i built a slab p bass with a quartersawn maple neck, swamp ash body and nordstrand pickups for 1/9th the cost. I don't think that 9k bass would be 8/9ths better than my build.
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It's Baaaack.....
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I kind of love the vibe of this bass, too, but I would definitely do a Warmoth build of it if I absolutely had to have it. CS basses are totally dope, but that's the kind of money I'm saving to have a guy in Italy hand build me a 1/4 scale DB for my retirement years ... and ship it.
but it would be a real Fender
Bob MacBlane in Preble, NY is a proven luthier who has never let me down. I brought the bass to him for a setup after building it and my bass is on board with that fender easy. Names on the headstock only matter to people on TB. Never in my 15+ years of gigging has anyone said, "I bet you wish you had a fender" people don't notice these things like we do
The whole master built thing has gotten beyond silly and marketed for people with way more dollars than sense. There’s nothing to “master” about building a 60+ year old design that was always meant for mass production. Same wood, same metal, same design (except for an uncomfortable edge to dig into your forearm on this slab body). Just has a dude’s name on the headstock at the cost of about 7 addition American P basses.
I have a Luthier who could build you the equivalent of that bass for well under $2000
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Sweetwater recently had a Custom Shop Fender Precision listed at $12,500. Not there now, so maybe someone bought it!
I picked one of these up because I loved the ZZ Top, Dusty bass look. I like everything about it, except the slab body. I have to wear a wrist sweat band when I play it for any length of time. That slab hard edge digs into the side my wrist. I think it was $600 out the door. It's no custom shop, but still a nice playing bass.
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Luckily I picked up this baby not long ago that pretty well scratches my slab/split pickup itch AND adds a discreet arm contour to thwart the dreaded ‘Tele-rot.’
Unless a decal on the headstock is worth the price of four new P basses, build a mutt to the same specs. Parts are readily available and you will have the pleasure of controlling the quality of the project with no hidden surprises. Hope this helps.
I thought the exact same thing and was about to search for the pic!
They probably are. I just saw a Fender Pino for sale on Thomann for more than 4000€!
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I generally stay away from slagging ANY bass, but this is lunacy. I'm not really a P guy, but I've had too many Jazz basses to count. The better of the lot was a dead simple USA Jazz bass in Inca Silver and I bought it used in 2000 for I think 600 dollars. I also had a CS 62 that cost 4 times that and it was a good bass but not for that kind of money and when compared to my trusty old Inca Jazz.
Who the hell is buying these things?
Who the hell is buying these things?
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Looks like a nice axe, not 9k worth.
9K would get you a pretty decent version of the real thing!
To each his own.
9K would get you a pretty decent version of the real thing!
To each his own.
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