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Fender custom shop postmodern precision-jazz bass

#25
Oh! How cool I really need one! I've just got to have one.......... OH wait ...I already put a Jazz neck on my RW P, and I already put a Jazz neck on a 62 P body ...and oh my Cowboy has a Jazz neck .....and oh my P Lyte already has a Jazz neck...and they ALL weigh less than this.............OH. never mind.

Wow I just saved myself 2 or 3 grand. Cool I feel richer already!
 
#27
StrangeGroove said:
That's really strange, don't you think? What is that would make it so much heavy considering that the body wood is "selected lightweight alder" ? i can just think about the rsd bridge but anyway, i would aspect something like 8/8,5 lbs looking at the specs...
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When you custom order from the CS their form has a specific box you can check to have them sort for a light weight body, and I think they charge like $150 for that. For their regular "production" CS guitars/basses (production custom seems a bit oxymoron-ish) I don't know how much selecting really happens. The CS basses I've played on average never seem any different than the weight of standard Fenders. Relic'd basses tend to weigh less than NOS apparently because the relic-process dries the wood a bit. But on average they seem pretty much like any other Fender in terms of weight.
 
#30
Mastermold said:
When you custom order from the CS their form has a specific box you can check to have them sort for a light weight body, and I think they charge like $150 for that. For their regular "production" CS guitars/basses (production custom seems a bit oxymoron-ish) I don't know how much selecting really happens. The CS basses I've played on average never seem any different than the weight of standard Fenders. Relic'd basses tend to weigh less than NOS apparently because the relic-process dries the wood a bit. But on average they seem pretty much like any other Fender in terms of weight.
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yeah, i know about the specific box for weight but, since this bass already comes with "selected lightweight alder", i was wondering if it's already included...but maybe they can do something better on demand..let's see!
 
#32
Those basses really show an absolute lack of creativity and research. Of course they are "cool" and "look pretty sweet", as most CS preCBS replicas do, mostly because we LOVE classic looking Fenders, and anything that has a slight scent of "vintage" turns us on. But, really, these new models are actually a bit sad.
 
#33
drums1977 said:
Those basses really show an absolute lack of creativity and research. Of course they are "cool" and "look pretty sweet", as most CS preCBS replicas do, mostly because we LOVE classic looking Fenders, and anything that has a slight scent of "vintage" turns us on. But, really, these new models are actually a bit sad.
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I don't know what's "sad" about it. The whole point of reissues is to copy what was done before, not reinvent the wheel. Unless you're talking about the purple--yuck!
 
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#34
To me it's sad that they come out with a "new" product like this series, which is only a cocktail of old stuff and announce it as being a revolution, when what they should focus on doing well what they are supposed to do well. It is a shame that their CS still produce average instruments for very high prices on a regular basis. Don't get me wrong, they do make great basses... Sometimes. They rely to much on their reputation instead on working on quality, like other builders must do to keep up with the market. I always give the same example: I've played a few not so good CS, but never a bad US lakland. I'm sure that applies to many other high end manufacturers that have to work in quality because they don't have a legendary brand name.
 
#35
drums1977 said:
Those basses really show an absolute lack of creativity and research. Of course they are "cool" and "look pretty sweet", as most CS preCBS replicas do, mostly because we LOVE classic looking Fenders, and anything that has a slight scent of "vintage" turns us on. But, really, these new models are actually a bit sad.
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So then...."we love, and are turned on by classic looking Fenders"....they are "of course cool and look pretty sweet".

But for some inexplicable reason they don't show enough "creativity" and lack "research" (sic)....and that actually makes us "sad" ?

Did I get it right?
 
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drums1977 said:
To me it's sad that they come out with a "new" product like this series, which is only a cocktail of old stuff and announce it as being a revolution, when what they should focus on doing well what they are supposed to do well. It is a shame that their CS still produce average instruments for very high prices on a regular basis. Don't get me wrong, they do make great basses... Sometimes. They rely to much on their reputation instead on working on quality, like other builders must do to keep up with the market. I always give the same example: I've played a few not so good CS, but never a bad US lakland. I'm sure that applies to many other high end manufacturers that have to work in quality because they don't have a legendary brand name.
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Did they announce it as a revolution? My recollection was they just said what it was, same old design with a few more modern appointments like their new bridge, upper neck access, etc. I don't recall they oversold it but maybe they did.
 
#38
Mastermold said:
I don't know what's "sad" about it. The whole point of reissues is to copy what was done before, not reinvent the wheel. Unless you're talking about the purple--yuck!
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Mastermold said:
Did they announce it as a revolution? My recollection was they just said what it was, same old design with a few more modern appointments like their new bridge, upper neck access, etc. I don't recall they oversold it but maybe they did.
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"The 2015 Postmodern Precision Jazz Bass® is elegantly designed with a reappraisal of modern assumptions. A thoroughly contemporary combination of Fender's two most time-honored basses" True, they don't say "revolutionary", but they obviously want the customers to think it is.
 

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