Review Demo - Fender American Elite Precision Bass

[@gs3173]

I used this bass at a recording session at Abbey Road Studios two summers ago. It took good care of me and recorded well. Get one.

[@sniggity]

Just bought this bass and love it.

[@budandbean1]

Gotta admit that is one sweet sounding bass. It kills me though, in 1977 I went Downtown Orlando to the music store and bought a brand new Fender Jazz Bass with case for $404.00. Sunburst... Oh how I loved that guitar. But nowadays I just can't see paying $1799 for a Bass.

[@nathanserber3103]

404 dollars is $1600 (usd) adjusted for inflation today, so the price really hasn't changed all that much

[@joekainrad8147]

$404.00 in 1997 is about $1600 in today's dollars. Would it have been unreasonable to spend 450ish back then compared to the 400?

[@MrRbillharz]

Back in the day Fender would not have let a defective bass (Large knot in the body) out of the factory, well.... they might have after they put a custom color paint job on it.

[@MikeWest01]

They do: it's the American Standard.

[@gary_beniford]

you can pick up the elite series far below the retail price used. at actual market value they are in the area of 1k-1300.

[@peterpage1721]

Looks like a creative design that includes just about everything that has been learned since Clarence first designed the electric, fretted bass. I am glad to see they have included string through body. All the best sounding basses and guitars I have owned had string through body. A thorough and articulate review. I would love to try one of these and compare it to my 78 Musicman StingRay, which is currently my favourite bass.

[@tsmith4564]

I love the new elite p bass.. fender got it right ... the neck and tone...I am in love

[@Five0Music]

This bass sounds great, and isn't all that expensive as instruments go these days. Great job on showing what it can do.

[@Warwick709]

I've never liked the P Bass sound But this thing sounds amazing

[@sadbuttrue319]

Howie Mandell works for Premier Guitar now, huh...

[@geccasadi]

Difference in sound with Ultra Precision?

[@DMSProduktions]

A very nice, organic, piano like bass! Fender got it right on this 1. Should see it filter down to the Squier line eventually!

[@jacobmcvay123]

Saw an elite p bass in mint condition cherry burst or something like that for $1300 + $55 shipping. On reverb. After seeing this, I’m super tempted.

[@MaliVinnyB]

For a cat like Me,(40 yrs playing,or TRYING,LOL!) Loved fENDER,ONLY problem for me was their INSISTENCE of the 20 frets.ARRGH!!

[@WDXash]

I’m going to buy one.

[@krga94c]

When demonstrating a bass, several styles should be played. Only a few seconds of thumping and plucking at the very end. Can't really tell what this bass can do.

[@marcmiralles6577]

Love it! But, what about a 5 string version? Are they working on it?

[@baconofwar6619]

If they did that'd would just be amazing

[@flipflopmcgurt3403]

If you wanna 5 string, might as well buy a regular guitar

[@The_Real_Tom_Ball]

@@flipflopmcgurt3403 why the 5th string is a low B

[@jamiecorbett8518]

Biggest question is what jack in your bass head do you plug in. Active or passive.....

[@jacobsmith1877]

Jamie Corbett I would go active. I can't think of any reason to switch mid-gig though. I would go active on anything modern and passive on anything more vintage or folksy

[@pokelover02]

Sounds good! I hope it's similar to the Fender Deluxe Active P Bass Special

[@FransvandenBergeMuziekschuur]

Will there be a P with 2 P pickups?

[@thinkpositive7520]

That's an excellent bass.

[@ThrashRebel]

I am getting ready to modify my Jazz bass to a J/P. I am considering throwing on "ghost" piezo saddles. But, I'm not sure about that. If you are reading this and have experience using piezo saddles (on a bass) will you please give some feedback on whther or not they are worth it?

[@NickMJR]

Completely Killing. Love this

[@KeithDoherty]

Fantastic Sounding bass

[@rattmann3170]

Sounds fantastic. Reminds me of a Squier VM P-bass with Geezer Butler EMG's.

