walshy Posted December 10, 2018 Posted December 10, 2018 Just taken this in PX against a Custom Shop 5 I was selling. Didn’t know a great deal about these Bar a bit online and WoT giving me a bit of info as he used to own one. First impressions are it’s a thoroughly nice bit of kit. Plays well and sounds pretty damn good! Lots of toggles and switches so need to work out what they exactly do but so far so good. Anyone with more info let me know 👍 4 Quote
walshy Posted December 10, 2018 Author Posted December 10, 2018 9 minutes ago, Rich said: The best Fender bass ever IMO. Yeah? Well certainly plays well, super easy in fact. Nice tone and balance. What did you like about it? Quote
CameronJ Posted December 10, 2018 Posted December 10, 2018 What are the controls? I’m guessing Volume, Blend Slider, Tone - and a Series/Parellel/Single Coil toggle switch per pickup? Quote
AndyTravis Posted December 11, 2018 Posted December 11, 2018 Oh god. Loved my v just wish I’d ordered one when I worked at a fender dealer... Quote
pineweasel Posted December 11, 2018 Posted December 11, 2018 (edited) 5 string control diagram, but surely the same for the 4: http://www.cnjradio.net/fendergits/SD0196500APg4.pdf Edited December 11, 2018 by pineweasel Quote
Conan Posted December 11, 2018 Posted December 11, 2018 (edited) One of these is definitely on my bucket list WoT had the Bass Doc make him a lovely tort plate for his IIRC - improved the visuals a lot IMO. Edited December 11, 2018 by Conan 1 Quote
Bigwan Posted December 11, 2018 Posted December 11, 2018 Having owned the 5 string I can only imagine how good this is... GAS!!! 1 Quote
walshy Posted December 11, 2018 Author Posted December 11, 2018 I am a bass player so may be for sale 😂 Quote
Conan Posted December 11, 2018 Posted December 11, 2018 1 minute ago, walshy said: I am a bass player so may be for sale 😂 Not within my price range, sadly... Quote
gareth Posted December 11, 2018 Posted December 11, 2018 3 hours ago, Bigwan said: Having owned the 5 string I can only imagine how good this is... GAS!!! Having owned both, it always surprised me how different each bass was. Its not too far an exaggeration to think in terms of chalk and cheese, they really are (surprisingly!) that different. If I had to chose, I'd go for the 5, which is without doubt Fenders best 5 and amazingly given all those different voices is passive The 4 is interesting and well made, not Fenders best 4 but a great bass nethertheless, enjoy Quote
Grahambythesea Posted December 11, 2018 Posted December 11, 2018 Is it an optical illusion created by the shape of the pick guard or is the body even more offset than a normal Jazz? Looks great though and Beck is one of the best bass players it’s been my pleasure to watch. Quote
LeftyJ Posted December 11, 2018 Posted December 11, 2018 Interesting bridge! I know the old ones had a Gotoh bridge that isn't made anymore, but I had never seen this one before. What is it? Quote
walshy Posted December 11, 2018 Author Posted December 11, 2018 1 hour ago, LeftyJ said: Interesting bridge! I know the old ones had a Gotoh bridge that isn't made anymore, but I had never seen this one before. What is it? I’ve no idea, I’ll check it out when I get home. Quote
LukeFRC Posted December 11, 2018 Posted December 11, 2018 I was looking for one of them for an age, ended up going a different direction with a will lee sig rather than a Roscoe beck sig (both players I’ve never heard) it looks awesome - you have some lovely basses walshy 1 Quote
walshy Posted December 11, 2018 Author Posted December 11, 2018 2 minutes ago, LukeFRC said: I was looking for one of them for an age, ended up going a different direction with a will lee sig rather than a Roscoe beck sig (both players I’ve never heard) it looks awesome - you have some lovely basses walshy cheers man, Yeah I have a few! The Beck is a nice thing and I’m quite surprised how many sounds I can get out of it. Plays easy too and I’m not against keeping it! Quote
wateroftyne Posted December 11, 2018 Posted December 11, 2018 3 hours ago, LeftyJ said: Interesting bridge! I know the old ones had a Gotoh bridge that isn't made anymore, but I had never seen this one before. What is it? That's the original bridge. It's worth bearing in mind the 5's came first. The 4's followed a while afterwards, with some of the bugs that the 5 had (tricky intonation being one of them) all ironed out. Quote
walshy Posted December 11, 2018 Author Posted December 11, 2018 10 minutes ago, wateroftyne said: That's the original bridge. It's worth bearing in mind the 5's came first. The 4's followed a while afterwards, with some of the bugs that the 5 had (tricky intonation being one of them) all ironed out. Ah right, well I must say the 4 is bloody good Quote
LeftyJ Posted December 11, 2018 Posted December 11, 2018 I see! The 5-string originally had the Gotoh 206 bridge, that I absolutely loved on the 1987 Ibanez SR800 I owned, but Gotoh had already stopped making them when the 4 came out. Quote
AndyTravis Posted December 11, 2018 Posted December 11, 2018 Useless information fact #57 The bridge was known as the Fender Convertible bridge... Quote
LeftyJ Posted December 11, 2018 Posted December 11, 2018 1 hour ago, AndyTravis said: Useless information fact #57 The bridge was known as the Fender Convertible bridge... Ibanez called it the Omni-Adjust bridge 🙂 Quote
visog Posted December 12, 2018 Posted December 12, 2018 Never played one but the appointments and action make this bass look awesome... I think 5s are more common. Was there even a 6er? Quote
AndyTravis Posted December 12, 2018 Posted December 12, 2018 Was also seen on the short lived “big block” precision bass... 2C63517A-6A89-4266-9E54-8066D5F21EA3.bmp Quote
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