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Thunderbird Club
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- Jun 30, 2010
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- musician/artist/owner - Gildaxe
- Jun 30, 2010
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- musician/artist/owner - Gildaxe
That's sooo 'inside'
You can have mine. I've never had the slightest interest in a fretless(although I hafta admit my saxes are fretless).
And for those who play 'trebles':
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They need to put a time limit on how long you can use one…always empty when I go to grab one!
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- Jun 30, 2010
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At least you played it! I was in Chicago Music Exchange years ago and played a '62 J there - same deal... over $20k but I enjoyed playing it!
That ‘66 actually had 70’s pick up spacing.
It played great Geo.
And sounded absolutely fantastic.
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I'll have to do some research on that - as far as I know, it wasn't until 1970 that the bridge pu shifted lower. Anyway... on that same visit of mine to CME, I played a black (re-fin IIRC) '66 J and was totally not impressed. Just because a bass is a certain year isn't a guarantee of it being awesome. I also played a '60s Epi Embassy bass and it too was just ok. But that '62 J... pretty damn awesome in every way. When I had a neck made for my '66 J body - I had my luthier clone a '62 J neck profile. It's my mainstay BG bass since building it up 10yrs ago.
Update: Judging from your pic - the upper flanges of the bridge pu are poking above the bridge-cover/ashtray. This indicates '60s spacing. While it's possible CBS/Fender sold some J's with the moved bridge pu in late '69 - officially it was moved in 1970. So a late '66 w/70s spacing is unlikely. FTR for anyone not versed in Fender/CBS minutia.., the real reason the bridge pu moved south (and only incrementally) was to completely hide it under the bridge-cover.., as in, a totally cosmetic reason. That it lead to slappers preference (or whatever) was purly happenstance.
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Seattle calls you all for 2024!
It's going to be a great GTG, there's so much to see/do here
I got sidetracked and missed this
Maybe next year if I’m still here.
All our plans got moved around and I didn’t keep track of this.
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Food colouring or is this a purple-centric concoction? Purple & green do compliment each other...
And true in my case.That's sooo 'inside'
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