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Anyone tried/used/owned one of Fender's [url="http://www.fender.com/products/search.php?partno=0138100306"]'Big Block' Precisions[/url]? How do they sound and feel? Really different to a Precision. Like a lot of people here, I'm thinking dirty thoughts about getting a P bass and this caught my eye.

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Hmm. Turns out they are MIM and the review on Harmony Central doesn't bode well...

[i]"...in active mode, the bass sounds cold and modern, regardless what you dial in. In passive mode the bass sounds woodier and warmer, but still too flat and boring. This is no match at all for a regular precision or jazzbass." [/i]

Sounds like the pickup could be the dealbreaker. Shame - block inlays, painted headstocks and no pickguard are all GAS triggers for me!

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[quote name='stingrayfan' post='165960' date='Mar 29 2008, 05:07 PM']Hmm. Turns out they are MIM and the review on Harmony Central doesn't bode well...

[i]"...in active mode, the bass sounds cold and modern, regardless what you dial in. In passive mode the bass sounds woodier and warmer, but still too flat and boring. This is no match at all for a regular precision or jazzbass." [/i][/quote]


..................that's a bit of a turn-off (but a great GAS-extinguisher! :) ), because that is one sexy precision.

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