M-Bass-M Posted July 30, 2015 Share Posted July 30, 2015 Noticed this in my Twitter feed the other day: There's something about it which makes me intrigued...I guess I'd love to know how it plays as a short scale, and what sort of sounds you can get out of that pickup configuration. My GAS has certainly increased slightly! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ikay Posted July 30, 2015 Share Posted July 30, 2015 Demo here - [url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=molxHHbKqbA"]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=molxHHbKqbA[/url] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ras52 Posted July 30, 2015 Share Posted July 30, 2015 Darn. Short-scale GAS is building up... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M-Bass-M Posted July 30, 2015 Author Share Posted July 30, 2015 Huh, even more versatile than I first imagined! Really curious to try a short-scale bass now. Wonder how it would look with a slightly smaller headstock...looks a bit out of scale with the body. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
planer Posted July 30, 2015 Share Posted July 30, 2015 That's jolly tasty. Love the pg :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JapanAxe Posted July 30, 2015 Share Posted July 30, 2015 That's a somewhat non-standard bridge! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madshadows Posted July 30, 2015 Share Posted July 30, 2015 Nice looking bass John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Funk³ Posted July 30, 2015 Share Posted July 30, 2015 I'd love to try out one of the ones from the original Fender CS run, before they started making them in the Classic Player line on a production scale. Even this particular model sounds fantastic! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EssentialTension Posted July 30, 2015 Share Posted July 30, 2015 [quote name='JapanAxe' timestamp='1438257339' post='2832957'] That's a somewhat non-standard bridge! [/quote] Guild harp bridge in style at least. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EssentialTension Posted July 30, 2015 Share Posted July 30, 2015 [quote name='M-Bass-M' timestamp='1438257063' post='2832950'] Huh, even more versatile than I first imagined! Really curious to try a short-scale bass now. Wonder how it would look with a slightly smaller headstock...looks a bit out of scale with the body. [/quote] The headstock looks like a Coronado headstock, which is also a 30" scale, so maybe they are using the same neck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M-Bass-M Posted July 31, 2015 Author Share Posted July 31, 2015 Yeah, I think they mentioned that on the Premier Guitar review, how they've taken bits from all sorts of different bases (and guitars for the PuPs!). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alyctes Posted July 31, 2015 Share Posted July 31, 2015 Nice to see a good-looking Fender for a change . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PlungerModerno Posted August 2, 2015 Share Posted August 2, 2015 [quote name='M-Bass-M' timestamp='1438257063' post='2832950'] . . . Wonder how it would look with a slightly smaller headstock...looks a bit out of scale with the body. [/quote] +1 it looks good - but with a Bass VI style headstock I think it'd be even nicer: Like this one (but matched to the body paint of course): [url="http://shop.guitarpoint.de/de/Fender/1963-Fender-Bass-VI-Olympic-White"]http://shop.guitarpoint.de/de/Fender/1963-Fender-Bass-VI-Olympic-White[/url] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grassie Posted August 3, 2015 Share Posted August 3, 2015 Oh my. I NEED one of these. 😁 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ras52 Posted August 3, 2015 Share Posted August 3, 2015 (edited) I can see it fitting in very nicely as a sofa-side noodling machine. But is it overpriced for a MIM? Edited August 3, 2015 by ras52 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EssentialTension Posted August 3, 2015 Share Posted August 3, 2015 [quote name='PlungerModerno' timestamp='1438492146' post='2834846'] +1 it looks good - but with a Bass VI style headstock I think it'd be even nicer ... [/quote] Yes, Bass VI body already. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CamdenRob Posted August 3, 2015 Share Posted August 3, 2015 This has popped up somewhere before... I seem to remember it was staggeringly expensive? Looks good though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EssentialTension Posted August 3, 2015 Share Posted August 3, 2015 £691 at GAK. Is that staggering? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CamdenRob Posted August 3, 2015 Share Posted August 3, 2015 [quote name='EssentialTension' timestamp='1438605684' post='2835701'] £691 at GAK. Is that staggering? [/quote] I must be thinking of a different one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EssentialTension Posted August 3, 2015 Share Posted August 3, 2015 [quote name='CamdenRob' timestamp='1438605750' post='2835703'] I must be thinking of a different one [/quote] Maybe the custom shop version. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CamdenRob Posted August 3, 2015 Share Posted August 3, 2015 [quote name='EssentialTension' timestamp='1438606186' post='2835706'] Maybe the custom shop version. [/quote] That might be the one yes... I just remember that picture from a thread a year or so back and at some point the price coming out and it being in the multiple thousands I also remember quite liking the look of it then... as I do now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EssentialTension Posted August 3, 2015 Share Posted August 3, 2015 I might have to go to try one out in local shop. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EssentialTension Posted August 4, 2015 Share Posted August 4, 2015 The pickups are Seymour Duncan lipstick tubes for Stratocasters. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dannybuoy Posted August 5, 2015 Share Posted August 5, 2015 Very tempted! Some great sounds in there, particularly bridge + middle and bridge + neck. Would love to whack a set of flats on one of these! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cosmo Valdemar Posted August 5, 2015 Share Posted August 5, 2015 Looks like a classic Fender parts bin special, and the name is ridiculous, but it sounds damn good! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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