Got GAS now, dammit!

[discreet]

Well I was resisting the GAS quite well until I stumbled across this:



More pics here:

[url="http://www.vintageandrareguitars.com/web/our-catalogue/Fender/Electric-Basses/item/6974"]http://www.vintageandrareguitars.com/web/o...asses/item/6974[/url]

Anyone seen this before? Anyone know who the 'celebrity' who ordered this Custom Shop one-off is?

[ThomBassmonkey]

No idea who owned it, looks like a Mike Dirnt though.

[Delberthot]

country and western player?

They're usually big on that type of scratchplate material

Edited June 6, 2010 by Delberthot

[discreet]

[quote name='Delberthot' post='858765' date='Jun 6 2010, 11:57 AM']country and western player?[/quote]

Country AND Western? That's covering a lot of ground!

[Clarky]

Not seen this before. Call Simone at V&R and I am sure she would tell you. But pls don't sell your lovely aged Oly white P bass as I like your avatar!

[discreet]

[quote name='Clarky' post='858779' date='Jun 6 2010, 12:04 PM']Not seen this before. Call Simone at V&R and I am sure she would tell you. But pls don't sell your lovely aged Oly white P bass as I like your avatar![/quote]

Thanks, Clarky! Don't worry about the 76P - that'll eventually be going to young master discreet - if he proves himself worthy!

[Delberthot]

That's a classic C&W bass - light blue, maple board, perloid or whatever its called plate, classic Precision style, rhinestones on the shoes and a big cowboy hat

i can picture the confederate flag sticker on the case now

Edited June 6, 2010 by Delberthot

[discreet]

[quote name='Delberthot' post='858785' date='Jun 6 2010, 12:08 PM']That's a classic C&W bass - light blue, maple board, perloid or whatever its called plate, classic Precision style, rhinestones on the shoes and a big cowboy hat
i can picture the confederate flag sticker on the case now[/quote]

I think you may be right... and that's why I'm getting a bit of a pervy buzz off it

At last, an excuse to wear a fringed suede jacket! Ohhh.

[Clarky]

[quote name='discreet' post='858791' date='Jun 6 2010, 12:14 PM']I think you may be right... and that's why I'm getting a bit of a pervy buzz off it

At last, an excuse to wear a fringed suede jacket! Ohhh.[/quote]
"Dukes of Hazard" video for you tonight, boy!

[Tee]

Looks quite Robert De Leo.

[discreet]

[quote name='Clarky' post='858798' date='Jun 6 2010, 12:22 PM']"Dukes of Hazard" video for you tonight, boy![/quote]

Woo-hoo, I'll buckle up! It might get exciting!

[molan]

Normally I don't really go for the older P style basses but there's something eally quite cool about this one

Loving the pearloid guard and the fact that it's matched on the rear as well :

[Clarky]

Good to see that V&R are still listing my 1976 fretless Precision around two thirds of the way down the FS page, even though I bought it about 3 months ago now!!!! [url="http://www.vintageandrareguitars.com/web/Our-Catalogue/Fender/Electric-Basses"]http://www.vintageandrareguitars.com/web/O...Electric-Basses[/url]

[ahpook]

[quote name='Clarky' post='858798' date='Jun 6 2010, 12:22 PM']"Dukes of Hazard" video for you tonight, boy![/quote]

spelling "hazzard" with only one z was your second mistake...

[discreet]

[quote name='molan' post='858813' date='Jun 6 2010, 12:39 PM']Loving the pearloid guard and the fact that it's matched on the rear as well[/quote]

Didn't pay too much attention to this initially... does this mean it's active?

The contrast in colour between the powder blue, the white pups and perloid and the maple is doing something weird to my brain...
which probably says more about me than the bass

[Clarky]

[quote name='ahpook' post='858822' date='Jun 6 2010, 12:48 PM']spelling "hazzard" with only one z was your second mistake...

[/quote]
Peddent - wot woz my 1th mistake init?

[molan]

[quote name='discreet' post='858823' date='Jun 6 2010, 12:51 PM']Didn't pay too much attention to this initially... does this mean it's active?[/quote]

That's what I wondered - pretty sure a standard old P / Tele Bass wouldn't have any routing through the rear of the bass . . .

[RussFM]

Chi Cheng from Deftones had one with that body shape, thinner and more contoured than the Mike Dirnt. His didn't have such an ugly finish though, and probably didn't have the jazz pickup.

[discreet]

Confusing...

Eurgh, I'm getting the same weirdness from this, now:

[url="http://www.vintageandrareguitars.com/web/our-catalogue/Fender/Electric-Basses/item/3452"]http://www.vintageandrareguitars.com/web/o...asses/item/3452[/url]

I'm going for a bit of a lie down... maybe it's the weather.

[Ou7shined]

[quote name='Tee' post='858803' date='Jun 6 2010, 12:26 PM']Looks quite Robert De Leo.[/quote]
He's playing a T-bird these days.

[dr1]

uh,that site is quite dangerous! GAS hazard! be aware!(should be entitled before you enter)

[discreet]

[quote name='RussFM' post='858833' date='Jun 6 2010, 01:04 PM']Chi Cheng from Deftones had one with that body shape, thinner and more contoured than the Mike Dirnt. His didn't have such an ugly finish though, and probably didn't have the jazz pickup.[/quote]

Maybe it was this one? I can't seem to find a colour pic of it yet, though.

[discreet]

[quote name='dr1' post='858844' date='Jun 6 2010, 01:13 PM']uh,that site is quite dangerous! GAS hazard! be aware!(should be entitled before you enter)[/quote]

Yeah, it's making me feel a bit nuts.

[danny-79]

Theres only one cure for GAS

[discreet]

[quote name='danny-79' post='858852' date='Jun 6 2010, 01:17 PM']Theres only one cure for GAS [/quote]

You know it! Maybe I should just buy this jacket instead... it'll be cheaper.



EDIT: Should still go nicely with my Oly P...

Edited June 6, 2010 by discreet