Fender Launches New Midnight Hour Precision Bass

[Stranger Danger]

I grew up in New Orleans so I have a soft spot for purple and gold. Just need a green pickguard of some sort and you can call it a Mardi Gras Bass.

I did too. I was thinking some of those green DR strings

 

[Stranger Danger]

I like purple.
I like tort.
I like matching headstocks.
So, I love this bass.

Guess I'm in the minority here...

I like it a lot. Just not at that price.

 

[dbsfgyd1]

A "statement piece"
I wonder what statement they're trying to make

"There is a sucker born every minute"..

 

[Bassist30]

Have to hear it first. Might be a copy of a 62 P bass in purple.

 

[joker820]

I posted about this months ago and got 5 replies total. Funny how things work lol.

 

[two fingers]

View attachment 3286662 A bit pricey for me, but I do enjoy my $ 100 limited-appeal SX Gypsy Rose PJ.

That's a better looking bass by far (to me).

 

[Mugre]

Purple, my favorite color, and Tort is not a marriage made in heaven. I'm just not a fan or "gold" hardware either. I'm a pass.

 

[FunkyEel]

I didn't realize gold hardware was so derided. I love it.

 

[Mannyinnewyork]

Awesome. Get that and spend the remaining 2k on an amp and some pedals.

Whatever happened to SX? Rondo Music barely stocks them anymore.

Yeah, I was looking for a bass for my nephew - decided to check rondo. Not much happening over there. I got this one from a TBer (thanks Reddog) - it's a nice Bass.

 

[57pbass]

Not my thing but it's very nice. I don't think of Motown when I look at it.

 

[five7]

My wife saw it and loves it, lol.

 

[2F/2F]

Convert to chrome hardware and W/B/W guard, and it's good to go, for me, at any rate. Wish it had a 7.25" radius, but I can deal with 9.5" if I have to. It's just an AO '60's P in purple with a matching head and gold hardware.

I was about to rip Fender for calling it "Midnight Hour" (perhaps the most famous song ever recorded at Stax), while saying that it delivers "that vintage Motown mojo." Then I saw that "The Midnight Hour" is the name of the group with Adrian Younge in it.

I've seen Adrian Younge perform before. The music had not a shred of Motown or Stax feel to it. It was bland and flat as all get out. It's a shame that this is the best the modern soul-hip-hop world has to offer.

Nice looking bass, regardless (after the above mentioned changes), and the price is in line for what is basically a special edition AO Series bass.

 

[bobdabilder]

Wow. Hard pass on 2250.

A new P-bass in Purple with Gold meant to deliver that vintage Motown mojo. The Limited Edition Midnight Hour Precision Bass is available exclusively from [Invalid or Expired Link Removed] from 2 November for $2,250.

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Fender launches "statement piece" Limited Edition Midnight Hour Precision Bass | MusicRadar

 

[TheGreatSealof]

Not my cup of tea.

 

[jeff62]

I stopped reading after two pages. I'd recommend a poll to see how badly this tribute gets trounced but it appears to be somewhere between "embarrassing" and "are you high?"

 

[stephenleejp]

A new P-bass in Purple with Gold meant to deliver that vintage Motown mojo. The Limited Edition Midnight Hour Precision Bass is available exclusively from [Invalid or Expired Link Removed] from 2 November for $2,250.

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This is from OCTOBER of last year... Look at the date on the article...

 

[pudge]

That's one time I don't like tort

 

[TheReceder]

My Wife "red and purple just don't go together... that is just gross"

Maybe I'll have to buy one.

 

[alaskaleftybass]

I stopped reading after two pages. I'd recommend a poll to see how badly this tribute gets trounced but it appears to be somewhere between "embarrassing" and "are you high?"

I still like the Rondo version the best!

 

[_One//Man//Mutiny_]

There's nothing I can see there that justifies the price. It looks cool though, not for me.