Fender FSR 2012 Deluxe P Bass Special

Made in Mexico, presumably 2012.
The neck is relatively thin, varnish also, the handle is light wood with black block inlays.
4 strings, 4 mechanical line, 2 microphones (one single and one double).
5 knobs: master, percentage of each micro stack boost bass and treble and midrange boost knob.
20 frets.

UTILIZATION

The handle is very nice to me, the weight fairly well distributed access to treble is perfect, the ergonomics of this bass is perfect for me.
It just bites you a little nose (barely) but nothing to do with other instruments much less balanced.
Easily obtained a good sound, the knobs do not do anything, so you have a choice in a beautiful and wide range of sounds.

The neck is thin and varnish glue little movements are easy.

Strings not too far apart, perfect.

As guitarist at the base, first I wanted to buy a short scale, but ultimately this P bass is not too much and easy to handle.

Wishing to give me drop C, I left the original strings, which are very good for that, what would a slightly higher pulling can be a sound have a little more tense ... to see.

SOUNDS

Sounds obtained are rather targeted mega power, active electronics really sends the ball, the sounds are rather in the crystal seems to me you register it but it is possible to get more sounds deaf.
I think his record is privileged qd even the big rock, with a little crunch and in a lot of mediums.
The bass is taut and not invasive, it's a really well balanced frequency ranges, and the sound is very flattering.
Beautiful sound quality for the price I think you can hardly do better ...
Implementation compared to the store facing a standard thunderbird, thunderbird one "faded"?, A special deluxe precision IR?? and MusicMaster ...
It is this low and MusicMaster who have stuck. The gibson seemed very insipid next, and RI?? had a handle too big for me, but sounds fine nevertheless.

OVERALL OPINION

Just bought after an hour test store, I just have fun with 2H home on a 70 bassman head and 4x12 vintage orange: between his beautiful and Rock n Roll NYC hardcore.

This is the most beautiful store (in kind), the pictures on the net do not really make it justice.
The color is superb.

The perfect finish. No game, crappy binding, handle poorly planed really a superb finish.

I hesitated seriously with muscimaster MIJ, who sent the ball really very definition, in addition to being shortscale ... finicky but poorly, very poorly regulated, more gross bad sense ... but then what energy!

The two lower being in the same price range, this factor did not play. Just this P Bass was above all the points, or in any case very different and closer to the special features that I wanted.

For 790th with a good cover ... I honestly do not know how to find better at this price.

Some may find fault with this or that point, the sound is not settled yet flexible, for example, but not radical terrain in a good way ... but it is not in the 2500th bass either.

Efficiency, beauty, beautiful sound, well balanced for less than 800th.