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01-07-2013, 07:15 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Madison, WI | |  NBD!!! (Fender Content)
Well, I was goofing around in one of my local music stores (name withheld to protect the innocent)...When what did my eyes behold?? A beautiful MIA Standard Precision.
It was just hanging there in all of it's Burst/Tort & Maple beauty.
They had it hanging amongst the MIM models, and had I not been looking in that area, I may have missed it.
I have been after a MIA Precision for many, MANY years, but the finances just never allowed for it...Now, as I've aged, I find the finances a bit more forgiving of my "addiction"...Plus they tossed me a price I simply couldn't say no to.
This bass was singing to me long before I even touched it, it sounds and plays better than I could have hoped for.
Here she is!  (Sorry for crappy phone pics...I was way too excited to find the real camera).   
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I've finally mastered the bass, does anyone know what those other 3 strings are for?
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01-07-2013, 07:17 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2006 Location: Arlington, Texas | | | Nice. Good choice! |
01-07-2013, 07:18 PM
|  | Patiently Waiting For The Next British Invasion. | | Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Ohio | | | Very very nice congrats.
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01-07-2013, 08:35 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Canada | | | Great looking bass! Congrats.
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01-07-2013, 08:39 PM
|  | Thumbrest, Flats and Fingers | | Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: TN | | | Great choice...I love all my Fenders.
All you need now is a set of flat wounds to make it "sing Old School".
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01-07-2013, 08:41 PM
|  | aka Marc or Marky Potatoes | | Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Brooklyn, NY, United States | | | Nice! Tort 'n maple is classy.
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01-07-2013, 08:44 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania USA | | | Very, very nice! I ended up buying a 60th Anniverary P, but I went into the store looking for EXACTLY what you bought.
Enjoy! |
01-07-2013, 08:45 PM
| | | | nice..congratulations.
drummer forever and bassplayer in training? guess that goes for me too.. |
01-07-2013, 10:38 PM
| | | | Classic. Beautiful bass and a lifetime purchase.
Maybe it's the photo, but the stings under the string tree look like they are unraveling or something. |
01-07-2013, 10:40 PM
|  | Four on the Floor | | Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Seattle Area | | | Gorgeous.
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01-07-2013, 11:02 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Mansfield, TX USA | | | Maple neck sets it off, brother. Good choice.
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01-08-2013, 05:14 AM
| | | | Very nice - congrats...
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01-08-2013, 05:16 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Madison, WI | | Thanks for all the comments guys
I stayed up and played this beauty well into the night...gonna pay for that all day today.... Quote:
Originally Posted by boristhespider9  Maybe it's the photo, but the stings under the string tree look like they are unraveling or something. | Actually that's the cloth wrap, it's a very light blue, almost matches the strings, but looking at the pic, I can totally see what your saying.
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I've finally mastered the bass, does anyone know what those other 3 strings are for?
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01-08-2013, 05:27 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Milan, Italy | | | Isn't what we all do everyday: gonna pay all next day for playin thru the last night?
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Originally Posted by Turtle71 Thanks for all the comments guys
I stayed up and played this beauty well into the night...gonna pay for that all day today... | What not all of us do everyday is buyin' a beauty just like that!
Enjoy my friend
you deserved it
Cheers,
Wallace
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01-08-2013, 05:34 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Lebanon/Kuwait | | Congrats!
All it needs is a black guard  |
01-08-2013, 05:36 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Wisconsin | | | did you get it in Madison?
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01-08-2013, 08:35 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Madison, WI | | Quote:
Originally Posted by nubs did you get it in Madison? | Nope, I was goofing around in Milwaukee. (I live half way between Madison & Milwaukee, so both are kinda "local" for me).
Madison's music stores leave much to be desired these days... 
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I've finally mastered the bass, does anyone know what those other 3 strings are for?
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01-08-2013, 08:54 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Wisconsin | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Turtle71 Nope, I was goofing around in Milwaukee. (I live half way between Madison & Milwaukee, so both are kinda "local" for me).
Madison's music stores leave much to be desired these days... | just curious, being a bassist from WI myself.....
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01-08-2013, 09:00 AM
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Originally Posted by Sleeq Congrats!
All it needs is a black guard | Goodness no! Tort is where it's at! Do not mess with that color combo! |
01-08-2013, 09:49 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2010 Location: Los Angeles, CA | | | I see by your 3rd picture that MIA was really important to you?
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