Fender custom shop

[awilkie84]

not worth the $$$$.

That's like, your opinion, man.

 

[Tim1]

I have CS59 Precision which is the most responsive bass I have ever owned and always receives favourable comment from other players. I bought a matching CS64 Jazz from the same batch which never worked for me and I sold it on. Like any bass, try it first but IME a good CS is a great bass and a clear cut above standard factory issue.

 

[leona1]

hit or miss with custom shop basses.

 

[pacojas]

hit or miss with custom shop basses.

it's hit or miss with everything in life, leona. where you been, child!

 

[leona1]

100% True

 

[davidchampoux]

Still available!

 

[andreaska]

Just a question at the CS experts: regarding actual CS jazz basses I've seen, there is no strap pin/button on the headstock backside. In opposition to the AV reissues, they all have on.
So whta's the reason? Only the CS logo?

Regards
Andreas

 

[since197three]

I'm thinking hard about ordering a CS64 Jazz. Have been looking at used ones but colors and options I want are hard to come across. Now the thought of MY bass being built for ME is sinking in and gets my adrenaline flowing.

That IMO is what the CS is all about.

 

[Midak]

Do it! I did, and it was worth it.

 

[Midak]

Just a question at the CS experts: regarding actual CS jazz basses I've seen, there is no strap pin/button on the headstock backside. In opposition to the AV reissues, they all have on.
So whta's the reason? Only the CS logo?

Regards
Andreas

Although late, just preference/CS approach, I think.

 

[hennessybass]

Just a question at the CS experts: regarding actual CS jazz basses I've seen, there is no strap pin/button on the headstock backside. In opposition to the AV reissues, they all have on.
So whta's the reason? Only the CS logo?

Regards
Andreas

I might be way off here,,but I would guess that fender only put that strap button on the headstock for a year or two. So if it was in 62 and 63 (total guess),, the 64 jazz basses that come out of that shop might not have them???

I think fender takes a little more liberty with the AV basses as far as making them period correct. For example, they don't drill holes for the pick up covers on the AV series, although they come with covers and the originals would have come with holes drilled.

I think my CS jazz is a 64 and does not have a strap button on the headstock. It does have all the right holes drilled.

 

[Plucker Tom]

My 60th anniversary blonde p -bass sounds and plays great....How are they made..( production line)..? and how do they compare to a CS..?

 

[Midak]

I might be way off here,,but I would guess that fender only put that strap button on the headstock for a year or two. So if it was in 62 and 63 (total guess),, the 64 jazz basses that come out of that shop might not have them???

I think fender takes a little more liberty with the AV basses as far as making them period correct. For example, they don't drill holes for the pick up covers on the AV series, although they come with covers and the originals would have come with holes drilled.

I think my CS jazz is a 64 and does not have a strap button on the headstock. It does have all the right holes drilled.

Fender used the so-called "hootenanny button" on all their basses from 1960 to 1969. So, any recreation of a bass of that era should ideally have it; it is just that the Fender Custom Shop chooses not to include it, for the CS logo to be in a more "clean" area, I tend to believe.

My 60th anniversary blonde p -bass sounds and plays great....How are they made..( production line)..? and how do they compare to a CS..?

I haven't had the chance to play a 60th anniversary Precision, but I can assure you that the CS stuff is the very best Fender has to offer.

 

[hennessybass]

Fender used the so-called "hootenanny button" on all their basses from 1960 to 1969. So, any recreation of a bass of that era should ideally have it; it is just that the Fender Custom Shop chooses not to include it, for the CS logo to be in a more "clean" area, I tend to believe.

Nice. Thanks for clearing that up.

 

[Midak]

You are welcome.