JB-40FL 3-Tone Sunburst : Phenomenal price for a solid Jaco Bass

I have owned a Fender Maverick bass (my first bass) and a fretless Precision Bass and this bass is on par with both of them both in terms of sound and quality. I am frankly stunned that Harley Benton can sell a bass of this quality at this price, but I'm not going to complain because I absolutely love this bass!

The only negative is the factory-installed strings. First, they're the wrong gauge for a Jaco bass since he used era Rotosound Swing Bass strings that were gauged 46-63-80-102. So a better equivalent would be today's Rotosound RS66LN Nickel Bass Guitar Strings (45 65 80 100) than the heavier gauged strings that they install at the factory.

That's part one. Part two is that the factory-installed set was just dead. No gain and no brightness to them at all. Just dead. So the fix was simple, I just put on a set of these Rotosounds and now this bass sings like a bird at Birdland.

The last thing that you should be aware of is that this bass is HEAVY! I'm not a Jazz bass expert but I'm told that they used a heavier wood in the body of this bass than what Fender uses in the Jazz Bass and you can really feel it. It's closer in weight to my Gibson Grabber than anything Fender that I have owned.

So other than just a couple of twists that are easily fixed with a good guitar strap and better string this is a fantastic bass at a fantastic price.

I heartily recommend it. I love mine, and I can't put it down.