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bassman2
May 19, 2013, 11:26:29 PM5/19/13
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Does anyone have, currently, on their instrument? Curious...And
indeed, are they a "customized item" - if required - on a new bass,
these days?
Regards to all
indeed, are they a "customized item" - if required - on a new bass,
these days?
Regards to all
Derek Tearne
May 20, 2013, 12:31:13 AM5/20/13
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I don't have them on any of my basses, there's no need for the pickup
cover on basses with humbuckers and all of my basses (including the one
with J style pickups) have humbuckers.
Most Fender basses you see in shops don't have them, either they were
taken off at some point or they were never on. Ditto the 'thumbrest'.
There are a number of new Fender basses that do come with them, some
reissue/vintage, but not all, so if you really wanted one it wouldn't be
too hard to find one.
--- Derek
--
Derek Tearne - de...@url.co.nz
Vitamin S: improvisation from New Zealand http://www.vitamin-s.co.nz/
d'Groove: 12 piece party/covers band http://www.dGroove.co.nz/
Derek Tearne
May 20, 2013, 12:47:57 AM5/20/13
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Derek Tearne <de...@url.co.nz> wrote:
> There are a number of new Fender basses that do come with them, some
> reissue/vintage, but not all, so if you really wanted one it wouldn't be
> too hard to find one.
A little research reveals that 6 of the 62 Fender bass models currently
> There are a number of new Fender basses that do come with them, some
> reissue/vintage, but not all, so if you really wanted one it wouldn't be
> too hard to find one.
on offer have the ashtrays.
It also reveals some things that just make me wonder what they are
smoking at Fender.
'Modern Player Telecaster Bass' (Telecaster with oversize humbuckers)
http://www.fender.com/en-NZ/basses/telecaster-bass/modern-player-telecas
ter-bass/
'Blacktop Jazz Bass' (Jazz bass with two precision pickups!?!)
http://www.fender.com/en-NZ/basses/jazz-bass/blacktop-jazz-bass/
Pawn Shop Bass VI
http://www.fender.com/en-NZ/basses/other/pawn-shop-bass-vi/
Although I think they are being deliberately ironic with that one "...
the Pawn Shop Series introduces yet another pleasingly unconventional
assortment of "guitars that never were but should have been,"
Pawn Shop Reverse Jaguar
http://www.fender.com/en-NZ/basses/jaguar/pawn-shop-reverse-jaguar-bass/
BW
May 20, 2013, 12:48:09 AM5/20/13
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On May 20, 12:31 am, de...@url.co.nz (Derek Tearne) wrote:
When I got my Fender, the first thing I did was take them off, and
they haven't been on since (and that's about 40 years).
> bassman2 <vince_angelon...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> > Does anyone have, currently, on their instrument? Curious...And
> > indeed, are they a "customized item" - if required - on a new bass,
> > these days?
>
> I assume you mean the Fender ashtrays.
>
> I don't have them on any of my basses, there's no need for the pickup
> cover on basses with humbuckers and all of my basses (including the one
> with J style pickups) have humbuckers.
>
> Most Fender basses you see in shops don't have them, either they were
> taken off at some point or they were never on. Ditto the 'thumbrest'.
>
> There are a number of new Fender basses that do come with them, some
> reissue/vintage, but not all, so if you really wanted one it wouldn't be
> too hard to find one.
>
> --- Derek
>
> --
> Derek Tearne - de...@url.co.nz
> Vitamin S: improvisation from New Zealandhttp://www.vitamin-s.co.nz/
> > Does anyone have, currently, on their instrument? Curious...And
> > indeed, are they a "customized item" - if required - on a new bass,
> > these days?
>
> I assume you mean the Fender ashtrays.
>
> I don't have them on any of my basses, there's no need for the pickup
> cover on basses with humbuckers and all of my basses (including the one
> with J style pickups) have humbuckers.
>
> Most Fender basses you see in shops don't have them, either they were
> taken off at some point or they were never on. Ditto the 'thumbrest'.
>
> There are a number of new Fender basses that do come with them, some
> reissue/vintage, but not all, so if you really wanted one it wouldn't be
> too hard to find one.
>
> --- Derek
>
> --
> Derek Tearne - de...@url.co.nz
When I got my Fender, the first thing I did was take them off, and
they haven't been on since (and that's about 40 years).
benj
May 20, 2013, 12:54:53 AM5/20/13
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don't) Mine aren't real Fender Ashtrays but Chinese imitations.
See here $17.95 a set:
http://www.rondomusic.com/partsbodies.html
I never use the pickup covers though because for me they get in the way
even though I do think they look cool!
Derek Tearne
May 20, 2013, 2:34:01 AM5/20/13
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BW <barryb...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> When I got my Fender, the first thing I did was take them off, and
> they haven't been on since (and that's about 40 years).
