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Fender Custom Shop '66 Slab Precision

#41
here's some pics..is Greg's FB set to private? there's a great shot of it there, but when I dl'd the pic it was tiny.
 

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#46
I wonder. Wasn't this the logical development from the short-run CS '66 Precision? I'd like someone here who knows to talk about the tone difference between the '66 one and the first Tele. I never knew about the CS model described here. But when the Tele appeared in '68 all the news was about its treble when strung with Rotos.
 
#48
ahh..I had several of those as well..back when I was interested in playing like that..(as a side note Marchone, you should hear it through the Plush amp I mentioned above..that is the Ron Wood "bass" sound to a "T"..or is it "R" ;) anyway, the big difference in sound was the roto's, not so much the pickup. and using a pick! and the amp/pre as well..huffing your way through a gigantic tube amp and 12's made that sound a lot different..and the sound you hear is always (unless you are older than me..in which case I feel VERY sorry for you) on a record, excuse me CD, excuse me mp3..

Around 1980 or so we were experimenting a lot trying to pull the mid 60's OX and Ron Wood sounds..Tom Petersson went so far as to duplicate Wood's rig on the George Martin produced disk..but it never quite got there (mnsho) I still think that tone depends heavily on overdriving a pre with really bad treble box things. And big tube driven compression

Here's an experiment for you..find an old apollo treble booster..or a Vox..or if you make lawyer money, an original Rangemaster..and slap it in front of a tube amp with 12's..NOT a "bass amp", but a Marshall fe..with a 4x12..or even a BF bassman.
 
#51
johnp352 said:
ahh..I had several of those as well..back when I was interested in playing like that..(as a side note Marchone, you should hear it through the Plush amp I mentioned above..that is the Ron Wood "bass" sound to a "T"..or is it "R" ;) anyway, the big difference in sound was the roto's, not so much the pickup. and using a pick! and the amp/pre as well..huffing your way through a gigantic tube amp and 12's made that sound a lot different..and the sound you hear is always (unless you are older than me..in which case I feel VERY sorry for you) on a record, excuse me CD, excuse me mp3..

Around 1980 or so we were experimenting a lot trying to pull the mid 60's OX and Ron Wood sounds..Tom Petersson went so far as to duplicate Wood's rig on the George Martin produced disk..but it never quite got there (mnsho) I still think that tone depends heavily on overdriving a pre with really bad treble box things. And big tube driven compression

Here's an experiment for you..find an old apollo treble booster..or a Vox..or if you make lawyer money, an original Rangemaster..and slap it in front of a tube amp with 12's..NOT a "bass amp", but a Marshall fe..with a 4x12..or even a BF bassman.
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Now we're talking. Someone who knows what I was getting at.

The funny thing to me is that I'm always perplexed at the quest for those "vintage" sounds. Unless doing a tribute act I can't see it. Not even the Fab Faux copy every bit of equipment the Beatles used.
 
#53
or unless you were in a band making those sounds in the first place (Petersson in Cheap Trick)..the Pezband reunion..comes to mind, as we sounded like that in 1980..basing our sound on the Who in 1967..so when that reunion came about..though I hadn't played like that since my brutal youth..I time/toned tripped my way back.

It's fun to play like that for about 10 minutes..maybe longer..but not too much longer.
 
#54
You must be John Pazdan. It's a pleasure to meet you internetally.

You make my point about the original bands and their sounds. Most of the time everyone just used what they had, or could afford. And that made the sound.

Yes, I'm probably older than you.
 
#55
likewise M..good to E meet you. AFA being older..sorry again.

The 70's brought around that first batch of (at least for rock music) guys who got all misty eyed about the "old days"..which then were like 7 years back ;) I counts myself guilty as charged..but at least T' HOO were something better to model on then..wha? Gilbert O'Sullivan? Player? Of course it's always taken too far in the supporting of consumerism to buy more stuff..when if you just think a little...you can always make z rock sound with exactly what you have at your disposal, no?

I know somewhat about I am yapping around..but the guy who REALLY knows is one of the best luthiers in the world, Rick Turner..who pretty much changed the sound of electric bass..from the GD to Stanley Clarke to JE and JAH knows who else. He is the expert.
 
#58
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#60
Here's a link showing six pictures of the Custom Shop ’66 Precision Bass "Slab Body"Closet Classic built by Jason Smith

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According to the link, specs for the bass are:

Weight : ≒4.2kg
Neck : 60 P-Bass Oval "C-Shape" - QTR Sawn
Fingerboard : Maple (Round lam.)
Body : 2Pc. Alder - Slab Body
Pickup : Grey Bottom 66 P-Bass
Bridge : Vintage Spiral
Pickguard : B/W/B Vinyl
Finish : lacquer - Closet Classic
with Hard Case
 

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