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Author:  Frenchy-Lefty [ April 4th, 2013, 8:56 pm ]
Post subject:  American P Bass MIJ
It's clearly a MIJ PBass

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Left-Handed-American-Fender-Precision-Bass-Ivory-White-/151019835594?pt=Guitar&hash=item23297bd0ca
Author:  crescenze [ April 4th, 2013, 11:38 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: American P Bass MIJ
Yep! Looks like it's a 32" scale.
Author:  Lefty007 [ April 5th, 2013, 5:43 am ]
Post subject:  Re: American P Bass MIJ
I had one of those not too long ago. . . They are fun to play, but the don't sound better than a regular 34" P-Bass. I did a side to side comparison recording both, and the regular P-Bass had a bit more definition and punch (as is expected), although, not a huge difference. But it could be a cool item for a Fender buff.

I let mine go because I'm a big guy, and I looked a bit ridiculous playing a girls' bass. . . :lol:

Oh, and being the finicky guy I am, the truss rod on those are the vintage type that you find in most MIJ, and quite often they don't straighten the neck all the way to get really low action. You will get low action, and probably lower than most people need, but for those who like 2/32" at the 12th fret, this might be not be it.
Author:  andrew [ April 5th, 2013, 1:46 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: American P Bass MIJ
Lefty007 wrote:
I let mine go because I'm a big guy, and I looked a bit ridiculous playing a girls' bass. . . :lol:


Detour this thread a bit, but Carlos, did you get to try a Gibson Thunderbird? Dunno if you care for the look, but they otherwise check a lot of boxes for what you like in a bass (light weight, slim neck profile, jazz-like pickup configuration, big bass for big guys).
Author:  tomdbass [ April 5th, 2013, 6:34 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: American P Bass MIJ
I actually bought this bass a few years ago on E-bay and sent it back due to the seller not posting in the description that it was a short scale bass.
Author:  andrew [ April 5th, 2013, 6:47 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: American P Bass MIJ
tomdbass wrote:
I actually bought this bass a few years ago on E-bay and sent it back due to the seller not posting in the description that it was a short scale bass.


That's kind of an important detail.
Author:  Frenchy-Lefty [ April 6th, 2013, 10:37 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: American P Bass MIJ
How about the seller (is it the same person?) saying it is an "American" P Bass when it is an Japanese made?
Author:  Lefty007 [ April 8th, 2013, 6:07 am ]
Post subject:  Re: American P Bass MIJ
andrew wrote:
Lefty007 wrote:
I let mine go because I'm a big guy, and I looked a bit ridiculous playing a girls' bass. . . :lol:


Detour this thread a bit, but Carlos, did you get to try a Gibson Thunderbird? Dunno if you care for the look, but they otherwise check a lot of boxes for what you like in a bass (light weight, slim neck profile, jazz-like pickup configuration, big bass for big guys).


Actually never had the chance to play a Thunderbird, but I do have a problem with neck dive or reach to the first position, so I gotta have a bass where the upper horn reaches between the 12th and 11th fret, otherwise if feels weird and is tiring. That's the reason why I can't play a Warwick, even do I really love how the sound. My first good bass was a Warwick Thumb 5-string. I ordered it new, but didn't know better. It was probably 10 lb, and with that little short upper horn, it just killed my shoulder, arms and back. Back then I was average weight, but I was playing in a hardcore/nu-metal band where jumping on stage was a requirement. I keep buying Warwick here and there, and also lust after Spector, because they sound so good, but I take them on stage and the lust is over. . .

Anyhow, I do love the looks and sound of Thunderbirds, that's for sure.
Author:  Addison [ April 8th, 2013, 6:40 am ]
Post subject:  Re: American P Bass MIJ
Lefty007 wrote:
That's the reason why I can't play a Warwick, even do I really love how the sound. My first good bass was a Warwick Thumb 5-string. I ordered it new, but didn't know better. It was probably 10 lb, and with that little short upper horn, it just killed my shoulder, arms and back. Back then I was average weight, but I was playing in a hardcore/nu-metal band where jumping on stage was a requirement. I keep buying Warwick here and there, and also lust after Spector, because they sound so good, but I take them on stage and the lust is over. . .

Sorry for the continued detour here, but I had to comment on this since it was exactly what happened to me!

I used to have a picture of a Thumb 5 NT hanging in my locker in high school that I cut out from a Warwick catalog!!

Fast forward 10 years later, I was in a Bay Area metal band that was "about to break" :roll: and my band manager got me a low-level endorsement deal with Warwick... they actually had a Thumb NT 5 in stock and, of course, that was what I wanted. I ended up getting it for under distributor cost or something... it was like $1,400 shipped overnight in a hard-case. :ugeek:

Anyway... I literally forced myself to like that bass. First of all, it was close to 12 lbs... and coming from playing a Stingray 5, I had to completely readjust my strap and playing style to make it work for me. Not only would my shoulder cramp up after about 30 minutes from CONSTANTLY readjusting the neck because the dive was so bad, but the cuticles on my index and ring fingers of my picking hand were peeled back and would bleed every gig because of the tight string spacing. :shock:

Weight, string spacing, ergonomics, balance... all these important details I never gave a shit about back then but mean oh so much to me now. :lol:

All of that said, I played that thing HARD for several years until I eventually sold it for what I paid for it... killer tone and I love the looks, but it was just a bear in every other category.

Here's an old video of me playing it at The Key Club in LA... I wasn't trying to look metal with a mean face, it was just my shoulder cramping! :lol:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VdzNqmHsllg

Ok, back to the short scale P-bass.

:mrgreen:
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