Fender 0141032305 Steve Harris Precision Bass, Maple Neck, Olympic White with Stripe

Amazing piece of hardware!! massive body and neck ~15lb great sustain yet very easy to play on the fretboard the pickup is really loud and very sensitive (responds better than my active Ibanez). but easy to control form the volume pot the tone control has a huge range it really changes the instrument the bridge is really solid even with all the weight on the body it transfers the strings to the body really well. The bass is built in Mexico and the quality is great. the finishing on the pinstripe is really good and frames the body really cool on stage. the mirror pickguard gives it lots of cool factor under any lights the decal is really high quality no fuzziness no effect on the clearcoat. all Maiden fans will love it, all Fender fans can trust the tone quality and sound of a good Pbass with upped hardware(bridge and pickup) Comes with a super-thin toy-like Fender gigbag would work great with lighter basses not this one, too heavy but does the job just won't last too long. when i got it, the Rotosounds SH77 were not in the box; had to contact the seller to get a separate shipping for the strings it comes with Fender standards i believe, pretty bright strings that depends on your preference, I like heavier gauges but it's up to you. Things to look for... mine had a little rust on one of the machine heads just a little speck but you would not expect that. It is heavy, get a fat strap. The new Steve Harris Sig. has a better bridge and comes in the blue sparkle finish I like the White one better, up to you really... the blue one is more expensive have not tried it i don't know if the tone quality etc justify the prize. This is a really good Pbass with cool looks. Up the Irons!!!

So, yes, it is! Why 1 star? Well, I am trying to get everything that was in the description when I ordered this. The Steve Harris Custom Flatwound Roto Strings were nowhere to be found. For those of you reading this, I will change this to a 5 star review as soon as I get my strings! :-) Wow! I wish I had ordered one of these years ago! It is heavy, and I am a heavy guy (250+). When I attempt to do a hammer on/pull off combo on most of the other basses I own, I end up moving the neck. This bass doesn't move. It feels so good! Please read my other reviews and you will see I am not affiliated with Fender at all. But, man, I would love to be! I have read some other reviews, on another website that had some negative things to say about this bass. Someone said the sound was not Fenderish enough. I had to wonder if this person even knows who Steve is or if they had ever heard him play? The first songs I played on this bass were Run to the Hills, Hallowed Be Thy Name, and Rime of the Ancient Mariner. It plays like butter! Real, heavy, butter! Today I played with the bass for 3 hours and realized I did not have to tune it once. It was still in tune from the very first tuning out of the box. I just keep staring at it and picking it up to play a song and cannot believe how good it feels and sounds. Steve Harris is the reason I play bass, and I love anything that can make me feel like I am playing along with him proper. If you are wondering if you should get this bass, you will not regret it. Like I said, this will be a 5 star review as soon as I get those strings. I will address a couple of things: Yes, you do have to remove the neck to adjust the truss, and if this makes you uncomfortable, then bring it to someone who can take care of it for you. I did not have to adjust anything out of the box, but I saw the dark brown spot on the headstock and that is all it is; just a brown spot. I don't know what else to say. I am going to stop typing this and go play the bass some more! Aloha, peace! Dude! I love this thing! Update: I never received the strings, but couldn't let my review sit at 1 star. Bummer about the strings though...

Heavy.

Awesome bass! After shipping to MI during a snow storm it may need a setup but other than that it's amazing! Been wanting to own a Steve Harris Signature for a long time and it's about time! The neck on this bass is beastly so if you have smaller hands I wouldn't recommend it. It has amazing tone, clear, deep lows, punchy mids, and the clearest and most mix cutting highs i've ever heard a precision bass have. UPDATE: So I've had this bass for over a year now and I still love it! However, I did have an issue with a neck pocket gap. The routing for the neck pocket was poorly done and they over tightened the neck bolts at the factory to the point of the holes on the neck plate were pulled through. I put a new neck plate on and it helped a lot but it does still bother me that there's a gap there at the top of the pocket. It does not seem to affect the sound, but since it's a thousand dollar bass this shouldn't be an issue. 2ND UPDATE:So neck pocket was not sanded correctly at the factory. The part of the pocket where the neck should be laying flush with the body has a wave in the wood (on the body) and is causing the neck to not sit flush in the pocket. This can be solved by sanding a little in the pocket but wow, very poor QC on the MIM factories part.Obviously this is a one off issue and I've played other copies of this bass that did not have this issue.

Excellent Bass ! There is a reason you will not find many of these used . Great craftsmanship . Heavy bass ( literally weighs alot ) sounds amazing . Modeled after Steve Harris' 72' Fender P . Was delivered before date specified .

IRON MAIDENのファンなので今まで汎用のプレシジョンベースで頑張ってきたが、やはり物足りなかった。 こいつはピックアップから弦まですべてがスティーブハリス仕様なので、彼独特のベースサウンドが再現できる。 アンプを通さなくても、生音だけでなりきりプレイができる。 商品としても綺麗で梱包も丁寧、海外からの取り寄せにも関わらず、納期もきっちりで言うことなしだった。

Washing the toilet

ピックアップの取り付け状態が、如何にも純正を取り替えましたのように中途半端に固定されていた。 弦は純正が取り付けてあり、同梱のラウンド弦と交換する必要がある。 この2点以外は満足しております。 コスパも良いと思います。