Honoring the Weather Report's awesome bassist.

In designing this beautifully crafted, exotic wood J Bass, Fender incorporated a host of features guided by Victor 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 pre-shape, boost, and EQ settings to enhance the unique sonic nature of the exotic woods. For maximum headroom, the circuit is powered by an 18-volt supply. It comes with a Fender deluxe brown hardshell case, strap, cable, and Meguiar's Mist and Wipe Kit.

Fender Victor Bailey Jazz Bass V 5-String Bass Features:

• Koa and rosewood over mahogany body
• Modern C-shape maple neck with satin poly finish
• Pau ferro fingerboard
• 2 Samarium Cobalt Noiseless pickups
• 3-band active EQ with 18V power
• Master volume
• Pickup switching
• Pan pot
• Deluxe gold-plated steel bridge
• Strings thru body or top load
• Fender/Schaller Deluxe Lite-Bass tuning machines
• Gold plated hardware
• Medium jumbo frets
• Koa headstock overlay
• Victor Bailey caricature graphic on headstock,
• 5 countersunk neck bolts
• Carved asymetrical heel for upper register access
• Posiflex graphiteneck support rods
• Abalone dot position inlays
• Rolled fingerboard edges
• Highly detailed nut and fret work

Fender Victor Bailey Jazz Bass V 5-String Bass Includes:

• Fender deluxe brown hardshell case, strap, cable, and Meguiar s Mist and Wipe Kit

Order today and put yourself in great company.

Fender Victor Bailey Jazz Bass V 5-String Bass Specifications:

• 9.5" fingerboard radius
• 22 frets
• 34" scale length
• 1.875" nut width

Fender Victor Bailey Jazz Bass V 5-String Bass

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Worth the wait!

Posted by MNJazz from Minnesota on Mar 27, 2009

Experience w/product: I own it

Reviewer's Background: Active Musician

Reviewer's Play Style: Rock, Country, Jazz, Fusion, Blues

When I ordered this bass about two years ago, Fender had stopped production and no longer had any in stock to send me. I couldn't decide whether to wait for the VB5 or go with another bass, so glad I waited! All in all, I ended up waiting about 5 months for them to MAKE ME my bass, better than getting one off the shelves, and let me just say, it was worth the wait! Incredible tone and versatility, almost any sound can be finessed from it. When I run the VB5 into the FX Loop Return of my SVT-6PRO feeding into the SVT-810AV.... heads turn and floors shake! Only gripe is that the screws on the machine heads loosen up for some reason and I lost one of em. The price seems to have gone up a bit too I see...

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I've just gotten my "Victor Bailey V"...

Posted by Anonymous Musician from Washington, D.C. Metro Area on Jul 4, 2008

Experience w/product: I own it

Reviewer's Background: Active Musician

Reviewer's Play Style: Gospel, Jazz, Old School R&B, Light & Black Rock

I've just gotten my "Victor Bailey V" and have been in the basement trying to compare and adjust my "American Deluxe Active V" to try and duplicate the same tones. I couldn't do it. There's a Stingray Hi-Fi Sizzle on the top frequencies and a smoothness that's better on the VB. The signal output is stronger and the bass seems deeper. But with all controls set at neutral, the tone seems to be fuller, however, I didn't put matching strings on both before I've decided to put my Deluxe on Consignment Sale. The agressive mids and tone of my Deluxe are now sounding more like a Stingray's growl, but not quite, as I pulled my Piezo Ray out and compared it also. Two Jazz's just confuse me, but they each have a different character. I think the Deluxe may have a Rock & Raw tone compared to a Jazz, Gospel, Old School R&B sound for the "VB".

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Posted by Bill and Ted from succasunna, nj on Jun 24, 2008

Experience w/product: I own it

Reviewer's Background: active musician for about 7 years

Reviewer's Play Style: all is blues

This bass is amazing! Definitely pay some attention here. Sounds great. Nice craftsmanship, looks way better in person in regards to the wood brilliance. My only problem are the knobs were a bit loose upon arrival.

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nice lookimg bass for all stiles

Posted by Ricky from brunswick,ohio on Jan 17, 2008

Experience w/product: I have heard about it

Reviewer's Background: active musician@ local recording

Reviewer's Play Style: latin jazz etc.

I was looking for a bass that give me a nice tone that matches my gear "swr" I was saving money to buy me a fodera bass until I saw a victor B. bass and I tried it. with the sound of this bass I can play any stile of music, I'm latino and I play latin jazz, merengue, salsa, santana stile, and sounds very nice and clear in all the stiles specially when you play funk stile...and not only that, when you play this bass on stage it not only sounds good it make you looks good also.

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amazing bass!

Posted by Jean Kouassi from mount rainier, MD on Sep 28, 2007

Experience w/product: I own it

Reviewer's Background: bass player

Reviewer's Play Style: N/A

This bass has an amazingly rich tone. Check out the zawinul syndicate "faces&places" 1st track or Joe Zawinul w/WDR big band on youTube to hear for yourself! The bass is capable of sweet fat and well define sound excellent for finger style (vic primary playing style)along with killer slap tone. This excellent performance & recording machine should have had an active/passive switch!

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