Back story (skip if uninterested) a friend of mine whom I have been playing with off and on for about 12 years just bought a Gibson Les Paul on Black Friday (he got 15% off if you can believe it) and it made me feel nastalgic, so I brought my bass out of its tomb in the closet and picked it back up again.
Now, the bass I bought for myself new in 1998 from a guitar shop that was going out of business. We had just bought my brothers bass there and so they knew us. I had saved, what seemed to me at the time like all the money in the world, and decided I wanted to buy a bass guitar. My brother and I were buying them for the same reason; we both played an upright double bass for about 6 years and they had just abolished the orchestra at school. :scowl: Being that we could neither afford nor house an instrument like that, we decided that the bass guitar was a reasonable compromise.
Now, I had fallen in love with this particular bass which was outside my price range. The bass in question was an American Fender Jazz Bass Deluxe in what looked to me like a partially transparent Candy Apple Red. My dad tried to convince me to purchase a cheaper Mexican bass at another store, but it looked awful by comparison and the neck was no where near as comfortable and I preferred the sound of the bass.
Here is the bass in question:
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It is rather tricky to photograph.
Well, long story short, after going in to visit the bass numerous times the store owner informed me they were closing and offered it to me at half price, putting it within my budget.
So I couldn't say no. I have had the bass ever since and care for it like a child, lol.
Well, It has struck me as off that I have never seen a bass this color before. In fact, no one I know has seen this color bass before, nor has anyone in the guitar stores that I go into. LOL, one guy thought I was lying about the color.
Another friend bought the same model bass at the same time, his was green. He also had been looking for one for a while and hadn't seen nor heard of the color before.
(onto the color for those that skipped)
I gave fender a call and they told me that the color is called Crimson Burst, which isn't listed on their site. In fact, the only other bass like this I have seen was a 5 string that was for sale on here a little while back: http://www.talkbass.com/forum/showthread.php?t=503076 which is actually how I stumbled across this forum.
So, I'm curious if anyone knows. Supposedly 98 was the last year for the color. I'm just curious how rare the color combination actually is.
Thanks for your help guys. It is nice to be plucking this thing again. I need to get a new 9-volt and a practice amp for it. I'm thinking of getting or possibly building a new stack to play with. I used to play with a 500 watt Peavey amp and an 18" speaker in a cabinet the size of a fridge, but it was a little muddier than I'd like. My friend just got a full stack with 4x10"s and a 15 made by Acoustic if memory serves and I thought it sounded great. But that's a project for another time.
Now, the bass I bought for myself new in 1998 from a guitar shop that was going out of business. We had just bought my brothers bass there and so they knew us. I had saved, what seemed to me at the time like all the money in the world, and decided I wanted to buy a bass guitar. My brother and I were buying them for the same reason; we both played an upright double bass for about 6 years and they had just abolished the orchestra at school. :scowl: Being that we could neither afford nor house an instrument like that, we decided that the bass guitar was a reasonable compromise.
Now, I had fallen in love with this particular bass which was outside my price range. The bass in question was an American Fender Jazz Bass Deluxe in what looked to me like a partially transparent Candy Apple Red. My dad tried to convince me to purchase a cheaper Mexican bass at another store, but it looked awful by comparison and the neck was no where near as comfortable and I preferred the sound of the bass.
Here is the bass in question:
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It is rather tricky to photograph.
Well, long story short, after going in to visit the bass numerous times the store owner informed me they were closing and offered it to me at half price, putting it within my budget.
So I couldn't say no. I have had the bass ever since and care for it like a child, lol.Well, It has struck me as off that I have never seen a bass this color before. In fact, no one I know has seen this color bass before, nor has anyone in the guitar stores that I go into. LOL, one guy thought I was lying about the color.
Another friend bought the same model bass at the same time, his was green. He also had been looking for one for a while and hadn't seen nor heard of the color before.
(onto the color for those that skipped)
I gave fender a call and they told me that the color is called Crimson Burst, which isn't listed on their site. In fact, the only other bass like this I have seen was a 5 string that was for sale on here a little while back: http://www.talkbass.com/forum/showthread.php?t=503076 which is actually how I stumbled across this forum.
So, I'm curious if anyone knows. Supposedly 98 was the last year for the color. I'm just curious how rare the color combination actually is.
Thanks for your help guys. It is nice to be plucking this thing again. I need to get a new 9-volt and a practice amp for it. I'm thinking of getting or possibly building a new stack to play with. I used to play with a 500 watt Peavey amp and an 18" speaker in a cabinet the size of a fridge, but it was a little muddier than I'd like. My friend just got a full stack with 4x10"s and a 15 made by Acoustic if memory serves and I thought it sounded great. But that's a project for another time.
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