That sucks. I was on the Enterprise in 67. Unlikely I would have known him; 5 years age difference, 6500+ crew. The Big E was an amazing ship. Now she too is gone.
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There is one in the classifieds right now!
For Sale - 92' Fender Precision Bass Plus Deluxe (custom shop)
that’s what they are going for.
Good Aussie pub rock revived. To bad there are very few opportunities to see them. The singer/guitarist & the Drummer are the brothers.
Cool that they used some nice old 60s & 70s muscle as smoke machines.
The line up a year ago was the new MC5, then Airbourne, then Alice Cooper.
Well worth ever cent.
@dagrev sorry for your loss.
Evidently today is the day for it. Had a few text messages today that a colleague died on Thursday. Not Covid related, that other C of a disease Cancer. His stem cell transplant failed and that was the end play really.
I didn’t know him well but we used to sit nearby each other so I’d walk past on the way in to work and out again. Nice guy to have a chat and a laugh with.
Evidently today is the day for it. Had a few text messages today that a colleague died on Thursday. Not Covid related, that other C of a disease Cancer. His stem cell transplant failed and that was the end play really.
I didn’t know him well but we used to sit nearby each other so I’d walk past on the way in to work and out again. Nice guy to have a chat and a laugh with.
So this shows up on FB Marketplace today for $700, but when I look later it’s gone:
Oh well, I’ll be ok
Oh well, I’ll be ok
That's the Deluxe model, it came after the non deluxe model. Pretty much a totally different beast in looks and sound. I've played one and definitely liked non deluxe model much better. Probably just me, but I've never been very fond of active precision basses.
that’s what they are going for.
Good Aussie pub rock revived. To bad there are very few opportunities to see them. The singer/guitarist & the Drummer are the brothers.
Cool that they used some nice old 60s & 70s muscle as smoke machines.
The line up a year ago was the new MC5, then Airbourne, then Alice Cooper.
Well worth ever cent.
the cars on that alone....
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These Fender basses (this one and the Jazz+) were top of the line in the early '90s. I used to own a '93 Jazz+. It had the Fender/Kubicki 9v pre and Lace Sensor pu's. (split-coil so no buzz) Really high end 22 fret basses as far a production Fenders went. The next step up was FCS. (interesting that this one has a FCS stamp) I am personally a big fan of Phil Kubicki's Ex-Factors (owned a few) and have 2 of my heavily modded basses equipped with the FCS Fender/Kubicki 9v preamps. Nothing sounds like a Kubicki - I can pick one out hearing it blind-folded and recording engineers love them. I primarily use the active settings but more recently have grown to like the passive setting as well. Under $1k is a very good price for that bass.
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An awesome bass!
That cool finish has been called "ghost-burst" - really unique and yours is a prime example. Fender just re-introduced these reversed bursts but not this one.I've posted my '93 American Standard J (also called/referred to as a "boner" because of the elongated upper horn - although I personally find the name distasteful and never refer to it as such) but here it is again. The traditional J & P bodies were redesigned by George Blanda to accommodate a full-length 22 fret neck (no 20 fret neck with ramp) and they balance really well because of that. I love my A/S J, especially after hot-rodding/modding it - it has my favorite Fender J neck profile. I replaced the standard Schaller tuners that came on it with the Deluxe version like yours came with and replaced pretty much every part on it along with chambering the body to lighten it and recently refinished it. (it was RED... I like BMM better)
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One word - spandex. (ok.., two words - red spandex) I like the crunchy bass tone though...
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Just want to clear this up... is it a thing to reverse the tone-pot with the input jack? In other words, wasn't the original late '60s NR T-bird set up with VVT in a line and the jack off to the G side? Just wondering...
tone pot with jack swap comes like that from factory on post 60's NRs..
You have my condolences for the loss of your friend..My music community lost a fellow Bass player this week after a short run with Covid.Her band kept playing gigs throughout the pandemic. I'm waiting for a couple of my band members to get their shots before we get back together...Stay safe everyone.
I think that’s a very fair price.
What Chucky said. It will even be like that when the new ones are released.
Prepping for day in the shed. I’m going to get On the Border down cold. Came across this lesser known piece of pop from from 1981. One trick pony my a**. Thunderbird!
Thanks, and yes indeed.
Thanks Ken.
Thanks Border.
Appreciated Chucky
Thanks Mike
Thanks Geoff, and sorry to hear that.
Thank you. Sounds like a wise plan. Most people don't have a problem (some never know they had it), but for a few it goes badly, and you can't know if you are one of that few.
Again, I wasn't looking for kind comments (but are appreciated), it was more of a reminder for us to all be careful. Anyone here who would get sick and no longer be part of this Thunderbird community would be a personal loss to all of us.
