Fender American Thin Skin Roasted Telecaster Bass

[bassdude51]

Ahhh, it's a Mike Dirnt PJ. So what!

 

[jamro217]

It looks like Fender plans on reissuing every bass model they've got in a P/J format. I can't wait for the Wildwood Coronado II P/J special edition.

 

[BrentSimons]

Pretty cool piece from Fender and Wildwood. I'd like it a lot better with a contoured body and a flatter radius but that's just me. Sounds great.

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I had been looking at those as well.
Sounds great!

 

[bassplayer9512]

I can't decide if I like the pickguard or not. It is just a piece of ash so generally speaking it's a rather boring looking wood in the grand scheme of things and it would be too monotone without it. I think it would have looked better with a Tort pickguard and all black hardware.

 

[Keger Jupit]

If I understand the gist, Wildwood Guitars commissioned these a special run with their chosen specs.

Indeed. Wildwood was the first dealer in the country to work with the Custom Shop on special runs like these, if Tom Wheeler's "The Dream Factory" is to be believed. Great book by the way. History of the Custom Shop, & some great pics.

 

[dbsfgyd1]

Warmoth ain't as cheap as it used to be but I'm sure you'd come in under $2k even with a hard shell case. Of course you'd lose about 70% of that if you ever tried to sell it. The Fender would maintain its value better. It just depends on what you want. I'm not buying this thing. I'm happy with my Stingray Special.

But you may not want to sell it...the value being the use of it, not resale.

 

[GCPENG]

I like it.

 

[Nephilymbass]

the Roadworn mike Dirnt signature is probably half the price and looks way cooler imo.

 

[Rogatien]

It's beautiful. I'd rock that in a split second.

 

[scuzzy]

Not a huge fender fan, but I dig it.

Just a few bills out of my budget.

 

[jd56hawk]

I can't decide if I like the pickguard or not. It is just a piece of ash so generally speaking it's a rather boring looking wood in the grand scheme of things and it would be too monotone without it. I think it would have looked better with a Tort pickguard and all black hardware.

Someone told me the pickguard doubles as a blackboard and you can scribble notes on it with a piece of chalk, but I just can't see myself buying one of them just for that!

Wonderful body matching on the bass in the link, though.
That's definitely one of the benefits of spending $2,000 on a bass.

 

[micguy]

Warmoth ain't as cheap as it used to be but I'm sure you'd come in under $2k even with a hard shell case.

My latest Warmoth build is similar - roasted maple neck with graphite reinforcements, roasted chambered Alder body with a roasted Swamp ash cap, Hipshot ultralites, etc. Came in at about $1200 - case extra (already had that)

 

[burgerdj]

For $2k I'd expect better wood matching.

 

[bassplayer9512]

Indeed. Wildwood was the first dealer in the country to work with the Custom Shop on special runs like these, if Tom Wheeler's "The Dream Factory" is to be believed. Great book by the way. History of the Custom Shop, & some great pics.

Willcutt Guitars in Kentucky is another one to check out. They get some awesome special runs from Fender and Rickenbacker

 

[bobdabilder]

Warmoth parts fit together better

It looks like a Warmoth build!

 

[rashrader]

I'll stick with my Schecter at 1/3 the price.

 

[2F/2F]

If it wasn't PJ, it had a 7-1/4" radius, and skinny frets, I *would* be getting one. I'd just like a straight roasted '51 reissue, really. I'd be all over the Wildwood Thin Skins if they simply had reissue specs in terms of necks/frets.

 

[Hambone70]

Like!

 

[TheCouchBassist]

"Thin skin roasted" sounds like a more apt description for food than for a musical instrument. I like '50s P basses as a platform, but this seems a bit of a cliche, really.

The bass is a perfectly nice Schecter Model T copy, if nothing else.

I wish Fender didn't resort to the PJ setup whenever they feel vaguely experimental. I also don't buy the 'thin skin' schtick as I bet there is a sealer coat under the thin nitro skin. There is definitely grain filler going on there.

"The wood breathes" is plain bollocks, and we deserve better than this sort of schtick. Wood that can breathe is wood that can crack, no?

Agreed on the PJ thing. To bad they didn't use one single coil noise canceling type of pickup. That would have been fun.

 

[pudge]

I'd really catch hell around here for taking a file to it and putting contours on it