Then, in another 20 years when you put them back on to sell it on eBay
> When I got my Fender, the first thing I did was take them off, and
> they haven't been on since (and that's about 40 years).
some wag will claim that they aren't original because the wear pattern
isn't authentic for a 60 year old bass.
Vitamin S: improvisation from New Zealand http://www.vitamin-s.co.nz/
klaw
May 20, 2013, 8:27:00 AM5/20/13
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BW
May 20, 2013, 9:10:34 AM5/20/13
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On May 20, 2:34 am, de...@url.co.nz (Derek Tearne) wrote:
Derek,
1- I don't think I'll be reinstalling - I'm not even sure I know where
they are. And although I have a thought where to find them, I don't
feel like looking. No point.
2- Not only will I never sell this bass, I've left instructions to be
buried with it. "Place is vertically on my stomach, place my right
hand over the pickups (thumb resting on the top of a pick up, fingers
on the strings), my left hand second finger around the third fret (G
major scale position), thumb behind the neck." Perhaps I should have
someone throw a wire in the casket as well...
BW
> BW <barrybass...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > When I got my Fender, the first thing I did was take them off, and
> > they haven't been on since (and that's about 40 years).
>
> Then, in another 20 years when you put them back on to sell it on eBay
> some wag will claim that they aren't original because the wear pattern
> isn't authentic for a 60 year old bass.
>
> --- Derek
>
> --
> Derek Tearne - de...@url.co.nz
> Vitamin S: improvisation from New Zealandhttp://www.vitamin-s.co.nz/
> > When I got my Fender, the first thing I did was take them off, and
> > they haven't been on since (and that's about 40 years).
>
> Then, in another 20 years when you put them back on to sell it on eBay
> some wag will claim that they aren't original because the wear pattern
> isn't authentic for a 60 year old bass.
>
> --- Derek
>
> --
> Derek Tearne - de...@url.co.nz
Derek,
1- I don't think I'll be reinstalling - I'm not even sure I know where
they are. And although I have a thought where to find them, I don't
feel like looking. No point.
2- Not only will I never sell this bass, I've left instructions to be
buried with it. "Place is vertically on my stomach, place my right
hand over the pickups (thumb resting on the top of a pick up, fingers
on the strings), my left hand second finger around the third fret (G
major scale position), thumb behind the neck." Perhaps I should have
someone throw a wire in the casket as well...
BW
Pt
May 20, 2013, 1:59:46 PM5/20/13
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Pt
BW
May 20, 2013, 2:13:21 PM5/20/13
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backline!"
Ike Naar
May 20, 2013, 5:28:36 PM5/20/13
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On 2013-05-20, BW <barryb...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Good point, but I figure "It's heaven... there must be roadies and a
> backline!"
Yes, but they're dead :-(
> Good point, but I figure "It's heaven... there must be roadies and a
> backline!"
BW
May 20, 2013, 8:52:58 PM5/20/13
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On May 20, 5:28 pm, Ike Naar <i...@ukato.freeshell.org> wrote:
> On 2013-05-20, BW <barrybass...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> > Good point, but I figure "It's heaven... there must be roadies and a
> > backline!"
>
> Yes, but they're dead :-(
Well, so are my strings, but THEY still work!
>
> > Good point, but I figure "It's heaven... there must be roadies and a
> > backline!"
>
> Yes, but they're dead :-(
Jay S
May 20, 2013, 10:38:26 PM5/20/13
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"Pt" wrote in message
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hear him jamming.
Jay S
Jay S
May 20, 2013, 10:42:24 PM5/20/13
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"bassman2" wrote in message
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aesthetics.
I'm sure they'd get in the way, but it would complete the look! Finger rest
too!
...
Jay S Preston Esq.
BW
May 21, 2013, 4:28:36 AM5/21/13
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it's case (preferably a hardshell). You'll get the idea and won't have
to make the purchase.....
Dave Curtis
May 22, 2013, 9:57:52 AM5/22/13
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On Mon, 20 May 2013 11:13:21 -0700 (PDT), BW <barryb...@yahoo.com>
wrote:
Then there must be basses. Like the kind you only find in heaven.
Leave yours here...
wrote:
Leave yours here...
BW
May 22, 2013, 11:17:24 AM5/22/13
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On May 22, 9:57 am, Dave Curtis <dbaudiot...@roderunner.com> wrote:
> On Mon, 20 May 2013 11:13:21 -0700 (PDT), BW <barrybass...@yahoo.com>
I do debate with myself about that... that my beloved might serve
another owner as well as it served me. But even a heavenly bass
probably won't fit my fingers as well as one with all those years of
association.
But this could be another thread: What characteristics would a
Heavenly Bass have?
I'll start:
It would weigh almost nothing.
It would never go out of tune.
Your turn.
> On Mon, 20 May 2013 11:13:21 -0700 (PDT), BW <barrybass...@yahoo.com>
another owner as well as it served me. But even a heavenly bass
probably won't fit my fingers as well as one with all those years of
association.
