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NBD... caught off guard!

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Spray painted my pickguard black, but now I think white (or off white) suits it more. White pearloid pickguard looks really nice too. I ordered a black pearloid a couple weeks ago, should arrive soon.

DR Pure Blues strings produce a unique distorted searing tone with this bass, almost like an electric guitar, that I never heard with other nickel roundwounds and other bass guitars, must be some particular electromagnetic interaction with this pickup.
 
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Snibborwocky said:
I bought the sunburst 50's a few months ago from SW and I absolutely love it. I saw one just under 9lbs with the color/wood selection just perfectly matched (no seams visable) and I just had to have it. Aside from maybe swapping out the pickup and upgrading the tuners eventually, I am completely attached to this bass as an affordable version of an early 50's precision. I do kind of wish it was string-through body but it's definitely not a deal breaker. Enjoy yours!
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Thanks! Yeah, you did well with the weight component. I haven't weighed mine but I am guessing it's right around 10 pounds. Hence, using a wide, padded strap.
 
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Chrome Dome said:
Wow,what a coincidence,been looking at the Squier '50s Precision myself. Came across one that seller had a better price,than SW. So it should be on its way after Christmas weekend. Might get it sometime next week? Previous owner switched pickup to Seymour Duncan,and he said he had flats on it now. I prefer roundwounds,myself. Will check it out once I get. And Merry Christmas,to you and yours!View attachment 4516935
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Really nice! And the pickgiard looks sweet!
 
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butterfingers1 said:
View attachment 4517128 View attachment 4517129 Spray painted my pickguard black, but now I think white (or off white) suits it more. White pearloid pickguard looks really nice too. I ordered a black pearloid a couple weeks ago, should arrive soon.

DR Pure Blues strings produce a unique distorted searing tone with this bass, almost like an electric guitar, that I never heard with other nickel roundwounds and other bass guitars, must be some particular electromagnetic interaction with this pickup.
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Looks great! The bass looks white in that pic.
 
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Kipp Harrington said:
A few months ago, I visited Sweetwater and tried out a few basses. One of them was a Squier CV 50s P. I liked it but I was having a rough time getting comfortable with using that single coil pup as an anchor. I knew I would eventually get used to it but then I thought the neck was a bit to chunky for my small hands and short fingers. Anyhow, I talked myself out of it.

I guess I had spoken about my interest in that bass (a few months ago) and my wife took notice. I never really mentioned it at all after that.

And in the meantime I end up getting a Sterling Ray 34PB. Awesome bass and I love it.

Well, I open a gift from the wife this afternoon and there it is... a Squier CV 50s P in white blond. I've been playing it a couple hours this evening and I'm diggin' it! Going to put flats on it, get a nice wide padded strap, and dView attachment 4516803 o a proper set up. The action is a bit high right now but it still plays nicely. I got a pretty nice SKB gig bag to boot. My wife is cool. I appreciate her understanding my passion for music and the bass!
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Re: not having an anchor, I experimented during the last few days with putting a thumb rest over the pickup on my Sting P bass, for the same reason. I had a spare thumb rest lying around and used some Gorilla double sided tape. It worked fine but I could not get used to it. So as a compromise, I removed it and used a key to put some scratches in the pickguard where my thumb is optimally placed. The rough spot tells my thumb where to go. Good solution.
 
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Learn to play with no thumb rest. Let your forearm pressed against the body serves as an anchor point. Then use your thumb to mute strings. This will result in your thumb being on strings but not for anchor purposes, but for muting. It frees you up to pluck the strings where they sound best, not where the PU is located.

Resting your thumb on the pickup is an anchor that will hold you back.

If you really want to force yourself to learn this, get an acoustic bass guitar.
 
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darwin-bass said:
Learn to play with no thumb rest. Let your forearm pressed against the body serves as an anchor point. Then use your thumb to mute strings. This will result in your thumb being on strings but not for anchor purposes, but for muting. It frees you up to pluck the strings where they sound best, not where the PU is located.

Resting your thumb on the pickup is an anchor that will hold you back.

If you really want to force yourself to learn this, get an acoustic bass guitar.
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I experimented around with this last night. I can do this for the most part, but it's a real bear using this technique for certain songs.
 

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