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Paulabass

Paulabass

Sep 18, 2017
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I've been jonesing for one of these since they were announced. I've always liked a slab body, but not digging the single coil pickup of the '51.
Came with a reasonable set up, so within an hour I was up and playing. Needs a neck shim, but not in a hurry, just so the saddle screws don't stick up out of the saddles. I'll do that when I make the final decision about strings.
Sounds great. Both pickups (CS60's) very usable by themselves, and TERRIFIC together. I've found some PJ's don't do either perfectly, but this one, with just the P on IS a P-bass. The other p/u is just a bonus.
Slab bodies are always heavy. This one is a 10 pounder (my heaviest Fender). Has a serious baseball bat neck. Fit and finish is as good as you'll get from Fender, and not a high fret in the bunch.
A lot of stuff on TB about these being over priced. Hmmm...The edition is done, and I wanted one. Try hard enough and we can justify anything. It's the price of an American Pro+ a night out with my girlfriend.
Strings...I have 2 P-basses with flats, a J with rounds (red devils on candy apple red!), and J with flats....maybe I'll just keep the stock Fender rounds for a while.
Gotta run...my neighbours band asked me to sub on their rehearsal tonite.

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Paulabass said:
COOL! Need pics when you get it.
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For sure! Bluesman Vintage Guitars is doing the build. They, or course, do their "vintage" thing to the hardware and finish. I'm not having it reliced, but it will look like it's a 60 year old case queen.

Controls will be VT VT for each pickup. Going to use stacked pots. All passive PJ.
 
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Paulabass said:
I've been jonesing for one of these since they were announced. I've always liked a slab body, but not digging the single coil pickup of the '51.
Came with a reasonable set up, so within an hour I was up and playing. Needs a neck shim, but not in a hurry, just so the saddle screws don't stick up out of the saddles. I'll do that when I make the final decision about strings.
Sounds great. Both pickups (CS60's) very usable by themselves, and TERRIFIC together. I've found some PJ's don't do either perfectly, but this one, with just the P on IS a P-bass. The other p/u is just a bonus.
Slab bodies are always heavy. This one is a 10 pounder (my heaviest Fender). Has a serious baseball bat neck. Fit and finish is as good as you'll get from Fender, and not a high fret in the bunch.
A lot of stuff on TB about these being over priced. Hmmm...The edition is done, and I wanted one. Try hard enough and we can justify anything. It's the price of an American Pro+ a night out with my girlfriend.
Strings...I have 2 P-basses with flats, a J with rounds (red devils on candy apple red!), and J with flats....maybe I'll just keep the stock Fender rounds for a while.
Gotta run...my neighbours band asked me to sub on their rehearsal tonite.

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What’s the neck like? Similar to American Pro or Elite or closer to AVRI/American Original?

And I agree with @jhb138, keep the stock scratchplate.
 
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Paulabass said:
I've been jonesing for one of these since they were announced. I've always liked a slab body, but not digging the single coil pickup of the '51.
Came with a reasonable set up, so within an hour I was up and playing. Needs a neck shim, but not in a hurry, just so the saddle screws don't stick up out of the saddles. I'll do that when I make the final decision about strings.
Sounds great. Both pickups (CS60's) very usable by themselves, and TERRIFIC together. I've found some PJ's don't do either perfectly, but this one, with just the P on IS a P-bass. The other p/u is just a bonus.
Slab bodies are always heavy. This one is a 10 pounder (my heaviest Fender). Has a serious baseball bat neck. Fit and finish is as good as you'll get from Fender, and not a high fret in the bunch.
A lot of stuff on TB about these being over priced. Hmmm...The edition is done, and I wanted one. Try hard enough and we can justify anything. It's the price of an American Pro+ a night out with my girlfriend.
Strings...I have 2 P-basses with flats, a J with rounds (red devils on candy apple red!), and J with flats....maybe I'll just keep the stock Fender rounds for a while.
Gotta run...my neighbours band asked me to sub on their rehearsal tonite.

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Looks nicer on your wall than in their own ads! :cool: Is that a 50th anniversary jazz bass I see next to it?
 
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Grats! They are one of he nicest basses I’ve played. I totally agree about the P tone and rolling the bridge just adds the sparkle. It’s like the original idea behind a P/J has come to pass. I think some of that is the 60’s pups— love the vintage tones to be sure. They look cool too.
 
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