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Precision people, how would you rate this one, looks-wise?
- Thread starter Hattie
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After seeing the pics of this P bass I will have to tort mine red!Is this A Christmas Story reference? Haha love that movie.
I like it! The burst is maybe a little yellow and the tort isn't super exciting, but I like it. I'm partial to my own sunburst P
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Looks great to me. Looks are important to some sure, but to me it's all about the tone...P's don't usually let me down there either.
I think it looks great. The guard is a little dark, but that's an easy fix if you decide you don't like it.
With the exception of the pickguard, It looks just like the 69 Precision I owned at the time. Personally I prefer color of a three tone Sunburst, but that's just me.
Here's my problem with this is, that's my go-to look.
My kids hate me for it. Any time in the past when I'd say I was thinking
of another bass, they hope I would come home with something blue, red, raw wood or just different.
But it's usually sunburst and tort
So, I LOVE IT!
For some reason when I was a kid. The Fender auto colors never did it for me.
The sunburst and tort just struck me as special, and said rock and roll to me
My kids hate me for it. Any time in the past when I'd say I was thinking
of another bass, they hope I would come home with something blue, red, raw wood or just different.
But it's usually sunburst and tort
So, I LOVE IT!
For some reason when I was a kid. The Fender auto colors never did it for me.
The sunburst and tort just struck me as special, and said rock and roll to me
"The Precision people are boring me to pieces
Feel like I am wasting my time"...
Precision people
It's a pre-cision people special
Take one home with you, save a dollar today
Pre-cision people
Pre-cision people, people
Wrap 'em up
Roll 'em out
Get 'em out of my way
Hein nya-nya-hein nya-nya-hein nya-nya-hein
Hoey hoey hoey
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Arf arf arf"The Precision people are boring me to pieces
Feel like I am wasting my time"...
Precision people
It's a pre-cision people special
Take one home with you, save a dollar today
Pre-cision people
Pre-cision people, people
Wrap 'em up
Roll 'em out
Get 'em out of my way
Hein nya-nya-hein nya-nya-hein nya-nya-hein
Hoey hoey hoey
I tend to be interested in stuff that's a little out of the box. That this is absolute dead center of the box - there's nothing wrong with it per se, It's just not my cup of tea. I don't like the covers - Whenever I see that, I'm struck with the fact it's a bass that I would never want to play - stuff is in the way of where you need to get to. If a bass is unplayable to me, it's very uninteresting - I'm not a collector by any means (I do have a few basses, but they're all players). It also has hardware choices that, yes, they're trying to capture the vibe from an old, bass, but as a musical instrument, I simply don't want the old clunky heavy tuners that Fender designed in the 50's - they're way heavier than they need to be, and they don't work any better; it's time to move on in my opinion. Keep the old stuff on your real 63; that's history, and somewhat interesting in that, back then, those things probably made sense. If you're making bases today to be musical instruments, let's make what works well, and take advantage of what we've learned in the last half century. I'd also never buy it, as, besides being dead center of the box aesthetically, if I remove the covers, you have the silly leftover holes from them.
The iconic, classic late 50's Precision Bass. If that's the look you're after, well, if you look up Precision Bass in the encyclopedia, THAT's the picture you'll see. I forget that some of them had the fingerboard that extended past the nut, and that silly strap button placement behind the head. Must have a tweed case.
This year's Squier VM P comes in that finish (with 'yellowed' clear on the neck) and I'm planning on buying one, and adding those covers to mimic this axe, my very own Jamerson tribute. Get a set of those massive LaBella flatwounds to go on it, but I can't pick with just my index finger like the Master.
This year's Squier VM P comes in that finish (with 'yellowed' clear on the neck) and I'm planning on buying one, and adding those covers to mimic this axe, my very own Jamerson tribute. Get a set of those massive LaBella flatwounds to go on it, but I can't pick with just my index finger like the Master.
I'm with you 100%. All the 50's and 60's car colors were my favorites. My two favorite P basses I own are Lake Placid Blue and Candy Tangerine.
CLASSIC! More importantly, those AVRI '63 Precisions are the best reissues Fender has ever produced, IMHO. They finally got the neck right and that Pure Vintage '63 P pickup is the most authentic and best sounding traditional P pickup there is and I own or have tried most of them (also IMHO).
