Beedster Posted October 9, 2022 Author Share Posted October 9, 2022 It was made in Corona CA ............ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bunion Posted October 9, 2022 Share Posted October 9, 2022 Fender custom shop 51 telebass 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beedster Posted October 9, 2022 Author Share Posted October 9, 2022 3 minutes ago, Bunion said: Fender custom shop 51 telebass Close….. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neepheid Posted October 9, 2022 Share Posted October 9, 2022 Spill it - I'm getting fat eating all this damn popcorn. 4 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LukeFRC Posted October 9, 2022 Share Posted October 9, 2022 Meterora bass? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed_S Posted October 9, 2022 Share Posted October 9, 2022 One of those 2013 closet classics that looks like a Bronco? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kodiakblair Posted October 9, 2022 Share Posted October 9, 2022 49 minutes ago, Beedster said: Close….. Close to a very thin 'Tele-phone' Line ? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newfoundfreedom Posted October 9, 2022 Share Posted October 9, 2022 Whatever it is, it'll be an anticlimax now. 😆 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beedster Posted October 9, 2022 Author Share Posted October 9, 2022 27 minutes ago, Ed_S said: One of those 2013 closet classics that looks like a Bronco? @Ed_S you get the prize I came very close to buying one a few years back when I was looking for a bass with twin singe coils (and was thinking of installing a pair of those Nordy SCs in Jazz Bass cases and install in a Jazz body, but I couldn't get the PUPs in the UK at the time so gave up). The bridge doesn't work for me so I'm going to find something a little more Fender. It ticks a lot of the boxes I wanted ticked in an electric bass at present, bit of a gamble but c'est la via ...... 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msb Posted October 9, 2022 Share Posted October 9, 2022 well , that’s one obscure variant 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassassin Posted October 9, 2022 Share Posted October 9, 2022 1 hour ago, LukeFRC said: Meterora bass? Got to be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed_S Posted October 9, 2022 Share Posted October 9, 2022 35 minutes ago, Beedster said: @Ed_S you get the prize I came very close to buying one a few years back when I was looking for a bass with twin singe coils (and was thinking of installing a pair of those Nordy SCs in Jazz Bass cases and install in a Jazz body, but I couldn't get the PUPs in the UK at the time so gave up). The bridge doesn't work for me so I'm going to find something a little more Fender. It ticks a lot of the boxes I wanted ticked in an electric bass at present, bit of a gamble but c'est la via ...... Epic 🙂 To be honest, I was never strongly against these when they first came out - there was just no way I was going to pay the ticket price for one at that point. If I was still playing 4 string Precisions I'd have actually been quite tempted to give this one a go when it came up for sale, but I'm on the 5s at present. Agree about the bridge - the slightly curvy Fender high mass one that they used on the USA Standard / Professional models might look quite fitting. Hope it's a success! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ezbass Posted October 9, 2022 Share Posted October 9, 2022 2 hours ago, Beedster said: @Ed_S you get the prize I came very close to buying one a few years back when I was looking for a bass with twin singe coils (and was thinking of installing a pair of those Nordy SCs in Jazz Bass cases and install in a Jazz body, but I couldn't get the PUPs in the UK at the time so gave up). The bridge doesn't work for me so I'm going to find something a little more Fender. It ticks a lot of the boxes I wanted ticked in an electric bass at present, bit of a gamble but c'est la via ...... I like that, it's just different enough. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cosmo Valdemar Posted October 9, 2022 Share Posted October 9, 2022 I was going to guess Wishbass. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beedster Posted October 9, 2022 Author Share Posted October 9, 2022 2 hours ago, Ed_S said: Epic 🙂 To be honest, I was never strongly against these when they first came out - there was just no way I was going to pay the ticket price for one at that point. If I was still playing 4 string Precisions I'd have actually been quite tempted to give this one a go when it came up for sale, but I'm on the 5s at present. Agree about the bridge - the slightly curvy Fender high mass one that they used on the USA Standard / Professional models might look quite fitting. Hope it's a success! Thanks mate, yes they were apparently stupid money when released, there's no way I'd be buying this bass new, but I remember think at the time "To all intents it's just a 50's SC Precision with an extra PUP, what's all the fuss?", and then thinking "Actually I imagine that's a pretty good combination. I read a couple of posts on TB by guys who'd modded their SC Precisions similarly and seemed quite happy with the results so the idea stuck. And frankly the used price wasn't much more that standard US Precisions are going for these days......... In my quest for something with two PUPs but a little out of the ordinary (I've fallen out of love with P/J and never was much of one for J/J anyway) I was also having a good long look at this bass, but over and above being less than impressed by the shop selling it, realised that it lacked a PUP in the all important sport. So I think I made the right choice 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beedster Posted October 9, 2022 Author Share Posted October 9, 2022 1 hour ago, ezbass said: I like that, it's just different enough. Exactly my thinking, different yet familiar 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LukeFRC Posted October 9, 2022 Share Posted October 9, 2022 I think the Alpher basses that have looked most interesting have the same pickup config as yours - I think it looks great 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beedster Posted October 9, 2022 Author Share Posted October 9, 2022 28 minutes ago, LukeFRC said: I think the Alpher basses that have looked most interesting have the same pickup config as yours - I think it looks great I didn't realise that Luke, that interesting, and those Alphers look bloody amazing, I'm just not sure they'd look so amazing slung around me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LukeFRC Posted October 9, 2022 Share Posted October 9, 2022 2 minutes ago, Beedster said: I didn't realise that Luke, that interesting, and those Alphers look bloody amazing, I'm just not sure they'd look so amazing slung around me Something like this 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beedster Posted October 9, 2022 Author Share Posted October 9, 2022 And how right you are Luke 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beedster Posted October 9, 2022 Author Share Posted October 9, 2022 Ha ha, great minds, your's looks nicer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ezbass Posted October 9, 2022 Share Posted October 9, 2022 These photos put me in mind of this… If it wasn’t so damned expensive, I’d be all over this as Rob Allen makes a very fine bass indeed. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buckminster Emptier Posted October 9, 2022 Share Posted October 9, 2022 (edited) 10 hours ago, warwickhunt said: Edited October 9, 2022 by Buckminster Emptier Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beedster Posted October 10, 2022 Author Share Posted October 10, 2022 12 hours ago, Buckminster Emptier said: Enigmatic post @Buckminster Emptier ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JapanAxe Posted October 10, 2022 Share Posted October 10, 2022 I’m sorry but this thread is making me feel quite nauseous. Single coil pickup mounted right next to the bridge? It’s a BASS guitar goddammit! *shuffles off clutching well-worn Precision, disturbing small birds nesting in beard* Hope you love it @Beedster! 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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