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#277,141
JJR58 said:
Speaking of which, Torted!
There’s a rule I have that states;
Thou shall have at least one bass with tort.

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I found the pu vid I recently posted by Scotts Bass Lessons was pretty illuminating. They pointed out that Leo Fenders' 1st bass ('51 P) had a standard single-coil pu with the strings over the poles, like on yours. They switched to the split-coil in '56. Anyway, players back then who were used to playing a double bass would play strongly/aggressively with their right hand slamming the strings into the pu polls and frying the voice-coils in early Fender bass tube amps in the process. All those amps were warranted and Fender lost a lot of money when players returned them for replacement or repair. It was probably their main motivation for going to the split-coil which has magnet poles on both sides of each string.

Today there are bass pu's that have the strings right over the poles, including bar-magnets - but I'll guess that our amps today are much more capable of dealing with that issue if and when it happens.
 
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JIO said:
I found the pu vid I recently posted by Scotts Bass Lessons was pretty illuminating. They pointed out that Leo Fenders' 1st bass ('51 P) had a standard single-coil pu with the strings over the poles, like on yours. They switched to the split-coil in '56. Anyway, players back then who were used to playing a double bass would play strongly/aggressively with their right hand slamming the strings into the pu polls and frying the voice-coils in early Fender bass tube amps in the process. All those amps were warranted and Fender lost a lot of money when players returned them for replacement or repair. It was probably their main motivation for going to the split-coil which has magnet poles on both sides of each string.

Today there are bass pu's that have the strings right over the poles, including bar-magnets - but I'll guess that our amps today are much more capable of dealing with that issue if and when it happens.
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Was definitely an issue with the original P bass pick up. Those poor little amps couldn’t handle the truth.
 
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JJR58 said:
Speaking of which, Torted!
There’s a rule I have that states;
Thou shall have at least one bass with tort.

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How about tort on this one?
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Just kidding! The band does want to see/hear it, so after the Xtender gets here, I may take it as, or put on the white pickguard. I am talking to Irv about a gloss black pickguard, even thought about b/w/b.
 
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RedVee said:
As at 4:39am on Thursday 1st Feb 2024 my wife and became grandparents for the first time.
A Grandson - Edward.
It was a bit of an ordeal, but I’ll recover eventually.

I’m as Proud as Punch.
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Congratulations to you and your family, Geoff!
 
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