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Finally some pics of my CS early '60s Jazz Bass Relic Duo-Tone. Not up to the standard of the pics above, but it gives you the idea. Sorry these were done in a rushI'll get some better ones once my schedule relents. Stack Pots are fun, tricky (not really independent), but sound great! It's a very light and resonant instrument. Can't put it down.
The extensive checking and parts aging are hard to see in thesethough you can easily see the "Duo-Tone" Ash/Alder/Ash planks from the back shot.
Love stack knobs...Love the relic job...Love sunburst and tort....Love CS basses. I guess I love your newest beast Jim!
Ok let me go back to staring at the pics.
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It's my first passive stack pot bass. I played a 2001 '62 AVRI Jazz at Gelb Music back in 2001. I disliked the controls, thought it sounded brittle and felt it to be over-priced. I was happy with a '60s classic I A/B'd with it, at least for quite a while. My great Sadowsky P/J ruled my bass aesthetic. Then this Road Worn thang happened and passive basses came to be my favorites again—except now it is Jazzes. One's tastes can change—or at least rotate, LOL! 
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I actually have no idea. The first four or five times I played this bass, I was unaware of what it was actually made of, and assumed it was Alder. Eric Cuervas, the sales person, found a German language description, which he translated with google translate. Because of a couple of typos in the German text, the translation basically failed. Fortunately, I have not forgotten most of my German, and I finally figured out that it said three planks with the center one Alder and the outer two Ash.
"Duo-Tone" is some sort of retro-sounding Fender marketing buzz word, I suppose.
"Duo-Tone" is some sort of retro-sounding Fender marketing buzz word, I suppose.
Can I join? '59 P bass, relic job. Love the neck and overall playability, and sounds amazing with TI flats:
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Thanks for sharing Klonk. I think this is what captures our imagination of what is a P bass.
My 6lb 14oz CS55P is currently in the classifieds...
That is an amazing bass, had it been 6 months ago I would have jumped on it!
True, but I like tort better too
Same here, but I prefer the older 80's to early 90's tort. Fender was using (save the original 60's tort. of course).
My AV 62RI..NOT a custom shop but I wonder if there are any CS basses with this style of tort. guard?
59 was the split year when gold guards were getting phased out used up, and tort guards coming in about mid year. So both would be right for that year or RI.
That's what I'm talkin' 'bout! Wow! That is my idea of a P-bass. Is the nut 4.45 cm?
It is indeed! Here is a pic with both covers on:
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