Mexican MIM Fenders....Show us yours!

[Manny]

30 minutes ago, lonestar said:

I have one of these. Great aren’t they ?

Yes, it feels great. Mind you, I am upgrading from a £140 Harley Benton JB.  

The Fender weighs about 4% of the HB.

Its got flats on it; never used ‘em before. Lovely.

Props to the GAS - a concept (well the label at least) that I learnt on this forum.

[lonestar]

They are a good weight.

the only changes I made were a set of DR fat beams strings and replaced the Mexican pots with a lovely new wiring loom supplied by Kiogon on here. 

[carlitos71]

This one is on ebay:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/224439999794
Considering bidding as interested in having a go at fretless... any thoughts from people here?

[lonestar]

2 hours ago, carlitos71 said:

This one is on ebay:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/224439999794
Considering bidding as interested in having a go at fretless... any thoughts from people here?

That looks pretty good. Depending on your budget and how this auction goes I’d also recommend the Squier VM Jazz fretless if you can find a s/h one

 

[Manny]

23 hours ago, carlitos71 said:

This one is on ebay:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/224439999794
Considering bidding as interested in having a go at fretless... any thoughts from people here?

I’ve never played a fretless but that looks magnificent 

[carlitos71]

16 minutes ago, Manny said:

I’ve never played a fretless but that looks magnificent 

Don’t even think about it (bidding I mean)!

(Only joking! Not so sure if I will go for it but might be good to discuss here so we don’t end bidding against each other...)

[horrorshowbass]

On 30/04/2021 at 11:10, carlitos71 said:

This one is on ebay:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/224439999794
Considering bidding as interested in having a go at fretless... any thoughts from people here?

I'm thinking about selling my Harley Benton fretless jazz bass if you're interested 

[Manny]

On 01/05/2021 at 11:24, carlitos71 said:

Don’t even think about it (bidding I mean)!

(Only joking! Not so sure if I will go for it but might be good to discuss here so we don’t end bidding against each other...)

I’m not thinking about it 

 

edit - good luck with it if you buy it

Edited May 3, 2021 by Manny

[carlitos71]

On 30/04/2021 at 11:10, carlitos71 said:

This one is on ebay:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/224439999794
Considering bidding as interested in having a go at fretless... any thoughts from people here?

Chickened out... went for £400ish

[rushbo]

I've had this for just under ten years now - its a modified "Cowpoke" (Precision Special) bass. The "Cowpokes" were a bit of an oddity in the Fender catalogue - they were only available  for a couple of years in the mid-nineties and originally came with Kubicki electronics. They were available in white, red and sunburst finishes, but the brave soul who owned the bass before me, stripped it down to a natural finish, which I think looks great. I'm not a huge fan of active pickups, so I sold the electrics to a charming chap on BC and installed Entwistles - my favourites. I got a wiring loom from the mighty Kiogon and plumbed in a three way selector switch as I find pick-up blending knobs a bit finicky to use - especially in the middle of a gig.  I put a Badass bridge on because of Geddy Lee...

The scratchplate was made for me by Jack at Tiny Tone. I know 4ply tort is a bit "marmite", but a natural bass and a tort plate is a killer combination in my booklet. It'll be my first choice of instrument when gigs start again (pleasepleaseplease) in late June.

Edited May 23, 2021 by rushbo

[Manny]

On 10/04/2021 at 11:19, cLepto-bass said:

Oh my...

I have been on the look out for one of these for months. It you ever change your mind on it, consider it sold  

@cLepto-bass are you still interested? It’s been a few years, I’m gonna sell it and try something different 

[AlexDelores]

My two MIM’s.

 

Ole’ faithful 2004 Jazz Standard & 2019 Mustang Vintera 60s.

 

Both lovely instruments.
Jazz will never leave me but I think the Mustang might be going soon. Necks a bit thick for me and despite me really wanting to love it, I think I prefer a slimmer neck and a ‘boomier’ pickup.