NBD.....Something Fender should have built.

[Mikey F]

Awesome!

 

[Gilmourisgod]

That's an heirloom quality bass, very well done. I remember seeing Voorman play on the George Harrison Concert for Bangladesh as a kid, though i dont remember if he played that bass. Are there any YT clips of him playing it?

 

[Krizz]

Wow, nice job, very cool!

 

[Huw Phillips]

Excellent work well done looks amazing, rock it

 

[braud357]

Very nice tribute to a great bassist - one question - how did you duplicate his signature ??

 

[JRA]

great project, OP, with a great outcome! unique and very cool --- congratulations on your new instrument!

 

[FrenchBassQC]

Very nice.

 

[mikecd1]

A beautiful tribute to a bassist whom "a lot of people have heard about but never actually seen" who quietly delivered outstanding bass parts for many great musicians. Your loving work should be documented on youtube so it can be enjoyed by others. Thank you for sharing with us this beautiful project and hope you'll include a few sound bytes as you enjoy this new treasure.

 

[Evets1987]

That’s beautiful.

 

[marchone]

The more I look at that bass the more I like it. Send the images to Fender. (But maybe leave out the forged documents.)

It’s a stone cold winner.

 

[consectaneus]

Son of a gun!

 

[7bridges]

Nice bass! I didn’t know he played a precision. I thought he often played an old Hofner, presumably the one owned by Stu Sutcliffe, as he and Stu and Astrid were friends. Here he is with it at a session for Harry Nilsson’s "Son of Schmilsson” album, one of my favorites.

 

[BassToGoGo]

Wow! Just Wow!

I read an article on Klaus recently and it had the same picture of him with the bass (your first pic), I had forgotten all about that bass. Back in the mid 80's I bought a 69 P bass that had been defretted, the alder body had been stripped and varnished. I drew a sun on it in the same location as yours because I had seen someone with a bass like that. The paint job never materialized, I ended up getting it painted in a purple sunburst.

A couple of years later I read about Klaus saw that bass (again). I have always wanted to do one.

Well done Sir.

 

[Ewo]

Good job!

 

[Pdaddy1978]

Wow....just.....WOW!
Coolest P in recent memory. I have nothin but mad respect for mr.Voorman.
You done good!

 

[EatS1stBassist]

View attachment 4410108 Hey there...this is my first thread. (above-Klaus Voormann in the studio 1973)
MY SUMMER PROJECT.......
Back on June 23rd I decided that Klaus Voormann (Who's Klaus Voormann???https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klaus_Voormann) played a very nice looking bass back in the 60's into the mid-70's on many great albums by John, George, Ringo and others. Why hasn't Fender paid homage to this wonderful German bassist? So on that day I decided that I would build a Klaus Voorman Tribute Precison Bass. I ordered the ash body from Warmoth 6/30 and waited over a month to get it. I slowly ordered all the parts like pickup, bridge, pickguard etc. When I got it I had to prepare it for painting so that meant sanding and filling the pores and two coats of shellac. Then I shipped it off to Aurora, IL to my artist friend Sara Gauthier who did an amazing job recreating Klaus' bass from the the scarce photos we found on the web. I got it back and then had to spray 3 coats of nitrocellulose satin lacquer on the body and waited 14 days for it to dry. Finally I put all the parts including the expensive Fender neck in the new brown case and brought to luthier Jerry Pietrzak who skillfully assembled and setup everything within a week. All in all it took 12 weeks to create this very cool bass. It plays/sounds awesome! I'm very pleased with how it came out! I took many photos but the best ones were taken today by my photographer friend Frank Little. Also, I decided to include a portfolio in the case just like Fender Custom Shop guitars get and that was made possible by Kim Thornton. This bass is essentially a Fender American Original 60's Precision except for the body. All the other parts the same Fender parts of that bass. View attachment 4410112 View attachment 4410116View attachment 4410118 View attachment 4410119View attachment 4410122 View attachment 4410123

Just beautiful!

