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Where are the 51-56 single coil precision basses?

#103
RBrownBass said:
The style matters, tho. I love that style myself and wouldn't price it by the sum of its components. Under no circumstances would it be the only bass I owned, any more than a four-string would ever be my main electric bass again. But such a bass can fit it into a lot of gigs stock, and with a humcancelling pupgrade, it can fit into many more. I have a 4.5 lb Warmoth '54P body waiting on a Tele neck.
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I'm building a 54 P-Bass presently. Warmoth swamp ash body and Warmoth maple neck with maple fretboard. it should be finished in about 2 weeks.
 
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#104
RBrownBass said:
Nordstrand makes a humcancelling pupgrade, and I think Duncan does, too. There are several H/C Strat-style guitar pups that will fit and do fine, too. One guy here had a Lace Alumitone in his. Dunno if it was a Fender or not, if that matters.

Some people use them stock, tho, and from what I've read here, they don't have any issues with the noise.
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Lindy Fralin makes a Split '51 P-Bass Pickup. The two top poles are wound together as are the two bottom poles, thus hum canceling. Just bought one.
 
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A08B9009-A100-467D-AF4E-9725D06D84FB.jpeg My acquisition from last week :bassist:.
 
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J-Bassomatic said:
I have the blonde Squier CV 50's and it doesn't have the CNC hole, I even considered leaving the P/G off, Dusty Hill style. I put a Lindy Fralin stacked PUP in it and put a Pickguardian off white/Black/White P/G on it. If you haven't played the Squier version of this bass you are missing out on a fantastic instrument, I could not care less that it has 'Squier' on the head stock. The body may be made of pine but it's not light, 9.5 lbs. Solidly built bass!:thumbsup:
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I agree, picked on up on CL in butterscotch black pick guard with stock PUP and covers and put black beauties on it. It's a fun little bass, no problem with Squier brand, I could care less
 
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I thought the fender custom shop from 2013 had the covers in gold, but upon closer inspection, they are chrome. I have seen the tuners, and supposedly the bridge on thet one is gold. Anyone have anybpics of these custom shop basses from 2013 without the covers?
 
#116
Pep said:
Love the bass!!! Is that a Hipshot bridge that you modified to make it a string-thru? Also did you make the thumb rest?
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Yes and yes.

The easiest way to make a string through bridge (my method), is to bolt another string through bridge to it via the mouting holes (mouted backside to backside), and drilll from the backside of the standard bridge with a drill press - the original bridge is a free template. Then you use the newly drilled bridge as a template to drill the body, and you're string through. I wouldn't do it without a drill press, though.

Note that not all the strings on that are set up string through. The E I did string through to avoid wrapping the fat part of that string set around the post. The A (same string set) didn't have enough winding to do it string through - the taper point on the winding would have been south of the nut. The G and D I did through and not through, respectively, to make it symmetrical - they'd work either way.

The thumb rest is zebrawood, handmade to fit where I like 'em. The bass now has wood knobs too - completes the look.
 
#117
Calexia13 said:
I thought the fender custom shop from 2013 had the covers in gold, but upon closer inspection, they are chrome. I have seen the tuners, and supposedly the bridge on thet one is gold. Anyone have anybpics of these custom shop basses from 2013 without the covers?
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The more common style p bass covers are readily available in gold but google brought me no news on the earlier covers. I was just mentally toying with the idea of turning my blonde scpb into a “true” Mary Kaye style bass. I’m not really a bling bass kinda guy but a fully pimped out blonde would really catch some eyes. I could take chrome ones to a plater but it’d probably double the cost of the bass lol.
 
#118
micguy said:
Yes and yes.

The easiest way to make a string through bridge (my method), is to bolt another string through bridge to it via the mouting holes (mouted backside to backside), and drilll from the backside of the standard bridge with a drill press - the original bridge is a free template. Then you use the newly drilled bridge as a template to drill the body, and you're string through. I wouldn't do it without a drill press, though.

Note that not all the strings on that are set up string through. The E I did string through to avoid wrapping the fat part of that string set around the post. The A (same string set) didn't have enough winding to do it string through - the taper point on the winding would have been south of the nut. The G and D I did through and not through, respectively, to make it symmetrical - they'd work either way.

The thumb rest is zebrawood, handmade to fit where I like 'em. The bass now has wood knobs too - completes the look.
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I've been searching for a Hipshot like thatwith the chrome barrels but can't find it. By the way, you did a great job on the bass. Impressive!
 

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