Doctor J Posted January 13, 2011 Share Posted January 13, 2011 Cool video, very different roles for each gender. [quote name='daz' post='1087811' date='Jan 13 2011, 12:09 PM']lots of things done by eye in those days[/quote] Lots of things done by eye these days too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerry_B Posted January 13, 2011 Share Posted January 13, 2011 How it's done in a Chinese factory - compare and contrast... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tony_m Posted January 14, 2011 Share Posted January 14, 2011 Lovely stuff BurritoBass, thanks for posting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YouMa Posted January 14, 2011 Share Posted January 14, 2011 awesome,i love the smell of vintage guitars,funny to think some of those guys last jobs may have been fighting ww2. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stingray5 Posted January 14, 2011 Share Posted January 14, 2011 Interesting to see this video of the factory in Corona 50 years on, by way of comparison. Routers that cut out up to eight guitar bodies at a time, the "guitars-r-us" drying rack and Abigail Ybarra, who's been there making pickups since 1956! Spot the Jaco 'relic' body! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris_b Posted January 14, 2011 Share Posted January 14, 2011 Yes! Check out 3:00. Fender thinks that the wood makes more of a difference to the tone than the pickups!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doctor J Posted January 14, 2011 Share Posted January 14, 2011 [quote name='chris_b' post='1088952' date='Jan 14 2011, 09:20 AM']Yes! Check out 3:00. Fender thinks that the wood makes more of a difference to the tone than the pickups!!!![/quote] How come P basses and J basses made from the same wood sound different then? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris_b Posted January 14, 2011 Share Posted January 14, 2011 [quote name='Doctor J' post='1088956' date='Jan 14 2011, 09:24 AM']....How come P basses and J basses made from the same wood sound different then?....[/quote] Don't argue with me. Argue with the guys who make the instruments. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doctor J Posted January 14, 2011 Share Posted January 14, 2011 I shall show them disregard for their disrespect of laws of physics by boycotting their instruments! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Musicman20 Posted January 14, 2011 Share Posted January 14, 2011 Nice video, thanks. Great to see how they worked so much just by hand. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanbass1 Posted January 14, 2011 Share Posted January 14, 2011 Excellent - thanks for posting Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Rich Posted January 14, 2011 Share Posted January 14, 2011 (edited) [quote name='Doctor J' post='1088956' date='Jan 14 2011, 09:24 AM']How come P basses and J basses made from the same wood sound different then?[/quote] Much thicker and slightly stiffer neck on the P bass probably makes most of the sound difference since the theory with graphite necks is that they make the biggest variable in the guitars tone consistent. Great to see the old Fender factory and seeing the truck parked outside made me realise how futuristic Fenders must have looked in the 50s compared with other products at the time. Edited January 14, 2011 by Fat Rich Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xilddx Posted January 14, 2011 Share Posted January 14, 2011 [quote name='Doctor J' post='1088956' date='Jan 14 2011, 09:24 AM']How come P basses and J basses made from the same wood sound different then?[/quote] Because of the pickups and electronics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doctor J Posted January 14, 2011 Share Posted January 14, 2011 [quote name='Fat Rich' post='1089437' date='Jan 14 2011, 03:21 PM']Much thicker and slightly stiffer neck on the P bass probably makes most of the sound difference since the theory with graphite necks is that they make the biggest variable in the guitars tone consistent.[/quote] So the P pickup on this yoke will sound like a J, given there's a J neck on it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Rich Posted January 14, 2011 Share Posted January 14, 2011 [quote name='Doctor J' post='1089462' date='Jan 14 2011, 03:43 PM']So the P pickup on this yoke will sound like a J, given there's a J neck on it?[/quote] Not completely, but it'll probably not sound like a P bass either. I had J pickups in my P bass for a while and it still sounded more like a Precision than a Jazz.... I used to have a P bass with a Jazz neck and it sounded almost like a Jazz until I put J pickups in and it sounded almost completely like a Jazz. Not exactly conclusive research but it's the feeling I got with those basses! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xilddx Posted January 14, 2011 Share Posted January 14, 2011 [quote name='Fat Rich' post='1089707' date='Jan 14 2011, 07:15 PM']Not completely, but it'll probably not sound like a P bass either. I had J pickups in my P bass for a while and it still sounded more like a Precision than a Jazz.... I used to have a P bass with a Jazz neck and it sounded almost like a Jazz until I put J pickups in and it sounded almost completely like a Jazz. Not exactly conclusive research but it's the feeling I got with those basses![/quote] So what is NOT a Precision Bass sound, and likewise for a Jazz Bass? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Rich Posted January 14, 2011 Share Posted January 14, 2011 (edited) [quote name='silddx' post='1089822' date='Jan 14 2011, 08:41 PM']So what is NOT a Precision Bass sound, and likewise for a Jazz Bass?[/quote] Difficult to put in words and likely to derail this Factory Tour thread more than it has already! I'll start a new topic in Bass Guitars. Edited January 14, 2011 by Fat Rich Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xilddx Posted January 14, 2011 Share Posted January 14, 2011 [quote name='Fat Rich' post='1089918' date='Jan 14 2011, 10:06 PM']Difficult to put in words and likely to derail this Factory Tour thread more than it has already! I'll start a new topic in Bass Guitars. [/quote] Cool man! Thanks. I'm genuinely interested in what people think about those timbres, qualitatively and quantitatively. Obviously, neither is as good a a Warwick of course Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobpalt Posted January 15, 2011 Share Posted January 15, 2011 Lots of them seemed to have got dressed up in their best clothes as well! Perhaps they knew the camera man was coming in? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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