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 Post subject: Fender American Professional II
PostPosted: October 13th, 2020, 9:38 am 
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 Post subject: Re: Fender American Professional II
PostPosted: October 13th, 2020, 9:45 am 
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I think I was in the middle of typing up my post when you posted this. :lol:

So what do we think? I dig some of the J colors, but the biggest issue I had with my Am Pro P was the neck ('63 neck not comfy for me) and the poorly rounded frets. What's the expression? "Fool me once, shame on you, fool me twice, shame on me?"


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 Post subject: Re: Fender American Professional II
PostPosted: October 13th, 2020, 9:50 am 
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Your post is better. More detailed hahah. I think they look good. I had my hands on a few Pro models. They were all stellar. Glad they’re doing the Jazz in Oly White, even though I’m all set there.

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 Post subject: Re: Fender American Professional II
PostPosted: October 13th, 2020, 11:43 am 
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I like it however Fender can drive me crazy!

Why is the J bass offered in 4 colors and the P Bass only offered in 3 colors? I agree Olympic White is great and I like the Miami Blue however why not offer the Miami Blue on the P Bass like the J bass, Strat ect?

https://shop.fender.com/en-US/electric-basses/precision-bass/american-professional-ii-precision-bass-left-hand/0193942706.html

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 Post subject: Re: Fender American Professional II
PostPosted: October 13th, 2020, 1:01 pm 
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Underwhelming IMO.

To Bob's point about the limited color choice. Seems like a Fender marketing strategy to steer customers(especially us lefties) to the slightly higher end Mod Shop offerings if you want anything beyond the standard models.


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There are new mod shop options as well

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 Post subject: Re: Fender American Professional II
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The international Fender site has 4 colors on the P :shock: :
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 Post subject: Re: Fender American Professional II
PostPosted: October 14th, 2020, 10:41 am 
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A brand spanking new Fender bass does have a certain allure. I like the white P. If that was a PJ I would probably be won over. How much did the prices go up from the last model?


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 Post subject: Re: Fender American Professional II
PostPosted: October 14th, 2020, 10:56 am 
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donahue wrote:
A brand spanking new Fender bass does have a certain allure. I like the white P. If that was a PJ I would probably be won over. How much did the prices go up from the last model?


I believe the Am Pro I was $1499 new, so they've gone up $50. But you can get a demo Am Pro I right now at Sweetwater for $1169:

https://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail ... sAPRLOWTd1


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