karlfer Posted April 2, 2015 Share Posted April 2, 2015 Blokes of a certain age........... Anyway, the splendid PMT Manchester, yesterday, deliberately mugged by Evil Dave. Right, so it's a tarted up Mexican Precision Standard, a Dee Dee Ramone. The tarted up bits are a booklet with poster , "TV " logo, Dee Dee neckplate and his sig on the back of the headstock. Well, it was a white P, maple board, black plate. After the disappointment over the 'Arry, the first revelation was weight (checked at home later, 8lb 5oz), it's dead light. Pick up was excellent through an Orange Bass Terror 212 combo. Went from lovely smooth motown to 'Arry just with a sweep of the tone knob. Supposed to be just a standard Mex pup, well it's bloody good whatever. The neck is a joy. 1,62inch nut, but definitely slim back to front. Fast smooth gloosy, but feels like satin. Don't know if the fingerboard is rolled but no sharp edges and the fretwork is very good. Neck joint is excellent as is the paintwork. Really well put together Great BBOT bridge, the bass was well set up as it stood. It will get tweaked after every gig until I have everything just right. I had to set the pup last night as it was too slanted to E string, but that's it. So, to me, it looks great, it's very light, it sounds like a damn good P and it plays very well. Only slight niggle is the back of the tuners look a bit cheap. So far they have worked fine (even if I haven't yet taken the plastic off them , or off the scratchplate and pups). A new Mexican P for £656, could have got an excellent used USA for that. But I didn't [URL=http://s1354.photobucket.com/user/Karl_Altdorfer/media/001_zpsyrw0l3ue.jpg.html][IMG]http://i1354.photobucket.com/albums/q693/Karl_Altdorfer/001_zpsyrw0l3ue.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL=http://s1354.photobucket.com/user/Karl_Altdorfer/media/002_zpsj9dlvikp.jpg.html][IMG]http://i1354.photobucket.com/albums/q693/Karl_Altdorfer/002_zpsj9dlvikp.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL=http://s1354.photobucket.com/user/Karl_Altdorfer/media/003_zpsbndeuaad.jpg.html][IMG]http://i1354.photobucket.com/albums/q693/Karl_Altdorfer/003_zpsbndeuaad.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL=http://s1354.photobucket.com/user/Karl_Altdorfer/media/004_zpswamxf82d.jpg.html][IMG]http://i1354.photobucket.com/albums/q693/Karl_Altdorfer/004_zpswamxf82d.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL=http://s1354.photobucket.com/user/Karl_Altdorfer/media/005_zpslpomnu6k.jpg.html][IMG]http://i1354.photobucket.com/albums/q693/Karl_Altdorfer/005_zpslpomnu6k.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL=http://s1354.photobucket.com/user/Karl_Altdorfer/media/006_zps5uaxviy2.jpg.html][IMG]http://i1354.photobucket.com/albums/q693/Karl_Altdorfer/006_zps5uaxviy2.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL=http://s1354.photobucket.com/user/Karl_Altdorfer/media/007_zpsffnfwzbo.jpg.html][IMG]http://i1354.photobucket.com/albums/q693/Karl_Altdorfer/007_zpsffnfwzbo.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL=http://s1354.photobucket.com/user/Karl_Altdorfer/media/008_zpsihx7elgh.jpg.html][IMG]http://i1354.photobucket.com/albums/q693/Karl_Altdorfer/008_zpsihx7elgh.jpg[/IMG][/URL] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odysseus Posted April 2, 2015 Share Posted April 2, 2015 Very nice bass, chief! Plenty of fun to be had right there! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KiOgon Posted April 2, 2015 Share Posted April 2, 2015 Like it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evil Undead Posted April 2, 2015 Share Posted April 2, 2015 Looks really familiar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CamdenRob Posted April 2, 2015 Share Posted April 2, 2015 looks great to me cool colour scheme... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RhysP Posted April 2, 2015 Share Posted April 2, 2015 Like the neck plate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColinB Posted April 2, 2015 Share Posted April 2, 2015 Nice One! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karlfer Posted April 2, 2015 Author Share Posted April 2, 2015 [quote name='Evil Undead' timestamp='1427989711' post='2736784'] Looks really familiar [/quote] Thanks folks. YES MEL, I still smack my head off the wall, daily, for selling THAT one to BMBR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
