The Jazz Bass V is the five

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( extended-range) version of the Fender Jazz Bass. It comes in several different versions, with active or passive pickups.

Standard Jazz Bass V

The Fender Standard Jazz Bass V has

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pickups, and passive electronics. The neck has 20 frets and a 4+1 tuner configuration.

Deluxe Active Jazz Bass V

The Fender Deluxe Active Jazz Bass V is a member of the Deluxe series from Fender. The body is similar to the Standard Jazz Bass V. Despite the variety of colors to choose from, every model comes with a 3-ply black

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. The body is made of

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, the neck of

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and the fingerboard

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(since 2016). Available colors are 3-Color Sunburst, Olympic White and Surf Pearl (as of 2016). The neck has also 20 frets and a flat 12" radius as opposed to American Elite models which had 21 frets and a bound

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fingerboard with rectangular block inlays. Pickups are two

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Vintage Noiseless The Fender Noiseless™ series is a line of electric guitar pickups made by the Fender Musical Instruments Corporation designed to cancel 60 cycle (Hz) hum noise while retaining the characteristic sound of single coil pickups. Introduced in 1998, ...

with nickel-plated pole pieces connected in an S/S configuration. Models produced before 2004 came with Suhr-designed "single pole" stacked

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s. It has four knobs; a master volume, a pickup blend pot, a 3-band equalizer powered by a pair of 9V batteries and an active/passive switch (since 2016).

American Deluxe Jazz Bass V

The American Deluxe Jazz Bass V, introduced in 1995, sported a downsized body shape and a 22-fret neck with the choice of

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fretboard with

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s, featuring the same specifications as the Deluxe Active Jazz Bass V. It was updated in 2004 with two Samarium Cobalt Noiseless pickups, 4+1 tuners and an 18V preamp. Fender redesigned this model in 2010. {{Fender guitars J