Beedster Posted September 8, 2010 Share Posted September 8, 2010 Just an observation following a day playing a beaten up '63 3tsb. Wondered if anyone else felt the same Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sean Posted September 8, 2010 Share Posted September 8, 2010 [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! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BassBod Posted September 8, 2010 Share Posted September 8, 2010 F*&% Yeeaahh!! I believe that is an appropriate form of endorsement for such matters.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lozz196 Posted September 8, 2010 Share Posted September 8, 2010 Gotta agree, out of my 3 American Precisions, the sunburst sounds the best. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heathy Posted September 8, 2010 Share Posted September 8, 2010 Agreed. I bought two american standard jazz basses in 2004, one 3tsb one black. The black one has done two gigs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gust0o Posted September 8, 2010 Share Posted September 8, 2010 Not enough points to sustain any real tone Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EssentialTension Posted September 8, 2010 Share Posted September 8, 2010 [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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clarky Posted September 8, 2010 Share Posted September 8, 2010 (edited) 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sean Posted September 8, 2010 Share Posted September 8, 2010 [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: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clarky Posted September 8, 2010 Share Posted September 8, 2010 Get a room, Sean! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Foxen Posted September 8, 2010 Share Posted September 8, 2010 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyTravis Posted September 8, 2010 Share Posted September 8, 2010 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warwickhunt Posted September 8, 2010 Share Posted September 8, 2010 Wayne will be along any minute now to refute that theory! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thisnameistaken Posted September 8, 2010 Share Posted September 8, 2010 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". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wateroftyne Posted September 8, 2010 Share Posted September 8, 2010 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clarky Posted September 8, 2010 Share Posted September 8, 2010 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guzzibass Posted September 8, 2010 Share Posted September 8, 2010 [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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warwickhunt Posted September 8, 2010 Share Posted September 8, 2010 [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! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cat Burrito Posted September 8, 2010 Share Posted September 8, 2010 So my 2 colour sunburst can be improved? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
munkonthehill Posted September 8, 2010 Share Posted September 8, 2010 [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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
munkonthehill Posted September 8, 2010 Share Posted September 8, 2010 [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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vibrating G String Posted September 9, 2010 Share Posted September 9, 2010 [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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beedster Posted September 9, 2010 Author Share Posted September 9, 2010 [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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Bass Doc Posted September 9, 2010 Share Posted September 9, 2010 It's easy, with 3-tone sunburst you get 3 different tones, innit? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mickeyboro Posted September 9, 2010 Share Posted September 9, 2010 What a pointless thread... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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