White Cloud Posted April 2, 2015 Share Posted April 2, 2015 Very nice P bass....enjoy it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sykilz Posted April 2, 2015 Share Posted April 2, 2015 Can't beat the feeling of being the owner of a new bass, sure you could have got an early 00's US one, but you don't know how its been looked after, and anyway,these new Mex instruments are fab, I have a '13 jazz in white and maple and it's superb. Congratulations, looks fab!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gary mac Posted April 2, 2015 Share Posted April 2, 2015 Looks like a good un Karl. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discreet Posted April 2, 2015 Share Posted April 2, 2015 Olympic white, maple, black pick guard. What's not to like?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madshadows Posted April 2, 2015 Share Posted April 2, 2015 Looks great John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Telebass Posted April 2, 2015 Share Posted April 2, 2015 Good machines, Schaller BMFLs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jezzaboy Posted April 2, 2015 Share Posted April 2, 2015 A classic looking P bass. Who needs anything else? Like the engraved neck plate except for the poxy EU stickers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckman67 Posted April 2, 2015 Share Posted April 2, 2015 Very nice I like the big '70's logo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lozz196 Posted April 2, 2015 Share Posted April 2, 2015 [quote name='RhysP' timestamp='1427989785' post='2736790'] Like the neck plate. [/quote] Agree. Nice bass Karl, I`m sure you`ll have some fun with this one, for some reason a Ramones Sig seems to invoke fun rather than seriousnsess. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAY AGAINST THE MACHINE Posted April 2, 2015 Share Posted April 2, 2015 Cool bass;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theyellowcar Posted April 2, 2015 Share Posted April 2, 2015 Looks the business mate. The product coming out of Mexico these days is cracking. My Hoppus sig plays and sounds as good as any US Fender I've played. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twincam Posted April 3, 2015 Share Posted April 3, 2015 Awwww im liking that. If that was mine i would change my name to Aidan Ramone and buy a leather jacket. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karlfer Posted April 3, 2015 Author Share Posted April 3, 2015 [quote name='Lozz196' timestamp='1428009238' post='2737100'] Agree. Nice bass Karl, I`m sure you`ll have some fun with this one, for some reason a Ramones Sig seems to invoke fun rather than seriousnsess. [/quote] Many thanks guys, and yes Lozz, there is a certain amount of grin attached with picking it up. The weight really helps that. No gigs this weekend as drummer boy on hol with "kids", so next Friday 1st outing. DESPERATELY trying to avoid putting my PUMA 500 up for sale as this sounded phenomenal in PMT, through an OBT 212 combo. And the OBT heads were on at £359 sell down. So tempting. Anyway, I have sold ALL my expensive basses now because with my playing/where I play, they make not one jot of difference. Even cheeky Evil Dave in PMT said my chord strumming was heavy handed on the bass. YOU'RE A GUITARD namby pamby weed, you can't lift a bass never mind play one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evil Undead Posted April 3, 2015 Share Posted April 3, 2015 [quote name='karlfer' timestamp='1427989914' post='2736797'] Thanks folks. YES MEL, I still smack my head off the wall, daily, for selling THAT one to BMBR [/quote] I couldn't resist Looks like a fun bass mate, glad you're enjoying it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bassmachine2112 Posted April 3, 2015 Share Posted April 3, 2015 Hiho,bit off thread but get the OBT as well or OBT head and sp212 cab and hey ho let,s go. Love maple necks on a P. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karlfer Posted April 3, 2015 Author Share Posted April 3, 2015 [quote name='Evil Undead' timestamp='1428048986' post='2737361'] I couldn't resist Looks like a fun bass mate, glad you're enjoying it [/quote] [quote name='bassmachine2112' timestamp='1428049537' post='2737369'] Hiho,bit off thread but get the OBT as well or OBT head and sp212 cab and hey ho let,s go. Love maple necks on a P. [/quote] Have a look at what's behind me in my avatar Love the power and simplicity of the Puma 500, but it's the daft price of the Orange that's tempting me back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karlfer Posted April 16, 2015 Author Share Posted April 16, 2015 Forgot to update this. Gigged it last weekend. Will do so again this weekend. Good bits. Very light! Lovely 41.6mm nut width, quite shallow neck, very comfortable and satiny feel. Pick up has all the tonal variation you would expect from a P. Does the 'Arry bit particularly well. Very well finished, well set up out of the box, although I've inevitably tweaked it a little. A great looking P, imo. Bad bits. Pick up has good tonal flexibilities, but not as powerful as I would have hoped. Had to crank the amp a touch more than normal. Not that that was a problem. Overall, my humble opinion, a good P bass with that 70's look about it, at a decent price. Eminently giggable anywhere Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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