Sheehan fans - LOOK!

[Juan Count]

Fender Japan seem to be reissuing 'The Wife'... Not for me... but I'm sure someone here will appreciate this iconic bass

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If this is old news... sorry...

 

[line6man]

But The Wife was a sunburst P.
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[s4001]

I like.

 

[harmendebresser]

Unlike the Yamaha signature... This one not only says it, but actually HAS attitude!

 

[hachi kid]

and his bass has/had dual outputs, too.....

 

[dwh87]

I like the look of that

 

[1bassman]

Go to his web site and there's a pic of the orignal..all beat up it is,but ya that's old news.

 

[Alvaro Martín Gómez A.]

But The Wife was a sunburst P.
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I guess Fender tried to approximate the more "familiar" looks of The Wife?

 

[Dave Hill]

What happened down by the bridge? Failed jazz pu installation?

 

[Tupac]

That is the most interesting pickup settup I've ever seen...

 

[bikeplate]

HI

Awesome. We used to go see him when he was with Talas in the early 80s. We would hang around before and after the show. He let me play his bass once. I was expecting the coolest, lowest action Fender ever. What I got was the lousiest highest action bass ive ever played. Its amazing what he could get out of that instrument being the state of its setup and condition. Greatness for sure.

Rob

 

[BrandonBass]

HI

Awesome. We used to go see him when he was with Talas in the early 80s. We would hang around before and after the show. He let me play his bass once. I was expecting the coolest, lowest action Fender ever. What I got was the lousiest highest action bass ive ever played. Its amazing what he could get out of that instrument being the state of its setup and condition. Greatness for sure.

Rob

how could he do those shredding stuff with a high action!?

 

[bikeplate]

HI

My point exactly. Must have the strongest hands. I was 18 when I played it and had been playing bass for a couple years already. I was expecting it to play nice, like my bass. Not even close. My guitarist friend was amazed, also, at the lousy action. Billy joked to me by saying, "dont scratch it!" LOL

Rob

 

[husky123]

Watching in amazement at Billy play for years he NEEDS his action that high. With his attack anything lower would buzz out in .2 milliseconds. Beast.

 

[FenderHotRod]

how could he do those shredding stuff with a high action!?

You should watch this. He talks about working on the bass.

Billy Sheehan Video Interview Part 1 - YouTube

 

[mmbongo]

Billy is amazing, but he obviously does not know how to properly string a bass. How very odd....

 

[JMacBass65]

But The Wife was a sunburst P.

WOW! Never knew that. THAT is a well played bass.

 

[electracoyote]

You should watch this. He talks about working on the bass.

Billy Sheehan Video Interview Part 1 - YouTube

Wow, Billy does his own fret leveling. Cool.

One note kids: He forgot to mention the part about removing relief and making the fretboard flat before you begin Otherwise, great advice, especially about trying to figure out as much as you can about how to put a good, personalized set-up on your guitars.

 

[Jim Miller]

Couple shots of The Wife that I took in August, 1985, at the Newport Music Hall in Columbus, Ohio. Talas was opening for Yngwie. Interesting to see the progression of that bass's appearance.

 

[afzoomie67]

So is Fender reissuing this? And how much do you think it'd go for?