2011 = Fender P Bass 60th B-Day!

Well it'll have a special 60th anniversary price. That's for sure.

 

Slab P bass. Or a dual P config.

 

It'll have 20 frets, single pickup, volume, tone, some snazzy color and a $3,000 price tag.

 

Here's to you, my long lost '52! Stolen in 1992, My original '52 P-Bass will never be forgotten. I too am very curious to see what the 60th anniv P might be all about. Cool post, thanks!

 

One free P Bass per household!

 

Well seems thats like the reflection of our times
I say we need P Bass stimulus!!

 

They should do the original butterscotch tele design, with a tweed case and all the case candy, but have a P pup and a 4-saddle bridge.

 

I'd like to see a dirnt style bass without the dirnt...ness...50 style body,with a split coil pickups instead of a single.

 

Whatever it is, I can almost guarantee I'll be GASsing over it!!

 

Totally, and maybe 2 or 3 colors, like seafoam, sunburst, butterscotch, the classics...

 

LOL

And will be just another P-bass, probably with a pickup folks will want to replace....

 

I await the newest Fender rehash of essentially the same thing.

 

Can't speculate on what Fender will do, but I WILL however take this thread's opportunity to brag about the refin 62' Pbass that will arrive to me TOMORROW!!!!!!!!!!!

 

agreed.

 

Be a good combo of vintage and modern. Slab 50s p body,thick tele neck,split coil pup,hipshot ultra light tuners,with the American deluxe bridge. Come stock strung with flats. Should come in butterstoch with a black guard.

 

The 50th anniversary limited has a blond ash contoured body, with a split coil, black anodized pick guard, 4 saddle string through (high mass) bridge, Hipshot ultra lites and a wide, soft C contour, rolled edge, maple capped neck.

It’s a great bass but more of a ’57 with updates.

The custom shop version was like a ’51 reissue but super high price.

I hope the 60th will be closer to the ’51 although I do like the 4 saddle bridge.

I‘d prefer one with out the custom shop price but I know that’s a bit much to ask.

MM

 

agree with all that
except
I think a J neck would be nice, and ehhhh to flats... not my style but whatever
do you think they'd do the ultra red finish they did for the 60th (or was it 50th?) anniversary J bass?

 

They wouldn't put a j neck on a P for its anniversary. The P profile to me is part of the character of a p bass. It no longer feels like a p bass if you get rid of that neck to me.