Fender Victor Bailey Jazz Bass V 5-String Bass  

I have had this bass for a year now and I always have to adjust the neck, bridge, to not get the ugly buzzing that is  always there. Very poor work of fretboard, nut, and the saddle (g string) moves by itself down, it is pain in the neck to play with this bass. I played a regular fender the other day and for the price and construction it is 100 times better.  I don't know why Fender doesn't take the time to fine tune, inspect well the final product in this instrument. DONT BUY IT, BUY a regular fender jazz instead.

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...

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".

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.

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.