NBD - Fender Cabronita Precision (Warning: additional 6-string content)

[littlethoughts]

My new Fender Cabronita Precision bass, bought off AndyDye from around these parts. Sounds lovely, really crisp but with a round chocolatey-ness (a bit like a kitkat). Also it seems I'm developing a bit of a thing for strange combinations of telecaster headstock, double cut body and weird pick guard...

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[Roland Rock]

Lovely!
Nice to hear it sounds chocolatey!
When you say crisp, would you say more salt n vinegar, or cheese and onion ;-)

[littlethoughts]

[quote name='Roland Rock' timestamp='1389808608' post='2338152']
Lovely!
Nice to hear it sounds chocolatey!
When you say crisp, would you say more salt n vinegar, or cheese and onion ;-)
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More like a pink wafer

[Roland Rock]

Sweet

[andydye]

Glad you're happy with it matey

I thought it more of a drifter misself

[Cat Burrito]

Having been GAS free for several years now I am slightly tempted with the Squier version and I don't even eat chocolate.

[skej21]

Sounds awesome. Aren't kitkats more square than round?

[littlethoughts]

[quote name='skej21' timestamp='1389810078' post='2338180']
Sounds awesome. Aren't kitkats more square than round?
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You make a good point! Maybe one that has been too close to a radiator?

[quote name='andydye' timestamp='1389809216' post='2338167']
Glad you're happy with it matey

I thought it more of a drifter misself
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yes it is certainly already quite well travelled

[quote name='BurritoBass' timestamp='1389809654' post='2338173']
Having been GAS free for several years now I am slightly tempted with the Squier version and I don't even eat chocolate.
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I hear the Squier version is good bang for the buck and has the exact same pickup, and I was thinking about pouncing on a used one if it came up, but this one showed up first!

[basshead56]

Surely with it's combination of round and crispy it's more similar to a Lion Bar?

Would love a pair of those Fidelitrons for a project!

[littlethoughts]

[quote name='basshead56' timestamp='1389826177' post='2338485']
Surely with it's combination of round and crispy it's more similar to a Lion Bar?

Would love a pair of those Fidelitrons for a project!
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Yeah I'm sure they would work well in the bridge, given that some of the Gretsch basses feature two pickups. Even better would be a regular fidelitron plus something like a TV jones thunder-mag ([url="http://tvjones.com/pickups-2/bass-pickups/thunder-mag/"]http://tvjones.com/pickups-2/bass-pickups/thunder-mag/[/url]), which supposedly creates rickenbacker-esque tones. I'm not sure which would work best in the treble/neck positions though...