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1955 Fender Precision Bass
- Thread starter Clark W
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As long as we’re discussing stratospherically priced ‘55s:
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Definitely
worthy....this P-Bass has been on an odd journey and was originally priced well over $100,000.00 when it first hit the market
Down from over a 100 grand to 36 grand, I'll take two please
In this thread on the first page go down to post #7 and you'll see a 1958 P bass with that weird bridge on it. Clark posted his older thread with the '64 in it because his had the same bridge on his '64 when he first bought it, I know nothing about that bass and I'm totally confused now!
Adding J pickups to P basses was fairly common during the 70's. Most ideas Fender gets are from us modding their basses.
Definitely
...this P-Bass has been on an odd journey and was originally priced well over $100,000.00 when it first hit the market
Down from over a 100 grand to 36 grand, I'll take two please
Yes, I remember that bass.
That bass has a very crazy story, accepted as part of a payment for a broken fridge that he was owed $50 bucks for, then eventually sold the bass for a grand. Like he said when the guy kept offering him more and more money for it he should have done his homework. Turns out it was a one off NAMM Bass in a color that Fender would eventually offer a couple of years later.
Almost forgot, some here have seen it already. But if you haven't, and you want to sit around and drool on yourself on a Sunday afternoon...
I went to Songbirds in Chattanooga, TN back in August a week before they closed down permanently. It was the world's largest guitar collection. Anyway, all of my pics from that trip are here on TB... They include every single display case and the vault.
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Here's a teaser pic
I went to Songbirds in Chattanooga, TN back in August a week before they closed down permanently. It was the world's largest guitar collection. Anyway, all of my pics from that trip are here on TB... They include every single display case and the vault.
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Here's a teaser pic
I remember drooling over every picture in your thread.
Why did they close down anyway?
This is posted in the wrong forum.
That thing might be pretty nice but at $25K it’ll never make much music again. It’s furniture not a bass.
That thing might be pretty nice but at $25K it’ll never make much music again. It’s furniture not a bass.
I was only seeing one page, and poIn this thread on the first page go down to post #7 and you'll see a 1958 P bass with that weird bridge on it. Clark posted his older thread with the '64 in it because his had the same bridge on his '64 when he first bought it, I know nothing about that bass and I'm totally confused now!
Adding J pickups to P basses was fairly common during the 70's. Most ideas Fender gets are from us modding their basses.
Funds...I remember drooling over every picture in your thread.
See Songbirds is a charitable foundation that teaches music to kids. The guy who founded it also made the museum and two live music venues a part of that foundation. The museum was mainly funded by the two live music venues and of course visitation fees at the museum which were very reasonable. I think paid like 20 bucks to get the full tour including access to the vault.
Anyway, when Covid hit last spring everything of course shut down. No shows at the venues, no visitors at the museum, meant no revenue to pay the bills. The museum and one of the live music venues was located in the heart of downtown Chattanooga in the entertainment district right next door to the train station and Chattanooga Choo Choo Train and museum, prime real estate and very expensive I'm sure.
So with no revenue, then very little revenue with just the museum opening back up, the decision to cut losses was made and all the business ventures of the foundation were shutdown.
The Foundation still exists and still teaches kids music, but that's all that is left.
And what forum, other than basses, would we post a thread about a bass in?
And you're right, it's expensive furniture now, unless I bought it. I'd play it.
I know the guy. He's been in vintage business for a very long time and has a great reputation.
You post it in the Basses That Have Become Furniture forum....obviously.
I don't know him, but yes he's been around a very long time, since 1989. That says something about his business for sure.
It's very sad. Joe Bonamassa thought very highly of the place, was a big supporter of it, and visited it the same weekend I did. I suspect he also got a private day all to himself there right after it closed as some of the instruments were going up for auction instead of back to their owners. I imagine a few of them may have ended up at his place up in Nashville.
It’s a Dimarzio, the strings feed through a hole in the center of each of the adjusters rather than sit on top.
It makes for a great feel when you pull the strings and gives you better sustain. I have the original bridge as well.
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