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Due to a stroke last year, playing my 5 string Fender jazz was laborious. I was thankful I could still play despite the deficit but it took so much out of me. A friend lent her 4 string short scale to me me for a month to try. I was convinced that this was the direction I needed to go to make playing fun again. After much research this was the choice I made and I am very happy with this bass.I have large hands but my fingers don't stretch like they used to. The neck is great. I did a little tweaking on the pickup height and it has a great sound. I just finished my first weekend of gigs and it was fun again to play.

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I'm a noobie to the bass, been a blues harp player for over 20 years. Played a little guitar in the past but finally got serious and got myself this bass in black. It cae with crappy strings so I put on a nice set of DR flat wounds and what a huge difference. Out of the box it was muddy. The inspection report showed that it was built over a year ago so the old strings were rather oxidized and sounded bad. Put on the new strings and the tone is amazing! I love the short-scale bc I have smallish hands and it makes getting to the notes a lot easier. I personally don't care for the fender short-scale jaguar's looks, so this classic body shape is perfect for me. It's comfortable to play standing and sitting. I love this beast and you will too.

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Received this Bass today and have been playing for 12 hrs now.Read others did not like the strings on. Mine are great.Wide range.Weight is just right and I can finger more of the neck with little effort.Controls nice and simple and great response.Bridge setting out of the box along with the strings are spot on.I have 8 other top shelf Basses and this holds it's own with them. Talk about a low end response.... this has it.Similar to my Hofner Very Thin . Very well worth the price. Gretch sells them for $429.00 so you have quite a savings for the quality. M y wife loves the way it fits. Do yourself a favor and try one of these.You'll be surprised and very pleased.

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Very good sounding bass. I have a Hofner short scale, too, and this bass feels smaller, just to give some of you a reference point so you are aware of the dimension. You get used to the difference very quickly and it is a nice, easy bass to play.All the notes ring out well. You don't have to worry about the dreaded dead notes on the 5th 6th and 7th frets of the G-string. I have an older house with mid 60s electrical work. And the single coils are still whisper-quiet.The spectrum of tonal output with both pickups is not super diverse, but it is very sufficiently diverse. You can get several (or more) distinctive very good tones out of the bass. On top of that, with round wounds, it is a surprisingly good sounding slapper.All the junior jet paint finishes are exceptional, particularly for the 299 price. Having said that, I have the Bristol Fog and it does look very quality! I thought/was hoping the middle portion grain would be lighter, but the first thing my wife said when she looked at it was how pretty the guitar is. I think it looks outstanding.I wanted a round wound base that I could use as a slapper. I didn't see the point of spending too much, so I looked at the Gretsch, The Music Man, and several offerings from Ibanez and Fender in the $300 price range. Surprisingly, I think the Gretsch was the cheapest, and I think very arguably, it was certainly the best sounding overall to my ears. And, again, it sounds surprisingly good as a slapper. There are a number of YouTube videos where you can see what it can do as a slap bass.Finally, a good gig bag at a great price. World Tour sells a 20 mil foam gig bag for $29.99 that is specifically tailored for the Hofner 500/1 bass. $30 is pretty much unheard of for a 20 mil gig bag, and you can get it at zZounds as well. The Junior Jet fits extremely well in this gig bag. That is all, and play on!!

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Ok this is my replacement, first the bad, just like the first one the output jack is bad and doesn't take the cable plug all the way in, however it doesn't affect the signal, 3 way switch still makes same popping noise as the first one, guitar came in with no set up at all all saddles were same heigh and same lenght string were just flopping loosely over, but i didn't care since i already ordered La Bella flat wound strings and they arrived a day before the guitar did, so now the good, the bass is perfect as far as the build quality goes, this one was painted perfectly with no missing spots, the neck is made of a beautiful maple with some obvious flaming, fret work once again is perfect with no sharp or uneven frets, after i changed the strings right away the neck complained so i adjusted the truss rode and addles, with a single turn truss rode was functioning smoothly, i let it sit for a few hours and gave it another turn, due to high tension of the strings i kept on adjusting the truss rode for 3 days, finaly the neck gave in and settled into a super low comfortable action, final step was setting the intonation, replacing the input jack and 3 way switch and the result is a bass that feels and sounds like a bass 5 times the price, unlike the first one i sent back this one has no fret buzz at all even with super low action, the nut is cut properly, so if you can do your own set up and willing to buy a set of good string and to replace a few parts you are going to have a wonderful bass for very little amount of money, but if you can't you will have to invest at least another $100 for the services and that will drive the cost up, however the bass feels absolutely amazing now and thank goodness i know how to set up my own guitars.

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Well waiting on replacement as the one i got had a host of problems, most noted one was terrible buzz on G string due to improperly cut nut, no matter how much i tried i could not get rid of it raising saddle didn't help, input jack wouldn't even take the cable plug all the way in, but it did not interfere with signal somehow, until jack got too loose, 3 way switch makes loud popping noise every time you switch the pick ups, contact spray did nothing to cure it, also inside cut away there was undersparay and not entirely black, also only was clearly visible in bright light, now the good, the neck is awesome, fret work was super nice, there was no gaps in the neck pocket, pick ups sounded great to my ears, super comfortbale to play bass, i could have fixed all the little problems myself i suppose, but why bother if i can get a new one, i hope it will not have any issues.

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Great price, great sound and comfort of playing.

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