New 1959 family member

[BILL Db]

She just arrived last week from the C/S in Corona Calif..
An homage to my home town of Fullerton, my friendship with Leo and the first bass that I learned on, a '59' P- bass. Took five months.

'59' P- Bass NOS Lacquer
8.4lbs., Ash, sort for light, med tint, sort for dark rosewood, reverse machines, vint. frets, H.W. '57' pickups, correct brown tolex case.

Sharing the love,
Bill Dickinson

 

[Hot Rats]

So sweet.

 

[baddarryl]

Sick!

 

[luciens]

oh laward.... that's an eye popper for sure! and a bass to be buried with (or passed onto the kids)..

L

 

[HG1180]

That is absolutely wonderful! Congratulations!

 

[Dr. Cheese]

She just arrived last week from the C/S in Corona Calif..
An homage to my home town of Fullerton, my friendship with Leo and the first bass that I learned on, a '59' P- bass. Took five months.

'59' P- Bass NOS Lacquer
8.4lbs., Ash, sort for light, med tint, sort for dark rosewood, reverse machines, vint. frets, H.W. '57' pickups, correct brown tolex case.

Sharing the love,
Bill Dickinson View attachment 3900868 View attachment 3900869 View attachment 3900870 View attachment 3900871 View attachment 3900872 View attachment 3900866

Now that is nice!

 

[Dave Hill]

Awesome!
Tell us about Leo!

 

[MynameisMe]

Nice!

 

[Shawn Luckman]

All the above and more a beautiful bass . What case candy do you get with a FCS bass?

 

[Lichtaffen]

Congratulations! She is beautiful. What will you name her?

 

[Smooth_bass88]

She just arrived last week from the C/S in Corona Calif..
An homage to my home town of Fullerton, my friendship with Leo and the first bass that I learned on, a '59' P- bass. Took five months.

'59' P- Bass NOS Lacquer
8.4lbs., Ash, sort for light, med tint, sort for dark rosewood, reverse machines, vint. frets, H.W. '57' pickups, correct brown tolex case.

Sharing the love,
Bill Dickinson View attachment 3900868 View attachment 3900869 View attachment 3900870 View attachment 3900871 View attachment 3900872 View attachment 3900866

And no tort! I recently REPLACED the tort pickguard on my 30 year old USA '62 Reissue (AVRI) with a gold anodized off a road worn, effectively turning it into a ''59 reissue".

 

[mikecd1]

Congrats on a mighty fine bass! Since its Custom Shop I'm guessing the neck is 1.75, but can't tell from the photos. Enjoy and please tell us about Leo

 

[JohnPaulSmith]

Beautiful! A C/S version of my birth year bass. Hmmm....go away GAS.

 

[wraub]

I put an anodized 'guard on my stripped MIJ Squier P for the same effect.

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And no tort! I recently REPLACED the tort pickguard on my 30 year old USA '62 Reissue (AVRI) with a gold anodized off a road worn, effectively turning it into a ''59 reissue".

 

[Pdaddy1978]

Wowee!!... A real live "holy grail " bass.
How many of your children did you have to sell to finance that?!...

 

[40Hz]

Beautiful! Simply beautiful!

But a Fender CS? My wallet took one look and is now hiding under the bed and won’t come out.

Congratulations! Play it well.

 

[micguy]

oh laward.... that's an eye popper for sure! and a bass to be buried with (or passed onto the kids)..

A good musical instrument should survive its "owner". The second musician instrument I ever got was the neighbor's grandpa's "old violin" - they knew I played, and they gave it to me. It was from the late 1800's, and was a better instrument than the 1968 (new at that point) one that my parents had bought for me (which was a bit awkward, but we got past it).

When I no longer played violin, I passed both of my violins on to a group that gives them to young folks of modest means starting out in music. Somewhere out there, there are a couple kids with really nice violins - one of them has one that's about 120 years older than they are. I've done the same with a number of basses as well. I didn't own those instruments, I just had stewardship of them for a time.

 

[40Hz]

A good musical instrument should survive its "owner"
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When I no longer played violin, I passed both of my violins on to a group that gives them to young folks of modest means starting out in music. Somewhere out there, there are a couple kids with really nice violins - one of them has one that's about 120 years older than they are. I've done the same with a number of basses as well. I didn't own those instruments, I just had stewardship of them for a time.

An excellent sentiment. One I agree with 100%. (I’ve done the same.)

 

[BILL Db]

Awesome!
Tell us about Leo!

When I was a kid, my friend and I used to ride our bikes over to the factory on Raymond av. and watch through an open door in the back (no a.c. in the summer). Inside we could see women siting at benches doing soldering and guys in tank tops working on band saws. Years later, I became a customer and got to know Leo who attended Fullerton College where I studied music. He was the consummate geek but very clever. He did play the sax in school but never guitar or bass and was deaf in one ear. I never saw him without a shirt pocket full of pens and pencils. He was generous and helped me with a shipping case for my amp when I was to fly out on my first tour with a major Record act. I was clueless (no ATA cases then).

Sorry if I went on.
Bill D

 

[nonohmic]

Incredible bass, and story!