umph Posted December 1, 2010 Share Posted December 1, 2010 wow that bass looks terrible, bet it'd suck to play. be nice on the wall though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4 Strings Posted December 1, 2010 Share Posted December 1, 2010 [quote name='Doctor J' post='1043590' date='Dec 1 2010, 11:44 AM']Eight and a half grand doesn't get you an E string that isn't practically hanging off the side of the neck? I'll pass, thanks.[/quote] Move the camera to the left a bit and it will miraculously all become central. One of the reasons Entwhistle liked these so much was to do with the additional 'growl' of the pickups and tone controls. The famous 'Frankenstein' was so popular with him for that reason. I'd love to have this bass. If I had that sort of money for a bass I'd consider it, must be loads of history attached (assuming it is actually original). Sign of the times that Fender would make a re-issue of what was a re-issue in the first place. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doctor J Posted December 1, 2010 Share Posted December 1, 2010 [quote name='4 Strings' post='1044454' date='Dec 1 2010, 10:52 PM']Move the camera to the left a bit and it will miraculously all become central.[/quote] Indeed, but given that the photo is taken pretty much face on, it still won't centre the strings over the neck in any real sense, just in a photograph and it still doesn't make it worth eight and a half grand. In my opinion, of course Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevieD_FenderP2009 Posted December 1, 2010 Share Posted December 1, 2010 I'm not going to lie, I never actually knew what "slab body" meant. I thought it had something to do with the cut of the body but after seeing this, I would love to try out one. Saying that, I do prefer my SH Signature P Bass as I love bodies to be contoured on the front and back to compensate for my *huh-hmm* "chef's stomach" shall we say haha! Really beautiful bass though, I agree with whoever said it needs a black pickguard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LukeFRC Posted December 1, 2010 Share Posted December 1, 2010 [quote name='The Bass Doc' post='1044043' date='Dec 1 2010, 05:07 PM']I can safely say the electronics were fairly well standard - 250K pots for volume and tone, 0.05 capacitor. I've checked my records and found the pickup was slightly hotter at around 11.5K so there might be something in that. John Entwhistle's mention of the 'blue veins' showing through has prompted me to think back to the wood used for the body - mine was stripped down at one stage and I remember seeing a green/purply area in the grain which leads me to think that tulip wood (also called magnolia) may have been used. The bass was quite light for a slab so this may have been a conscious decision by Fender to keep the weight down compared to using ash.[/quote] now that is interesting..... so (slightly) hotter pickup, veneered maple fretboard (truss rod put in from front???) and tulip wood....... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cat Burrito Posted December 2, 2010 Share Posted December 2, 2010 I bought the Barry Matthews book on the 66 Slab bodied Fender Precisions [url="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Fender-Bass-Britain-Slab-Bodied-Precision/dp/1438946627/ref=sr_1_10?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1291248149&sr=1-10"]http://www.amazon.co.uk/Fender-Bass-Britai...149&sr=1-10[/url] (for those who don't know) but financially it stops there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LukeFRC Posted December 2, 2010 Share Posted December 2, 2010 anyone use tulip wood much for bodies? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acidbass Posted December 2, 2010 Share Posted December 2, 2010 [quote name='bumnote' post='1043762' date='Dec 1 2010, 01:45 PM']I hate you Theres another few hours wasted as I follow the links to artistes and their records currently watching Ace Kefford and his slab body with the move and I can hear the grass grow[/quote] Excellent video! The tone he gets from the '66 in question is to die for. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EssentialTension Posted December 2, 2010 Share Posted December 2, 2010 [quote name='acidbass' post='1044548' date='Dec 2 2010, 12:51 AM']Excellent video! The tone he gets from the '66 in question is to die for.[/quote] Nice dancing too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warwickhunt Posted December 2, 2010 Share Posted December 2, 2010 [quote name='The Bass Doc' post='1043846' date='Dec 1 2010, 02:37 PM']But oh the sound......my opinion as to why they sounded so different was more to do with the neck construction - maple on maple (no skunk stripe) but the fingerboard was 'rolled' as in almost a veneer on to the already cambered neck. The result was a very 'springy' sound - not that it lacked bass tone, but the top end would cut through with a clank that was remiscent of a Rick in full flight. I kind of proved the neck was the main contributor by swapping it onto my '62 Jazz bass for a while and, sure enough, the 'springy' sound tranferred to that bass too.[/quote] I'll tell you what that is a perfect description of the tone that my PRS has and that is a maple on maple (no skunk), rolled edges etc etc and it has that 'exact' spring to the sound and it has the uncanny knack of sounding like a cross between a MM and a Ric, especially if you solo the neck pup. You must have a try of this PRS some time Howie and see if it is the same tone that you describe. [quote name='LukeFRC' post='1044526' date='Dec 2 2010, 12:16 AM']anyone use tulip wood much for bodies?