NBD: Fernandes Precision

[therealting]

@BassassinI doubt that’s the only difference between them! Was just trying to find anything to distinguish them from the photos. 

[Lfalex v1.1]

7 hours ago, J_Bass said:

Very nice. Almost bought it a few months back, but Fernandes is the last name of my (ex) best friend, that betrayed me 2 years ago. I can't have a bass with his name on it, I would throw it out the window. 

 

 

Could've been worse.

His name could've been Smith. 😉

[Beedster]

10 hours ago, therealting said:

@BassassinI doubt that’s the only difference between them! Was just trying to find anything to distinguish them from the photos. 

There was a BO-60 for sale in Japan a while back (about three times the price I paid for this) and it didn't look anything like as well finished or substantial. Hard to say anything conclusive from photos I know, but this baby looks like a tank in photos, and looks and feels like a tank in the flesh

[Beedster]

11 hours ago, AndyTravis said:

Whoa!!! Hang fire. My catchers mitt was ready last week!

if @Bassassinsells me his Washburn I’ve been after for years...I’ll let him off...😂

Ha ha, we're all the same aren't we, if a pharma company developed a pill for GAS, this place would fold in seconds

[tauzero]

On 07/01/2020 at 18:53, merello said:

Watch Dolly Parton at Glastonbury on iPlayer or YouTube. Bass is a double P. Not sure of the make.

 

I just did a search to see if anyone had identified it and hit this thread. Just been watching and got this far:

 

Sunburst 5 string bass
Maple fretboard & neck
Chrome hardware
Stingray-looking headstock, 4+1 with a downwards point
No scratchplate (hurrah!)
P (neck) and reverse P (bridge) pickups

Controls are three in a horizontal straight line, with three in an arc below them - my guess is V/B/T (treble cut) on the top, bass/mid/treble on the bottom

 

I would guess at Sadowsky as that's their headstock shape and they do custom FSOs, generally avoiding the cheap look of scratchplates, although their controls tend to be in a J-sloping straight line.

[Bassassin]

Holy NecroThread, Batman!

 

And an opportune moment to mention that I have spent the last 5-odd years kicking myself for not buying that Fernandes P/P when I had what was undoubtedly the only chance of my life. And I bloody knew I would be... 

Edited 20 hours ago by Bassassin

[tauzero]

It was a bit of a dilemma - resurrect an unrelated thread or start another one. And seeing as my build diaries thread on the BC 8" cab has been utterly and totally hijacked, I thought I'd get my own back.

[Beedster]

The bass in question

 

[Bassassin]

42 minutes ago, Beedster said:

The bass in question

 

 

Stoopidest bass-related decision I ever made, knocking that back. Bugger.