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10-28-2010, 06:27 PM
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do you think is better a Fender Precision Bass "57 fullerton 1982 or Fender Precision Bass "58 custom shop relic?
which sounds better? |
10-28-2010, 07:04 PM
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John K Custom Basses | | Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Thousand Oaks, CA | | | IMO, that's an impossible question to answer. they are both good basses, but would have to be evaluated on an individual basis. |
10-28-2010, 07:12 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Northern Virginia | | | Agree w/ johnk 10.
But......
If I had to go w/ my gut........Fullerton.
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10-28-2010, 07:24 PM
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Unofficially Endorsing Genz Benz, Fender, Avatar TB-153 Cabs, Musicman | | Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Scottsdale Az | | | They will both sound and play amazing. Each and every bass has its own unique voice and no 2 basses sound the same...even if they look identical. Each would have to be played before this question could be answered. |
10-29-2010, 05:37 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Sicily | | | [IMG]file:///C:/Documents%20and%20Settings/WWF/Desktop/1502302897_xl.jpg[/IMG]
Fender Precision Bass Custom Shop 58" relic;
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Fender Precision Bass Custom Shop 58" Limited Edition 2005;
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Fender Precision Bass 57" Fullerton 1982; |
10-29-2010, 05:44 AM
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Originally Posted by Tube  [IMG]file:///C:/Documents%20and%20Settings/WWF/Desktop/1502302897_xl.jpg[/IMG]
Fender Precision Bass Custom Shop 58" relic;
file:///C:/Documents%20and%20Settings/WWF/Desktop/Fender%20Custom%20Shop%2058%20Precision%20Bass%20L td%20Ed%20Relic_CZ52172.jpg
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Fender Precision Bass Custom Shop 58" Limited Edition 2005;
file:///C:/Documents%20and%20Settings/WWF/Desktop/82PBASS1.jpg
Fender Precision Bass 57" Fullerton 1982; | You're trying to link photos from your PC. It won't work. Upload them to to a host like www.photobucket.com and post the links here. |
10-29-2010, 05:45 AM
|  | User | | Join Date: May 2007 Location: East Coast | | | The very early '82 AVI Precisions were a bit of a work in progress. Plastic wiring insulation, slightly goopy finish, pots with plastic shafts. They do sound good, and are mostly lightweight, but I would probably swap my 1982 AVS fo a Custom Shop model.
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10-29-2010, 06:13 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Boston, MA | | | Given the choice between a production model and a custom shop model, I would always go with the custom shop. |
10-29-2010, 06:25 AM
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10-29-2010, 09:27 AM
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John K Custom Basses | | Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Thousand Oaks, CA | | Quote:
Originally Posted by JimB52 The very early '82 AVI Precisions were a bit of a work in progress. Plastic wiring insulation, slightly goopy finish, pots with plastic shafts. They do sound good, and are mostly lightweight, but I would probably swap my 1982 AVS fo a Custom Shop model. | +1! |
10-29-2010, 10:29 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Central Illinois, USA | | | Well I wouldn't swap my VS '62 P bass (bought new in April 1985, the first batch of Vintage Series instruments Fender shipped to the store I managed- the same time they shipped almost all of the VS back-orders) for anything. It's simply the perfect Precision bass for me.
But the original question is very much one that can only be answered by comparing specific individual instruments. It comes down to how does THIS chunk of wood and metal sound and feel in MY hands when I play it. There simply ain't gonna be "another one JUST like it".
John
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10-29-2010, 01:19 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Sicily | | | I do not quite understand.
you say that Fullerton is the best? |
11-14-2010, 04:07 PM
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Both are nice basses.
But there is a reason the early Fullerton basses are going up in price.
They are that good.
I would not trade my 1982, 62-P-bass for a CS bass.
Maybe a CS "Pino" P-bass  |
11-14-2010, 08:39 PM
|  | Sponsored by Jagermeister | | Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Seattle / Tacoma | | | I have a Fullerton RI Jazz, and a Custom Shop NOS P. Both are great. But your question is about a CS Relic.
My Fullerton has naturally aged and reliced on it's own, looks every bit the 'real deal' because it is real. I've got absolutely nothing against CS Relic remakes, but I would not pick a faux relic over a real relic if I had to choose, seeings both will run within a few hundred dollars of each other. | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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