these things are sweet!
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anyone have one? or know anything about them.
i'd love one1
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anyone have one? or know anything about them.
i'd love one1
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fender coronado bass
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They quit making them a long time ago. Justin Meldel Johnson used to pay one, in the days of Beck.
Sweet basses, would love to play one.
Sweet basses, would love to play one.
There's a 1967 Fender Coronado II Fretless Bass - $1599 CDN(Downtown Toronto) right now on Craig's list.
http://toronto.en.craigslist.ca/tor/msg/1092036327.html
It's not mine. Just thought you may be interested to see such a rare beast.
http://toronto.en.craigslist.ca/tor/msg/1092036327.html
It's not mine. Just thought you may be interested to see such a rare beast.
I picked up a neck (didn't know what it was) for $25, and asked TBers to identify: Fender Coronado I. I then bought a body from a fellow Tber (bassgrease), and just sent a money order to (a fellow Tber) for electrics (sans pickups). So, I'm on the way to putting one of these together.
The bridge and tailpiece will be hard to find, I'm sure. I'm thinking Darkstars if everything else goes well.
Very pretty. Full hollow body.
That CL listing shows two switches on the lower horn; I don't know what that's about. I think they only came with the single pickup selector (II).
I'd love to hear more about these, and I'm in the market for the bridge and tailpiece.
The bridge and tailpiece will be hard to find, I'm sure. I'm thinking Darkstars if everything else goes well.
Very pretty. Full hollow body.
That CL listing shows two switches on the lower horn; I don't know what that's about. I think they only came with the single pickup selector (II).
I'd love to hear more about these, and I'm in the market for the bridge and tailpiece.
awesome! keep us up to date on your progress.
yeah i cam across a neck on ebay and did some research. i personally love the hollow body look and these things caught my eye. i'd love to get ahold of one to at least play. couldnt afford to get one anytime soon though...
I wish they sounded better as they look really cool.
I'm not really a fan of them, pretty blah sounding IMO.
BTW, there is a prototype, authenticated by Fender, of the Coronado bass for sale at a little shop with tons of cool instruments near here, in Vevey. there aren't many authenticated fender prototypes around anywhere, making this quite a rare beast. if it was for a more generally desirable bass or guitar it would be worth a fortune: as is I think he's asking around $30,000 for it. He's in no rush to sell it, he takes it out occasionally to impress folk...
I'm not really a fan of them, pretty blah sounding IMO.
BTW, there is a prototype, authenticated by Fender, of the Coronado bass for sale at a little shop with tons of cool instruments near here, in Vevey. there aren't many authenticated fender prototypes around anywhere, making this quite a rare beast. if it was for a more generally desirable bass or guitar it would be worth a fortune: as is I think he's asking around $30,000 for it. He's in no rush to sell it, he takes it out occasionally to impress folk...
+1
I sold (or tried to sell) these when I worked for a Fender dealer way back when. They were gutless, heavy clunkers and had no soul. The Coronado basses and guitars along with that horrible line of bolt on neck acoustic guitars that CBS had Fender building were a perfect example of what happens when bean counters get into the guitar business.
There's a good reason that Coronado's don't have good vintage value!
I agree that they do look cool though.
Keep Low
I've heard their original pickups were pretty weak. The body I have is very light. A set of Hipshot Ultralights might help prevent nose dive.
I couple of Darkstars may be all that's needed to make these sound their best. An expensive experiment to be sure.
With all I've heard from fellow TBers about how pickups and strings have such huge influences on a bass' sound, I'm hoping that I will eventually have a worthwhile instrument.
I couple of Darkstars may be all that's needed to make these sound their best. An expensive experiment to be sure.
With all I've heard from fellow TBers about how pickups and strings have such huge influences on a bass' sound, I'm hoping that I will eventually have a worthwhile instrument.
Re-issue hollowbodies aren't working for me. Ever since I got a vintage one, I totally get the hullabaloo about them, and mine is nothing special...just a late 60's Realistic violin bass made by Matsumoku. Neck's a little warped, but man, what a character of tone! Seems as though the aging process is much more beneficial on hollowbodies than solidbodies, and none that I've played have that character that makes the old stuff stand out. I think an old Coronado with Dark Stars would kick it. Unfortunately, $1600 ain't in my budget for a Coronado.
Roger that, JimmyM.
I have an old EB-2 (hollowbody) that just sounds so different than all the slabs ive played.
Id like to have the Fender's version of the EB-2, but like you,,,$1600 is a bit higher that id like to spend.. I think Fender could make one stateside for half that. But they won't coz the kids wouldnt buy them....no market
I had one of these- for a week. My old Harmony hollow body sounded way better. DeArmonds were used because Fender did not make a surface mount bass pick up
