Musicman Precision Bass

[kevbass]

This has been flagged up on here before, by me I believe

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Some people were a little unsure of the sort of sound it might put out because of the pup being away from the bridge a'la stingray style, but I think its a nice collectors piece, pretty rare if you ask me

[Kev]

if thats a genuine musicman pickup, theres no way that was factory installed

if not, then interesting, but too expensive

[kevbass]

[quote name='BassManKev' post='274755' date='Sep 1 2008, 05:24 PM']if thats a genuine musicman pickup, theres no way that was factory installed

if not, then interesting, but too expensive[/quote]

I think the fender factory made a limited run of about 25 of these, and if I remember correctly he's selling at the price he bought it at. I think given the rarity of it, imo, the price is reasonable.

[Dr.Dave]

If you want your bass to sound like a Stingray....................

Buy a Stingray !

esp at the deflated prices they're fetching of late.

[phil_the_bassist]

lol! I was just about to quiery this bass! don't think I'll bother now...

[bremen]

[quote name='Dr.Dave' post='274814' date='Sep 1 2008, 06:08 PM']If you want your bass to sound like a Stingray....................

Buy a Stingray ![/quote]

I dunno, like Kevbass said it'd sound different from a ray because of the position of the pickup. Could be really fat.

[Shockwave]

I reckon this could be a really nice bass. Can anyone confirm this is a true MIJ fender though? I have never seen anything like this before And never seen it on any Fender website/ Fender Japan. I am really interested in this and want to pull the trigger. But i need to know if its genuine!

Edited September 13, 2008 by Shockwave

[Kev]

i could be wrong, but i really dont think this is a stock bass

and im pretty much 100% the pickup will definitly NOT be a genuine musicman pickup

[stingrayfan]

I think this looks a bit fishy too. Why would Fender install a rival company's trademark pickup? Doesn't make sense. Smacks of an aftermarket fiddle - like putting side skirts on a Citroen Saxo.

[Kev]

it wouldnt happen anyways, ernie ball dont sell their musicman pickups to anybody

[Shockwave]

The wording is not explicit, He could mean musicman pickup as in "musicman style" When i describe a musicman style pickup i just call it a "musicman pickup" not "Musicman Style pickup"

I'll buy the bass as long as its not got an obvious P rout in it.

[budget bassist]

doesn't matter if it's aftermarket or not, it's ugly as f***!

[noelk27]

Very unlikely to be a Musicman pickup, although Fender have previously produce a pickup of this design. But if you want an original CLF something of this design, why not just buy a G&L L1000 or L1000E - either loaded or not, both of which look a hell of a lot better than this.

Edited September 13, 2008 by noelk27

[Tait]

[quote name='budget bassist' post='283141' date='Sep 13 2008, 01:09 PM']doesn't matter if it's aftermarket or not, it's ugly as f***![/quote]
i was hoping i wasn't the only one that thought its ugly!

[thedontcarebear]

[quote name='Shockwave' post='283126' date='Sep 13 2008, 12:30 PM']The wording is not explicit, He could mean musicman pickup as in "musicman style" When i describe a musicman style pickup i just call it a "musicman pickup" not "Musicman Style pickup"[/quote]

That is exactly what I thought.

[Kev]

iv emailed him asking about it

if the reply is 'yes, its a genuine musicman pickup', then we know that this is certainly not a stock bass, and therefore a marker to stay clear.

[RayFW]

[quote name='BassManKev' post='283392' date='Sep 13 2008, 10:25 PM']iv emailed him asking about it

if the reply is 'yes, its a genuine musicman pickup', then we know that this is certainly not a stock bass, and therefore a marker to stay clear.[/quote]
I have definitely seen one of these for sale on a Japanese webstore site within the past few months so it may not be as dodgy as you think. I'll try and find a link later as I'm currently in the pub :-)

[Kev]

no im sure it could be a perfectly legit bass if that pickup is made by fender, however if the pickup in that bass is made by musicman, it did not come out the factory like that, as ernie ball ONLY distribute their pickups and indeed all their hardware on new Musicman basses.

[Kev]

his reply:

Hey, its a genuine musicman passive humbucking pickup

Thanks, Westy619

judge for yourself

[Machines]

How does he know unless he put it in ?!

[Kev]

maybe if this was £250, it could be worth looking at, but for £500, no way, its not stock, the only basses to ever come out a factory with a musicman pickup are musicmen, its just a frankenp, and who's to say how good the mod was...

Edited September 14, 2008 by BassManKev

[warwickhunt]

Why not just ask for a pic of the bass with the scratchplate off, it would be glaringly obvious if this was an aftermarket job. Saying that I doubt Fender would have tooled up the CNC machine to route for such a limited number basses, they may well have just taken a bunch of P basses and routed them by hand

Surely there must be a fender site somewhere that documents this bass if it is a ltd run!

[bass_ferret]

Like everyone else says - EBMM are very careful about where the pups go. As for the bass, not a million miles away from a Darkstar Duck Dunn?