davebass66 Posted May 25, 2011 Posted May 25, 2011 Sorry If this has already been posted but... I have just seen the 60th anniversary P bass...it's a stunner (there is also one in the Gallery right now) [url="http://www.fender.com/products/60th-pbass/models.php?prodNo=0196002"]http://www.fender.com/products/60th-pbass/...?prodNo=0196002[/url] It has given me instant gas.... However I'm not sure I understand why they've made the 60th Anniversary P bass but put the later P bass pickups in it? Looking forward to trying it out, thats for sure! What do you guys think? Quote
risingson Posted May 25, 2011 Posted May 25, 2011 I'm thinking 'I wonder why they've re-badged the Mike Dirnt Signature model and charged thrice the amount?' if I'm totally honest! Quote
EssentialTension Posted May 25, 2011 Posted May 25, 2011 Sorry but, for me, wrong headstock and wrong pickup. Quote
davebass66 Posted May 25, 2011 Author Posted May 25, 2011 It's not like it's branded as a re-issue or anything....I think they're just taking some of the best bits of the P bass over the years and making something 'new'.....well as new as a P bass could be I guess!.... Each to their own and all that... Quote
Jerry_B Posted May 25, 2011 Posted May 25, 2011 This is what happens when George Lucas has a go at bass design... I mean, 're-imagining'... Quote
EssentialTension Posted May 25, 2011 Posted May 25, 2011 [quote name='davebass66' post='1244951' date='May 25 2011, 11:04 PM']It's not like it's branded as a re-issue or anything....I think they're just taking some of the best bits of the P bass over the years and making something 'new'.....well as new as a P bass could be I guess!.... Each to their own and all that... [/quote] I think that's a fair assessment of what it is and it does look nice - but, as you say, each to their own. I certainly wouldn't refuse to play it. Quote
risingson Posted May 25, 2011 Posted May 25, 2011 [quote name='davebass66' post='1244951' date='May 25 2011, 11:04 PM']It's not like it's branded as a re-issue or anything....I think they're just taking some of the best bits of the P bass over the years and making something 'new'.....well as new as a P bass could be I guess!.... Each to their own and all that... [/quote] Absolutely, I'm not mad on the look of the split P as opposed to the usual single coil, but different strokes. Quote
bubinga5 Posted May 25, 2011 Posted May 25, 2011 i dont give a sh*t about the pickups, i really like the look of the old P basses.. i bet it sounds bad ass Quote
Marvin Posted May 25, 2011 Posted May 25, 2011 Personally I think it needs a '51 headstock, that one just looks out of place. And I may have looked to modify the scratchplate in order that it 'met' up with the pups. Otherwise I like it. Probably wouldn't buy one though. Quote
Doddy Posted May 25, 2011 Posted May 25, 2011 I saw one of these a few weeks ago and although it's quite nice,it just seems......wrong,somehow. Almost as if Fender couldn't decide if they should make a '51 style or a more modern style Precision,do they just lumped the two together. Quote
Ed_S Posted May 25, 2011 Posted May 25, 2011 I tried one of these and wasn't all that impressed if I'm honest... the grain of the wood wasn't exactly as attractive as the photo model for a (bad) start, and going on from there it just didn't feel its money to me. Highly subjective commentary with very little to substantiate it, I know, but all I can say is that I went along with money in pocket to get it and came out of the shop without, and that is very odd for me indeed! Quote
paul_5 Posted May 25, 2011 Posted May 25, 2011 Hmm, that's not really for me. [url="http://www.fender.com/products/search.php?partno=0195000809"]THIS[/url] on the other hand is a thing of beauty. Quote
Wylie Posted May 25, 2011 Posted May 25, 2011 [quote name='EssentialTension' post='1244947' date='May 25 2011, 06:02 PM']Sorry but, for me, wrong headstock and wrong pickup.[/quote] +1 Quote
Jean-Luc Pickguard Posted May 25, 2011 Posted May 25, 2011 I wouldnt worry about the pickup, but there should be a law against using the later headstock shape with the earlier body . it just ain't natural. Quote
Bassman Sam Posted May 26, 2011 Posted May 26, 2011 I am a Fender nut and I like the look but not the price. I just wish that Fender would have had the balls to bring out a brand new design to mark this anniversary. Something that says that was our history, this is our future. Take the best of the past and design a bass that other manufacturers would say, damn, wish we had thought of that, just like 60 years ago. I know it won't happen as Leo got it right first time round. . Quote
Lozz196 Posted May 26, 2011 Posted May 26, 2011 I like the look of it, though agree it`s not correct to any specific period, more of a mish-mash of the two main Precisions. As a few have said, a Mike Dirnt with a modrn headstock - but I still like it anyway. Gets a very good write-up in the current edition of Guitarist. Quote
BB3000S Posted May 26, 2011 Posted May 26, 2011 Call me shallow, but I don't really like the distance between the pickup and the pickguard. I'm sure it's a right good P-bass though, and the blonde finish looks sweet! Quote
Ou7shined Posted May 26, 2011 Posted May 26, 2011 [quote name='BB3000S' post='1245134' date='May 26 2011, 07:15 AM']Call me shallow, but [b]I don't really like the distance between the pickup and the pickguard[/b]. I'm sure it's a right good P-bass though, and the blonde finish looks sweet![/quote] I agree... to an extent. I do love the overall look... but it is what it is. If you want a tele headstock, that option is available on other basses go buy one of them. But it seems kind of cheap that have just raided the parts bins for a stock '51 p/g to shove on it. It wouldn't have been too hard to produce a more specific for the split P.... but then again Fender aren't really know for new innovations are they. Perhaps something simpler like the one on my Shuker.... Oh and for the headstock fascists Quote
KiOgon Posted May 26, 2011 Posted May 26, 2011 Shame Fender didn't fit it out with Flats Just for the retro-vibe Quote
cocco Posted May 26, 2011 Posted May 26, 2011 I want it! Anyone fancy buying my bongo so I can get it? Quote
Linus27 Posted May 26, 2011 Posted May 26, 2011 [quote name='EssentialTension' post='1244947' date='May 25 2011, 11:02 PM']Sorry but, for me, wrong headstock and wrong pickup.[/quote] Exactly what I thought. Quote
dave_bass5 Posted May 26, 2011 Posted May 26, 2011 Its probably a great bass but to me it looks like its made by Ikea and comes flat packed. Quote
Deep Thought Posted May 26, 2011 Posted May 26, 2011 I don't think it's unattractive (except it's not black!), but either you're going to have the 50's style pickguard with 50's style neck and pickup, or you're going to have the later style pickguard with later style neck and pickup. Don't really get on with the mixup of both. Quote
Donnyboy Posted May 26, 2011 Posted May 26, 2011 It's either one of a kind or neither one thing or another . For some reason I'd like it more if it wasn't the "60th" model , but a Retro-Vibe '50's Vintage Modified Delux Ltd Edition , for example. Quote
12stringbassist Posted May 26, 2011 Posted May 26, 2011 (edited) My 60th anniversary Fender USA P bass... Edited May 26, 2011 by 12stringbassist Quote
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