Guitar Center | 1 month ago
Order your Fender American Ultra II Jazz Bass from Guitar Center:
https://www.guitarcenter.com/Fender/American-Ultra-II-Jazz-Bass-Ebony-Fingerboard-Noble-Blue-1500000432854.gc?source=4GOA4LOBA
Browse the entire collection of Fender American Ultra II basses and guitars:
https://www.guitarcenter.com/Fender-American-Ultra-II.gc?source=4GOA4LOBA
The Fender American Ultra II Jazz Bass takes a legendary instrument and does the seemingly impossible by adding updates and refinements. Enhanced playability inspires limitless grooves with sculpted body contours, Modern D profile, quartersawn maple neck with Ultra Satin finish, 10" to 14" compound radius maple or ebony fingerboard with rolled edges, tapered neck heel and Luminlay side dots. The Ultra II Jazz Bass also offers incredible tonal muscle that starts with two Ultra II Noiseless Vintage Jazz pickups. Then, there’s a redesigned preamp featuring Fender’s S-1 switching for active or passive operation, a midrange frequency selector (325 Hz or 750 Hz) and 3-band active EQ.
“My history with the Fender Jazz Bass goes back to day one,” says Jonny Goood (Lady Gaga, Wiz Khalifa, Miley Cyrus, The Weeknd). “I actually still use the same Jazz Bass I purchased from Guitar Center, and this Ultra II model reminds me so much of the bass I use every tour. I put in so many miles with that one. In fact, the Ultra II’s rounded fingerboard feels like it has been played for 20 years. Playing on the Ultra II’s neck pickup in passive mode is a cool way to emulate that rounder P Bass sound. But I love that you can hit the S-1 switch and turn it to active when it’s time to kick it up. When the drums kick, you can really get down to the nitty gritty. This is a versatile, full-range instrument.”
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Learn more about the entire Fender American Ultra II series in our exclusive interview with Joey Brasler, Fender's Vice President of Product (Electric Guitars, Amps):
https://www.guitarcenter.com/riffs/product-demos/guitars/fender-american-ultra-ii-guitars-and-basses-product-demo?source=4GOA4LOBA
Check out Mason Stoops' demo of the Fender American Ultra II Telecaster:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-NQPGYd8J5Y
Watch Jonny's bandmate, Tim Stewart, demo the Fender American Ultra II Meteora Electric Guitar:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aK8kWQLBY7Y
Listen in to Ari O'Neal's demo of the Fender American Ultra II HSS Stratocaster:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jCWCqCybDtI
Chapters
00:00 - Intro with Jonny Goood
01:44 - Jonny Goood’s First Impressions of the Fender American Ultra II Jazz Bass
03:10 - Exploring the Ultra II Jazz Bass’s Active and Passive Capabilities on the Neck Pickup
05:04- Slapping on the Neck Pickup of the Fender American Ultra II Jazz Bass
06:14 - Playing Through the Bridge Pickup on the Ultra II Jazz Bass
08:53 - Slapping on the Bridge Pickup of the Ultra II Jazz Bass
09:52 - Jonny’s Take on Fender’s S1 Switching
10:33 - Playing Through Both Pickups on the Fender American Ultra II Jazz Bass
13:24 - Jonny Goood’s Final Thoughts on the Fender American Ultra II Jazz Bass
13:45 - Outro
