

Seems like a nice instrument but I have never warmed up to the looks. Maybe playing one would make it beautiful. 🤔

EBMM and Fender

3:09 LOL 😆

long & McQuade sells these

Yamaha BB Rio Off?

0:51, Peavey dyna bass and music man?

Thank you for all of the great videos! So helpful! I'm working on my American Standard P-Bass. I tune this bass to D standard (DGCF). I am running La Bella flats 52-110. I put in a Graphtech TusqXL nut, and I sanded the back down a bit (sides too). Fits perfect, but I think my D and G string are still sitting a little high in the nut. The C and F string pass the 3rd fret test :) Question: What tool / technique do I use to file the nut slot down a tiny bit? Should the string sit half of it's diameter into the slot?

Is this the new version of "Truss Rod Lottery" - trying to find the right size hex key to shove into the hole??? I always afraid of bending the hex key, so I use 2 at the same time - I feel it lessens the chance of bending one. Nice looking bass tho.

I need 3 dimensions.

Strat / Tele?

It’s the bastard son of a Fender Jazz and an Ernie Ball Stingray

A stingray and a pbass had a baby.

Can't believe there is no selector switch for pickup

Is it active? Looks like a Stingray copy.

For basses what feeler gauge thickness are you using to check neck relief?

Sounds like a Jazz. Looks like same pickup positions.

Meh. It doesn't move me at all, though it does sound good. Fretboard radius looks as flat as piss on a plate to me. Regardless, thanks Dave for showing it tonight.

P Bass with a Stingray (both Leo designs)

Awesome stuff. Does anyone know who the music at the end is by?

Looks like a cross between a Musician/G&L and a Fodera

He's laughing over finding the right Allen key...good pain meds there Uncle Dave. Can we have some?

At what point do you determine the bass or guitar needs a shim. When you reach the limit of raising the saddles ?

Dime-a-San.. I WAS WAY OFF

Needed some jism on the saddle. Thanks Dave

It was supposed to be thier StingRay emulation Fender style.

Looks like a Charvel that Fender put their name on after buying them!

They made a Great Leap... 21 FRETS!! Necks to Wide for the the 5s, but otherwise, unles you get a Jav,(Or, a "Premium", or Whatever,you're Stuck with a Dinosar, fit Only for Wannabe "ROCKERS" Not for guys who are Serious about their Tecnical Expression!!

I want to be a musicman

"What two guitars had sex to produce this shape?" I don't know, Dave. Did the truss-rod hole look like anyone had been in there before you?😆

I brought my bass to a guy for a setup that actually makes guitars and basses. He gave it back to me with the bridge saddles all angled and shit. I was not impressed.

So Fender (the company) tried to copy a G&L bass by Fender (the man).😆

P bass and MusicMan

Played one and it felt like a musicman knock off and not a very good one. Nice shape but should have used standard shape pickups.

Fender's belated attempt at making a Stingray. Not a bad bass at all, but not a Stingray.

These were expensive and didn't seem worth it!

0:50 Hard to tell man, it kinda wants to be everything... Most likely a case of Ibanez ATK having its way with a Fender Jazz while using a P-bass pickguard reject as a condom.

e want to see this through your eyes not your camera!!!

It’s okay here in Salmon Arm it keep the leftist on the coast.

I've only heard good things about these basses. I think they're kinda ugly.

Musicman Sting Ray Bass.

I think this bass was for someone Identifying as healthy at 300 lbs !

Nth comment!

try cleaning better, not just waft the dirty old rag around..

I hated those things , Fender trying to compete with MM . The one I played was really bad .Didnt like the neck or the pick ups. Glad Fender bailed on the design . Just IMO ....

Music Man rip off. This is what happens when a guitar company strays from their bread and butter.