FNA Jazzman OH YEAH!
I bought a five string FNA Jazzman about a year or two ago. You're going to LOVE IT, man!
It's become my main "go to" bass after many decades of being primarily a Fender Jazz guy. It fits in with almost all styles of music, sounds good through any amp (and it's the ONLY bass I own that I can say that about) and cuts through every mix like butter.
The only complaint that I have with it has to do with it's demanding requirements in regards to strings. For one thing, it is designed for use with strings that are tapered at the ends. If you use anything besides the Warwick strings, you have to modify either the strings, or the bass. Fortunately, it sounds excellent with the Warwick Black Label strings that came with it, so that's what I decided to stay with. However, you have to change them pretty often, to keep it sounding good. Unlike my other basses (Fenders and Gibsons) which mellow gracefully as the strings age, the Warwick seems to strongly prefer relatively fresh strings, and it'll go from sounding incredible to sounding totally dull and lifeless very suddenly.
However, as long as you feed it a steady diet of good strings, it'll make you very happy. The only time I'm playing one of my Fender Jazz basses these days is when I play with an acoustic trio. The acoustic instruments seem to sound better with the mellower Fender sound. However, I have come to believe that, if you own a Warwick and a Fender Jazz, you've got about 95% of the bass tones that you will EVER need, from classic to modern. And you will find that you will actually end up using the Warwick about five times more often than a Fender.
Anyway, that's been my experience. As always, YMMV.
Happy playing!