[@Toastrodamus]

Good sounding bass with some good features, but honestly that price is kind of crazy. Knock off 300 and I'll consider it.

[@gab.lab.martins]

Love the active sound. Specially the scoopy doopy doo. Guitars need mids, basses need width.

[@gab.lab.martins]

Also, cracked me up with the hair joke.

[@woodywyattshared4257]

Great review, thanks! Would love to hear your thoughts on the American Elite Jazz

[@egormarachev1679]

just happened to play one recently. truly on of the best basses I've ever played.

[@Darkangl28]

I own one. Fell in love with it immediately. Sounds awesome and plays wonderfully. The construction and finish are top notch too.

[@mikefarmer1082]

I have one. The neck shape is strange on the dusty end and my hand tires more than usual. I have old P's and j5 and the j elite sound blows them away. I do like the narrow nut width on the Kroger end.

[@jcacademia8025]

Sounds like a beast

[@tuboqueser]

Can someone tell me why he says this one is way better than the previous elite version other than the compound neck? or is that the only reason why?

[@ResidentRob]

the previous Elites were the early 80's and Fender's first attempt to do actives. I think they were good quality I know people who like them, I think the market just wasn't interested. the American Elites are pretty much identical to the American Deluxe except the truss rod is easier to access.

[@erollf1972]

I have owned my '83 Elite P bass for 24 years. It was awesome in '93 when I bought it and it is sounds awesome now. I sold it once and bought it back. It had been converted to fretless (ala Jaco style) by the previous owner and was my only bass until recently when I found a hamer 2tek and MM Bongo 4. As excellent as the newer basses are, the Fender is still not going anywhere.

[@LRS905]

So let me get this, and correct me if I am wrong: American Standard and American Deluxe have been replaced by American Professional and American Elite, respectively?

[@magnesiljan2970]

That is correct

[@SonicXRage]

"Non-money notes" Lol!

[@OldBeatleMan]

Nice demo Thank you.

[@highlanderdetroit5370]

OldBeatleMan i

[@slxturbo1639]

this bass that showed jazz presicion is comparable with sire v7 does anyone know ??? I am between these two friends who recommend me ???

[@Gerry926]

SLX TURBO I have an alder V7 and just bought an Ibanez PJ bass for the reverse P. The V7 is great value and a tone monster. If I had to choose, I'd get the Sire P7 at half the price. I play the Elite Fenders at GC all the time and my only issue is the price. I like the Fender American Standard neck just a little more.

[@musicpatricio]

i just bought this bass it sounds phenomenal, but my bass control doesnt works either on passive or active? any comments on this?

[@deejaychopper69]

ask on reddit

[@edgarojeda9288]

Wont work on passive but should work on active

[@musicpatricio]

@@edgarojeda9288 it came defective with a sticker on the circuit saying “it doesn’t work” and thats how they sold it in guitar center. I obviously returned it and got a Sire bass which I love

[@perrysar5954]

Look at how confused he is when presenting the tone controls and volume levels

[@brennanmulhall432]

Should I get an American Elite P bass, or an American Elite Dimension bass?

[@Half3lvin]

Yes. (Sorry, had to do it.) :)

[@Tim.Pierce]

depends on your tone preferences, the p basses have single coil pups and the dimension basses have humbucker pups take a listen in the videos of each type of basses and hear the differences and find the sound you want for the type of music you play

[@Alex69eyes]

I can't decide between this or jazz bass american elite.... any suggestions?

[@ActiveSayz]

depends on what kind of style for music u want to play

[@edgarojeda9288]

Pj bass is super versatile

[@paultraynorbsc627]

Nice seems a big improvement over the Deluxe P bass

[@grahamalexander5800]

What was wrong with the Deluxe P?

[@stevievaughne2770]

it sounds great,i want it.

[@mutantbaby1672]

Is the nut width P or Jazz?

