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Show Your Fender CS Basses
- Thread starter SJLee
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OK, so "LOTTO", in this case, refers to 'Lotto' (the national lottery)!? The way in which it was written (all in capitals), made me think that it was an anacronym of some sort
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Sorry about the confusion, only I don't speak 'American'.
That was just a joke. There's no current info.
What does LOTTO actually stand for anyway?
That's a LOTTO money to spend on a P bass.
In this marked you could buy a REAL 60's P bass for less.
Direct from Fenders Marketing people...
Let's
Offer
This
Terribly
Overpriced
Precision bass.
I love Fenders as much as anyone, but why pay more for a "reissue" than the real thing. That's just nuts.
OK here's my opinion:
Lets see what everybody has to say about this....
I own a 71 Vintage P and 72 J and I must say the the Custom Shop basses I have:
PINO-64CC-59CC-55NOS are far better playing and sounding basses.
These are "crappy" basses compared to the CS quality instruments.
Vintage for me means "between the ears" and Mojo....
I think they are worth every Euro (or $) and are not overpriced at all.
I also have some very expensive European basses which are fantastic but they don't sound and play like a Fender bass IMHO.
Cheers,
Theo
Lets see what everybody has to say about this....
I own a 71 Vintage P and 72 J and I must say the the Custom Shop basses I have:
PINO-64CC-59CC-55NOS are far better playing and sounding basses.
These are "crappy" basses compared to the CS quality instruments.
Vintage for me means "between the ears" and Mojo....
I think they are worth every Euro (or $) and are not overpriced at all.
I also have some very expensive European basses which are fantastic but they don't sound and play like a Fender bass IMHO.
Cheers,
Theo
How about comparing apples to apples?
A 70's Fender is a different animal than what your custom shop basses are trying to emulate, so it's not really a good comparison.
Your CS basses are based on Pre CBS models.
There was good reason people prefer pre cbs stuff to 70's CBS era instruments.
I'd take a CS. over any 70's Fender myself.
Now if you put the Pino up against a very good example of a 64 Precision, you may find that they are in the same league.
Having talked to Pino owners (or people who have played one) ,who also own "the real deal mid 60's Precisions, it seems that one does a very good job of catching the vibe of that vintage Precision.
OK, figured that out now.That's a LOTTO money to spend on a P bass.
In this marked you could buy a REAL 60's P bass for less.
Direct from Fenders Marketing people...
Let's
Offer
This
Terribly
Overpriced
Precision bass.
I love Fenders as much as anyone, but why pay more for a "reissue" than the real thing. That's just nuts.
Too true!
I was waiting for you to post in this thread, Fender32. I love that LPB P!
Oh man, that's nice! I'm getting into the "dots and binding" look lately, and the Firemist Gold looks fantastic! I might get Lakland to build a Glaub for me like that.
I love that LPB P!Re: the '66 P Bass. Mark Kendrick (of the Fender CS) produced this rather sexy beast, in Firemist Gold, which would satisfy your needs, I think... if you happen to have a spare 5,000 Euros
!!
Oh man, that's nice! I'm getting into the "dots and binding" look lately, and the Firemist Gold looks fantastic! I might get Lakland to build a Glaub for me like that.
I was waiting for you to post in this thread, Fender32.
"Fender (Predictable) 32", as I am known to my friends
.Oh man, that's nice! I'm getting into the "dots and binding" look lately, and the Firemist Gold looks fantastic! I might get Lakland to build a Glaub for me like that.
You should! That would be a belter
. Especially with those big (maple?) dots they use on the rosewood boards . Firemist Gold looks awesome in all the pics I've seen, but I've yet to see one in real life. Perhaps someone here has one that they can lend me for a week, or so .Firemist Gold looks awesome in all the pics I've seen, but I've yet to see one in real life. Perhaps someone here has one that they can lend me for a week, or so
I see a new thread developing. Show your firemist basses.
There's a CS 59 P relic on eBay right now. GAS
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Hah! And yeah, it would look great, I believe. I've never seen a firemist gold bass in person, either--next time I'm over at Lakland (location has its privileges"Fender (Predictable) 32", as I am known to my friends
You should! That would be a belter
), I'll ask if they've seen one. And indeed, they do use birdsye for the dots on the US rosewood boards.Hah! And yeah, it would look great, I believe. I've never seen a firemist gold bass in person, either--next time I'm over at Lakland (location has its privileges
Let's keep on the topic of Fender CS basses.
This one isn't mine but I'm been thinking of pulling the trigger on it.
Thats a killer looking bass! Do it!!!
haha
This one isn't mine but I'm been thinking of pulling the trigger on it.
Someone here in TB land owns this same dots/binding sonic custom shop 66 Jazz. Greg here in Seattle had it, then it made the rounds to a few others, don't know who it ended with. I wanted it reeeeeeeeeeal bad!
I love those Fender 66' with bindings and dots! Anyone have one in white?
Can you order a 66' from Fender CS?
Can you order a 66' from Fender CS?
I noticed this bass on a Germany site as well a few years ago. I though Station Music had it but upon checking their site, I did not see they were carrying Fenders there anymore. I may have the wrong shop in mind. Anyway, I have not seen the bound dot neck P here in the states. It's a great looking bass and with the new found passion in P basses, I think it could do pretty well.
That's where I got it from, as you've probably guessed
Re: the '66 P Bass. Mark Kendrick (of the Fender CS) produced this rather sexy beast, in Firemist Gold, which would satisfy your needs, I think
No, you were absolutley right - Station Music are (possibly) Germany's leading Fender Custom Shop dealer and the photos, which I posted earlier of the two Firemist Gold basses, both came from their website (http://www.station-music.de/).
In fact, they still have the Jazz Bass for sale.
This one isn't mine but I'm been thinking of pulling the trigger on it.
Wow, what a great looking bass! The '66 Jazz Basses with dots, binding, oval tuners, and a matching headstock are simply one of the classiest basses out there.