 

[BassNugget]

Amazing! Very well done, and a great tribute to the man. Fantastic artistry from everyone involved.

 

[nixdad]

View attachment 4410108 Hey there...this is my first thread. (above-Klaus Voormann in the studio 1973)
MY SUMMER PROJECT.......
Back on June 23rd I decided that Klaus Voormann (Who's Klaus Voormann???https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klaus_Voormann) played a very nice looking bass back in the 60's into the mid-70's on many great albums by John, George, Ringo and others. Why hasn't Fender paid homage to this wonderful German bassist? So on that day I decided that I would build a Klaus Voorman Tribute Precison Bass. I ordered the ash body from Warmoth 6/30 and waited over a month to get it. I slowly ordered all the parts like pickup, bridge, pickguard etc. When I got it I had to prepare it for painting so that meant sanding and filling the pores and two coats of shellac. Then I shipped it off to Aurora, IL to my artist friend Sara Gauthier who did an amazing job recreating Klaus' bass from the the scarce photos we found on the web. I got it back and then had to spray 3 coats of nitrocellulose satin lacquer on the body and waited 14 days for it to dry. Finally I put all the parts including the expensive Fender neck in the new brown case and brought to luthier Jerry Pietrzak who skillfully assembled and setup everything within a week. All in all it took 12 weeks to create this very cool bass. It plays/sounds awesome! I'm very pleased with how it came out! I took many photos but the best ones were taken today by my photographer friend Frank Little. Also, I decided to include a portfolio in the case just like Fender Custom Shop guitars get and that was made possible by Kim Thornton. This bass is essentially a Fender American Original 60's Precision except for the body. All the other parts the same Fender parts of that bass. View attachment 4410112 View attachment 4410116View attachment 4410118 View attachment 4410119View attachment 4410122 View attachment 4410123

Absolutely gorgeous, and a fabulous reproduction! The only step to making it more accurate would be adding a Spitfire tort pickguard, as they can match the look and worn quality. Well done!

Son of a gun!

I see what you did there!

 

[jd56hawk]

View attachment 4410108 Hey there...this is my first thread. (above-Klaus Voormann in the studio 1973)
MY SUMMER PROJECT.......
Back on June 23rd I decided that Klaus Voormann (Who's Klaus Voormann???https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klaus_Voormann) played a very nice looking bass back in the 60's into the mid-70's on many great albums by John, George, Ringo and others. Why hasn't Fender paid homage to this wonderful German bassist? So on that day I decided that I would build a Klaus Voorman Tribute Precison Bass. I ordered the ash body from Warmoth 6/30 and waited over a month to get it. I slowly ordered all the parts like pickup, bridge, pickguard etc. When I got it I had to prepare it for painting so that meant sanding and filling the pores and two coats of shellac. Then I shipped it off to Aurora, IL to my artist friend Sara Gauthier who did an amazing job recreating Klaus' bass from the the scarce photos we found on the web. I got it back and then had to spray 3 coats of nitrocellulose satin lacquer on the body and waited 14 days for it to dry. Finally I put all the parts including the expensive Fender neck in the new brown case and brought to luthier Jerry Pietrzak who skillfully assembled and setup everything within a week. All in all it took 12 weeks to create this very cool bass. It plays/sounds awesome! I'm very pleased with how it came out! I took many photos but the best ones were taken today by my photographer friend Frank Little. Also, I decided to include a portfolio in the case just like Fender Custom Shop guitars get and that was made possible by Kim Thornton. This bass is essentially a Fender American Original 60's Precision except for the body. All the other parts the same Fender parts of that bass. View attachment 4410112 View attachment 4410116View attachment 4410118 View attachment 4410119View attachment 4410122 View attachment 4410123

One of the few nice tribute basses I've seen.
Maybe Fender could've/should've, but I think they're more concerned with playing it safe, so congratulations on daring to be different!

 

[jimmydean]

Okay....now that was really worth the time , effort and money !