For future reviews, is there any chance you could spend more time on the lowest notes -- the ones that most of us get paid for playing? Thanks.
@pattonPwr4 жыл бұрын
this bass is worth every penny
@RayBecker5 жыл бұрын
Love the color. Just another example of "if it ain't broke, don't fix it". Leo's bass is still killin' it after almost 70 years.
@danherrick23105 жыл бұрын
and people keep buying the "re-designs" - makes me laugh. "Look this one has a P-J configuration and MEDIUM JUMBO FRETS" gtfoh fender your guitars are the model T of instruments. A great first design with loads of room for improvement. Like those chunky, gross, neck joints? EVERY other company has found a better solution, but Fender snobs persist under the impression that outmoded technology has the best "tone"
@RayBecker5 жыл бұрын
@@danherrick2310 Easy there killer. Life is too short to be a dick
@zachleffler19603 жыл бұрын
Just bought this exact bass and absolutely love it, especially the color
@davidtrue57422 ай бұрын
Nice demo - I just wish more of these demo videos would play half notes or quarter notes so we can actually HEAR the tone. Sixteenth note runs are cool, yes, but you can't readily hear how this is gonna sound on a ballad, for example.
@cyrus13574 жыл бұрын
Duff called and wants his bass back!
@marike11005 жыл бұрын
The entire American Performer series of guitars and basses is excellent. I have the previous American Special Telecaster and it's fantastic. The only thing "entry level" about this series is the price. Kudos.
@danherrick23105 жыл бұрын
$1000 + is entry level?
@vassili875 жыл бұрын
Entry for US made instruments
@fullhd65984 жыл бұрын
And the Grasebucket?? It's my only..
@roblastem29053 жыл бұрын
One of the best basses out there
@thearkuhtekt5 жыл бұрын
Thanks Steve for an awesome review
@bradbarker40415 жыл бұрын
Truss-rod adjustment at the headstock makes me look for MIM and Squier. The truss wheel should be standard on Fender's MIA basses going forward.
@giamax744 жыл бұрын
The truss-rod adjustment on this bass is located on the body, not the headstock.
@robertmethia70802 ай бұрын
moe moe
@elitorrez6064 жыл бұрын
Thank you for not playing something in E
@creeptones3 жыл бұрын
"Crafted in Corona" checks upload date 0_0
@christianboddum87835 жыл бұрын
Great workhorse sound!
@paoloantonio15314 жыл бұрын
Looks and SOUNDS very dope. beautiful
@bengagliardo10803 жыл бұрын
did he just say entry level?
@Lukec-zj4cf5 жыл бұрын
If compared with previous model's tone knob, It would be more interesting :)
@refbassist5 жыл бұрын
Fender’s Vintage high mass bridge has been around for quite a while ,very cool tho
@vassili875 жыл бұрын
Except this is not high mass ;-)
@refbassist5 жыл бұрын
vassili87 no it’s not it’s “Vintage” High Mass :)
@vassili875 жыл бұрын
@@refbassist fender calls Vintage High Mass the one on the Am. Pro & Am. Deluxe. Check that out.
@tomthumb17414 жыл бұрын
@@refbassist 4-Saddle Vintage-Style with Steel Saddles
@ag052976 Жыл бұрын
Is the “tone bucket”, like the old “tbx” tone control. TBX was the treble bass expander control.
@alfieharries4 жыл бұрын
Wish people would play over the pickup they're demoing
@realnewyorkstyle2 жыл бұрын
I love this bass
@gooble693 жыл бұрын
Is just me or does the gap between A and D string look bigger than E & A, and D & G?
@gooble693 жыл бұрын
So I went and bought one on impulse and the gap is indeed slightly bigger on the middle strings. It's a great bass, if you you were like me and always had cheaper guitars, do yourself a favour and get one. It so nice to play!
@martinj.bombsquad66955 жыл бұрын
Hi,i think you should talk about the Stringspacing on the Bridge!!! Sorry i'm abig Fender fan vor 30 years,but the Bridges on Fender Basses are S..t!! Because you are not able to adjustment the Spacing,so that the 4strings have the same distance!..that makes me sad😏 Greetzs🤘👀
@terrytarpening94565 жыл бұрын
You can always change the bridge out to a better one with spacing adjustments. Tons of products out there will accomplish this and many direct replacement (hole matching) that won't break the bank
@ZedNecromantica3 жыл бұрын
Hail Water!
@PeekaPeep4 жыл бұрын
I would've made this my eventual long-term bass, except 1) Fender priced it $400-$500 over where it should be compared to the slightly superior and WAY more affordable Yamaha BB434, and 2) not enough left-handed body color/maple fretboard options for my taste. Once Fender finally starts rolling back their current prices for the Player/Performer/Professional lines as well as providing more southpaw alternatives for ALL of them, I'll definitely give then another look. Until then, gotta go with Yamaha in the meantime. Sorry, but that's how it is for me. Pray Fender steps up their game for real ASAP because they're steadily becoming a "name-only" enterprise and that will only get you so far in today's business world... >:-)
@NeoBalkanacMan4 жыл бұрын
Imo they've been a name only enterprise since Leo Sold the company...
