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Lee Sklar type double P ?

#61
fenderVI said:
I haven't seen anything stock that's similar. If you watch the youtube vids you'll notice, as lee states, they are in the typical J position. They are reversed so the neck P (on the G & D) makes it look quite close to the neck.

Lee tends to rest his forearm on top of the waist of the body with his thumb on top of the neck pup while fingering. He has a very relaxed style, no tension at all.

The body they used was made by Charvel who where making Fender replacements at the time. It is a Precision Body (Alder) with the usual P pup routed. They then routed the new positions. Making a cover, can't quite see it but you can see four screws in between the two pups. 2 above and 2 below.

[You might have watched it before but there's a close up of Lee playing and if you pause it, you'll see the cover screws. Or they could be screws from previous thumb and finger rests.]

Jamacian Rendevaux



I'm not sure whats happened to the band as the website shows up as expired but they are still on myspace.

He loves his Dingwalls (and who wouldn't for nix) cause they (5 stringers) cover work he has to do in replacing bass synth parts. One of them has D-tuners on E & B. So he tends to take them on the road for Toto and Phil Collins but his goto is the frankenstein.

Put me in the 'I want one too' club. :hyper: Might have to get a hold of a cheap P and di(myself) I'm also considering, instead of the staggered P's trying the pup setup on the Dings.... single coils slanted. Anyway probably the only way to get a similar sounding bass to Lee's is to replicate it.. exactly, if thats possible.

B-):bassist:
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That is a cool bass, but Sklar himself is such a tasty accompanist. He gives the singer/guitarist the perfect level of support.
 
#62
I saw him at a James Taylor concert years ago. My wife is the JT fan I was just along for the ride and not paying much attention to anything really. I do remember that Taylor described Sklar as "a Munchkin warrior, a man with the personality of a urinal cake". With friends like that, eh? Anyway, here is a quick picture showing how the bits of a Jazz, a Precision, and Sklar's bass line up:

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In case anyone needs to know the Jazz and Precision bodies pictured above were taken from the Fender website in Nov, 2014 and represent the American Standard models from that time. I am not responsible for any body or pickup spacing/position changes Fender may have made over the years!!
 
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khutch said:
I saw him at a James Taylor concert years ago. My wife is the JT fan I was just along for the ride and not paying much attention to anything really. I do remember that Taylor described Sklar as "a Munchkin warrior, a man with the personality of a urinal cake". With friends like that, eh? Anyway, here is a quick picture showing how the bits of a Jazz, a Precision, and Sklar's bass line up:

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In case anyone needs to know the Jazz and Precision bodies pictured above were taken from the Fender website in Nov, 2014 and represent the American Standard models from that time. I am not responsible for any body or pickup spacing/position changes Fender may have made over the years!!
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I always planned on doing a Sklar bass build. Thanks for sharing this image as it has inspired me and also helps with the pickup placement. What can I say he's the man and still using that bass after all these years, says a lot.
 

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