[@edgarojeda9288]

P

[@ChristopherMetalhead]

I gotta get me one of those basses! Awesome :)

[@PowermadNavigator]

... in passive, it just sounds like a Standard bass. 2000$ worth of it, though. 2/10.

[@johnp3650]

holy shit too much work to play this bass how many fucking controls do you need on a fender P Bass you keep it enjoy

[@andyarnette9220]

It's called: I have to be able to play different genres of music and I don't want to have to keep switching out my damn bass! It's called: tonal versatility!

[@jazzbassist]

+Andrew Arnett tonal versatility? man, the Fender P might be the last thing I'd go for that. sure, it's good in just about any situation, but if you try a G&L L-2000 (one of Leo Fender's last great instruments), you'll discover what true tonal versatility is! cheers.

[@ResidentRob]

I've owned traditional passive P-basses and an American Deluxe (which is basically the Elite), they are totally different animals. I find the Deluxe is a little better for heavy rock because you can EQ it to cut through more than traditional P-bass and the amp would allow, it has a lot more presence.

[@theopoiesis]

G string is kinda out of tune

[@ukaszsmigielski8648]

Your channel logo looks totally like procter and gamble :D And I'm totally in love with this bass, but it costs so much I cant afford it. I was thinking about a Jbass because I thought it looks better and has two pickups which are necessary in rock/metal music. But as I see musicians in these genres use Pbass more, thats why Im going for one.

[@bwj8]

The American Elite Precision bass demonstrated here has one J-style pickup and one split Precision-style pickup. That would be the same number as on the Jazz.

[@mechanichalpixels]

I bet the AM Elite P would sound good with half wounds.

[@willscarlett1000]

why adjust truss rod vintage style?, new basses but adjustment vintage in ultra and elite,no no no, is better standard

[@Simonize41]

Nice. A 2 for 1 bass - how cool is that? :)

[@bowerfilms]

Only watched the first 20 seconds... does the tuning on the G string improve after that?

[@GrooveAndLeisure]

Hello is possible to know exact wheight of this "baby" ? Thanks...

[@KeatonTait]

awesome!

[@jamesdrisdelle3046]

seems like they got it right ...but for a large price ......

[@davewallace593]

Tune up.

[@MaviNK]

how is Schecter Diamond P Plus half the price of it?

[@thestonecutters6177]

It may be ok, but it looks like a shechter and bandleaders don't want that look

[@gurg4130]

Bandleaders wont give a shit about the bass you play if you play it good.

[@stevedunch581]

Raging Noorp it's even better if you play it well!

[@stevedunch581]

Thestonecutters The schecter looks like a p bass

[@DennisVedel]

Please tune your bass before playing

[@davidmorneau5260]

Stop thinking you have perfect hearing because you don't. His bass was right on tune but your ears are out of tune...

[@diamondandkitty4657]

j and p better passive always

[@craigdamage]

Sounds like a solid $1000 bass to me. But of course this one charges you an extra $250 for the word "Fender" and another $250 for "USA" ....fair?

[@byjuu246]

Well said!!!

[@marike1100]

Considering that these MIA Fender basses sound phenomenal, play like absolute butter and increase in value every single year, yes, it sounds fair.

[@DISMISSED375]

LET' SAY ANOTHER EXTRA 500 DOLLARS...MIND YOU :-)

[@TylerMillsftw]

21 frets, a bit better than 20 fret necks.

[@Jack-lg9mq]

Umm I don't think he is out of tune - am I the only one?

[@stevesynan3241]

He’s not. What’s happening is the people saying that want others to think “oh wow, your ears are so good that you can tell he’s slightly out of tune!”. It starts with one person saying that then others follow suit by making the same comment, so that they don’t feel like they have inadequate hearing. “Your intonation is messed up bro, you’re about 2 cents off the mark once you hit the 15th fret on the G”. People are weird.

