Product Description

Packed to the gills with Fender's latest revolutionary innovations, the American Elite Jazz Bass is an active bass for the modern bassist who demands cutting-edge tone technology along with timeless style and fast, smooth playing feel. Its versatile sound easily matches any playing style—picked, plucked or slap-and-pop—while its standout looks remain authentically Fender, with a fresh twist.

With the exclusive all-new fourth-generation Noiseless pickups they’ve achieved the sonic equivalent of cold fusion —vintage-style response with completely noise-free performance. These muscular pickups are fueled by a redesigned robust 18-volt preamp cranks up the power for even more signal quality for chest-thumping tone with more headroom and reduced noise. Designed for fast playing and effortless position changes, the compound profile neck with a 9.5”-14” compound radius fingerboard is ideal for all playing styles. A modern “C”-shape at the new genuine bone nut, the profile morphs along the length of the neck to a modern “D”-shaped profile at the updated neck heel, providing plenty of comfortable support for fret hand antics. Posiflex™ graphite support rods run the length of the neck, adding stability to the neck while resisting temperature and humidity-induced warping. The HiMass™ Vintage bridge increases note attack and resonance for thunderous bass lines with colossal punch and boundless sustain while allowing either top-load or strings-thru-body stringing. In a vintage-inspired touch, the new truss rod adjustment wheel has been moved to the butt end of the neck for easier access, making neck relief adjustments a snap.

This bass is packed with Fender’s immortal aesthetics— from the ergonomic contours to the black chrome headstock logo, large pearloid fret markers and new color this instrument will pin the audience’s ears back with it’s gigantic tone and slick style. The American Elite Jazz Bass is a bold new bass for adventurous bassists who need a tonal multi-tool that refuses to compromise on any front. Includes a redesigned Elite Molded Case with body-hugging contours to provide increased protection for your cherished instrument and TSA locks.

Neck Shape: Modern "C" to "D" Wood:Maple Neck joint:Bolt-on Scale length: 34" Truss rod:Yes Finish: Satin urethane Pickups Active or passive pickups:Passive Pickup configuration: SS Neck: Not applicable Middle:4th Generation Noiseless Single Coil Bridge:4th Generation Noiseless Single Coil Brand:Fender Series or parallel:Parallel Active preamp: Yes Special electronics: 18 V with Active 3-band EQ Fretboard Material:Maple Radius:9.5"–14" compound Fret size:Medium-jumbo Number of frets: 21 Inlays: Black blocks Nut material: Bone Nut width:Info not available Neck width at 12 fret:Info not available Body Cutaway:Double cutaway Construction:Solidbody Body wood:Alder Top wood:Not applicable Body finish: Gloss polyurethane Orientation:Right handed Controls Control layout:Master volume, pan pot, 3-band EQ, active/passive mini toggle Pickup switch: Yes Coil tap or split:Not appicable Tone switching:No Special switching:Yes Hardware Bridge type:Fixed Bridge design:4-Saddle HiMass vintage Tailpiece:Not applicable Tuning machines:Fender "F" light-weight vintage-paddle keys with tapered shafts Color:Chrome Other Number of strings: 4 Pickguard: Yes Special features:Not applicable Case:Elite molded Accessories:Info not available

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Up to now the only Fender bass I've ever owned was a 1987 P-bass from Japan, which I still have to this day. I've always wanted a Fender Jazz bass, and seeing someone playing one in a band I really like recently reminded me of that fact. That combined with this brand new Elite line from Fender finally sold me on getting one, and I couldn't be happier with it. (Natural Finish - Maple Neck)

First the case. Both the case itself and the latches on it are rock solid, the interior is lined beautifully with gray fur and it's got a huge accessory compartment for whatever you need to pack with you. It comes with a cable (as do most new instruments), but imagine my surprise when I also found in there a gorgeous leather strap and a set of strap locks! I didn't know it came with them, so that was an extremely awesome addition to the package.

The bass itself is absolute perfection. It's absolutely gorgeous to look at, the finish is flawless, the fret ends were all perfectly smooth, and the inlays are sort of a black abalone looking material, which I also didn't realize from looking at the pictures. I thought they were solid black, so that was another pleasant surprise.

Both the passive and active settings sound just incredible. It's got the ability tone-wise to stand on its own, but it also has a wonderful ability to blend seamlessly into the mix in whatever style of music you're playing.

I read from various people that the Deluxe model of Fender Jazz basses suffered from a dead spot on the neck. This bass doesn't have that issue at all, and the compound neck is incredibly comfortable to play on. Not only comfortable, but deceptively fast.

Finally, the setup was absolutely perfect right out of the box. The string height was optimal with no fret buzz whatsoever. I fell in love with this bass the moment I put my hands on it, and I highly recommend it to anyone. It's more expensive than the Deluxe model, but it's totally worth it.
Fender American Elite Jazz Bass Natural
.This bass has great tones, in active mode deep punchy bottom, bright mids, well balanced. Passive mode is just slightly more mellow. Great for all styles, finger, pick, pluck, pop, tap. Looks incredible. No a big fan of the strings that it came with. Quickly replaced those. Was set up perfectly right out of the box. Getting all the tones I want and more. Plays any style of music.
Fender American Elite Jazz Bass Natural
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