Jono Bolton
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I'm not a fan of it, but I've seen some pretty horrible rosewood boards as well.
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As far as I can tell, everything is 100% original and stock, and the bridge/tuners/pots all function as they should. -
I have 3.8kg on my digital scales.
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Price drop - £350 Would trade/px for a decent quality P Bass body (black or natural preferred) 2011 Squier Classic Vibe 50s Precision in Butterscotch Blonde; one of the earlier Chinese-made models. I bought this used at the start of the year but it's probably the least-used of my basses. It's in excellent condition for it's age, I don't think the previous owner had used it much. There are a couple of small dents near the jack socket but it's otherwise unmarked. Currently strung with Elites Detroit flats, the tuners are good and the pickup and pots all work fine. I thought I had more pictures of it but it seems I don't, so I'll sort them out in the morning when the light's better. Comes with a Fender gig bag and I've got a box up in the loft so shipping is possible. Any questions, just ask.
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Aye, approximately 70 years
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Forgot I also have a digital luggage scale and that says 2.13kg -
My very basic kitchen scales say it's 2.1kg on the nose
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Fender MIM Classic 50s Precision Bass body, stripped and routed for a Jazz pickup in the bridge position with a side mounted jack socket. I bought this on here a couple of weeks ago with a view to putting together another P Bass but I'm not sure I need a fifth and have some other projects to attend to first. The body just needs a bit of sanding and it's ready to paint. Price is what I paid for it a fortnight ago.
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The Chinese Classic Vibes were excellent; even if you took the price out of the equation, they were just good instruments. I think it was definitely intentional to merge the VM and CV lines to drop the quality on them and move them further from the lowest rung of the fender ladder.
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I had one of those in Daphne Blue. Really good quality and one I wish I'd kept hold of. I paid £800 for it 2 years ago and sold it for the same price about a year later.
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Tell me about fender/ squier bass VI please
Jono Bolton replied to police squad's topic in Bass Guitars
I had the Classic Vibe Bass VI. It was decently made and I really liked the pickups in it, but ultimately I didn't use it much, and the string spacing at the nut was far too narrow for me to play comfortably so I sold it at the end of last year. -
It's absolutely sickening to think that a bass made in the 90s would be considered 'old'.
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I took the scratch plate off last night and had a look at the wiring. I've got a 1 Meg CTS pot in the tone position, but the solder on the volume pot is covering up the details; is it likely to also be 1 Meg or would it be lower? I didn't get a note of the cap values while I had it open so not sure what it is. Given the volume pot doesn't have a smooth sweep, it is worth just replacing the whole harness?
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Fender Vintera II 70’s Telecaster Bass & Gig Bag - *SOLD*
Jono Bolton replied to ash's topic in Basses For Sale
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Best pots and capacitor to get the most tonal range
Jono Bolton replied to Brian D's topic in Bass Guitars
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How can a product on pre-order be discontinued?
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I'd be more interested in the P if the neck had dots instead of blocks. I don't know why Squier (and Fender) have blocks on their 70s Precisions when almost every genuine 70s Fender P I've seen has just had a normal neck on it.
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Are we looking at the same picture?
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In terms of build quality, I have no issues at all with mine. The first one I had was returned due to a dent in the finish under the top coat, but this one is fine build-wise. I'll probably open it up and re-wire it at some point, but I suppose my main issue is that I don't know what it's supposed to sound like to begin with as I'm not that familiar with the pickup. I've watched a few YouTube vids and in some there's a clear difference between the tone at 0% and 100%, similar to a P Bass, but I've seen a couple where the sound isn't hugely different. The volume pot is definitely a duffer, but I can live with it for now.
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I did think that, though it's a bit shite to have to replace the wiring in a 4-month old bass that cost a grand
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I probably wouldn't have questioned it but I can hear the difference in my P Basses very clearly. I didn't wonder if it was perhaps a duff pot as the volume control in the Telebass is garbage; once you turn it down to about 8, it's off completely.
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I've updated the thread title rather than create a new thread as the issue seems to be wiring related, rather than the pickup itself. This might be a daft question as I've got one of the Fender Vintera Telecaster Basses, but I'm a bit perplexed by the Wide Range Humbucker in the neck. The tone control doesn't work in the same way as a P Bass does where turning it down rolls off the top end; rolling it from 0 to 100% seems to provide different voicings to the pickup but the difference is quite subtle. It could be because I'm usually playing at low levels at home, or my ears are a bit duff. Perhaps that's just how they sound, but I'm struggling to find much information on them and how they're wired. I was expecting a big boomy sound with the tone turned right the way down.
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Matching headstock and a bound neck as far as I can see. Dot and binding always looks better than blocks IMO
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Without pictures it's hard to say, but IIRC every Fender (and Squier) produced in '96 had a 50th anniversary sticker on the back of the headstock. Chances are it's just a standard production P Bass of the time, rather than something specific produced for the 50th anniversary.
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You've had an instrument for 40 years? I thought you were supposed to sell them on every two to three years. That's how it works, right?
