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Will_i_am « No complaints! »
Published on 09/19/13 at 06:11This coffee blend the usual characteristics of a precision bass with a unique finish and upgrades specific to the model:
- Maple neck.
- Rosewood fingerboard, 20 frets.
- Mechanical typical open gear engraved Fender '70s.
- Special Channel refined according to the specifics of the original model of Mendel 71.
- Finish Candy Apple Red (slightly) reliquée - Road Worn - with nitrocellulose lacquer.
- Black pickguard.
- Micro Seymour Duncan Quarter pound SPB3 with basic electronics (volume, tone).
- Badass II bridge.
In short, a great mix of vintage and modern.
I put 9 for the relic finish, I did not find it quite exaggerated. The bass should have been either brand new or frankly reliquée as the original Mendel, but then it really like Fender did not dare go frankly the "relicage". After it is also a matter of taste.
UTILIZATION
The handle is a real massacre, the strong point of this bass. It so big that handle standard P-Bass and more pleasant to the touch with lacquer finish. For me the best round among all bass I've owned.
Ergonomics is uh ... normal I will say is what a bass precision.
Access to acute is better than average, as 90% low, but eventually apart for soloists it did not matter too much ...
It is a precision bass, so therefore business and it sounds immediately.
SOUNDS
I do not think this bass is a model of versatility with its powerful micro, but it must go almost anywhere even when using a minimal work on the amp EQ. Actually this is rather typical rock bass, the sound is quite round and fat, while placing very well in the mix.
A treat fingers and a big killing in pick. I mounted mine mesh dishes D'Addario, it tempers some of the enthusiasm and it growls SPB3 well as it should.
OVERALL OPINION
I've had 3 months, it is one of the best bass I've owned. Not very versatile, but extremely effective. Basically it has a sound, but what sound!
The value for money is very good, given the equipment and finish.
Surely one of the best of the Fender precision bass range currently.
- Maple neck.
- Rosewood fingerboard, 20 frets.
- Mechanical typical open gear engraved Fender '70s.
- Special Channel refined according to the specifics of the original model of Mendel 71.
- Finish Candy Apple Red (slightly) reliquée - Road Worn - with nitrocellulose lacquer.
- Black pickguard.
- Micro Seymour Duncan Quarter pound SPB3 with basic electronics (volume, tone).
- Badass II bridge.
In short, a great mix of vintage and modern.
I put 9 for the relic finish, I did not find it quite exaggerated. The bass should have been either brand new or frankly reliquée as the original Mendel, but then it really like Fender did not dare go frankly the "relicage". After it is also a matter of taste.
UTILIZATION
The handle is a real massacre, the strong point of this bass. It so big that handle standard P-Bass and more pleasant to the touch with lacquer finish. For me the best round among all bass I've owned.
Ergonomics is uh ... normal I will say is what a bass precision.
Access to acute is better than average, as 90% low, but eventually apart for soloists it did not matter too much ...
It is a precision bass, so therefore business and it sounds immediately.
SOUNDS
I do not think this bass is a model of versatility with its powerful micro, but it must go almost anywhere even when using a minimal work on the amp EQ. Actually this is rather typical rock bass, the sound is quite round and fat, while placing very well in the mix.
A treat fingers and a big killing in pick. I mounted mine mesh dishes D'Addario, it tempers some of the enthusiasm and it growls SPB3 well as it should.
OVERALL OPINION
I've had 3 months, it is one of the best bass I've owned. Not very versatile, but extremely effective. Basically it has a sound, but what sound!
The value for money is very good, given the equipment and finish.
Surely one of the best of the Fender precision bass range currently.