[@skylark_media]

nothing out of tune here

[@davewallace593]

The G string is noticeably flat. I heard it before I got to the comments.

[@cooleyballs1]

It's out of tune...you'd wanna be pretty tone deaf not to notice...

[@adamjones7701]

@@cooleyballs1 just played his c on the g string against my piano, its fine. Far from tone deaf

[@dextacchino7140]

Wow!

[@MarkGerardBottomLine]

Haha..."The non- money notes down here" comment is funny..

[@michaelnelson3469]

Ridiculous that a big ugly knot on the back gets past QA. This is a pretty expensive P.

[@SanFranciscoFatboy]

the pre-amp is the sh#$%^t....... i bought a used one and finally spent the money to have it set up properly.....OMG, the pre-amp got bhalls :). i found a black one w/ maple neck and black PickGuard...... sexy Bass !!!!

[@paulfrantzis1]

Forget the price tag for these Fenders-get the Sire V9 for way less money and is better in every way!

[@BajistaGio77]

Cool

[@michaelbell75]

Not bad but Id prefer to save $1200 and get a Yamaha BB734A. It does the PJ tone better than the Fender IMO.

[@jrbass62]

The non money notes a myth!! They all pay!!

[@kevgh3869]

Jam and Peanut butter

[@dnadna6917]

Tuning. Your comments on the instrument are not going to carry any authority if you can't hear that it's out of tune.

[@Shades_of_White]

This was so frustrating to watch. Give us a proper demo instead of rushing through the entire recording playing at a million miles per hour.

[@TenFalconsMusic]

. That bass is seriously out of intonation. Think: Kanye West singing 'Bohemian Rhapsody.'

[@gbvoul]

Slap it, Sally

[@TheOverlordOfProcrastination]

When people call a Precision bass a P bass 😖 Three syllables are just too much.

[@ilpatongi]

The Overlord Of Procrastination What’s a Precision Bass? PBass is the only think I know

[@Pepper-cd9yr]

The Overlord Of Procrastination what a strange thing to be stingy about

[@grimmo63]

FFS Fender . Musicman all the Way

[@jefflotley1248]

No way. Musicman = farts

[@awllypollyas8292]

Thumb. Stop. Thumb.

[@MichaelMoore-xr9dw]

Fender is overpriced. I'll keep my p7.

[@gary_beniford]

I'm trying to figure out why people play bass. I play guitar and love the variety of sounds I can get but all basses sound the same to me and it's a sound I just can't dig by itself. besides my generation by the who I can't really think of a good bass solo.

[@jefflotley1248]

All about personal tastes man. I love the different sounds that a bass can make. I always hear the bass first when listening to music. I actually think that the bass doesn't get close to the amount of love and attention that it deserves

[@gary_beniford]

Jeff Lotley I have hard time picking out the bass in most songs. it's almost like the bass sound is hiding in the song. I have to wonder how the song would sound without it.

[@seamzking6189]

Typical guitard. If you think all basses sound the same, you need to get your ears checked.

[@gary_beniford]

SeamzKing maybe I do I really don't see the appeal maybe you can explain it to me.

[@nobodynowhereneveragain]

Bass combines the drums and guitar, its necessary to make the band sound good, to me i love playing bass live as you just feel so powerful with that much of the sonic spectrum completely under your control, the sound of bass to me is rich and really beautiful, i love guitar too but i gravitated towards bass once i broke the "shred" mentality and got more into just grooving and playing what the song needs, rather than just what i wanted. . As for bass all sounding the same, it really doesn't everything from the strings, to the wood, to the pickups to the players technique all change the tone, that's like saying that all guitar sounds the same, a strat sounds different to a les paul, just like a jazz bass sounds different to a P-bass. Also if you don't dig slap bass i really don't understand you, slap solos are awesome. And as for figuring it out, just jam on a bass some time with a drummer, just play some royal blood or something, trust me you'll see why some people prefer bass if you play it right :)