Just picked one of these up a couple of days ago. I absolutely love the tones I can get out of this thing. Also worth noting that this bass has rollover edges on the neck, which makes it incredibly comfortable to play. My only real gripe with the bass is that it's a bit heavier than I'd like, but other than that, it's easily my favorite bass I've ever had.

Thank you for the guidance. I purchased one of these thunder sticks and love it even more now after watching your video.

really great video. the last two sections regarding the pickups was really helpful. focused commentary about what we're hearing, but not too much gabbing, is great.

Now THAT, Is a great sounding bass. Great review

I just ordered one of these in Olympic White, with a Pau Ferro fingerboard and tortoise shell pick guard. Very excited to receive it, and me finding this video was great timing 👍🏼

Thank you for clearly explaining the controls.

I love how excited he is with the bass 🤘🏼

Awesome Corey Thank You!

Excellent video that shows all the potential of the instrument. It really looks like a good and creative investment!

You are awesome thank you man! Bummer about the bass treble controls not working in passive mode

Super informative video, thanks a lot! This bass really seems to be worth it. I'm not a jazz bass person either (I'm with Cory about the lack of 'roundness'), so I wouldn't really need the jazz pickup there but it in the end having it there is a nice bonus, I think.

Excellent informative video Cory, Im seriously considering this one now. Like you I'm jazzed about it! Great work mate. Thank you.

My only experience with an active P/J bass is an $200 Ibanez GSR200. My biggest gripe about that one is that the battery cover is held on with screws, so if it goes out at a gig it can’t be replaced. These fender active models seem to all have a battery cover with a plastic tab, much like the stingrays. I prefer this style battery cover for gigging purposes and quick changes. Also, the tones from this bass are probably far better, seeing as I much prefer an active circuit with an EQ than one with a useless boomy sounding bass boost feature. Also, in the case of having multiple bass players swapping out on the same amp at a gig (I had this issue at a school of rock rehearsal in the past) my Ibanez was always loud/overpowering compared to everyone else’s passive basses (An Epiphone t-bird, white Jackson Js2 concert bass, and a black Squier P-bass on that gig) and my Ibanez always had to be turned down by the sound engineer! Would every active bass have this issue?

Thank you! Very well done.

There are so many pentatonic scales, for every root a minor and major one and everybody is demoing with E min Pentatonic. :D

Hey Cory, love your Fender videos, man. I live in Canada, if I lived near you, you would definitely see my credit card in your shop

Excellent review. I will be getting one in green.

Is that white noise we hear when you’re speaking coming from the active circuit of the bass? Big thumbs up: The bridge pickup with bass up is what I wanted to hear! Thank you for that!

Looks like a real workhorse ;-)

Thank you very much for the review. I would love to get one, but unfortunately Fender is not so into lefties. 😩 Perhaps sooner than later.

What do y’all think about the Pau Ferro fretboard? I ordered one of these but may switch to the jazz.

There seems to be a lot of background hiss in the audio for this video. Is that coming from the bass?

What is the weight of this bass I heard they are very very heavy is this right ?

i dont think you mentioned that this guitar has a jazz neck. 1.5 at the nut

That pau ferro fingerboard looks like rosewood. My player p bass fingerboard so light pau ferro. It doesn’t look nice. Probably Fender gave the most beautiful pau ferro fingerboard bass for the review.

Make it a 5 string and your set for pretty much any gig.