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06-27-2010, 12:35 PM
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Originally Posted by GeneralElectric  The Super Fly Pencil Neck! I actually thought they sounded awesome and I kinda like the look of the metallic ones. Couldn't get around the neck though. | The skinny neck is my favorite part.
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06-27-2010, 12:44 PM
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Originally Posted by mongo2 The skinny neck is my favorite part. | I've only felt one skinny neck I felt comfortable playing. I likes me some C-width necks!  
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06-27-2010, 01:40 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: NYC | | | That headstock is hideous!!!
But still, that's actually a cool body!
I'm surprised Fender doesn't offer it or something similarly less traditional.
Throw in some soapbar pickups, round off the top horn side edge a little (get rid of that angle, too pointy), change the headstock design, offer it in a nice natural finish with a tortoise shell pickguard and that would look HAWT!
Wish I had photoshop on this PC!
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06-27-2010, 01:52 PM
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Originally Posted by Thunder Pulse | He changed the pickups.
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06-27-2010, 04:00 PM
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Originally Posted by GeneralElectric The Super Fly Pencil Neck! I actually thought they sounded awesome and I kinda like the look of the metallic ones. Couldn't get around the neck though. | Thank you for saying this! I don't have one of these but I got a bass recently (Vantage 930b) with a super thin neck and I'm just not getting into it though I like it in every other respect. Glad I'm not the only one.
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06-27-2010, 11:11 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: New Hope, MN | | | yeah the neck on it was tiny!!! i like the body and pickups. i can tell they were made in the 80s. anyone know how much they go for?
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07-02-2010, 11:12 PM
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Originally Posted by mongo2 He changed the pickups. | Not only did he change pickups, but he loved them so much that he added one in the middle...
That dude sure loves his performer. I think that's all he plays in his videos..
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07-03-2010, 05:09 AM
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Originally Posted by jazzyitalian Not only did he change pickups, but he loved them so much that he added one in the middle... | Cool, I hadn't see the video with the 3 pickups before.
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06-25-2011, 04:08 PM
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Someone on the Acoustic Guitar Forum posted this one. He's got quite the collection of vintage axes. He's actually selling this one.
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08-22-2012, 01:19 PM
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Just found this thread - I am one who digs the Performer for many reasons, and also don't personally care for a couple of things about it. Wanted one but can't see popping the over a grand price they go for. So I'm making my own w/mods. If interested, check out my Luthiers Corner thread - Performer/Supersonic bass. |
08-22-2012, 08:12 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Aloha, Oregon | | | I have actually wanted one of these since I first saw them yrs ago. I am still kicking myself for not grabbing one when it came up on CL 3 yrs ago. I have LOTS of normal basses but I still covet this ABBY-normal bass. Never forget every once in a while you should take a walk on the wild side! |
08-22-2012, 09:15 PM
| | | | Very rare. I tried one when they first came out. Ultra thin necks. Too much so even though I generally like slim necks. I'm not sure if they even got made for the whole of 86. Maybe just half the year for fender actually making em.
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08-23-2012, 07:22 AM
| | | | The Performer was my 1st bass. I adored the tone and dug the overall aesthetic vibe. But the tone of that thing(stock) with stainless rounds thru my 400RB was dreamy. Sure, the neck was way thin, but I slapped that thing like mad learning the Flea & Claypool stuff that was popular at the time. |
08-23-2012, 07:56 AM
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02-02-2013, 10:41 PM
|  | The brightside is, my collection could be cars | | Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: Florida | | | Update: At the end of 2012 Performer basses in very good to excellent condition were selling for around $1000. They peaked in March- June closer to $1300. I have Tobacco Burst, Gun Metal Blue and White. Willing to talk to anyone wishing to sell a Burgundy Mist or Candy Green Metalic.
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