Let's try the New Fender Ultra II Basses!

[@hillblocksview]

Fender had an elite series bass in the 80s that had a bridge, with fine tuners built in, I've never seen a bass, before or after, with anything like this. That was indeed the most modern bass and it's over 40 years old.

[@sicilianmammalian]

I wish they had fine tuner bridges like cellos and stuff

[@sundaynightdrunk]

Love Cici giving it the full treatment tone-wise. Nicely done.

[@MrWilson-WithaPbass]

Oh man Lee ,that 3 color burst with the gold guard is killing me , sounds great too ,"need" ! !

[@paulsmith1807]

love these 3, they should work together more 🙂

[@mwaythos]

Thanks for another great AAtB. It's good to hear the bass in a band context in the jams, as well as the "tone exploring" segments. More of that plz and thank you. Also you lot always brighten up a grey, cold Cambridge day. More power to your elbows/fingers/bass adjacent parts.

[@thedondeluxe6941]

Give that man a ride cymbal.

[@TheMightyDel]

I've never caught a video this early. Love bass content. Happy Saturday from the US

[@KelvinOneal-r1t]

I totally agree with Cici. Guitars need a setup before playing, Good job Cici.

[@DrewKane]

Those new Meteoras are bloody beautiful.

[@Disco-Terry]

Only skimmed through the video but I think the new? presenter here was really good!

[@Gearslayer92]

Great demo!

[@edsterling5258]

Great playing from Lee at the start!

[@GuitarTalkWithBrian]

The Ultra II line reminds me of the discontinued Gibson High Performance line - every option any player could reasonably need, and if you don't like them, don't use them! The one thing I don't like is the limit for the knobs. There's a center detent like Taylor uses for a few knobs that's really useful - like the one for the pickup selector that shows when you're right in the middle of using both pickups. What I don't like is, at the extremities, the knob can feel like you're on the center detent, but it'll keep turning! I was able to try several in store and found both the P Bass and the Jazz do it (not a single oddball bass I just happened to pick up). That gives me long term concerns for eventually turning too far or too much. Just like a standard Gibson knob, there needs to be a definite limit to the rotation.

[@OliverBird-d3i]

Great demo guys…. The guitars are really nice and plenty of options to suit lots of different styles 🎸

[@SteveWilliamsworld]

very nice and well done demo. More like this.

[@petestaint8312]

Fantastic demo! 👍

[@niemandniets3072]

Cici in the thumbnail? Instant click.

[@emptyMan0]

Great job Lee for hiring Ollie, funny, knowledgable and a good guitarist. As for the Ultra II, I think they lost something when dropping the tone inlays and tone binding.

[@bushDid911]

I prefer the Nathan of old. I miss the banter and chemistry between Nathan and Lee

[@ashleycox432]

Standout playing from Cici. I'd like to hear the amps in the room a bit more on these videos.

[@fleetadmiralsidiqi1941]

Really appreciate you guys standing 10 ( or maybe 20?) toes down on the dual bass setups. Victor Wooten and Steve Bailey did it way back, Omnific also more recently. Good stuff 👌👍.

[@sixslinger9951]

very nice opening jam.

[@FarrinD12]

Loving the jam!!

[@johndixon-fp1su]

I wish fender would make a fretless version of that bass both the jazz and precision bass

[@DrewKane]

That jazz bass' tone made ME make bass face, and it's not even my fingers molesting the strings.

[@MichaelIrons-d5v]

Ah the old double bass a guys loved the vid.

[@MichaelIrons-d5v]

thanks

[@bullrushdotnet]

I'd say the ultra 1 sounds better

[@svbarr]

It's cool that Bass gear nerds are as crazy as guitar gear nerds!! lol

[@TensionX-ZPS]

I love dudes hair it's majestic

[@mikemccoy9812]

Do they make a five string like that blue one?

[@christophers_youtube]

Cici Cici Cici 🙌

[@sylvaingagnon3211]

It would be nice to have the levels adjusted. It’s difficult to evaluate the eq when it’s distorted. And the p bass signal is so weak it sounds empty.

[@nilsfilm]

Are they shielded properly? have had issues with fender basses in recent past

[@maikfohnan1415]

We need a longscale Squier Meteora bass in silver burst.

[@abouc]

Would it kill Fender to do matching headstocks on a series called Ultra?

[@sebg2086]

yes it will kill them

[@kevinp198x]

Matching headstocks suck, hence their absence.

[@JMEAUS22]

​@kevinp198x no they're the preferred option for the majority of players. But it costs way more money to mass produce.

[@kevinp198x]

@JMEAUS22 Source that they're the preferred option?

[@Ry_Valz]

they have that on contemporary series of Fender Japan

[@Ganelin]

So Fender made...a Sire....that's nice :)

[@daviemcf]

Cooooool!!

[@Krullmatic]

How dare the Captain!

[@grahamspence3294]

Thought Olly was Rabea with a load of gel in his hair for a minute...

[@charliedillon1400]

I think gel would evaporate into a cloud of mist if it touched Rabea's hair.

[@flamesdivde]

18 VOLovanTS in the marquee

[@D.Brett.Cartwright]

The blue beast sounds just nasty, bit not in a good way. Maybe the amp she's through?

[@billyellow4849]

And why do we want a coherent, articulate presenter intervening on the bass vids?

[@flukyreview9128]

The previous ultra was much better. Get those as they are in clearance now.

[@aronchas]

Cici 😍

[@littleguitarontheprairie4843]

I didn't know that Rabea's cousin worked at Andertons.

[@tombeyerlein3813]

Poor Lee got shouldered out of the thumbnails. Wonder why. 😒

[@damianstrochnetter9735]

Lee needs to go

[@katapulte_en_vadrouille]

Just one and only question (relevant obviously...): is this real hair Mr middle man ?

[@chrisvio]

Not for nothing but, the P-bass sounds like ass. TOO much high end. I'll stick with my Ultra I. It has a much nicer throaty growl.

[@munneysh]

No block inlays? No, thank you.

[@samyazza23]

I'm glad that with all the modern appointments they didn't forget to include the classic Fender dead spot in their £2k offering

[@DadPlaysBass]

The girl doesn’t know how to slap. She isn’t hitting the right spot.

[@ooinvsaoo]

Too many people on the set!

[@ludekrauer5705]

EU Blue schrecklich.

[@Trauzzinator]

Cici keep your hair braided like that!!!

[@peterjanjanin9883]

Handle bars😂😂😂

[@cminty6805]

​@@peterjanjanin9883classy.

[@sebg2086]

@@peterjanjanin9883 what do you mean?

[@pepmasters-999]

@sebg2086 He means he's spent too long on the internet and is unaware of what is appropriate and inappropriate.

[@BigSifu67]

Well said.

[@jamesreynolds4487]

These basses are not good

[@twenty1thirteen]

Active basses are weird. They have a whole variety of sounds, and not a single one sounds good. Another solution searching for a problem.

[@sebg2086]

not a single one sounds good................HAHAHAHAHAHAHAAH wow

[@RoadKing-ky2bs]

It depends on the make and model. I agree some active basses do sound hollow and a bit sterile, but nothing like a good amp to dial it in to sound better. It really is subjective.

[@OrbitalDeathRay]

CLOWN take. I love a good passive bass but come on 😂

[@son0fsocal]

No Block inlays , it’s a bit of a let down to me , not that I plan on buying one. Happy Saturday from the Great RED STATE OF TEXAS!

[@jagerking7020]

The Ultra II is a downgrade from the Ultra I by far.

[@mikeg2939]

Did Cici end up with the noball blue bass because she's female?