Although you can't really tell in the picture, the two painted ones actually have the '54 contours, but the walnut one is a true slab.
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Tele Anyone?
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I saw them and love those too. I have a few w/ contours myself but slab is my preference.
I love it when someone combines absolute tradition with a new twist. Great looking bass.
That is exactly why I fell in love with that body when I saw it and went and built yet another bass I didn't need. LOL!
Right? Lol.The blue one could use a little touch up.
Nice basses.
Single coil P basses are my favourite non custom design.
I like the 'blonde one in post #19
A single coil P is my main instrument at the moment, and has been for a while.
I like the 'blonde one in post #19
A single coil P is my main instrument at the moment, and has been for a while.
One of the cool things about the blonde one is that it's my lightest full-sized bass at 7 lbs 3 oz even with the high-mass bridge. Quarter-pounder pickup.Single coil P basses are my favourite non custom design.
I like the 'blonde one in post #19
A single coil P is my main instrument at the moment, and has been for a while.
I have a Squier Classic Vibe bass which is my favorite bass and a Sting Signature bass which are both single coil. Those are pretty much the only 2 I play.
I had a '51 CIJ reissue for a while. Fantastic sound, but the ergonomics of the thing defeated me. This bass is so beautiful I'd try again...the P neck shown is 1.625? And the original Tele bases were 1.75?
I hear this but don't really understand what people mean. Can you elaborate? Is it the neck? The body?
The blue relic pictured several posts above has a pickup, electrics, control, plate, and pickguard from the Sting bass.I have a Squier Classic Vibe bass which is my favorite bass and a Sting Signature bass which are both single coil. Those are pretty much the only 2 I play.
You gotta understand, I loved the damn '51. It had the look, it had the vibe, it had a great sound. But my problem with it was mostly the slab body. It was contouring me, and I felt it should be the other way around.
But also the 1.75 neck. It felt good, but it just seemed like too much work for my wimpy little fingers. I'm good with the 1.62, but I'm much more agile with the 1.5 Jazz neck. And I'm not so young and vigorous as I usedta was. I'm often playing two 90 minute sets a night, and anything that helps on the stamina front I'm all for.
