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NBD: 2006 Highway One Precision with vintage refit

#22
Thanks all of you for breaking that info down for me,
Okay so id love to get my Squier CV P to even act like the sound of my 62 Jazz.

It already has Duncan Quarter pounders, not sure if those are any good. But they came on it from the guy I bought it from.

I like the way it sounds but it certainly ain't no vintage Fender, my 62 sounds like God clearing his throat and getting ready to sing.

The CV P sounds nice maybe like God after chili.

Is there something I can do with the controls to give it a more similar sound to the real thing?

Again sorry about the noob stuff, I'm learning here and don't know the first thing about getting better tone and how.

Thanks in advance.
 
#26
sexy bass!

the greasebucket is by no means "cheapened", it's actually two caps instead of one, so technically more expensive!

all it does is keep the low-mid resonant "bump" from happening when the knob's on "0", something that i've never heard anyone complain about, and few people even be aware of! it's a solution to a problem nobody had :rolleyes:

if it's a lightweight bass, it's screaming for some lightweight keys for better balance; the obvious (if spendy) solution is a set of gotoh res-o-lights, to both complete the vintage aesthetic and improve the balance.

my '96 american P is like 9lbs, and lightweight keys made a world of improvement hanging on the strap.
 
#27
The bass does balance very nicely now, but Res-o-lites would be awesome! The bass would weigh under 8 lb., wow... They might be worth the ~$100 upgrade, better value than ~$200 for vintage Fender tuners. Now you got me thinkin'!
 
#31
Sounds great through my 1962 Bassman and TC115!

TC115_Bassman.jpg
 
#32
shrigg said:
2. That is a 60th Anniversary Fender emblem which they put on these in 2006
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I don't understand....the P was invented in 1946? My Highway One P, dated 2011, has a 60th anniversary neck plate on it. I thought this is accurate as the P was invented in 1951? How could we both have a "correct" neck plate?

Love mine btw! A true players bass.
 
#36
shrigg said:
Here is my latest and new favorite: a 2006 Fender Highway One Precision Bass. I wanted to make this P into a vintage funk machine so I had my tech polish the nitro finish to a shine, install a Fender nitrocellulose Tortoiseshell pickguard, swap out the Badass II for a vintage 60's Fender bridge, install an original 60's Fender P Bass .10 tone cap in place of the Grease Bucket tone circuit and install an original 1967 Fender F neck plate.

Check it out, it got killer vintage feel and nails the 60's P Bass tone and the graphite-reinforced neck plays like absolute *buttah* with Labella 760FX flats (my favorite). All this and it weighs only 8 lb. 4 oz. I'm loving it!

Enjoy the pics!

-Darren
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Very nice. I like the tort n honey blonde alot.
 
#37
I've got a 2005 HW1 in sunburst and it came with a threaded saddle bridge like that and no greasebucket tone circuit (though I replaced the pickups with nordstrands and put flats on it). I don't like the modifications they did to the HW1 line for 2006.

Absolutely love the nitro finish, mine has come to a shine in most spots just from playing it so much :) play it and love it!
 
#38
OP: yours looks nice with the finish all polished up.

i tricked mine out in a similar fashion. although it looks somewhat pink-ish here, it is actually honey blonde. there is a vintage threaded bridge and bill lawrence p-46 pups beneath the covers. greasebucket also removed. its an '07 or '08. i can't remember which, off hand...

HW1P.jpg
 
#40
shrigg said:
Your 2011 neck plate signifies 60th anniversary of the Precision.
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Correct.
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There are some errors in this article, but not worth correcting. In fairness, it's a guitar mod that FMIC decided to also stick on basses because it only cost them about a penny and they could have something to bray about in the ad copy. Not all of them have it, depending on what Fender had available when they were trying to clear backorders. My 2011 doesn't have it.

Not a fan of the SDQPs, but if you're running vintage flats I challenge anyone to tell the pickups from the stockers or even OVs in a blind digital DI recorded test.

Pickup swaps with vintage flats is just scab-picking in my book.
 

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