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Fender 60th Anniversary Precision Bass
- Thread starter Lobster11
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Not mine. I bought one of these new in 2011 and love it as much today as I did then. Please post and let us know how you like it!
Congrats on your new 60th! I might pull mine out to celebrate lol
It showed up, actually on Sunday, but I could go get it today at the local FedEx. This thing is mint, all the case candy intact like new. For $1200 used like new why not. Not sure what strings are on it but they are roundwound. Might go flats or my favorite sunbeams. It is not as butter scotch as the 50th. My telecaster guitar is the same as the 50th.
The only thing I noticed is the bridge is decked on the E and G, and the strings aren't super low. Might install a neck shim if it gets in the way of playing. All in all a great p-bass and maybe now I can stop hunting down mike dirnt pickups.
The only thing I noticed is the bridge is decked on the E and G, and the strings aren't super low. Might install a neck shim if it gets in the way of playing. All in all a great p-bass and maybe now I can stop hunting down mike dirnt pickups.
Congrats, and thanks for the pic. Hopefully it just needs a good setup and you won't need a shim. And I've been perfectly happy with the pickup, so hopefully you won't need to change it.
One thing I've noticed -- and many people have commented on in this thread over the years -- is that this is a pretty bright-sounding bass with the tone knob turned up. You don't need to set it that way, of course, but I've definitely come to favor flats on this one for a deeper, richer sound. (I just put a new set of TI flats on it that I happened to find a great deal on.)
Look forward to an update about how you like it after you've put a few miles on it....
One thing I've noticed -- and many people have commented on in this thread over the years -- is that this is a pretty bright-sounding bass with the tone knob turned up. You don't need to set it that way, of course, but I've definitely come to favor flats on this one for a deeper, richer sound. (I just put a new set of TI flats on it that I happened to find a great deal on.)
Look forward to an update about how you like it after you've put a few miles on it....
I play mostly along the lines of punk/post punk/alt rock, so I dig the bright sound. Supposedly these have the same pickups as the Mike Dirnt sig '59 CS. I've bought quite a few take outs to stick in my other P-basses. I probably would have bought a sig model but I don't like road worn.
My 50th I believe has the modern day equivalent of the 60s original(not the 60CS) pickup. That is a ballsy pickup too. As the 50th is more rare(less than 500 made) I can put that one back on the wall and bring the 60th out and let it age.
Running it through my ampeg heritage setup (svt, 810e) I do have to turn the tone down to 50%. the ash/maple and a bright sounding pickup makes this thing BRIGHT like you said. If it is the same pickup as the dirnt it is less bright with my alder/maple basses. Maybe that is why he uses rose wood.
I'll check back after setup and amp adjustment.
Lowendtech
Happily trending in my own peculiar direction.
I don’t own my 2011 60th anymore but when I had it, I had it set up this way. E and G slammed and maybe .012” or less relief in the neck. My current P basses with that bridge are almost slammed on E/G as well.
One thing that I’d check on based on the perspective in the last pic, is the break angle/witness point of the E string over the saddle. Looks rounded in the pic. If you give the string a press of your thumb over the saddle, it may help that a bit.
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Good looking out. Also good to know about your bridge setup.
So after playing it some. I believe these aren't the stock pickups. It looks as though someone was in there(not the best soldering job). The pickups read 10.5k. Anyone know what the stock ones read? It could be the stock in there, maybe someone put it back before they got rid of it. I know the 62 original and mike dirnt both read 10.5k. Not sure on the 62 original but the mike dirnt are 5.7h.
Well, this raises the age-old question of what the stock pickup actually is. If you search this thread for "pickup" you'll see that different people have claimed to find different answers in various Fender sources.
Yeah, that must be kind of annoying not knowing what you've got in there. No way to track down the previous owner?
I'm curious what led you to doubt that they were original pups and thus prompted you to go inside and peek? Did you not like the sound of them?
Just something I do with all used basses. You never know what the old owner or owner before that did.
Resurrecting this post, cuz there is a sweet one of these in the classifieds here on TB. Gotta admit the force is strong with this one. Reading through this thread I see numerous mentions of noise with these. Is it any worse than any other PBass or is it inherently worse with this particular model. Thanks in advance.
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Lowendtech
Happily trending in my own peculiar direction.
I don’t have mine anymore but I definitely don’t remember any unusual noise.
I am buying one used (original owner, only used in the house), gonna be sent monday. Stoked!
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