I was at my friends house and he showed me his dads guitar collection. and he had a Fender Performer bass. i've never even heard or seen them until then. they look awesome! anyone played one?
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Fender Performer bass?
- Thread starter Klopp18
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They're one of those "weird" fenders that they only made a few of. SO, no, I haven't played one. But, it's probably pretty cool.
I had a blue one and I wish I still had it. I added a d-tuner and a set of EMG PJ pickups in a custom pickguard. It sounded great, played fast, and was very unique.
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Wow, those things are pretty cool, thanks for sharing Klopp18! I wonder why Fender stopped making them...
A friend of mine had one of those back in about 88 or so. We called it the Fred Flintstone Jazz Bass because it had a chisled look to it. I personally didnt care for the looks because I could never get past that horrible looking headstock.
Thanks for reminding me of when I was younger tho!
BnB
Thanks for reminding me of when I was younger tho!
BnB
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If they had put a normal fender headstock on it, it would look really cool IMO
jazzyitalian
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I had one. Acquired through a trade. Couldn't WAIT to sell it! It was just not comfortable to me at all.
man - what happened in the 80's should stay in the 80's! 
would have never in a million years thought that was a Fender . . .
would have never in a million years thought that was a Fender . . .
now i know where giVson copied the design from, yes giVson indeed
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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.
