"Fender Dimensions: World famous for the very best sounding low B."

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I have two DmDlx Dim 5Hs and it's true - they have really, really good low Bs. Not sure about the world famous part, though.

I wondered if part of that was due to the "stealth" string retainer they use on the B, so I ordered and put them on my P5s - and hugely improved the low Bs on those, too.

The more I play my Dims, the more impressed I am. My EBMMs get no play time anymore.
 
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Hells yeah. Amazing instrument. I am the proud owner of a MIm V. Played thhe MIAs and didn't like them but gave mine a chance. Here is the long story that starts sad and has a happy ending.

When these came out I thought oh my god this is a new low. Essentially fender made a blatant music man inspired bass. With no apparent other benefits beside the music man design I figured there would be no upside to try these basses. I mean how can you beat a music man right?!

Then I found myself at Matt Umanov's late last year and they had the American dimensions in stock. So I decided to give them both a whirl.

To say I was underwhelmed would be a complete understatement. As with most stores the basses were not set up very well and I just didn't like the way they felt. The asymmetrical neck I could take or leave, but I hated their attempt at an oil finish neck. The one I played felt dried out and raw as if I was playing a raw piece of wood that could give me splinters. So my first impression was confirmed.

But a couple of weeks later I was on talk bass and saw the thread about the bases and I chimed in. And in so doing I learned that the Mexican deluxe dimension actually has a more standard fender five string jazz neck. That happens to be a neck that I love, and my experience with the Mexican made fenders is invariably more positive than my experience with American fenders. Add to that how much less they cost and Its always my first choice to go with the mexi stuff.

I kept this all in the back of my mind and then one day a Mexican deluxe dimension five came for sale. So I snapped it up to what I thought was a good price and got it home.

I immediately was impressed by the lightweight, the feel of the neck, and the tautness of the low B string but I had to reserve some judgment because I was playing it through a tiny little practice amp.

Then I brought the bass to rehearsal last week and omg my mind was blown.

The bass had the most thunderous B string and just so much girth in the tone. It was like taking the best things about a great jazz bass and a music man and putting them together into one axe. And oh my goodness the tightness of that B string. Thunderous!!!!

So yeah I would say that the fender Dimension five is the undisputed champion of the tight low B. At least for any production bass.

I wanna give the MIA another chance now.
 
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HeavyDuty said:
I have two DmDlx Dim 5Hs and it's true - they have really, really good low Bs. Not sure about the world famous part, though.

I wondered if part of that was due to the "stealth" string retainer they use on the B, so I ordered and put them on my P5s - and hugely improved the low Bs on those, too.

The more I play my Dims, the more impressed I am. My EBMMs get no play time anymore.
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No stealth retainer on my Mexi. Just a great sounding low B string.
 
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Well, this is encouraging. I recently took delivery on a Squier Dimension IV, and this weekend it's going be strung BEAD. I'm sure the Squier version is inferior in some way or another, (those Indonesian numerically controlled machine tools, I'm sure) but I'll take my chances. :D
 
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I predict a bright future for this thread!

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