The Few, the Proud, the Cowpokes. (official Fender Cowpoke club)

metallicafan18 · #1 01-13-2009, 05:16 PM

You know who you are if ya got one! I'l give out numbers, just pm and leave a reply. Post the year of your bass, and pics!!

I'll start and take number 1.

1994!!

Joe Gress · #2 01-13-2009, 05:18 PM

Hey,

I just noticed that those things have a 22 fret neck. Hmm, how are the necks on those things, closer to a p or a j?

metallicafan18 · #3 01-13-2009, 05:35 PM

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Originally Posted by joeinsprings

Hey,

I just noticed that those things have a 22 fret neck. Hmm, how are the necks on those things, closer to a p or a j?

It's a J neck. Amazing neck.

TeamTrejo · #4 01-13-2009, 05:44 PM

Yee Ha!

1996

Dave Muscato · #5 01-13-2009, 05:54 PM

What's the going rate on these? There was one at a local pawn shop, not sure if it's still there, for $150 IIRC, pretty beat-up though (needs some electronic work, crack in the finish only [?] at the heel, etc), that the guy said he would sell for $100, and I said I'd think about it.

superfunk47 · #6 01-13-2009, 06:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Dave Muscato

What's the going rate on these? There was one at a local pawn shop, not sure if it's still there, for $150 IIRC, pretty beat-up though (needs some electronic work, crack in the finish only [?] at the heel, etc), that the guy said he would sell for $100, and I said I'd think about it.

BUY IT! Not a whole lot of those out there, and they're worth a whole lot more than 100 clams, even if it does need a bit of work. Nice basses, too

You could probably flip it for a nice profit pretty easily.

budget bassist · #7 01-13-2009, 07:08 PM

may i ask why you guys call it a cowpoke?

Dave Muscato · #8 01-13-2009, 07:11 PM

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Originally Posted by budget bassist

may i ask why you guys call it a cowpoke?

Isn't it obvious?

budget bassist · #9 01-13-2009, 07:13 PM

not alarmingly no... Then again it's probably a yank thing that i won't understand...

that or i'm being incredibly dense!

Dave Muscato · #10 01-13-2009, 07:16 PM

Knobby · #11 01-13-2009, 07:18 PM

Not sure of the year...

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budget bassist · #12 01-13-2009, 07:21 PM

I'm really not seeing it! Nevermind

dean owens · #13 01-13-2009, 07:24 PM

i don't get it either... unless they're talking about the pick guard looking like a spot on a cow

rockinrayduke · #14 01-13-2009, 07:32 PM

That "cowpoke" phrase was coined by my old friend Bovinehost over on the old Dudepit. He had one and thought the pickguard made the bass look like something a country western bassist might use.

Now ya know.

Kemet09 · #15 01-13-2009, 07:33 PM

I too am clueless.. Looks like a Stu Hamm/Tele that brought over the Kubuki controls from the 90's

beelzelboss · #16 01-13-2009, 07:59 PM

so what is the bass actually, like who makes it, and what does it usually go for?

metallicafan18 · #17 01-13-2009, 08:02 PM

metallicafan18-#1
TeamTrejo-#2
Knobby-#3

rockinrayduke · #18 01-13-2009, 08:03 PM

Pics of Fender Cowpoke Special

It's a Fender Bass! Used to go for around $250-300 used. Not sure nowadays.

metallicafan18 · #19 01-13-2009, 08:03 PM

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Originally Posted by beelzelboss

so what is the bass actually, like who makes it, and what does it usually go for?

It's made by Fender. They don't make them anymore. It's was a mid 90's production of the current Precision Active Special bass. I bought mine for $275 used. I don't know how much they usually go for.

MuzikMan · #20 01-13-2009, 08:09 PM

Man I had one of these...............You're right about the Kubicki controls. This is a Mexi Fender P Special from the mid nineties. 22 fret neck, slightly smaller body than a standard P. I really like the look of these basses and had no complaints about the playability.