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09-27-2011, 08:21 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Cologne, Germany | | | Fender Fretless Precision Bass - Post yours
So, since I kinda fell in love with the Fretless P that I bought on the bay earlier this year, I'd be interested in more pictures of fretless Ps from the 70s.
Instead of going the ole' club-route, I'll ask you to simply post a pic of yours. 
This is mine. I haven't got a better picture, as the instrument resides in our rehearsal space. Neck-serial number puts it somewhere 78 and 81. Afaik the only part that is not original is the pickguard (Previous owner stated that it originally was a black one. Possible?). The pickup covers are white.
After trying it with round-, flat- and compression-wounds, I ended up using Thomastik JF344s, because I love the feel and the boom. |
09-27-2011, 08:27 AM
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Please see Profile for Endorsement disclosures | | Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Nashville, TN USA | | 1978 Maple fretless, Antigua finish!  |
09-27-2011, 08:30 AM
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09-27-2011, 08:42 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: boston, ma | | Here's mine with it's jazzy twin. I really need to get some new pictures...  |
09-27-2011, 08:52 AM
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09-27-2011, 12:49 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: niagara falls, ON | | | i would love to have a fretless P bass. I've actually only ever played a fretless once in my life and it was a cheap P bass knockoff that was converted to fretless. Needless to say, it wasn't very nice to play.
All of you guys have beautiful P basses. |
09-27-2011, 07:29 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: MD/Metro DC | | Here is mine  
1972 P
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09-27-2011, 09:53 PM
|  | Losing faith in humanity...one call at a time. | | Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Higley, AZ | | The voices are telling me to add a J pup and install a 3-way Tele-style switch. Make them stop... 
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09-28-2011, 07:24 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Cologne, Germany | | | Very nice! Maple necks seem to be the preference around here. And that Antigua finish is extremely fine.
I'm thinking of putting a tort-pickguard on mine, depsite it being a lighter sunburst. The white is just...too white. |
10-03-2011, 05:54 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Cologne, Germany | | So,just to obsessively get on your nerves a little bit more. I replaced the pickguard (before was the first post in this thread) and really like it. Especially with the white pups.  |
10-16-2011, 09:01 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: The Expanse | | | Can anyone provide a Tone Report of a vintage 70s Precision Fretless? I'm researching what fretless to get and like to hear your views.
I do like what I've heard about the Wal basses, but out of my reach at the moment.
I also watched several lessons on Youtube about getting "Whah" bloom from any bass, with technique and set-up (flat neck). But do Set Necks and Through-Necks do the "Whah" better than say a bolt-on Precision?
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10-16-2011, 09:06 PM
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Originally Posted by scotch  1978 Maple fretless, Antigua finish! | THREAD WINNER! |
10-28-2011, 05:12 PM
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Originally Posted by BagelBruin THREAD WINNER! | Most definitely. |
10-28-2011, 05:23 PM
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Originally Posted by theRocco Can anyone provide a Tone Report of a vintage 70s Precision Fretless? I'm researching what fretless to get and like to hear your views.
I do like what I've heard about the Wal basses, but out of my reach at the moment.
I also watched several lessons on Youtube about getting "Whah" bloom from any bass, with technique and set-up (flat neck). But do Set Necks and Through-Necks do the "Whah" better than say a bolt-on Precision? |
Whenever I dream of a fretless P bass, I tend to think of this tone: Mutemath - Fretless P
Sounds like he's got just a touch of overdrive going on, but still. Very nice.
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10-28-2011, 05:33 PM
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10-28-2011, 05:49 PM
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Originally Posted by FretlessMainly Early '76: | ...and a nice carpet to put it on. |
10-28-2011, 06:02 PM
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10-28-2011, 06:08 PM
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10-28-2011, 06:25 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: EAST TENNESSEE | | | finish
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Originally Posted by moishelichtfuss Very nice! Maple necks seem to be the preference around here. And that Antigua finish is extremely fine.
I'm thinking of putting a tort-pickguard on mine, depsite it being a lighter sunburst. The white is just...too white. | hey man
i think your finish is called "Sienna".
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10-28-2011, 06:28 PM
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Originally Posted by Engine207 The voices are telling me to add a J pup and install a 3-way Tele-style switch. Make them stop... | Dont do it. Once that hole is routed, you can never go back. Especially if it is a vintage body.
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