Thanks for the epic demo Cici (as is tradition). It's convinced me to pick one of these up. My bank manager will be upset...but he's not a musician and he drives an Audi so...
I too remember seeing Duff McKagan playing an all black iteration of this bass in Velvet Revolver and thinking “oh my god, I need to own a bass like that someday.” It just looked so cool and given that Duff is one of the coolest people alive, it made it seem that much cooler
I really do wish fender would offer all the finishes across both models of bass. They have a tendency to do this, which is quite frustrating. That white finish on the P bass would look lovely on the jazz.
These are my favorite basses ever. They feel like nothing else out there, they're an absolute pleasure to play. And there's very few that look at good and sound as good.
I bought one of the Aerodyne P basses in white. The craftsmanship is unbelievable. The neck pocket fit is better than my Am Pro II. Sounds and plays great. Only problem is the neck dive.
My AmPro2 P bass has the same issue. The base of the neck fits snug on one side, but there's too much space on the opposite side. Doesn't affect playing, tho, but I'm pretty sure I'm going to pick up an Aero P this year.
Bought one a few hours ago. I lost track of how long I was playing it in the store; it was that good. Bought the PB/J pickup option, all black (like my heart). Love the uncluttered no pick guard look and feel.
@@gus3333the dive on the pbass was awful with the light body. I played one at GC. Interested in the jazz but they didn’t have any in at the time. Just the white p. Aside from Neck dive it’s a looker of a bass. Really nice.
Have the original Aerodyne jazz - this is the Japanese domestic market model with P/J pickups, dolphin grey, with the chrome scratch plate that I purchased at Ishibashi in Ochanomizu, Japan back 2003 or 2004, I own an Okamoto P bass, Mex Player jazz fretless and a US Jazz but the Aerodyne, with black tape wound strings just looks amazing and is my favourite Fender bass to play And yes I totally prefer the scratch plate model I have over the overseas market models without scratchplate
Absolutely love my original black aerodyne which has served me well for over 10 years. Only problem I have with it is the gloss black finish is a fingerprint magnet and I’ve long since given up trying to keep it clean! Love the look of the new sunburst J, but £1300 seems steep
Lee the first series that came out had different colors and a pickguard with a pj setup. The second series of the Aerodyne was in all black, still with the pj setup and yes Duff McKagan did play one of those. The was also a signature one for Frank Bello. The Aerodyne is one of my favorite bass guitars. You can headbang for hours with a Aerodyne. Love the white p-bass that Cici has and new California Blue jazz 🤘🏼
They really make a guitarist want to play bass. Amazing jams. I find myself picking up a guitar trying to figure out what the hell Lee is doing on some of those runs. Brilliant stuff.
I love my Aerodyne, and went to my local shop to buy one of these new ones. How this bass went from $800 - $1400 is beyond explanation. Fender has lost their minds.
Rumour has it, MIJ were losing money because of manufacturing the body shape (having to designate valuable CC time to the Aerodynes) on such a limited volume. Again, just a rumour...but it sounds plausible.
I owned a black Fender Aerodyne bass for a few seasons. Sold it, as fabulous as it was. It was SO PRETTY I was afraid to scratch it or put fingerprints on it!!
I bought my first Fender brand P-Bass this year. It’s a black Player edition. I’m still drooling over the green Aerodyne P-Bass though. Thanks for another great presentation!
You guys are so fun and inspiring. There is a aerodyne here on my local used marked, mint condition. Really want one, but even used, it cost a bit. So I don’t know. Maybe I end up with a Sire P7 instead, white in pj configuration. You can act out your inner Duff McKagan with that too🤩
Had a 2012 deluxe strat. Walked into local guitar shop, played one of these, and a telecaster acoustasonic. Went home, had an acoustasonic ordered within the hour and planning on selling my strat for this bass and a super nice amp set up for both the bass n acoustasonic.
An early-50s style headstock would have helped with the neck dive on the P-Bass. Would have looked really unique if they kept the matching finish on it too, as I don't think any other 50s style neck has ever had that (feel free to correct me if I'm wrong).
Great vid as always - gotta say I'm disappointed there aren't any black models in this run, that's always the colour I think of for the Aerodyne series
They look cool. I have the original aerodyne in black with the cream binding. Played with it for years. Plays nice but grew to hate the thin body which dug into my forearm and tone was also quite thin I found because of it
The white p is sweet. BUT, like they pointed out I played one in my local shop and the neck dive was horrible. A wide strap may offset it but in the lap it was pretty bad.
I wonder if replacing the tuners with Hipshot Ultralites, or Gotoh Res-o-lite tuners would cure the neck dive? I installed hipshot ultralites on my Yamaha Attitude which cured the moderate neck dive inherent in that bass.
It will. Hipshot ultralites are that good. I even have it on my Squiers lol. As expensive as they are, it's the experience of no neck dive you are paying for.
Are there any more of these basses available? I really like the green precision bass version! PS, are people happy with them? They look beautiful but are they fun to play?
Good-looking and sounding basses with the impeccable craftsmanship you'd expect of MIJs. An interesting choice of wood here though, I must say. That makes it a lighter instrument and makes it easier to put a slight carve into the top, I wonder if this will affect the resonance?
I've got one -- acoustically they're deader than Jazz basses, and the Japanese pickups are less powerful than the US versions, but I've found that flatwounds on them seem to bring out the personality they were intended for (which isn't metal, though a lot of metal bassists play them).
Don’t really need a pick guard on a bass, but they do look naked without one. I think it looks right though for this “aero” sleek shape and design - uncluttered. I could get used to it.
I am a big of gloss necks. For us those of us "roundwound on fretless" players it is neat having "brakes". In other words, stop with all the satin necks dang it.
It raises the question of why the traditional models have pick guards. Even if you play a bass with a pick you're not going to strumming away on the thing.
I know it's a matter of personal taste but, having looked at the range on the Andertons website, I'm really disappointed. None of these come close to the elegance of the original aerodyne bass. I also don't know what the obsession is with cream/white pickups on colourful basses. It looks tacky.
