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51 precision bass for punk?

#21
while it is true that it is always "the painter and not the brush", i do have an affinity for the split p. even though it's "just punk", there are things to be said for knowing what you want to sound like. fender teles are beautiful, but the stock p/u is pretty wooly when you're looking for attack.
i found this neck on ebay and won it for $190 and had my friend cut the body from a solid chunk of mahogany following the shape of a '78 tele. so, all in all i'm only into it for a few hundred dollars.
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p.s. i am now playing jack casady routed out for a split p... i like them that much!
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#22
I really dig the Sting signature model. And that's got a maple board. I'm not crazy about the Sting inlay at the 12th fret though. It sounds pretty beefy, even if it does have that one single coil pickup. And the build quality is really good.

As for using that bass for punk? I think it's more than capable. But like some of the other posters have stated, punk is much more about the player than the instrument. To me that means an aggressive attack.
 
#24
jdb said:
while it is true that it is always "the painter and not the brush", i do have an affinity for the split p. even though it's "just punk", there are things to be said for knowing what you want to sound like. fender teles are beautiful, but the stock p/u is pretty wooly when you're looking for attack.
i found this neck on ebay and won it for $190 and had my friend cut the body from a solid chunk of mahogany following the shape of a '78 tele. so, all in all i'm only into it for a few hundred dollars.
leper020-1.jpg


p.s. i am now playing jack casady routed out for a split p... i like them that much!
warpedreddcshirt.jpg
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that Jack is SICK!!!
 
#28
d@mn jay, i didnt know you were on TB as well, you're one of my heroes. (yeah i know im a gushing fanboy)

I noticed you started playing Epi JCs quite recently..what i didnt know was that you had a split p in there. Why the change from the precisions?

The tele basses seem to look and sound pretty sweet, but i'd probably go with them if they have the split P - I'm not sure how great they'd be for the 'traditional' punk sound if they have the singlecoil (like the sting signature) or big gibson-style neck humbucker (like the Squier VM Telebass).
 
#29
DosiYanarchy said:
d@mn jay, i didnt know you were on TB as well, you're one of my heroes. (yeah i know im a gushing fanboy)

I noticed you started playing Epi JCs quite recently..what i didnt know was that you had a split p in there. Why the change from the precisions?

The tele basses seem to look and sound pretty sweet, but i'd probably go with them if they have the split P - I'm not sure how great they'd be for the 'traditional' punk sound if they have the singlecoil (like the sting signature) or big gibson-style neck humbucker (like the Squier VM Telebass).
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baker bought the epi on a drunken ebay splurge for nothing and gave it to me... i'd been eyeballing them for a while. that big iceberg of a p/u sounds great on its own, but vanished with the band, so it just became a challenge to make it work. after yanking everything out and putting the split p in, it's actually pretty awesome onstage...
but back to the topic... routing out an inexpensive '51 is probably the best alternative for you ghostjs... that way you'll get exactly what you want....
or find a 51 reissue or sting neck and throw it on a dirnt body.
 
#30
Holy crap, it really is Jay Bentley! I think I'm Internet forum starstruck! :eek:

Did you have to do any further modifications to that JC signature bass to make it work for you live, by the way? Isn't it prone to feedback if you play at high volumes?
 
#31
phxlbrmpf said:
Did you have to do any further modifications to that JC signature bass to make it work for you live, by the way? Isn't it prone to feedback if you play at high volumes?
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surprisingly, no. hans built a platform for the p/u to "sit" on... we all thought it would howl, but no feedback... unless i want it:ninja:
no tone or vol controls...
 
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jdb said:
while it is true that it is always "the painter and not the brush", i do have an affinity for the split p. even though it's "just punk", there are things to be said for knowing what you want to sound like. fender teles are beautiful, but the stock p/u is pretty wooly when you're looking for attack.
i found this neck on ebay and won it for $190 and had my friend cut the body from a solid chunk of mahogany following the shape of a '78 tele. so, all in all i'm only into it for a few hundred dollars.
leper020-1.jpg


p.s. i am now playing jack casady routed out for a split p... i like them that much!
warpedreddcshirt.jpg
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hey thats the bassist from bad religion,i thought thats what he had,i saw them at warped tour and i was really surprised about the tone he was getting through that hollow body,should of know there was split p in there
 
#40
If you're talking about the recently discontinued Fender '51RI, you can pretty well count on replacing the pickup .

Why? Two reasons:

1: The '55-style pickup with which Dyna Gakki builds these is extremely vulnerable to breakage and spool separation, and it's totally unprotected without a cover or original-style metal guard. Start doing all the wild punk stage drama and you're likely to bust it by pulling the top off. Sweat alone is a threat to the exposed coil leads.

2: It's a very low-gain, vintage-spec pickup. Presumably you want something with more guts for Punk.

Replace it with a better-protected aftermarket pickup with more grunt and you might be OK. [shrug]

Personally, I'd go with a different bass for this.
 

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