Kenny_K75 Posted November 13, 2009 Share Posted November 13, 2009 [attachment=36261:0000b5da10dr_1_.jpg] Can anyone identify this bass. Would love one like it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noisyjon Posted November 13, 2009 Share Posted November 13, 2009 Fender used to make a 1955 Precision bass Relic. That would be a good starting if you can find one second hand? Have a look at this link [url="http://www.infographic.com/fender/detail.php?FenderPN=FenderRelic55P2TSBMaple"]HERE[/url] for an idea. Regards, Jon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delberthot Posted November 13, 2009 Share Posted November 13, 2009 (edited) Sting has 2 but I believe that this is the 1957 one which makes it one of the last of the single coils before Fender went with the split pickup style. I believe that his is fitted with a Seymour Duncan humbucker. This bass was the inspiration for my own Warmoth creation: sadly no longer with me. Edited November 13, 2009 by Delberthot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wateroftyne Posted November 13, 2009 Share Posted November 13, 2009 Get a MIJ Sting P, hack out the Stinglay from the 12th fret, and then drag the bass through a hedge. For twenty years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OutToPlayJazz Posted November 13, 2009 Share Posted November 13, 2009 [quote name='wateroftyne' post='653488' date='Nov 13 2009, 11:27 AM']Get a MIJ Sting P, hack out the Stinglay from the 12th fret, and then drag the bass through a hedge. For twenty years.[/quote] You beat me to it there, Michael! I was going to say, "Buy the CIJ Sting signature bass, remove the body and kick it around a gravel carpark for a couple of hours." Instant result! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyTravis Posted November 13, 2009 Share Posted November 13, 2009 (edited) now Fender do road worn i.e. Mexican Relics, why don't they change production to MIM from MIJ on the sting bass and do a roadworn sting sig? WITHOUT the inlay at the 12th? Would tickle my nuts for sure. I've got to get a jap 51 PBass in two col at some point. Edited November 13, 2009 by AndyTravis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stefboltonfc Posted November 13, 2009 Share Posted November 13, 2009 Only one single coil pickup, and hardly attractive... is this not a totally ruined Mustang? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyTravis Posted November 13, 2009 Share Posted November 13, 2009 [quote name='stefboltonfc' post='653912' date='Nov 13 2009, 06:20 PM']No, it's an old 'telecaster style' precision mate, the Mustang's single coil is split like the post 57 Precisions, and they're short scale. And Sting's sig Fender is a precision etc Only one single coil pickup, and hardly attractive... is this not a totally ruined Mustang?[/quote] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyTravis Posted November 13, 2009 Share Posted November 13, 2009 don't know what the feck is up with my reply within a quote bubble, that's the third time today. I'm going to bash my own skull in with an old pbass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stacker Posted November 14, 2009 Share Posted November 14, 2009 [quote name='wateroftyne' post='653488' date='Nov 13 2009, 11:27 AM']Get a MIJ Sting P, hack out the Stinglay from the 12th fret, and then drag the bass through a hedge. For twenty years.[/quote] That thing annoys the hell outta me! Given Sting's vanity, I'll bet that he insisted the 'stinglay' went in, as opposed to a signature on the scratchplate, something which you could remove and replace. Sure, you could dig it out and sent it off to get filled, but that would cost a few bob. Speaking of String (sic), his dot-neck Jazz is a beauty. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stacker Posted November 14, 2009 Share Posted November 14, 2009 [quote name='Delberthot' post='653480' date='Nov 13 2009, 11:09 AM']Sting has 2 but I believe that this is the 1957 one which makes it one of the last of the single coils before Fender went with the split pickup style. I believe that his is fitted with a Seymour Duncan humbucker. This bass was the inspiration for my own Warmoth creation: sadly no longer with me.[/quote] jeez, where did that go to? You shoulda kept that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delberthot Posted November 14, 2009 Share Posted November 14, 2009 Another forum member now owns it. Best pickup ever in that one - Lollar - sounded like 2 basses playing at once. I'm deciding between another Lollar and a Fralin for my Split P bass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stefboltonfc Posted November 15, 2009 Share Posted November 15, 2009 Oops... what an idiot. Of course it's not a Mustang... I just saw the tiny, dead central pickup and thought of it. I might join you with the bass + smash over head idea Andy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrcrow Posted November 15, 2009 Share Posted November 15, 2009 i think stings has the body chamfer mine is similar [url="http://www.flickr.com/photos/34963887@N02/sets/72157621683978205/show/"]but different[/url] and is in the for sale section Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delberthot Posted November 15, 2009 Share Posted November 15, 2009 [quote name='mrcrow' post='655271' date='Nov 15 2009, 05:04 PM']i think stings has the body chamfer[/quote] exactly like both the Warmoth's I have had - I couldn;t get on with the non-contoured earlier slab body Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Tut Posted November 16, 2009 Share Posted November 16, 2009 I seem to remember reading that Sting's was Alder. Mine is ash - I love it and have no problem with the stinglay - but why make it of a different wood from the original - although I gotta say I lurve ash basses! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skankdelvar Posted November 16, 2009 Share Posted November 16, 2009 (edited) Or there's always the Squier Classic Vibe 50's P - £300-ish new and re-spray? Edited November 16, 2009 by skankdelvar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sixshooter Posted November 16, 2009 Share Posted November 16, 2009 (edited) Here is mine, also has a Loller pickup in it. Started life as a Jap 51P in butterscotch and ended up as a 55P in Sonic Blue. [attachment=36449:DSC00913.JPG] Edited November 16, 2009 by sixshooter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ou7shined Posted November 19, 2009 Share Posted November 19, 2009 ... and mine - one real and one home made. +1 to the Lollar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sixshooter Posted November 19, 2009 Share Posted November 19, 2009 [quote name='Ou7shined' post='659258' date='Nov 19 2009, 02:30 PM']... and mine - one real and one home made. +1 to the Lollar.[/quote] Love the home grown one, nice colour! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ou7shined Posted November 19, 2009 Share Posted November 19, 2009 (edited) [quote name='sixshooter' post='659657' date='Nov 19 2009, 09:17 PM']Love the home grown one, nice colour![/quote] Cheers. It could so easily have been blue but someone had already done one. Your build thread was an inspiration. Edited November 20, 2009 by Ou7shined Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sixshooter Posted November 22, 2009 Share Posted November 22, 2009 [quote name='Ou7shined' post='659701' date='Nov 19 2009, 10:03 PM']Cheers. It could so easily have been blue but someone had already done one. Your build thread was an inspiration.[/quote] Thanks, don't you just hate it when that happens Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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