@PeekaPeep4 жыл бұрын
@@NeoBalkanacMan Yup, and his G&L brand I truly consider the REAL Fender label as of today. Too bad most folks still don't realize a good deal of Leo's best work was under the G&L banner which he himself started and ran up until the end of his life. Amazing build quality you can get at very reasonable prices from them and, unlike Fender-In-Name-Only, they continue to uphold Leo's legacy of cutting-edge developments in the electric guitar/bass world.
@badmojo07775 жыл бұрын
product specs state this has jumbo frets?
@therealpalo0014 жыл бұрын
Ghs medium flatwounds sound great on these,more ole school bassy sound. Just spreading the word.
@christocr2 жыл бұрын
D'Addario Stainless Steel roundwounds also sound great on this bass. Just spreading another word.
@timbowen5267 Жыл бұрын
how would you compare this to the Yamaha BBP43?
@DMSProduktions5 жыл бұрын
Selling everywhere? Outer Mongolia?
@wtchnwsnw21003 жыл бұрын
Outer space Mongolia
@DMSProduktions3 жыл бұрын
@@wtchnwsnw2100 Even BETTER!
@AnomolousGrandeur3 жыл бұрын
I want this but just a p bass
@jrbass624 жыл бұрын
Same design, But now you can't tell the difference between a $7500 Master Built and a $500 Mexican!!
@realnewyorkstyle2 жыл бұрын
You mean Mexico fender also good?
@hunpisi88292 жыл бұрын
Nice bass. I don’t really like the logo. The precision sign is too big.
@bassistdc2 жыл бұрын
That greasebucket tone knob sucks IMO! keep it!
@PM-oq6ku2 жыл бұрын
After 3 minutes of unnessecary talking he finally played the guitar
@DavidJones-hd7jj5 жыл бұрын
I love the sound but I think it would be a difficult task talking about a bass that just stays the same year after year.Like ,it’s got fret markers.Yep most basses do.However I like the sound.
@allenmitchell095 жыл бұрын
Woah! Fret markers! Well I’ll be damned. Fender is continuously being innovative. Now I can tell what note I’m playing!
@terrytarpening94565 жыл бұрын
If it ain't broke, don't fix it.....
@PM-oq6ku2 жыл бұрын
Hope it doesn't come with the same bad fretwork as the Player's!
@olac454 Жыл бұрын
passive mode for the pickups available?
@phipschi4255 Жыл бұрын
its passive only
@kelvinhamlett357017 күн бұрын
That bass a PJ..string spacing D an G not good. The bridge is not all that looks cheap.
@johnaguilar55672 жыл бұрын
De no ser por la marca en el clavijero mi Squier Affinity PJ bass fácilmente podría ser este American Performer.
@ec-hi1br4 жыл бұрын
ALDER BODY ?
@shamerzaihan86383 жыл бұрын
Yep and maple neck if im not mistaken
@varney93963 жыл бұрын
Squier XDDDDDD
@martinj.bombsquad66954 жыл бұрын
Performers are realy good!!..BUT!!! The Bridgesaddels are realy Shit! Beause the youre are not able to adjust all four strings to the same Stringspacing!So i've changed mine to a highmass!..peace🤟🎸
@NRG25 жыл бұрын
That's a PJ..... Not a P...... There is a bridge pick up.... complete different tone for that reason...... Premier guitar.....
@premierguitar5 жыл бұрын
Fender calls it the American Performer Precision. Sorry.
@NRG25 жыл бұрын
That's strange. Thanks
@WatchfulWizard4 жыл бұрын
Is the tone really different though? If you just roll off the volume to the bridge pickup, would it not sound like a traditional Pbass ?
@MrJed50 Жыл бұрын
@@WatchfulWizard don’t pay attention to the purists. Adding a pickup doesn’t change the offset p pickup. You can just use the P pickup if you want. It gives you more options. Next they’ll say color affects tone.
@martinj.bombsquad66954 жыл бұрын
O.k.!!..the Bridge is Shit!!,because you can not adjust exactly 19mm Stringspacing!..2.if roll on the Jpickup full,you lost a little bit of bottom!🤟
@paulocapelas28813 жыл бұрын
7 mins review and no slap sound?
@philipbrookes10785 жыл бұрын
crap as standard as fender.
@kingstumble5 жыл бұрын
Ah bless...…poor fool.
@dedalus69825 жыл бұрын
I love Fender basses, have five of them.
@philipbrookes10785 жыл бұрын
@@kingstumble hardly I have several high quality ibanez
@kingstumble5 жыл бұрын
Philip brookes Well done. So what. I'm not criticising them.