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Fender signature that MUST be made!!! NOW!!!
- Thread starter E.J. T.N.T.
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I am hearing alot of misconceptions so rather then address individuals, here we go.
Jazz bass specials were made in japan and Mckagans sig is one of these, Mckagans sig has special upgrades in the fact that it has a duncan bridge pickup, the jazz pickup. His has metal knobs instead of the black plastic F knobs and also his sig has a skull engraved neck plate, there made in mexico. It having black hardware and rear routed is nothing special , thats how the originals were made. The originals are BASSWOOD. I am guessing duffs sig is whatever there using in mexico I have not see specs saying what it is.
If you look at the original jazz specials from the 80's the P pickup has bigger poles then the duff model.
Jazz bass specials were made in japan and Mckagans sig is one of these, Mckagans sig has special upgrades in the fact that it has a duncan bridge pickup, the jazz pickup. His has metal knobs instead of the black plastic F knobs and also his sig has a skull engraved neck plate, there made in mexico. It having black hardware and rear routed is nothing special , thats how the originals were made. The originals are BASSWOOD. I am guessing duffs sig is whatever there using in mexico I have not see specs saying what it is.
If you look at the original jazz specials from the 80's the P pickup has bigger poles then the duff model.
Dario Deidda "Coronado II" signature. It is incredible how Fender does not capitalize yet on this bass!!! For those who don't know him, Dario is one of the best musicians around and one hell of a bass palyer "per se". Humble human being, super gifted ear and wide musical knowledge background. Unbelievable.
While he normally digs an old, beaten, smooth Fender jazz (a real vintage one, see below) he also discovered the Coronado beneficial effects on the pure jazz side of his huge body of work.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=feh0_ydnjvY
Hell yeah. His bases are customised too arent they? Except aren't they anti brand names? I remember seeing their amps once and the logos on them were all covered in tape.
A Matt Freeman bass for sure tho, as long as he had some input into how it was customised.
Dario Deidda "Coronado II" signature. It is incredible how Fender does not capitalize yet on this bass!!! For those who don't know him, Dario is one of the best musicians around and one hell of a bass palyer "per se". Humble human being, super gifted ear and wide musical knowledge background. Unbelievable.
While he normally digs an old, beaten, smooth Fender jazz (a real vintage one, see below) he also discovered the Coronado beneficial effects on the pure jazz side of his huge body of work.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=feh0_ydnjvY
if fender did ever re-issue that bass the price would be horrable. if a mexican p-bass is about £380 then my guess on the price of one of those would be about £800
OK, enough comedy from me; Entwistle would be good - Fenderbird!
90% of what most of you guys are asking for could be done with a standard Fender and aftermarket parts; they have made a number of sig models that did not sell well; can't imagine any company that would want to add products in this market, they already offer many options for basicaly 2 instruments
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90% of what most of you guys are asking for could be done with a standard Fender and aftermarket parts; they have made a number of sig models that did not sell well; can't imagine any company that would want to add products in this market, they already offer many options for basicaly 2 instruments
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This is the closest you'll get to a Sid Vicious signature. I picked a used one up last month, awesome bass with a very slim neck for a P.
This is the closest you'll get to a Sid Vicious signature. I picked a used one up last month, awesome bass with a very slim neck for a P.
My Jaco tribute was half the cost of Fender's "relic'd" version, and Kevin Kaufman did my neck.
I looked into doing a JJ tribute build, but Fender already has the American Vintage 62 Reissue P, which is essentially the same thing. Even after pricing out a build of a Jamerson tribute, the Fender was $200 cheaper.
If Fender wants to tackle something cool, they need to look at a Herbie Flowers signature.
I read on Wiki that Duff's original bass was ash body, but I'm not sure if that was a bass he had Fender Custom shop do for him when he became a rich rock star. Is it fair to say that prior to fame, he was playing a regular basswood body JBS?
And yes, the pickups on the JBS's from the 80's had unusually large pole pieces, like quarter pounders.
"Frankenstein"
Apologies if it's already been suggested, but what about a replica of Frankenstein, the bass that John Entwistle cobbled together from surviving components of smashed slab-body Precisions?
Apologies if it's already been suggested, but what about a replica of Frankenstein, the bass that John Entwistle cobbled together from surviving components of smashed slab-body Precisions?
Could Duff's actual bass with the large pole pieces been factory installed Suhr designed, like in the 2000 vintage deluxes?
+1 on Leland Sklar's 2xP bass.
Also, how about a Gary Thain model? Either the J or the weird P....
Also, how about a Gary Thain model? Either the J or the weird P....
