Real 1959 Fender Precision with tapewounds recorded

[PJRL]

Great stuff !

You know it's funny, people talk about a bass being just a tool. Well, when you are a pro you need good tools, think Snap-on tools ! So if you can have your needed tool to use in your trade for 40 + years, a Fender Custom Shop at $1800.00-3500.00 is a bargan ! Or, maybe that classic 59 P bass is a pretty good deal at $15,000.00 when you consider we spend can twice that on a Car that will last us 5-10 years...............

 

[f.c.geil]

The people (like you father) who think of the bass as "just a tool" tend to be the best bassists. They understand that the real instrument is between their ears and the ends of their arms. Musicians make music, not the mechanical devices we use.

And I agree with the comments about your father, that's some smooth playing, well developed, and he sounds like a great guy.

 

[ExaltBass]

Thanks for sharing! Cool story, and a really nice recording! If your dad's '59 neck is anything like mine's it is a very special bass. It's hard to beat those early necks!

 

[SurferJoe46]

in 15 years? I seriously doubt it. I don't doubt that in 30-60 years there will be some kind of bass envy for what we are playing today, but it won't be anytime soon.

Reconsider, because I feel today's players (today's ANTONE, really) are all 'for the moment' types who have no real hook (read: interest) into what happened fifteen years ago, let alone last month.

Fifteen years is almost a full generation any more anyway.

I am not so shallow as to make that sweeping generalization like you have. People today have short and sometimes very convenient memories.

Snow was deeper (I was also shorter as a child) and Winters were colder; Summers were hotter. I know this because I was there.

However a great guitar was great ---------- and still is, whereas a bad guitar always will be bad no matter how old it gets.

The Squiers fit in there somewhere, not the greatest, but certainly nowhere near the worst.

In fact (and here come MY sweeping denunciation) They are great even now and will stay so for the next forty five years, or three generations (whichever comes first).