[/quote] Oddly enough our very own Bass Doc produced a Tulip wood bodied Longhorn bass for Mark 'Marcus' (no not Mr Miller) and though Mark sold it on to another local mental bassist up here (Kevbucket), Kev rates it MASSIVELY and plays it in preference to his MM Cutlass or a brace of other fantastic quality basses that he owns. Something to be said for Tulip wood maybe! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bumnote Posted December 2, 2010 Share Posted December 2, 2010 Mike Tobias uses tulip wood on some of his basses and i thought i read somewhere Burns used it but I couldnt find it on their web site. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Bass Doc Posted December 2, 2010 Share Posted December 2, 2010 [quote name='warwickhunt' post='1045356' date='Dec 2 2010, 05:06 PM']You must have a try of this PRS some time Howie and see if it is the same tone that you describe.[/quote] Thanks, I'd like to try that PRS of yours sometime - don't worry too much about the cost - I charge quite a reasonable fee for hiring out my fingers on someone else's bass. As i' 'appens, guys and gals, I've got three more tulip wood body blanks left over from a batch I got a while back from my good friend Jim Cairnes.........might just have to make myself a Precision out of one of them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bumnote Posted December 2, 2010 Share Posted December 2, 2010 [quote name='warwickhunt' post='1045356' date='Dec 2 2010, 05:06 PM']Oddly enough our very own Bass Doc produced a Tulip wood bodied Longhorn bass for Mark 'Marcus' (no not Mr Miller) and though Mark sold it on to another local mental bassist up here (Kevbucket), Kev rates it MASSIVELY and plays it in preference to his MM Cutlass or a brace of other fantastic quality basses that he owns. Something to be said for Tulip wood maybe![/quote] Was that a Longhorn as in Danelectro longhorn? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warwickhunt Posted December 2, 2010 Share Posted December 2, 2010 [quote name='bumnote' post='1045385' date='Dec 2 2010, 05:40 PM']Was that a Longhorn as in Danelectro longhorn?[/quote] No, the Fender Longhorn 'Boner' basses. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bumnote Posted December 2, 2010 Share Posted December 2, 2010 [quote name='warwickhunt' post='1045388' date='Dec 2 2010, 05:42 PM']No, the Fender Longhorn 'Boner' basses.[/quote] Ta Ive a fancy for a long scale properly made dano longhorn. I had a short horn in the 60s as my first bass. I fancied a longhorn but couldnt find one, trawled up and down Denmark Street, turned my nose up at SH precisions and Jazzes going for £50-£70. What an idiot. I finally bought a longhorn re issue a couple of years ago but it was not for me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thodrik Posted December 2, 2010 Share Posted December 2, 2010 Must say that I quite like it. Old vintage Fenders seem to a law unto themselves when it comes to price, so I don't really get the 'wow its far too expensive, and it looks ugly' argument. Its as much a piece of musical history as it is a musical instrument. If I had the money I probably would buy it. If I would was looking for a great playing and sounding bass within a certain budget, I would look elsewhere. I do love maple boards on P-basses. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EssentialTension Posted December 3, 2010 Share Posted December 3, 2010 1967, at the Marquee, Entwistle plays a slab Precision. See it clearly at 1.27: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Bass Doc Posted December 3, 2010 Share Posted December 3, 2010 [quote name='EssentialTension' post='1046397' date='Dec 3 2010, 02:39 PM']1967, at the Marquee, Entwistle plays a slab Precision. See it clearly at 1.27: [/quote] Not a great sound on that occasion IMO. That has a good chance to be the Slab I bought - sold by Cassmusic of Eastbourne and actually advertised in Melody Maker as ex-JE. £165.00 if I remember correctly. Interesting to note Mr. Townsend expressing his frustration at not being able to play the guitar very well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Foxen Posted December 3, 2010 Share Posted December 3, 2010 Tulipwood is poplar isn't it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Bass Doc Posted December 3, 2010 Share Posted December 3, 2010 [quote name='Mr. Foxen' post='1046495' date='Dec 3 2010, 04:09 PM']Tulipwood is poplar isn't it?[/quote] Wiki notes the similarity, but no. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Foxen Posted December 3, 2010 Share Posted December 3, 2010 [quote name='The Bass Doc' post='1046499' date='Dec 3 2010, 04:15 PM']Wiki notes the similarity, but no.[/quote] Just been looking more, it isn't what we'd call a poplar (with all the branches pointing up), but some unrelated tree that Americans call a poplar or tulip poplar, even though it is neither a tulip or a poplar. There are guitars made of poplar apparently, but none made of tulips. [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liriodendron"]American one[/url] [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poplar"]Rest of the world.[/url] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ou7shined Posted December 3, 2010 Share Posted December 3, 2010 [quote name='Mr. Foxen' post='1046495' date='Dec 3 2010, 04:09 PM']Tulipwood is poplar isn't it?[/quote] It's not as poplar as it used to be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Bass Doc Posted December 3, 2010 Share Posted December 3, 2010 And as a result of inflation it's now called threelip wood. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vibrating G String Posted December 4, 2010 Share Posted December 4, 2010 [quote name='EddieG' post='1044016' date='Dec 1 2010, 08:50 AM']John Entwistle said of them[/quote] Who better to judge the subtlety of tone than a near deaf drug addict Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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