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Good Punk Bass?

#182
Son of Wobble said:
Vinnie, how you liking then new 50's lacquer P bass as the honeymoon wears on?

Have you played a '57 AVRI, and is the neck on your 50's lacquer similar, or identical?

How low have you gotten your action?

And finally, as I'm plying you with questions, what would you recommend to take some sharp edges of a bent-plate Fender
bridge with sharp, pokey poles an legs -- sandpaper or a file?

Cheers, Big Ears....
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Tried sending you a PM, but for whatever reason seems like you don't have that option active...

I've played a '57 AVRI Fullerton era and it was a REALLY nice bass, played like butter, had a great setup and was $1,500 and in near new condition. Seriously was one of the nicest Fenders I've played, but still couldn't justify the price (funny how I'll pay more than that for an acoustic guitar, but with electric guitars and basses I just can't do it).

I am still loving the Classic 50's Lacquer. Neck felt the same as the Classic 50's non-lacquer versions I've owned previously, and if I can recall correctly the '57AVRI neck was very similar. Currently I have the Classic 50's Lacquer set up with TI Jazz Flats, around .011" of neck relief, and the action is just a hair over 5/64" on the low E, 4/64" on the A & D, and 3.5/64" on the G, measured at the 17th fret.
 
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#183
Vinnie Boombatz said:
Tried sending you a PM, but for whatever reason seems like you don't have that option active...

I've played a '57 AVRI Fullerton era and it was a REALLY nice bass, played like butter, had a great setup and was $1,500 and in near new condition. Seriously was one of the nicest Fenders I've played, but still couldn't justify the price (funny how I'll pay more than that for an acoustic guitar, but with electric guitars and basses I just can't do it).

I am still loving the Classic 50's Lacquer. Neck felt the same as the Classic 50's non-lacquer versions I've owned previously, and if I can recall correctly the '57AVRI neck was very similar. Currently I have the Classic 50's Lacquer set up with TI Jazz Flats, around .011" of neck relief, and the action is just a hair over 5/64" on the low E, 4/64" on the A & D, and 3.5/64" on the G, measured at the 17th fret.
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I gotta agree with you on the price point thing... I think a new Fender is "worth" about $800, so I waited until the '57s were discontinued and got mine for $1,300 -- still a lot of dough for a plank with some wires on it. But of course if you find that elusive axe that seems to "play itself" then the matter of a couple hundred dolls becomes less of a consequence. After all, how many tens of thousands have I handed willingly to insurance companies? Money that is gone, gone, gone.
 
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#184
Son of Wobble said:
I gotta agree with you on the price point thing... I think a new Fender is "worth" about $800, so I waited until the '57s were discontinued and got mine for $1,300 -- still a lot of dough for a plank with some wires on it. But of course if you find that elusive axe that seems to "play itself" then the matter of a couple hundred dolls becomes less of a consequence. After all, how many tens of thousands have I handed willingly to insurance companies? Money that is gone, gone, gone.
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I wasn't criticizing anyone who spends that much at all, I'm just currently on a tight budget with other financial goals at the moment!
 
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#188
I play shows with a lot of the same punk bands from the 80's i played with now. Most of these guys are really into vintage gear and frankly I couldn't imagine any of them smashing a guitar then or now.I still have my 73 Gibson EB3 that was converted to a lefty but mostly played Hondo's because they were the only lefty's you could find in music stores. Mine had a hipshot bridge hipshot tuners and emg active pickups. I never once got a snide comment about them from other musicians.I say play whatever you want but you really should play a P Bass:D
 
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#193
Here it is!
Look no further!
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#195
I never paid much attention to Punk bands (Buddy Holly is more my thing), but due to living in the U.K in the '80s, they were kinda hard to ignore. From what I remember, most Punk bassist's seemed to prefer a wrong-handed P-Bass of some kind, strung and played upside down; spray painting it (badly) flat black; spray painting obscene graffitti on it - in a highly contrasting color; then putting as many obscene stickers on it as they could manage. If you want to go Old School, that's what I'd recommend... A friend of mine found one like that in a London pawn shop. He bought it, partly because he was a lefty bass player, but mostly because, being a fanatical Fender fan, he looked past the grungy nastiness, and saw the bone stock '58 P-Bass underneath...:whistle:
 
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#200
PullThePlug said:
What kind of punk rock are you doing? This will help with an answer quite a bit.

Everybody will say P bass, which isn't a bad answer. Musicman Sterling basses are worth a good look.
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I’m doing stuff similar to nofx, Sex Pistols, Bad Religion, Black Flag, and Dead Milkmen. There are a bunch more but those are the ones that I’d consider the most influential
 
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