But this could be another thread: What characteristics would a
Heavenly Bass have?
I'll start:
It would weigh almost nothing.
It would never go out of tune.
Your turn.
Derek Tearne
May 22, 2013, 5:33:49 PM5/22/13
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BW <barryb...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> But this could be another thread: What characteristics would a
> Heavenly Bass have?
> I'll start:
> It would weigh almost nothing.
> It would never go out of tune.
>
> Your turn.
The scale length of electric bass guitars is just too short. Even
> But this could be another thread: What characteristics would a
> Heavenly Bass have?
> I'll start:
> It would weigh almost nothing.
> It would never go out of tune.
>
> Your turn.
double basses at at 40" are about half as long as they should be to get
the same tone and projection that a violinist gets with a tiny little
sound box. And the strings should be fatter and heavier.
Of course then we would not be able to play it horizontally and look
cool like the skinny stringed guitarists.
There have been a few examples of full size basses, Vuillaumes Octobass
etc. but they often require two people to play and are really not tour
friendly.
http://www.aderynprin.co.uk/news.php?id=18
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yXd3CoAuWWQ
In heaven, physics will be different to allow all the rich tonal
characteristics that we've been denied, in a bass sized so we can
actually play it.
Vitamin S: improvisation from New Zealand http://www.vitamin-s.co.nz/
BW
May 22, 2013, 8:51:44 PM5/22/13
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On May 22, 5:33 pm, de...@url.co.nz (Derek Tearne) wrote:
Hmmm.... I get your point, Derek, but I think the premise assumes
(and there's the weak link, I know), that we're fantasizing about
heaven without changing all the acoustical laws of physics here
(hear?) on Earth. I could be wrong. I tell my students to think
outside the box, so why shouldn't we.
OK, I think I just stated opposing viewpoints there.
Oy.
> BW <barrybass...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > But this could be another thread: What characteristics would a
> > Heavenly Bass have?
> > I'll start:
> > It would weigh almost nothing.
> > It would never go out of tune.
>
> > Your turn.
>
> The scale length of electric bass guitars is just too short. Even
> double basses at at 40" are about half as long as they should be to get
> the same tone and projection that a violinist gets with a tiny little
> sound box. And the strings should be fatter and heavier.
>
> Of course then we would not be able to play it horizontally and look
> cool like the skinny stringed guitarists.
>
> There have been a few examples of full size basses, Vuillaumes Octobass
> etc. but they often require two people to play and are really not tour
> friendly.
>
> http://www.aderynprin.co.uk/news.php?id=18https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yXd3CoAuWWQ
> > But this could be another thread: What characteristics would a
> > Heavenly Bass have?
> > I'll start:
> > It would weigh almost nothing.
> > It would never go out of tune.
>
> > Your turn.
>
> The scale length of electric bass guitars is just too short. Even
> double basses at at 40" are about half as long as they should be to get
> the same tone and projection that a violinist gets with a tiny little
> sound box. And the strings should be fatter and heavier.
>
> Of course then we would not be able to play it horizontally and look
> cool like the skinny stringed guitarists.
>
> There have been a few examples of full size basses, Vuillaumes Octobass
> etc. but they often require two people to play and are really not tour
> friendly.
>
>
> In heaven, physics will be different to allow all the rich tonal
> characteristics that we've been denied, in a bass sized so we can
> actually play it.
>
> --- Derek
>
> --
> Derek Tearne - de...@url.co.nz
> Vitamin S: improvisation from New Zealandhttp://www.vitamin-s.co.nz/
> In heaven, physics will be different to allow all the rich tonal
> characteristics that we've been denied, in a bass sized so we can
> actually play it.
>
> --- Derek
>
> --
> Derek Tearne - de...@url.co.nz
Hmmm.... I get your point, Derek, but I think the premise assumes
(and there's the weak link, I know), that we're fantasizing about
heaven without changing all the acoustical laws of physics here
(hear?) on Earth. I could be wrong. I tell my students to think
outside the box, so why shouldn't we.
OK, I think I just stated opposing viewpoints there.
Oy.
Derek Tearne
May 22, 2013, 9:49:08 PM5/22/13
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BW <barryb...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Hmmm.... I get your point, Derek, but I think the premise assumes
> (and there's the weak link, I know), that we're fantasizing about
> heaven without changing all the acoustical laws of physics here
> (hear?) on Earth.
In heaven we get to have our cake, and eat it too, as well as try other
> Hmmm.... I get your point, Derek, but I think the premise assumes
> (and there's the weak link, I know), that we're fantasizing about
> heaven without changing all the acoustical laws of physics here
> (hear?) on Earth.
peoples cakes. Otherwise it would not be much of a heaven...
Vitamin S: improvisation from New Zealand http://www.vitamin-s.co.nz/
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