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Fender Pawn Shop '72 RW
- Thread starter Stranger Danger
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A bass like the one Sergio Vega plays in this Quicksand classic would be nice:
YouTube - Quicksand - Dine Alone
YouTube - Quicksand - Dine Alone
kaoz said:am i the only one to wish for a simple classic 70s p-bass and not any weird bass designs??
In my idea of a perfect world, my amp would only have a volume knob. And my bass would have no onboard controls at all.
Used to work that way for the upright cats. Why not for us transverse players?
Unfortunately, my technique is not so great that I can pull everything I want out of my bass with bare hands alone.
But I'll keep trying.
Fortunately, I never was into pedals, so I've got it down to V/T/M/B on the amp and passive V/T on most of my basses.
Someday I'll be free. (Just gotta practice and play a lot more than I do first!)
In my idea of a perfect world, my amp would only have a volume knob. And my bass would have no onboard controls at all.
Used to work that way for the upright cats. Why not for us transverse players?
Unfortunately, my technique is not so great that I can pull everything I want out of my bass with bare hands alone.
But I'll keep trying.
Fortunately, I never was into pedals, so I've got it down to V/T/M/B on the amp and passive V/T on most of my basses.
Someday I'll be free. (Just gotta practice and play a lot more than I do first!)
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If its called a '72, it would almost have to have that style pick guard.
Im going to hazard a guess after seeing your handle that you are the aforementioned Sergio Vega and that is you in the video?
If so, nice work.
Nope, just an old school Quicksand fan who has always loved the look of that 72 Tele bass with the added P pickup (look again, it's there).
The only thing that might get my money is if Fender offers an F-hole P Bass. The only ones I've seen are Japanese, rare, and expensive. Or Warmoth, again, expensive. Yes, it's purely aesthetic, but that drives alot of us.
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It's not rocket science!
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Hmmm,... I hope so too! I asked my artist rep last week about the Pawnshop Bass & he hadn't heard about it.
I did, however, get a sneak-peak at a soon-to-be-released new tube bass amp. Vintage styling & sexy!
Spleenface92 said:
I seem to recall hearing August was the target ship date for the Pawnshop line.
Also bounced the bass question off a friend who's in purchasing for one of the huge mail/online music dealers. According to him, Fender has zero plans for putting a bass in the PS lineup so far. He also directly put the question to *his* Fender rep and got a blank look plus a "News to me. Where did you hear that?" response.
My bud said he thought the rep was being on the level with him about it and seemed genuinely surprised by the question. He also said whenever there's something a rep can't talk to him about they usually just say so. So it's not like it's some big Area 51 thing when a company is trying to keep stuff under wraps.
My buddy said he thought it likely they would do a PShop bass if the customer demand for the guitars was good. Which makes perfect sense since it's mostly the name and a few mods that makes something a PShop model.
Either way I'm looking forward to the release of the series. My guitarist GF already has designs on that Mustang, so she'll probably be getting one as soon as they're out. She's looking for something a 'little bit different' to add to her collection. It's also something to start her on filling up a second 7-slot guitar rack!
(Note: Do yourself a really big favor. If you're going to have a "significant other" try your best to get one that's also a musician. It makes for a huge difference in domestic tranquility. Especially when it comes to equipment purchasing discussions. Trust me on this one.)
I've got to think that Fender may be waiting until the Summer NAMM show to make any announcements about this Pawn Shop line. That's still over 2 months off.
Oh Fender... how clever you are... building all this enthusiasm for warmed over product... Folks are already saying "I can't wait..." Fender... I could only be so clever!
I found a picture of the Pawnshop Jazz in the Fender EBrochure. Looks great guys.
Told ya.
