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Telecaster vs. Precision Bass
- Thread starter cnltb
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Chef
In Memoriam
I had a spinach salad with bacon and a nice vinaigrette dressing.
If that sounded cranky, it wasn't meant to be; but, I stand by the gist of it.
So there
If that sounded cranky, it wasn't meant to be; but, I stand by the gist of it.
So there
I bought a '72 Tele bass new at World of Music in Indianapolis, in 1972. It had a one piece maple neck and solid Ash body in a natural finish. It also had the Tele headstock and a humbucker at the neck. One of the nicest basses I have ever owned. I sold it in 1975, just to be consistant with the stupid kid that I was. To get it back (or any other) in the same condition would be almost impossible.
I had a spinach salad with bacon and a nice vinaigrette dressing.
If that sounded cranky, it wasn't meant to be; but, I stand by the gist of it.
So there
So, you really think that "the split coil sits in a mix better than the split coil".
I recently purchased a Squier CV 51P. Absolutely a great bass. Fit, finish and playability as good as any bass I've ever owned, including 4 MIA Fenders, a Pedulla and a Wal. BUT.....
The first gig I did with it was a 3 piece rock covers band and I struggled to make myself heard.... not volume.... definition, using my GenzBenz rig. Same band, same amp, same strings a week later, used my split coil P.... all the definition I could ask for. Silly? I dont think so.
The first gig I did with it was a 3 piece rock covers band and I struggled to make myself heard.... not volume.... definition, using my GenzBenz rig. Same band, same amp, same strings a week later, used my split coil P.... all the definition I could ask for. Silly? I dont think so.
Mmm. Nice, but....
It didn't sound cranky at all, Chef.... but, you mentioned comparing a split coil with a.., erm..., split coil....
....and that ain't no spinach salad talk, boss.
Chef
In Memoriam
I don't know what y'all are talking about....your quotes are clearly different than the original post.
You can't prove I edited the original.
You can't prove I edited the original.
Just for reference's sake, and because I tend to be pedantic, the contoured body was introduced in '54 (as well as steel saddles to replace the phenolic ones), everything else on this time-line is spot on!
In '57 the redesigned Precision also changed from through the body stringing to top loaded.
I've tried to make the SCPB work for me a few times, including two Japanese RIs and a real and very excellent sounding '70 Telecaster Bass. I just can't live without the grunt and more focused mids of the slit-coil design that makes a P work so well for me.
But those single coil basses have a great sound that can work beautifully in a sparser mix, as they really fill out the bottom and can sing up high. They really sound radically different with different strings in a way the split-coil Ps don't.
1951 to 1956 is the original Precision single coil, slab.
1957 saw the split P with contoured body introduced.
1968 the original single coil slab was reissued as the Telecaster.
1972 the pickup changed to the big humbucker at the neck.
I have a 51 reissue, a57 reissue, and a 72 Tele with a DarkStar replacing the humbucker.
They're all fairly different from each other, and all quite nice.
In what year then were the alder body and rosewood board introduced?
Alder came in during '56, on Sunburst finishes.
Rosewood came in '59, replaced solid maple necks completely by 1960.
Thanks!
Do you also know why rosewood replaced solid maple and why alder was added as a body wood option?
So alder bodies and rosewood boards were never used on singe coil equipped P's, right?
Chef
In Memoriam
Not that I've ever seen.
Now that I've typed that, I'm probably wrong though
Now that I've typed that, I'm probably wrong though
This thread is quickly becoming "sticky"-worthy. Lots of good history here.
So here one: were the early P's fretted using the slide-in method or was that something they switched to later? I know they stopped sliding the frets in from the side sometime around 1973.
So here one: were the early P's fretted using the slide-in method or was that something they switched to later? I know they stopped sliding the frets in from the side sometime around 1973.
Rickett Customs
Commercial User
I have a '57 in my shop currently (dated 1-57), awaiting a refinish and refret. Although '57 was the first year of the actual "P" pickup and the "modern headstock", there were tele style precisions still out there. Oddly enough, this one has a poplar body, which was not as common as the ash, which was the majority of what was used.
Rickett Customs said:
Keep us posted on the refret. According to Erlewine's StewMac book, you'll be tapping the frets out from the side.
Rickett Customs
Commercial User
Nope,
Frets were already out, so I did not need to pull them. Not much chip out is visible.
Frets were already out, so I did not need to pull them. Not much chip out is visible.
Rickett Customs said:
Awesome. I get the occasional refret job, and that's always a fear that I'll have to work on one of those necks.
