flutophilus Posted October 17, 2008 Posted October 17, 2008 (edited) Hi, Has anyone out there owned or tried or even seen a Tony Franklin fretted precision? Anyone know a shop in the midlands that has one? I've just about decided on getting a new American Standard but I'm wondering if I should try to get hands on a TF. I know that a single pup precision is good enough for some great players and it's the sound I want, plus it's a really comfortable bass to hold and play, it's simple, strong, passive, no batteries. But will I start geting twitchy if I haven't got another tone option on the bass? When might I need that extra pup? Is there any reason, other than the extra pup, to get the TF? Cheers Edited October 17, 2008 by flutophilus Quote
Cabal Posted October 17, 2008 Posted October 17, 2008 [quote name='flutophilus' post='308502' date='Oct 17 2008, 12:23 PM']Hi, Has anyone out there owned or tried or even see a Tony Franklin fretted precision? Anyone know a shop in the midlands that has one? I've just about decided on getting a new American Standard but I'm wondering if I should try to get hands on a TF. I know that a single pup precision is good enough for some great players and it's the sound I want, plus it's a really comfortable bass to hold and play, it's simple, strong, passive, no batteries. But will I start geting twitchy if I haven't got another tone option on the bass? When might I need that extra pup? Is there any reason, other than the extra pup, to get the TF? Cheers[/quote] Here's one: [url="http://www.soundslive.co.uk/product~name~Fender-Tony-Franklin-Fretted-Precision-Bass---Olympic-White~ID~7616.asp"]http://www.soundslive.co.uk/product~name~F...ite~ID~7616.asp[/url] Quote
DirkThrust Posted October 17, 2008 Posted October 17, 2008 [quote name='flutophilus' post='308502' date='Oct 17 2008, 12:23 PM']Hi, Has anyone out there owned or tried or even seen a Tony Franklin fretted precision? Anyone know a shop in the midlands that has one? I've just about decided on getting a new American Standard but I'm wondering if I should try to get hands on a TF. I know that a single pup precision is good enough for some great players and it's the sound I want, plus it's a really comfortable bass to hold and play, it's simple, strong, passive, no batteries. But will I start geting twitchy if I haven't got another tone option on the bass? When might I need that extra pup? Is there any reason, other than the extra pup, to get the TF? Cheers[/quote] I thought about getting one for a while because I like the option of having the J pup. It's a lot of money to spend just to get a hot rodded P though. I don't know what other bells and whistles Mr Franklin would have specified, so I'll probably get my standard P hot rodded by a decent luthier Quote
wateroftyne Posted October 17, 2008 Posted October 17, 2008 The TF circuit has some sort of doohickery going on so when you switch from P > PJ > J there's no loss in volume. I forget what, exactly, but from my experience with the fretless, it works... Quote
flutophilus Posted October 17, 2008 Author Posted October 17, 2008 [quote name='AndyMartin' post='308532' date='Oct 17 2008, 12:49 PM']I thought about getting one for a while because I like the option of having the J pup. It's a lot of money to spend just to get a hot rodded P though. I don't know what other bells and whistles Mr Franklin would have specified, so I'll probably get my standard P hot rodded by a decent luthier[/quote] I guess that's an option. Looking at the specs for the TF it looks to have the same neck radius (9.5in) and nut width (1.625) as the American Standard so I assume the neck would feel very similar. It has a different (vintage) bridge and tuners but how much difference that makes is hard to say. I guess that modifiying the standard would also give the option of having a pup blend rather than a switch. Anyone done anything like that? Cheers Quote
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