At least the neck rock solid, great factory fretwork, nice sounding stock pup , comfort neck feel, 8.6lbs and great playing feel are enough to be my dream P bass ~ Fender Vintera 50s P, sound freckling good with Ti flat.
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Your Dream P Bass?
- Thread starter Matthew_84
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I wasn’t intending to post anything, but this bass just screams “That is my(your) bass”. A totally unique one-of-a-kind instrument. I bet if you were (I mean you could be!!) a famous bassist, this would have the ingredients for a signature bass, in my humble opinion. I too wanted a unique instrument, so I went for this matching-headstock FSR Fender Pee. I just love that you could achieve that with a ‘non-unique’ (p.s. no disrespect meant) instrument and made it your own.
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Handmade by my friend, Michael Dolan.
How do you like that aluminum neck?
I’m a huge fan of Travis Bean’s designs and love the EGC stuff by Kevin Burkett.
I emailed them awhile back to get a quote for a P/J neck and it wasn’t a terrible price but life happens and I ended up not being able to buy one.
I’ve not tried any basses with aluminum necks other than an old Kramer but at the time I was still pretty new to playing although my experience with aluminum guitars has been fantastic.
I’m curious what you think about yours. Feel free to either message me or respond to this.
(Forgive me for straying from the topic of the OP)
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Are these G&L MFDs? With a Hipshot A style bridge?Handmade by my friend, Michael Dolan.
My dream bass? A G&L 5-string LB-100 or SB-1/SB-2, both dreams that have yet to come true (come on!, G&L)...
5-string, J body, reversed D/G pickup, reverse headstock, roasted maple neck/fingerboard, black binding, satin black or charcoal finish, brushed aluminum (black?) pickguard.
Still trying, but getting closer. Here are three I put together this last year.
My 2014 Am.Std bought new unseen or tried took me 27 years to find, a Precision bass I liked enough to keep it has a great neck on it and comes in at 8lb 4.2oz. Only mods are Fender straplocks & La Bella flatwounds can't see myself buying another Precision bass.
Picture is from Jan 15th 2015 when it arrived at my workplace, all the case candy is still there unused.
Picture is from Jan 15th 2015 when it arrived at my workplace, all the case candy is still there unused.
White with tort 
nitro finish.
Short scale jazz neck satin finish rosewood neck.
Humbucker at the bridge.
Active/passive. Some kind of custom preamp that sounds ampeg like.
Damn you talkbass for giving me gas again after two years.
nitro finish.Short scale jazz neck satin finish rosewood neck.
Humbucker at the bridge.
Active/passive. Some kind of custom preamp that sounds ampeg like.
Damn you talkbass for giving me gas again after two years.
This is debatable because its not really known.........Sklar, Chuck Rainey, Nathan East, and several others are contenders but every Google search I do pulls Carol Kaye up as most recorded bass player with over 10,000 known recordings......I dont think there is a way to ever know either
But maybe as an individual instrument, Sklar's bass itself is possible as Kaye used a lot more different instruments
I already have it. Quarterpounder P, GFS humbucker, 2-band MM preamp clone, Hipshot bridge and D-tuner.
I didn't know it at the time but 12 years ago I bought a Mike Lull PJ5, sight unseen and without any knowledge of these basses or Mike.
I fell on my feet that day. It's the best P bass I've played.
I really love my modded Fender American Special P (EMG GZ Pickups, Hipshot tuners), but yesterday picked up my Fender MIJ PJ-555 after a long time, as I've it borrowed to my son. This is a 1984-85 instrument that I bought used a few years ago after a long time wanting to have one.
Well, playing it I last night just remembered what an amazing instrument it is, with a super confortable neck, dark chocolate rosewood fretboard and a tone of its own that sits between a 60s P and a 70s jazz, if that makes sense. Electronics are all original as this one has never been modded, but It has seen a few owners on its life and a lot of playing action (someone added a pickguard on the road), but it's on great shape for an almost 40 years old instrument and plays like a dream.
Tone wise that big pole P pickup is thunderous, very close to the EMG GZ that I really like. The J pickup could be better as it lacks some bottom end, but 90% of the time I play with the P soloed or just add a bit of J for some definition on the mix (specially when going through small PA systems), so I haven't had the rush to change it.
Well, playing it I last night just remembered what an amazing instrument it is, with a super confortable neck, dark chocolate rosewood fretboard and a tone of its own that sits between a 60s P and a 70s jazz, if that makes sense. Electronics are all original as this one has never been modded, but It has seen a few owners on its life and a lot of playing action (someone added a pickguard on the road), but it's on great shape for an almost 40 years old instrument and plays like a dream.
Tone wise that big pole P pickup is thunderous, very close to the EMG GZ that I really like. The J pickup could be better as it lacks some bottom end, but 90% of the time I play with the P soloed or just add a bit of J for some definition on the mix (specially when going through small PA systems), so I haven't had the rush to change it.
What about a CS Dusty Hill Relic (2012)?
That's some Doc Savage, Man of Bronze color, right there. Very nice! What official color? Paint it yourself, or professionally done?
Oh, and Go Bucks!
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I set out last summer to find my "dream P bass", and I ended up having Dave Reimer of Vancouver, BC build it for me. Dave is an extremely accomplished bassist who has toured the world, and is an expert on vintage Fenders. He nailed what I was looking for.. an early 60's style P that was light weight, plays amazing, and has that great vintage tone that sits so well in a mix. Its basically spec'ed like a '61/62, but I wanted a matching headstock, and a 10" fingerboard radius. I've owned a ton of basses. This one makes me smile when I pick it up.
