Fender 50th Anniversary Jazz Bass

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For more gear reviews and videos check out guitarworld.com… In this video gear editor Ed Friedland demonstrates the features of the Fender 50th Anniversary Jazz bass guitar.

Reader Comments

Great review, thanks.

#1 
Written By GravyDaveNewson on April 29th, 2012 @ 8:20 am

p-bass or j-bass? i cant really decide….it is not the look of them that dont let me decide….i just dont know the differences …..does a p-bass havw the same capabilities as a jazz?

#2 
Written By giannakisXAXAXA on April 29th, 2012 @ 8:35 am

I had a teacher like years ago who looked like this dude!!!

#3 
Written By funtochill431 on April 29th, 2012 @ 8:58 am

futurama

#4 
Written By BigMandoF on April 29th, 2012 @ 9:24 am

Your deeper Mids, especially on the low E, sound so bassy-punchy, more like Humbuckers. Are u using a preamp? Or how can that be explained?

#5 
Written By bluesmanshoes on April 29th, 2012 @ 10:20 am

That dude sorta bugs me.

#6 
Written By hybridmcgee on April 29th, 2012 @ 10:20 am

like that bass! but i also like that:

#7 
Written By Birkk22 on April 29th, 2012 @ 10:37 am

Whats your amp setup?

#8 
Written By kazak91 on April 29th, 2012 @ 11:29 am

maybe he’s not as good as you yet mate just settle down

#9 
Written By sgtryan17 on April 29th, 2012 @ 12:06 pm

does enybody know what the grooves are called he plays

#10 
Written By sgtryan17 on April 29th, 2012 @ 12:43 pm

I can see the excitement in his face.

#11 
Written By galiddnomyar on April 29th, 2012 @ 1:25 pm

Túl sokat vártam a válaszra, ezért már rég kidolgoztam egyet :P

#12 
Written By cj8598 on April 29th, 2012 @ 2:22 pm

try to figure it out by yourself. You can see his fingers moving and you can heard it well.

#13 
Written By SgtZaqq on April 29th, 2012 @ 2:30 pm

are you fucking serious? you mean you can’t actually figure it out for yourself?

#14 
Written By yeebeascurvydawg on April 29th, 2012 @ 3:07 pm

Also, the pickup covers shield the bass amazingly well from interference. On my P-bass, with both covers on, I can sit within in a foot or two of my computer set up– which consists of my laptop, monitor, xbox, two power strips, and a bunch of other crap– and I hear only a slight hum, where as with my uncovered Jazz bass, the hum is louder than my playing when that close to that many electronics.

#15 
Written By Socioistic on April 29th, 2012 @ 3:46 pm

Can you give me a tab for the first bass line? :)

#16 
Written By cj8598 on April 29th, 2012 @ 3:51 pm

pick up covers are mainly for show and not so much a change in sound, it can add a bit of a twang and it limits where you can play on the strings which is what will change the sound

#17 
Written By smokewitchills on April 29th, 2012 @ 4:38 pm

lol


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#19 
Written By ReyesGuillermo3883 on April 29th, 2012 @ 6:12 pm

I just bought a Lakland…I’ll never touch another Fender again

#20 
Written By Sabianboy123 on April 29th, 2012 @ 6:30 pm

It’s the same bass, it just had the pickup covers on when it was in the box.

#21 
Written By speculative182 on April 29th, 2012 @ 7:08 pm

thats a different bass thn the one that was in the box in the beginning

#22 
Written By jayjohnson83190 on April 29th, 2012 @ 7:50 pm

hehe, big muff

#23 
Written By DAN7E91 on April 29th, 2012 @ 8:47 pm

Haha. Your other comment got removed. It must have been pretty vulgar. First off, I am not a dog fucker, and I prefer vagina over dick. So your command for me to eat a dick will be denied, and no dogs will be harmed. I’m sorry you get so angry over such a benign comment. You need to chill out or your stress/anger will give you a heart attack. P.S. Again, Ed is a great reviewer and great bassist. Do you have any videos of your playing? I would love to see them… :)

#24 
Written By surfgoat1 on April 29th, 2012 @ 9:11 pm

Eat a dick you dog fucker

#25 
Written By xtrabass on April 29th, 2012 @ 9:19 pm

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