doctor_of_the_bass Posted May 22, 2010 Share Posted May 22, 2010 Gigged it last nite - awesome! Buy one today!!! Nick x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bh2 Posted May 22, 2010 Share Posted May 22, 2010 (edited) Tell me more? You mean Fiesta red? Edited May 22, 2010 by bh2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grand Wazoo Posted May 22, 2010 Share Posted May 22, 2010 Agreed! Very good bass, oozes mids and creamy sounds! Yum Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyTravis Posted May 22, 2010 Share Posted May 22, 2010 loved the one we had in - I was stood with WaynePunkDude on the day it came in, and a guy had it the same heartbeat it was put on a stand. Waiting for more to arrive! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prime_BASS Posted May 23, 2010 Share Posted May 23, 2010 [quote name='bh2' post='845192' date='May 22 2010, 04:53 PM']Tell me more? You mean Fiesta red?[/quote] TBF it does look a bit salmon under bright White light. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waynepunkdude Posted May 23, 2010 Share Posted May 23, 2010 [quote name='AndyTravis' post='845329' date='May 22 2010, 08:43 PM']loved the one we had in - I was stood with WaynePunkDude on the day it came in, and a guy had it the same heartbeat it was put on a stand. Waiting for more to arrive![/quote] He didn't try for long either, it was just gone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ezbass Posted May 24, 2010 Share Posted May 24, 2010 [quote name='bh2' post='845192' date='May 22 2010, 04:53 PM']Tell me more? You mean Fiesta red?[/quote] Squier website definitely defines it as Fiesta Red, and very awesome it looks indeed. On the subject of this colour, and just for fun, here's an extract from Bruce Thomas interview re Fiesta Red/Salmon Pink. "Fender News: You’re a die-hard Precision guy. What’s the story behind your Precision basses and what is it about them that grabs you? Bruce Thomas: The first bass I ever bought was a salmon pink Precision Bass like the one that I’d seen Jet Harris playing with the Shadows when I was a small boy. As an aside to this, there seems to be some confusion as to whether Fender ever did a custom color called Salmon Pink or Coral Pink; the accepted view is that these colors were just faded versions of Fiesta Red. Anyway, to my mind Jet Harris’s bass didn’t look red—and neither did the one that I bought for the princely sum of £50. When I turned pro and moved to London, I went through a spell of a couple of years changing my bass almost every month. I settled with a Fender Mustang® for a couple of years until I bought another Precision. I had this bass re-sprayed just after I joined the Attractions in 1978, at Andy’s Guitar Shop in Denmark Street in London. I specifically asked him to spray it “Salmon Pink, not Fiesta Red.” " Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bumnote Posted May 24, 2010 Share Posted May 24, 2010 According to a number of internet sources Fender never had a salmon or coral pink colour in the catalogue,, it was thought to be faded fiesta red, as red colours suffered badly from fading in the sun. Most fender colours were derived from GM car paints and there is a article about vintage fender paints etc at [url="http://home.provide.net/~cfh/fenderc.html"]http://home.provide.net/~cfh/fenderc.html[/url] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hillbilly deluxe Posted May 24, 2010 Share Posted May 24, 2010 I was under the impression that,the UK distributers at the time,Selmer ? re-sprayed a lot of Fender basses at the time,because the custom colours were hard to come by,and the colour turned out slightly pink instead of fiesta red. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fozza Posted May 24, 2010 Share Posted May 24, 2010 [quote name='waynepunkdude' post='846074' date='May 23 2010, 09:57 PM']He didn't try for long either, it was just gone.[/quote] Yup, that was me! I had serious GAS for it and just had to buy it. Great bass for the money and it looks the business. Even the missus was impressed! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tayste_2000 Posted May 25, 2010 Share Posted May 25, 2010 Wow budget Pino sig Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doctor_of_the_bass Posted May 25, 2010 Author Share Posted May 25, 2010 [quote name='hillbilly deluxe' post='846263' date='May 24 2010, 09:39 AM']I was under the impression that,the UK distributers at the time,Selmer ? re-sprayed a lot of Fender basses at the time,because the custom colours were hard to come by,and the colour turned out slightly pink instead of fiesta red.[/quote] This is the story I have heard - the Salmon pink colour was not a standard US Fender color (sp!) and due to the popularity for fiesta red, they sprayed a lot of instruments and the colour was more pink than red! Comparing the new bass to my original fiesta red '83 JV Precision, its a different colour! The name of said colour does not really matter to me - it just screams `Jet Harris 1961' at me!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doctor_of_the_bass Posted May 25, 2010 Author Share Posted May 25, 2010 [quote name='Fozza' post='846274' date='May 24 2010, 09:54 AM']Yup, that was me! I had serious GAS for it and just had to buy it. Great bass for the money and it looks the business. Even the missus was impressed![/quote] I was the same mate - walked into the shop - plugs it in - sold. About 2 minutes 20 secs! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waynepunkdude Posted May 25, 2010 Share Posted May 25, 2010 [quote name='Fozza' post='846274' date='May 24 2010, 09:54 AM']Yup, that was me! I had serious GAS for it and just had to buy it. Great bass for the money and it looks the business. Even the missus was impressed![/quote] Haha and the circle is complete. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grand Wazoo Posted May 25, 2010 Share Posted May 25, 2010 I totally love mine, never before have I enjoyed playing a Precision so much as I do with this Squier one. There is a short review in this month's Guitarist and they give it top marks. Goes to show that a quality instrument doesn't necessarily need to cost top bucks. +100000000000 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gafbass02 Posted May 26, 2010 Share Posted May 26, 2010 How are you getting along with the Zoom? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grand Wazoo Posted May 26, 2010 Share Posted May 26, 2010 [quote name='gafbass02' post='848154' date='May 26 2010, 07:49 AM']How are you getting along with the Zoom?[/quote] The zoom, me? Oh.. don't use it much, to be honest it's just a toy, has some nice sounds which I only use it to mock about recording various tracks, but when I gig, I only ever use a compressors. When playing "real man's basslines" I don't like effects much. Nothing sounds real or natural through the zoom so it slightly puts me off. One man's meat and all that... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gafbass02 Posted May 26, 2010 Share Posted May 26, 2010 ay indeed, fairplay, i loooove mine, nut thats mainly cause is so much lighter than my old pedal board. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dr1 Posted May 27, 2010 Share Posted May 27, 2010 [quote name='tayste_2000' post='847177' date='May 25 2010, 07:56 AM']Wow budget Pino sig[/quote] haha! yup,exactly!I could buy one of those! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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