Sting's Bass

[Kenny_K75]

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Can anyone identify this bass. Would love one like it.

[Noisyjon]

Fender used to make a 1955 Precision bass Relic. That would be a good starting if you can find one second hand?
Have a look at this link [url="http://www.infographic.com/fender/detail.php?FenderPN=FenderRelic55P2TSBMaple"]HERE[/url] for an idea.

Regards,
Jon

[Delberthot]

Sting has 2 but I believe that this is the 1957 one which makes it one of the last of the single coils before Fender went with the split pickup style.

I believe that his is fitted with a Seymour Duncan humbucker.

This bass was the inspiration for my own Warmoth creation:





sadly no longer with me.

Edited November 13, 2009 by Delberthot

[wateroftyne]

Get a MIJ Sting P, hack out the Stinglay from the 12th fret, and then drag the bass through a hedge. For twenty years.

[OutToPlayJazz]

[quote name='wateroftyne' post='653488' date='Nov 13 2009, 11:27 AM']Get a MIJ Sting P, hack out the Stinglay from the 12th fret, and then drag the bass through a hedge. For twenty years.[/quote]

You beat me to it there, Michael! I was going to say, "Buy the CIJ Sting signature bass, remove the body and kick it around a gravel carpark for a couple of hours." Instant result!

[AndyTravis]

now Fender do road worn i.e. Mexican Relics, why don't they change production to MIM from MIJ on the sting bass and do a roadworn sting sig? WITHOUT the inlay at the 12th?
Would tickle my nuts for sure.
I've got to get a jap 51 PBass in two col at some point.

Edited November 13, 2009 by AndyTravis

[stefboltonfc]

Only one single coil pickup, and hardly attractive... is this not a totally ruined Mustang?

[AndyTravis]

[quote name='stefboltonfc' post='653912' date='Nov 13 2009, 06:20 PM']No, it's an old 'telecaster style' precision mate, the Mustang's single coil is split like the post 57 Precisions, and they're short scale.
And Sting's sig Fender is a precision etc
Only one single coil pickup, and hardly attractive... is this not a totally ruined Mustang?[/quote]

[AndyTravis]

don't know what the feck is up with my reply within a quote bubble, that's the third time today.
I'm going to bash my own skull in with an old pbass.

[Stacker]

[quote name='wateroftyne' post='653488' date='Nov 13 2009, 11:27 AM']Get a MIJ Sting P, hack out the Stinglay from the 12th fret, and then drag the bass through a hedge. For twenty years.[/quote]
That thing annoys the hell outta me! Given Sting's vanity, I'll bet that he insisted the 'stinglay' went in, as opposed to a signature on the scratchplate, something which you could remove and replace. Sure, you could dig it out and sent it off to get filled, but that would cost a few bob.

Speaking of String (sic), his dot-neck Jazz is a beauty.

[Stacker]

[quote name='Delberthot' post='653480' date='Nov 13 2009, 11:09 AM']Sting has 2 but I believe that this is the 1957 one which makes it one of the last of the single coils before Fender went with the split pickup style.

I believe that his is fitted with a Seymour Duncan humbucker.

This bass was the inspiration for my own Warmoth creation:





sadly no longer with me.[/quote]
jeez, where did that go to? You shoulda kept that!

[Delberthot]

Another forum member now owns it. Best pickup ever in that one - Lollar - sounded like 2 basses playing at once.

I'm deciding between another Lollar and a Fralin for my Split P bass.

[stefboltonfc]

Oops... what an idiot.

Of course it's not a Mustang... I just saw the tiny, dead central pickup and thought of it.

I might join you with the bass + smash over head idea Andy

[mrcrow]

i think stings has the body chamfer

mine is similar

[url="http://www.flickr.com/photos/34963887@N02/sets/72157621683978205/show/"]but different[/url]

and is in the for sale section

[Delberthot]

[quote name='mrcrow' post='655271' date='Nov 15 2009, 05:04 PM']i think stings has the body chamfer[/quote]


exactly like both the Warmoth's I have had - I couldn;t get on with the non-contoured earlier slab body

[King Tut]

I seem to remember reading that Sting's was Alder. Mine is ash - I love it and have no problem with the stinglay - but why make it of a different wood from the original - although I gotta say I lurve ash basses!

[skankdelvar]

Or there's always the Squier Classic Vibe 50's P - £300-ish new and re-spray?

Edited November 16, 2009 by skankdelvar

[sixshooter]

Here is mine, also has a Loller pickup in it. Started life as a Jap 51P in butterscotch and ended up as a 55P in Sonic Blue.

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Edited November 16, 2009 by sixshooter

[Ou7shined]

... and mine - one real and one home made.





+1 to the Lollar.

[sixshooter]

[quote name='Ou7shined' post='659258' date='Nov 19 2009, 02:30 PM']... and mine - one real and one home made.





+1 to the Lollar.[/quote]

Love the home grown one, nice colour!

[Ou7shined]

[quote name='sixshooter' post='659657' date='Nov 19 2009, 09:17 PM']Love the home grown one, nice colour![/quote]
Cheers. It could so easily have been blue but someone had already done one.
Your build thread was an inspiration.

Edited November 20, 2009 by Ou7shined

[sixshooter]

[quote name='Ou7shined' post='659701' date='Nov 19 2009, 10:03 PM']Cheers. It could so easily have been blue but someone had already done one.
Your build thread was an inspiration.[/quote]

Thanks, don't you just hate it when that happens