3-tone sunburst Fenders just sound better: Discuss

[Beedster]

Just an observation following a day playing a beaten up '63 3tsb. Wondered if anyone else felt the same

Chris

[Sean]

[quote name='Beedster' post='949778' date='Sep 8 2010, 07:17 PM']a day playing a beaten up '63 3tsb.[/quote]

You obviously lived a blessed life, Chris!

[BassBod]

F*&% Yeeaahh!!

I believe that is an appropriate form of endorsement for such matters....

[Lozz196]

Gotta agree, out of my 3 American Precisions, the sunburst sounds the best.

[Heathy]

Agreed. I bought two american standard jazz basses in 2004, one 3tsb one black. The black one has done two gigs.

[Gust0o]

Not enough points to sustain any real tone

[EssentialTension]

[quote name='Beedster' post='949778' date='Sep 8 2010, 07:17 PM']Just an observation following a day playing a beaten up '63 3tsb. Wondered if anyone else felt the same

Chris[/quote]
So that'll be why you sold me the white one.

[Clarky]

Any bass made in the Year of Clarky ('63) will sound superior. Fact

PS. Stop being a tease Chris and get some pics up in Gear Porn

Edited September 8, 2010 by Clarky

[Sean]

[quote name='Clarky' post='949828' date='Sep 8 2010, 08:23 PM']Any bass made in the Year of Clarky ('63) will sound superior. Fact[/quote]

I'd like to believe this Clarky but I think the real reason is because we all have a guy-crush on Chris! :wub:

[Clarky]

Get a room, Sean!

[Mr. Foxen]

The nicer wood was picked out for the transparent sunburst finishes, so might be something in it if you are into that, more likely to be fewer bits of wood glued together etc.

[AndyTravis]

Aren't/weren't Sunbursts dipped in the yellow stain first before the burst was sprayed on?

Does that have anything to do with it?

+1 to the nicer bits of wood a sa theory.

[warwickhunt]

Wayne will be along any minute now to refute that theory!

[thisnameistaken]

Orange ones sound best. You have to burn off all the Fender finish first, then spray it orange, and then it sounds good. Oh and replace the bridge and pickups. Then it sounds good. Well, "OK for a Fender".

[wateroftyne]

The three different paints in 3TSB are slightly different densities. The gradiation from the center of of the body to the edge allows the body to vibrate in a much 'rounder' fashion than a single colour body.

[Clarky]

The only wood to come close in resonance and sheer musicality is the 1,800 year old bog wood* used by Ritter




* I'll sell any one my bog for three grand

[guzzibass]

[quote name='Sean' post='949832' date='Sep 8 2010, 08:27 PM']I'd like to believe this Clarky but I think the real reason is because we all have a guy-crush on Chris! :wub: [/quote]


Wot - wearing that friggin cap???? lol

[warwickhunt]

[quote name='wateroftyne' post='949934' date='Sep 8 2010, 09:38 PM']The three different paints in 3TSB are slightly different densities. The gradiation from the center of of the body to the edge allows the body to vibrate in a much 'rounder' fashion than a single colour body.[/quote]

Why of course that explains Fender's justification for using a longer intonation screw on the early basses... it all makes sense now!

[Cat Burrito]

So my 2 colour sunburst can be improved?

[munkonthehill]

[quote name='guzzibass' post='949959' date='Sep 8 2010, 09:48 PM']Wot - wearing that friggin cap???? lol[/quote]

specifically because of the hat hahahahaha

[munkonthehill]

[quote name='BurritoBass' post='950036' date='Sep 8 2010, 10:42 PM']So my 2 colour sunburst can be improved? [/quote]

nah,,,,,,,just tell the bass its 3 colour,,,it will believe you

[Vibrating G String]

[quote name='wateroftyne' post='949934' date='Sep 8 2010, 01:38 PM']The three different paints in 3TSB are slightly different densities. The gradiation from the center of of the body to the edge allows the body to vibrate in a much 'rounder' fashion than a single colour body.[/quote]
None more rounder.

[Beedster]

[quote name='BassBod' post='949787' date='Sep 8 2010, 07:27 PM']F*&% Yeeaahh!![/quote]

[quote name='Lozz196' post='949793' date='Sep 8 2010, 07:33 PM']Gotta agree, out of my 3 American Precisions, the sunburst sounds the best.[/quote]

[quote name='Heathy' post='949812' date='Sep 8 2010, 08:04 PM']Agreed. I bought two american standard jazz basses in 2004, one 3tsb one black. The black one has done two gigs.[/quote]

Exactly, 3 out of 3 bass players agree

[quote name='Gust0o' post='949814' date='Sep 8 2010, 08:07 PM']Not enough points to sustain any real tone [/quote]

What about a 3tsb BC Rich?

[quote name='EssentialTension' post='949816' date='Sep 8 2010, 08:09 PM']So that'll be why you sold me the white one. [/quote]

It's why I sold all my white ones Dave!

[quote name='Clarky' post='949828' date='Sep 8 2010, 08:23 PM']Any bass made in the Year of Clarky ('63) will sound superior. Fact[/quote]

I hear there's a major gas leak in Hammersmith this morning Clarky


[quote name='Sean' post='949832' date='Sep 8 2010, 08:27 PM']I'd like to believe this Clarky but I think the real reason is because we all have a guy-crush on Chris! :wub: [/quote]

Easy Sean (what is going on with you avatars by the way?)

[quote name='Mr. Foxen' post='949846' date='Sep 8 2010, 08:37 PM']The nicer wood was picked out for the transparent sunburst finishes, so might be something in it if you are into that, more likely to be fewer bits of wood glued together etc.[/quote]

Could there be some truth in that.....?

[quote name='warwickhunt' post='949889' date='Sep 8 2010, 09:16 PM']Wayne will be along any minute now to refute that theory! [/quote]

He's somewhat off the pace isn't he?

[quote name='wateroftyne' post='949934' date='Sep 8 2010, 09:38 PM']The three different paints in 3TSB are slightly different densities. The gradiation from the center of of the body to the edge allows the body to vibrate in a much 'rounder' fashion than a single colour body.[/quote]




I know it's a seemingly daft thread, but to my mind there's something about 3tsb basses. OK, most likely, as it was the most prominent colour when I was growing up, it's just become part of the vintage Fender mystique for me, and I'm letting that cloud my judgement. It might also be that there's probably a lot more 3tsb Fenders out there (certainly true of vintage instruments), so that, by the law of averages, if 50% of all Fenders are good, there'll be more good 3tsb basses in total out there than other colours. Could also be something in the paint but that seems unlikely, and if it was the fact that they kept the better woods for the transparent finishes, surely I'd have found the same rule holds true for blonde, natural etc (although perhaps there's just fewer of these and I haven't come across good ones)?

But, I dunno, 3tsb always seem just that little bit better?

C

[The Bass Doc]

It's easy, with 3-tone sunburst you get 3 different tones, innit?

[Mickeyboro]

What a pointless thread...