Its pretty much a japan P bass , a 57 RI-only big difference is the gaurd which japan 57 Ri's usually just have a white gaurd. I see the Dunn's run for around $700 so if its less then that then its a nice price.
Yeah I just got one of the Fender ones recently. It's as good as I'd hoped it would be. Very good build, exceptionally nice finish job, the CAR gleams like a ruby. Arrow straight neck.
Thanks all. I did end up buying the bass and it's a beaut!
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Originally Posted by Templar
I'm kinda mystified with the Fender pickup, tho. It has one raised pole, instead of two like an original 57-58 P bass would have. Not sure what the intent was with that, or if it's a mistake. If you get one, please post about this aspect on yours.
Does this pic help ?
I'm not even sure this bass was every played... I can't find a single flaw/mark/scuff anywhere and to top it off the plastic scratch sticker on the pickup is still there.
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So, I ended up with this bass. Been in contact with the OP - he ended up selling it to a local (to both of us) GC - my gain!
I used to much prefer the Jazz Bass (this is back in the mid-'90s mind you) - around 2002 I started collecting various basses, including a Rickenbacker 4001 (not so far from the Jazz), Alembic (Series I, Stanley Clarke), Gibson (Melody Maker, Les Paul Triumph), and Guild (Starfire I, M-85 II fretless). Well, I've come back to the Precision Bass - first a recent MIJ reissue (modded with Alembic P/J Activators & strung with rounds), then the Duck Dunn Sig strung with GHS flats. I'm feel like I'm back home! My first truly decent bass was a Fender Japan JV P-Bass back around 1985 when I was in high school in Tokyo.
Here are a couple of pics:
And finally, to counter accusations that this is an inferior bass, here is a sound clip:
I have one too (Nr. 134). One other thing that seperates it from other MIJ '57 Reissues: according to Fender, it has the same pickups as the US '62 Precision Reissue. But the electronics are those one find in the ordinary MIJ Basses. Unlike the MIJ Noel Redding Jazz, which was like the Duck Dunn offered in a limited edition in 1997, which has not just US made pickups but the same electronics one find in US made Reissues.
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Duck didn't play Lakland exclusively after he 'switched'. If you had a company like Lakland offer to make you a sig bass, so that you could retire whatever valuable stuff you were using, you'd do it too. The guy whose song title you use as an ID played Fender for a looooong time before he switched (to thunderbirds with Fender necks).
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and that reason may or may not have been 'cause lakland was any better. Van Halen switched guitar brands from various frankensteins to musicman to peavey, and amps from peavey to fender(although most of the classic VH albums were done with the famous marshall). Most people would say his tone on the first 4 or so albums is his best.
And to the OP...nice score, that's a beauty of a bass.
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and just to drive the point home -- in a 2012 interview when he was asked, "Have you still got your original ’58 P-Bass?" he said :
Yeah, and I only use that on special occasions. I take that out when I tour with people like Neil Young, because they put it on a truck, and I won’t fly with it ’cause they give me so much crap about putting it in the overhead.
Yea, well he could have gotten new Fenders to take on the road, so as to not risk his vintage ones. He chose Lakland USA instead. So did George Porter, Geezer Butler, and a number of others.
Regardless of what Dunn chose to play, endorse, or take on the road with him, the Japan Fender DD sig is an excellent P bass by any standard.
When I bought mine I had planned to replace the pickup if there was anything I didn't like about it. Turns out the bass sounds terrific in stock form, maybe the livliest P bass I've stumbled into. Dunno if they're all like this, but mine is a really solid instrument on multiple levels, it just oozes quality.
It's kinda irrelevent what Dunn chose to play, endorse, or take on the road with him. The Japan Fender DD sig is an excellent P bass by any standard.
When I bought mine I had planned to replace the pickup if there was anything I didn't like about it. Turns out the bass sounds terrific in stock form, maybe the livliest P bass I've stumbled into. Dunno if they're all like this, but mine is a really solid instrument on multiple levels, it just oozes quality.
Thanks for jumping in with that - I guess that was what I wanted to reinforce with my own post and soundclip.
Have had my Fender DD since about 2000. Bought it from a friend. Love the bass, don't take it out much. use it on selective gigs. I was told they built about 200-250 of these. I know they aren't worth a bunch, but don't care!! It has Duck's name on it!!
and just to drive the point home -- in a 2012 interview when he was asked, "Have you still got your original ’58 P-Bass?" he said :
Yeah, and I only use that on special occasions. I take that out when I tour with people like Neil Young, because they put it on a truck, and I won’t fly with it ’cause they give me so much crap about putting it in the overhead.
Hey Duck Dunn Sig owners - there's a new facebook page started by a fellow aficionado - he's got some great scans of some of the promo materials (including spec sheet), plus a section for us to post our serial numbers:
Today I went to the same GC where I bought mine, and played a '74 Ric 4001 & Custom Shop '52 (?) Precision Bass - they were both nice but I felt no G.A.S. because the Duck Dunn Sig feels like home!
