I was pretty happy about this Player Plus when I saw PJ Precison in this more affordable range. But since I'm not into active I was happy to know there's active/passive switch, but once I figured out they left out tone control in passive mode, that happened to be big NO from me. I ordered normal Player Series. I dunno why reviews skip this part over, I think it's important to many players.
I agree that’s what I’m here for is to find that out why on earth would they not give passive tone, I think that is a huge No it’s not difficult to make treble the passive tone.
Don’t know that you would benefit in spending the extra money for the player plus to play it passively. Better to get a player series and save and mod with noiseless pups if that is the goal.
I'd bet if you're handy with a soldering iron, a tone control wouldn't be hard to implement. You could swap the single volume pot for one of those concentric ones and wire one of them to earth via a capacitor, as the tone control.
@@BARTFUNKBASS My only gripe is with how close the G string is to the rolled edge of the fretboard. I threw light gauge Rotosounds on her and I absolutely LOVE the tone. It’s definitely one of Fender’s best basses. I can only play for like 10-15 minutes because of a back injury and surgery but those ten mini are priceless
I have the p bass and it is OK. However, it is more expensive than the bass it replaces, the Precision Special Active? The Special Active has a contoured heel joint, a great jazzy neck and sounds great. It's $100 less than the Player Plus.
Been looking to get a bass..always wanted 1 .. I've seen reviews saying the pj bass can b the only bass u need.. that's wat im about..I only need 1..n it sound incredible
I was looking at these a few weeks back but decided to save £450 and bought a Sire V7 also through Andertons. The build quality is exc, has a "better" pre amp and the tone control works in passive so it`s a bit of a no brainer for me. The Fender is nice but these should be around £700, the Player series should be £500. But if you must have the Big F name you have to shell out almost double the amount of the Sire.
You could've gone with the old Player series too, but that wasn't a bad choice. Anyway, anything but these noiseless pickup trash non-sense that Fenders like to push. Sounds bad.
I have both the sire v7 and and the player plus p and there is no comparison, fender p is better in every way. Although sire are great basses I now get the difference in price.
@@joeholliday2438 i have to sadly agree. And I don't even have a player plus. I have a p bass that I assembled myself from fender replacement parts (all MIM and US) and even those parts are just better quality than my sire V7. The V7 is really nice but there's certain things like the fret edges, the standard tuners they come with, the weight, just the general feel of the instrument feels like it's supposed to be more expensive even if it doesn't have all the extras the sire has. But my p bass sounds better anyways since it has EMG PAs in it instead of the standard fender pickups.
Not sure what the newer sires are like, but after having used a sire 5er for alot of stuff, the drawbacks quickly become a real problem. VERY heavy, dreadful neck dive, really poor tuners and hardware in general. With most fenders you can forget about them/not worry about them over time which is so useful, cant speak for these ones but all i can say is i dont pick up the sire anymore
@@alfieharries not quite the same thing but Ive used a sire v5 a lot recently (one of the newer ones) and I think they've fixed most of the things you mentioned. My v5 is 4.1 kilos, so not too heavy and the neck dive is average I would say. Tuners are fine on mine too. Seems sire has listened to feedback a bit
It feels like Fender has been spying on me and has implemented all the mods I did on my Squire Vintage Modified P Bass, but just a little bit better (with the exception of me swapping out the blend pot for a 3 way switch).
I haven't seen any Tokai Basses from you guys, yet??? May I suggest the Tokai 'Legacy Series' 6-String Ash Neck-Through Contemporary Electric Bass Guitar (Natural Satin). The last bass you will ever own....period.
I just wonder how these could be much better than my Fender Precision Road Worn - I just can't put the bass down - I added a Hipshot Hi Mass bridge and just bought the Seymour Duncan SPB 3 Quarter Pounder pickups. I bought it barely used still with tags from Sweetwater for 700 on CL. 100 for the bridge and another 100 for the upgraded pickups - all in 900.00. The only thing I don't like is the truss rod adj. at the pick guard.
@@danb74 that sucks. In my experience the QC of the american factory is the worst of the lot. Every mexican i've had has been good, some have been superb
I HATE 5 string Bass's...because a person always seem's to have to to make that 5th. string make sense---and it doesn't. I don't care who's playing #LesClaypool
Colors on a guitar or bass are not important. It's like fishing lures; they come in multiple colors designed to catch more fishermen than fish! So, don't get too hung up on flashy colors. Colors don't make notes or tones.
The last thing I need is ancient technology. 9 v batteries? Screw off. Where is modern technology? Rechargeable replaceable battery pack and it might be interesting. And I wonder if Fender expects people to buy and then just play passive?
@@ricksigurdson2016 Yes, because that's what I want to do, always have 2 fully charged rechargeable batteries as opposed to throwing a bunch of 9 volts in the gig bag. Do you know musicians?
Agreed. It's not just the fret noise (although jazz basses has some anyway) but the jazz in this video sounds awful, mid scooped with no body to the sound. I can't really believe this guitar sounds like this, it definitely needs attention with setup / proper strings.
Subjective... Many amazing bassists rely on having that rasp of the string directly after the attack buzzing a little. I like to have my bass at a point where it makes that nosie when I start digging in just a little bit have enough room to play softly and have none at all
Yea very subjective. On new rounds it is pretty disgusting. On old rounds or flats, fret noise is essential for great tone imo, and also a great range of tones
