b7l4s Posted June 21, 2022 Share Posted June 21, 2022 Apologies if this is old news, but I just happened across this... https://www.fender.com/en-US/electric-basses/precision-bass/aerodyne-special-precision-bass/0252402376.html I think it's kind of cool... sadly though it appears to be US only, at least right now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aidan63 Posted June 21, 2022 Share Posted June 21, 2022 nice colour Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uk_lefty Posted June 21, 2022 Share Posted June 21, 2022 Looks like one of the Charvel basses they did recently. Doesn't Fender own Charvel...? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zbigniew Posted June 21, 2022 Share Posted June 21, 2022 That's a cool looking Fender, I am kind of familiar with a version like this. I have this Tokai Hardpuncher from the 80´s that looks very much alike It doesn't have any contour where my forearm rests so it can be a little uncomfortable to play because of the sharp edge of the body. The neck is quite the baseball bat also but I like it 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neepheid Posted June 21, 2022 Share Posted June 21, 2022 4 hours ago, zbigniew said: That's a cool looking Fender, I am kind of familiar with a version like this. I have this Tokai Hardpuncher from the 80´s that looks very much alike It doesn't have any contour where my forearm rests so it can be a little uncomfortable to play because of the sharp edge of the body. The neck is quite the baseball bat also but I like it If I may offer a tip from a long time Jack Casady player - get a stretchy wrist sweat band but pull it up your arm to where your arm meets the edge of the body. Looks ridiculous, but worth it for the improved comfort Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zbigniew Posted June 21, 2022 Share Posted June 21, 2022 25 minutes ago, neepheid said: If I may offer a tip from a long time Jack Casady player - get a stretchy wrist sweat band but pull it up your arm to where your arm meets the edge of the body. Looks ridiculous, but worth it for the improved comfort Hi, thank you for the advice, I’ll remember that next time I will use it on a gig 👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uk_lefty Posted June 22, 2022 Share Posted June 22, 2022 11 hours ago, neepheid said: If I may offer a tip from a long time Jack Casady player - get a stretchy wrist sweat band but pull it up your arm to where your arm meets the edge of the body. Looks ridiculous, but worth it for the improved comfort Played a whole sweaty gig with my JC last Friday and forgot my sweatband!! Have to say it wasn't too uncomfortable but my sweaty arm kept slipping around on the bass 😄 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neepheid Posted June 22, 2022 Share Posted June 22, 2022 1 hour ago, uk_lefty said: Played a whole sweaty gig with my JC last Friday and forgot my sweatband!! Have to say it wasn't too uncomfortable but my sweaty arm kept slipping around on the bass 😄 Oh yeah, I forgot about the grip on the edge it affords. Last time I used it, I offset the ridiculousness of having a sweatband half way up my arm by wearing sunglasses and a hat indoors. Was also a cheeky way of one-upping the bass player in the band on before us, who was merely wearing sunglasses. I'm so petty 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zbigniew Posted June 22, 2022 Share Posted June 22, 2022 Does the link from the original post still work for you? Doesn't work for me anymore. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b7l4s Posted June 22, 2022 Author Share Posted June 22, 2022 No - it's gone... nothing in the wayback machine either. Curious Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duarte Posted June 22, 2022 Share Posted June 22, 2022 Reminds me of the original Boxer series. I love it. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bartelby Posted June 23, 2022 Share Posted June 23, 2022 21 hours ago, neepheid said: Last time I used it, I offset the ridiculousness of having a sweatband half way up my arm by wearing sunglasses and a hat indoors. Was also a cheeky way of one-upping the bass player in the band on before us, who was merely wearing sunglasses. I'm so petty Sunglasses a hat and a sweatband in doors... Ridiculous you say? I have to disagree 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacDaddy Posted June 24, 2022 Share Posted June 24, 2022 On 22/06/2022 at 10:32, zbigniew said: Does the link from the original post still work for you? Doesn't work for me anymore. On 22/06/2022 at 10:55, b7l4s said: No - it's gone... nothing in the wayback machine either. Curious Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lee650 Posted June 24, 2022 Share Posted June 24, 2022 On 23/06/2022 at 00:50, Duarte said: Reminds me of the original Boxer series. I love it. Wow I love that! I have guitar version,I didn't know they did a bass. I wish the modern reissues looked like this. Sort of a Spectory P bass 😁 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Jack Posted June 24, 2022 Share Posted June 24, 2022 4 hours ago, MacDaddy said: What, U2? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zbigniew Posted June 24, 2022 Share Posted June 24, 2022 I should have taken screenshots 😐 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duarte Posted June 24, 2022 Share Posted June 24, 2022 7 hours ago, lee650 said: Wow I love that! I have guitar version,I didn't know they did a bass. I wish the modern reissues looked like this. Sort of a Spectory P bass 😁 They awesome. I love their rounded edges. I have one of the medium scale PJ ones, but it's off for a refin and some other major surgery. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jd56hawk Posted June 25, 2022 Share Posted June 25, 2022 (edited) https://www.talkbass.com/threads/fender-japan-aerodyne-special-precision.1567598/ Hey, let's call them Aerodynes, even though they're not. That way, we can count on Aerodyne and Boxer fans buying them! Other than that, I have to say I've never heard anyone call white and two-color-burst vibrant before! By the way, nice touch putting the white access plate on the green one. That's some heads-up thinking there. Edited June 25, 2022 by jd56hawk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neepheid Posted June 25, 2022 Share Posted June 25, 2022 If the Jolly Green Giant played bass ... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulThePlug Posted June 25, 2022 Share Posted June 25, 2022 (edited) @Duarte your previous pic of that P was the insperation for the slanty pups on my J... you bad man 😉 And as for the P.. I like it simple... Edited June 25, 2022 by PaulThePlug 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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