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Pino Palladino Customshop Fender!

Mr_Dave

Mr_Dave

Mar 11, 2005
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#1
my friend put me onto this

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"Fender Custom Shop will release a Pino Palladino signature bass, an exact replica of Pino's fiesta red '63 Fender Precision bass. That's the bass he's currently playing with the John Mayer Trio and it also was his main bass during the Simon & Garfunkel Old Friends tour in 2003"

man i am very excited!!! :hyper:

i bet that is an absolutely killer p
 
#3
I couldn't seem to find a picture of said bass. Oh well, I'm sure it will come up sooner than later. Pino is a great player - he smoked when I saw him play with the Who the tour after the Ox died.

I hadn't heard about the John Mayer trio until I followed that link. Sounds pretty interesting...
 
#14
What kind of bass did he play during his 'slapping-fretless-while-running-an-octaver-and-chorus' days with Paul Young?

I'm kind of embarassed now to admit I not only stole licks from him back then, but tone ideas as well. I played my fretless Jazz through a chorus and an octaver and tried to slap some Pino licks.
 
#15
Bard2dbone said:
What kind of bass did he play during his 'slapping-fretless-while-running-an-octaver-and-chorus' days with Paul Young?

I'm kind of embarassed now to admit I not only stole licks from him back then, but tone ideas as well. I played my fretless Jazz through a chorus and an octaver and tried to slap some Pino licks.
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Fretless Sting Ray.
 
#17
The Pino-P is a fantastic piece. Other forums here seem to be full of people slamming the "relic" concept, but until you play a reliced Fender, you can't really know just how comfy it makes the instrument, and how much it adds to the playability and overall physical appeal of it. Aesthetics aside (and it DOES look good), the relic job on the Pino-P is fantastic. The neck plays like it's been broken in just for you for 40 years! The Fiesta over Desert detail is just killer, and the fact that Fender recognizes the ban on Brazillian rosewood doesn't bother me. The price tag? Steep, and worth every nickle. I could do with a tiny less "aging" on the pups and machines, but it's not nearly as bad as the relic jobs they did when first the concept was applied by the Custom Shop.

IMO... the PINO-P, if played blindfolded, and A/Bed next to another P actually from the "Funk Machine" year (yes the Pino is a 62 model, same as Jamerson's main axe), you'd be hard pressed to pick which was the vintage piece. And I mean HARD PRESSED!

Don't knock the relic job, unless you've played one and really decided that it's not for you. It's FAR more than just an aesthetics thing.

I love the Pino-P.
 
#19
Commreman said:
Fretless Sting Ray.
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Two-band model with a replacement ebony fingerboard (I think) because he had worn the original board out and he used a Pedulla Buzz fretless for "I'm gonna tear your playhouse down" as I recall from interviews at the time.

Bard2dbone said:
I'm kind of embarassed now to admit I not only stole licks from him back then, but tone ideas as well. I played my fretless Jazz through a chorus and an octaver and tried to slap some Pino licks.
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Why be embarrased? Pino is a great player, certainly one of my favorites, though I wish he would play a bit more fretless now (it's been long enough surely that he could dust it off and give it a twirl).

root5 said:
Other forums here seem to be full of people slamming the "relic" concept, but until you play a reliced Fender, you can't really know just how comfy it makes the instrument, and how much it adds to the playability and overall physical appeal of it. Aesthetics aside (and it DOES look good), the relic job on the Pino-P is fantastic. The neck plays like it's been broken in just for you for 40 years! ...

Don't knock the relic job, unless you've played one and really decided that it's not for you. It's FAR more than just an aesthetics thing.
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The problem for me is while I understand the desire to reproduce a played in neck, why then sand off the finish of the body, age the pick-up covers, rust the bridge, add "fake" dings, etc., which has nothing to do with either sound or playability. Oh, yeah, and there's the price involved with the distressing too. The Pino custom P-bass is over $3,000 ($4,500 list) right? That's just having a laugh.
 
#20
JDGA fan said:
The problem for me is while I understand the desire to reproduce a played in neck, why then sand off the finish of the body, age the pick-up covers, rust the bridge, add "fake" dings, etc., which has nothing to do with either sound or playability. Oh, yeah, and there's the price involved with the distressing too. The Pino custom P-bass is over $3,000 ($4,500 list) right? That's just having a laugh.
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Have you ever played a vintage bass? I find it through and through to be much more comfortable than a new bass. Not just the neck.
 

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