Honoring the awesome bassist of Weather Report fame.

In designing this beautifully crafted, exotic wood J Bass, Fender incorporated a host of features guided by Victor Bailey himself. The sleek body has a koa top over rosewood and mahogany. Noiseless pickups add warmth and lows that complement the body's natural clarity and brightness. The circuitry has been tweaked with a pre-shape, boost, and EQ settings to enhance the unique sonic nature of the exotic woods. For maximum headroom, the tone circuit is powered by an 18-volt supply. Includes a Fender hardshell case.

Fender Victor Bailey 4-String Fretless Jazz Bass Features:

• Koa and Rosewood Over Mahogany Body
• Modern "C" shape neck,
• Rosewood fingerboard, 9.5" radius (241mm)
• Fretless, 22 inlaid white fretline markers
• 2 Samarium Cobalt Noiseless Jazz Bass pickups
• Controls: Master Volume, Pan Pot, 3-Band Active EQ with:
• Treble Boost/Cut: +/- 10 db @ 8kHz, a shift in the cut frequency, and about a 2dB slope per octave.
• Mid Boost/Cut: +10dB, -15dB @ 500Hz, and a wide band slope.
• Bass Boost/Cut: +/- 12 db @ 40 Hz, with a 4dB slope per octave.
• Pickup Switching: Pan Pot
• Deluxe gold plated steel bridge plate, (strings-thru-body or top load), with gold plated brass saddles
• Fender/Schaller Deluxe Lite-Bass Tuning Machines
• Gold plated hardware
• Koa Headstock Overlay,
• Victor Bailey graphic on headstock,
• 5 countersunk neck bolts
• carved asymetrical heel for better upper register access
• Posiflex graphite neck support rods
• Abalone dot position inlays
• Rolled fingerboard edges
• Highly detailed nut work
• Side dot position markers centered between fretlines
  
  

Fender Victor Bailey 4-String Fretless Jazz Bass Includes:

• hardshell case

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Fender Victor Bailey 4-String Fretless Jazz Bass Specifications:

• Scale Length: 34" (864 mm)
• Width at Nut: 1.50" (38mm)

Fender Victor Bailey 4-String Fretless Jazz Bass

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paid too much for this cheap contruction bass

Posted by salsablues from GA on Sep 25, 2009

Experience w/product: I own it

Reviewer's Background: pro

Reviewer's Play Style: jazz latin funk rock

paid too much for this cheap contruction bass; the construction is not the best; they didnt pay attn to the fingerboard setup, nut(cheapy), action difficult to setup; cnat find a definite sound, maybe bad construction in pickups; I bought one and Im very dissapointed with sound, contruction and setup(very difficult to setup).

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Beautiful Bass

Posted by Fender Baby from Corpus Christi on May 26, 2007

Experience w/product: I own it

Reviewer's Background: Active Musician

Reviewer's Play Style: Anything but Tejano and Country

It was in a lovely brown hard shell case that looked so nice I didn't want to scratch it. I opened the case and gasped at how nice it looked. It was lite compared to my other basses and the feel was excellent. The gold hardware was a nice touch and the wood was stunning! I plugged it in and noticed it sounded great even with the factory flatwound strings. I plan to have an epoxy coating applied by a pro on the fingerboard so i can use roundwound strings. This is by far the most beautiful bass I'll probably ever own.

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The Closest thing to handmade that Fender makes

Posted by Kevin B. Kelley from Kilgore, Texas on Jan 23, 2007

Experience w/product: I own it

Reviewer's Background: Professional, Educator

Reviewer's Play Style: Jazz

First of all, the bass is beautiful. A good piece of Koa is becoming rare. A word of warning; having seen several of these, each piece of wood looks different. There are some highly figured, grainy pieces of Koa, and others that aren't as spectacular. Still, the natural wood finish on this instrument is beautiful. The features are very nice - the 22 frets compared to Fender's standard 20 - the deluxe tuning machines - and don't let the purists (which I am one) fool you. There is a big advantage in the Active Electronics. The proof is in the pudding (sound). Maybe a little pricier than it needs to be, but it's the only Fender that really features the various woods...Koa, Rosewood, Mahogany and Maple. I Love It!

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This bass is amazing...

Posted by JBass from Iowa City, IA on Jun 5, 2006

Experience w/product: I own it

Reviewer's Background: Active Musician

Reviewer's Play Style: Jazz, fusion, alternative rock

I haven't played the fretted model, but the fretless one looks and plays great. It has a rich, deep sound near the bottom that becomes crisp at the top. The active EQ pretty much lets you get any sound you want though. In general this is a really smooth and playable fretless.

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