Yeah, totally agree. Glad you liked the video!

Yes indeed! Growing up in the 1960's - affordable guitars/basses were unplayable. Once you were good enough to buy an expensive guitar, you would wonder how much sooner you would have gotten better had you had this more expensive instrument to begin with. Today's inexpensive guitars may not sound the best, but they play damn well.

Outstanding bang for the buck

Yeah, the higher you go in the price scale the smaller the improvement. It's the law of diminished returns

​@@InspiringTracks Precisely, that's what some people don't want to hear. At some point you're not even paying for improvements anymore, but for cosmetics.

In this case it's the exact opposite, the body of the Fender is made of two pieces of solid wood with a nice grain (I confirmed that after removing the neck and the pickguard) with no veneer aplied, and the SX has whats usually called photo flame, which consists in a printed sheet applied over a 4 pieces body. As this printed sheet bends quite easily it conforms to the belly cut perfectly. You can appreciate how the "grain" pattern doesn't change at all in that area, which is a clear indication that the wood pattern is "painted" on top of the body

@@InspiringTracks Interesting. Might be that way. But in the SX , did you checked if the front grain matches or not with the inside of neck pocket? That's a good way of confirming what you state.

Yes, not a single thing matchs in the SX lol. The front " grain" is even slightly misaligned and at an angle with the grain on the back, which also has a completely different pattern. Everything I'm pointing here is just cosmetic, the bass plays and sounds awesome and it's made from solid wood, maybe not pretty and several pieces, but real wood

@@InspiringTracks I see you have a good eye on details. Anyway, Mexican body looks like it's made of poplar or basswood, not alder. Anyway sounds very good.

pretty much

I agree in principle, but I’m not sure why my 68 P bass sounds so good and plays like butter. Maybe it’s in my head, but I don’t think so. I have several SX basses too, and they are great, but the old Fender is something else. My first bass was a 67 Jazz, bought from a friend when it was 1 year old, and I don’t have it anymore to compare, but I think it would compare well.

@@lowtone9 The good ones survive, are looked after and cherished by their owners, the bad ones are forgotten about and are either in a landfill or been modified so much that they become a Ship of Theseus (or Trigger's Broom).

When I got back into playing a few years ago, I thought I’d never be able to afford a “quality” instrument. I went to the army school of music and played a professional II P for 10 weeks; I thought I’d never be able to convince my wife that I needed an expensive bass. When I left, I bought a used MIM Fender P, replaced the bridge with a professional II bridge, replaced the pups with a pair of “vintage 60’s” pups. And didn’t realize how great that instrument was until I sold it to buy an “American original 60’s p bass”. The reviews I watched and read said that that bass was as close to custom shop as you could get for the money. To me, the allure of a vintage instrument is that they’ve been played, loved, tweaked, grooved on, set up, worn in, and worked on. Therein lies the rub…if you can play, love, tweak, groove on, set up, wear in, and work on a bass (maybe any instrument?) it becomes “vintage” to you. I’ve since put together a kit bass (upgraded neck, pups, tuners, bridge, pick guard, and electronics) so it plays for me as good as the one that was supposed to be as good as CUSTOM SHOP. I’m not a master luthier, but it is a CUSTOM instrument. Finally: I still am embarrassed to admit that I lust and pine over That NAME and headstock, but when I play my bass that I’ve not only chosen all the bits and put them together, I’m a little more hesitant to scan Reverb and Craigslist for the next hit maker because I’ve already determined that I love my wife…I mean, my bass… haha, I love my bass.

What was your favourite copy of a Jazz bass ?

Did you end up buying it, if so how you like it...

@@josegalindo1262 Nah. Someone got to it before I did. I ended up with a Yamaha BBN4-III Bass. Visit my channel if you'd like to see it.

Glad you liked it!

Khruangbin bassist use sx bass and it sound awesome.

Yes, but Laura's SX has upgraded, aftermarket pickups.

@@tombeyerlein3813 Easy mod

Maybe you are right, I'll check that and post a correction if that's the case. Thanks!

It is alder indeed.

Thanks, glad you liked it!!

I really like mine, for the price is a great bass

I disassembled it, no veneer. The seam of the two pieces of wood in the neck pocket continues on the top and botom. It's hard to see on the video because the grain is matched pretty well

Thanks!!!

Awesome guitars for the money!

I would tend to agree, closed my eyes to this video with a quick peep to see which one was being played. I honestly couldn't tell the difference, except I felt the SX had a slightly warmer sound which I liked.

This Fender is made in Mexico

@@InspiringTracks haha

I'm pretty sure that the device you used to write this comment has at least one part or chip coming from china, it's a free commerce world, it doesn't make any sense to fight it

County? 😂