pino palladino Fender Custom shop p bass

Someone kinda mentioned this in the Fender Signature thread. I'm interested to learn more about price and availability as well. It's a pretty bass.

BTW you didn't mention D'Angelo. IMO some of Palladino's greatest playing is on D'Angelo's Voodoo. Incredible feel and tone. I believe he played a vintage Fender P with LaBella Flats on at least one of the tracks.

 

I'm sure I've heard Pino's playing before, but just never really knew it was him. I do know of a few examples of his work I've heard: Paul Young's "Every Time You Go Away" and Pino's work with the John Mayer Trio. What I don't really get is that with the John Mayer Trio's two singles currently out on iTunes, I can hear some killer playing by Pino, but his tone is indistinct and, IMO, muddy. Makes me sad as I can hear his lines, they just don't sound well mixed and are hard to pick out unless you're listening for them.

It'll be really cool to see more about his Custom Shop signature bass.

 

Fender Pino Palladino Signature Precision Bass®

http://www.fender.com/products/search.php?partno=0158200840

 

There's nothing like a sweet P. Since it's a Custom Shop job, I'm guessing it is $3,000 or so?

 

what is special about it?
Is it the same thing as a '64 reissue?

 

isn't he the bassist in the john mayer trio?

 

Hmm, not really digging that colour combo, I was also sort of expecting a fretless.
Note to self: I still need to get some records the man played on.

 

I'd like to say I would like to see a cheaper maybe japanese model sans relic, but I'm not sure if there's anything very special to it. I'm gonna check out the specs. Wonder if it relaly differs so much from any other p on the production line.

 

I've got Victor Bailey 5 and Pino signature GAS!!

 

i thought his main axe was a fretless musicman?
i saw him play with jeff beck and terry bozzio, he was playing the fless mm that night...also recall him talking about it in a real old bp interview...although i'm sure he's played many, many basses.
great player!
doug

 

He played mostly fretless in the '80s and the early '90s, but since has played mostly fretted.

 

Dang! That's not cheap..........i wish they'd make a MIM Classic version of that....

 

For that price it better be the finest p ever.

 

The Pino bass does seem to be a serious replica of the original: round lam fingerboard, Fiesta Red over Desert Sand, relicing. . .

It is really strange that Fender has chosen to do this model at such a high price point. (I feel the same way about the John Mayer Strat, which is significantly less than $4,500.) What/who is the target market for these instruments? I can see doing a meticulous Custom Shop Strat for the rabid SRV following. But Pino's following seems (to me) to be players rather than super fans who will buy a bass to keep it in a vault.

 

-amen.

 

If Fender really wants to sell Pino P-basses, they need to price that thing about like a Geddy Lee Jazz. They would probably sell almost as many too. A nice replica in the with a $550-$700 price point would be killer. Just the right spoint between MIM and MIA.