LeftyBassist.com

The online home for southpaw bassists.
It is currently January 11th, 2025, 2:56 am

View unanswered posts | View active topics





Post new topic Reply to topic  Page 1 of 1
  [ 6 posts ] 
  Print view Previous topic | Next topic 
Author Message
PunkRockBassist
 Post subject: 1983 Fender P-Bass
PostPosted: December 15th, 2011, 1:36 pm 
Offline
User avatar

Joined: July 1st, 2010, 1:32 pm
Posts: 682
Location: Ewing , New Jersey
i dont know what it is but there is just something about this one i like but not enough to pay $1350 for sigh i really liked it too :(
http://www.ebay.com/itm/1983-Fender-Pre ... 3999403084
Top
 Profile  
Reply with quote  
bigevilrobot
 Post subject: Re: 1983 Fender P-Bass
PostPosted: December 15th, 2011, 6:24 pm 
Offline
User avatar

Joined: March 29th, 2011, 11:00 am
Posts: 447
That's a pretty wide lookin' neck.
Top
 Profile  
Reply with quote  
danomite64
 Post subject: Re: 1983 Fender P-Bass
PostPosted: December 16th, 2011, 7:49 pm 
Offline
User avatar

Joined: March 12th, 2008, 4:40 pm
Posts: 605
Location: Tampa, FL
I had two of those, and the necks are wide, 1.75" at the nut. I hated the way they sounded, and hated the way the neck felt. At the time, they were the only quality lefty basses available locally, so I put up with them until the moment Fender Japan started making lefty jazzes. :mrgreen:

_________________
"But I didn't. I only knew that you'd know that I knew. Did you know that?" - Casanova Frankenstein

Top
 Profile  
Reply with quote  
pjmuck
 Post subject: Re: 1983 Fender P-Bass
PostPosted: December 16th, 2011, 9:04 pm 
Offline
User avatar

Joined: March 9th, 2008, 7:46 am
Posts: 3906
Location: West Orange, NJ
I've got an '83 Elite version of that P (active with 2 P PUPs). The neck is the same as these - a huge wide C profile, but I happen to love it. Took some getting used to coming from a J, but I'm finding definite benefits to wider necks these days. I can't speak for the passive model here, but the Elite series are some of the best under-appreciated basses Fender ever made, IMO.
Top
 Profile  
Reply with quote  
cangaroo
 Post subject: Re: 1983 Fender P-Bass
PostPosted: December 17th, 2011, 2:20 am 
Offline

Joined: October 8th, 2009, 5:57 am
Posts: 254
Anyway i don't see that often lefty 80s Fender Basses (from the 83-88 era) for sale on ebay.

Maybe they don't exist at all or they sound better than their 70s counterparts ?
Top
 Profile  
Reply with quote  
Marc40a
 Post subject: Re: 1983 Fender P-Bass
PostPosted: December 21st, 2011, 7:43 am 
Offline

Joined: October 6th, 2010, 8:48 am
Posts: 66
Not only are the necks wide, but fingerboard radius is flat. I believe 12" for that era.
Top
 Profile  
Reply with quote  
Display posts from previous:  Sort by  
Post new topic Reply to topic  Page 1 of 1
  [ 6 posts ] 


Who is online

Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 87 guests

You cannot post new topics in this forum
You cannot reply to topics in this forum
You cannot edit your posts in this forum
You cannot delete your posts in this forum
You cannot post attachments in this forum

Search for:
Jump to:  
Powered by phpBB © 2000, 2002, 2005, 2007 phpBB Group  
Design By Poker Bandits