New Guitar Day: I've Certainly Got a Type

peccary said:
My JM Jazzmaster showed up this afternoon while we were out walking with the kiddo. I got the chance to play with it a bit today and it's a lot of fun. Tomorrow I'll be able to spend more time to take it out and use some pedals with it (I was just using a headphone amp today).

I just wanted to share a couple of photos. Ever show up to the party wearing almost the same thing as someone else? Scandalous.

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Gorgeous P bass. What model is it? Strings? I need to know everything about it thank you.
Also, J Mascis's action is...an acquired taste:

 
andare said:
Gorgeous P bass. What model is it? Strings? I need to know everything about it thank you.
Also, J Mascis's action is...an acquired taste:

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Thanks, man!

It's a 2003(ish) American Precision - not sure if they were "American Standard" or what term was used at the time, but just the basic American model. I bought it off a guy from an old forum called MX Tabs in about 2004 or 2005, unfortunately I don't remember who I bought it from. He is the one who installed the ashtrays, thumb rest, and gold PG. I believe this was before many of the 50's reissues (could be wrong about that, I'm not up on my Fender history) and he was going for that look (and I thought he did a good job).

This was during the few years they were putting S-1 switches in everything and this bass had one originally. I'm not sure what the point of it was other than to neuter the P bass, but whatchagonna do?

I replaced the pickups a couple of years ago with Lindy Fralins and they sound great. The current strings are TI Flats, but I have been experimenting the past couple of years and am not sure if I am going to stick with them. I had used the same set of medium Chromes on it for ages but for some reason wanted to change it up and have been trying some new ones out. I like these TI's a lot with the exception of the A string. They ae not as wet-noodley as people may have you believe, though (with the exception of the A). I have some others I want to try, but it's tough testing out new strings when they take 6 months to break in! :ROFLMAO:

This is my "forever bass." I am not a great or even very good player, but there is something about how this bass fits me that just works and feels natural. No other bass, even P bass, has felt that way so far. I think that part of it is familiarity: I know where to clamp my capo on the headstock to get rid of the dead spot, I know which frets tend to bring out those sympathetic vibrations and how to counter them easily. It just feels like a nice old leather boot.

Edit: I watched that video the other day and couldn't believe it. He mentioned that he liked it high and then they showed it and I was like "Wow, that's no joke." It's like a suspension bridge!
 
peccary said:
Thanks, man!

It's a 2003(ish) American Precision - not sure if they were "American Standard" or what term was used at the time, but just the basic American model. I bought it off a guy from an old forum called MX Tabs in about 2004 or 2005, unfortunately I don't remember who I bought it from. He is the one who installed the ashtrays, thumb rest, and gold PG. I believe this was before many of the 50's reissues (could be wrong about that, I'm not up on my Fender history) and he was going for that look (and I thought he did a good job).

This was during the few years they were putting S-1 switches in everything and this bass had one originally. I'm not sure what the point of it was other than to neuter the P bass, but whatchagonna do?

I replaced the pickups a couple of years ago with Lindy Fralins and they sound great. The current strings are TI Flats, but I have been experimenting the past couple of years and am not sure if I am going to stick with them. I had used the same set of medium Chromes on it for ages but for some reason wanted to change it up and have been trying some new ones out. I like these TI's a lot with the exception of the A string. They ae not as wet-noodley as people may have you believe, though (with the exception of the A). I have some others I want to try, but it's tough testing out new strings when they take 6 months to break in! :ROFLMAO:

This is my "forever bass." I am not a great or even very good player, but there is something about how this bass fits me that just works and feels natural. No other bass, even P bass, has felt that way so far. I think that part of it is familiarity: I know where to clamp my capo on the headstock to get rid of the dead spot, I know which frets tend to bring out those sympathetic vibrations and how to counter them easily. It just feels like a nice old leather boot.

Edit: I watched that video the other day and couldn't believe it. He mentioned that he liked it high and then they showed it and I was like "Wow, that's no joke." It's like a suspension bridge!
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Really cool!

I know what you mean by forever bass. I just got this Japanese P bass and the neck is just perfect. Right now it's strung with Rotosound rounds but I'm saving for a set of Labella flats.

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thewintersoldier said:
Teles are a gateway drug into fenders. Next thing you know your shopping for a strat. I started on fenders and went to Gibson exclusively for years and liked the idea of them but kept making them try to sound like a fender lol gave up on that and 11 years ago got a strat and tele again.
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That's when you go to Gretsch. The best of both worlds. Fenders are frustrating - I try and try but they still sound to thin for me! My Duo Jets twang like a Tele but squawk like a Gibson. Heaven.
 
I've never played a gretsch guitar. They all seem huge! I was really interested in filtertrons for a minute last year but got annoyed with trying to figure out how to put them in a tele and gave up.

I like teles cuz they're just a plank. So simple and comfortable for me
 
The Falcons, Country Gents and Clubs are a Fender scale. As is the Tennessee Rose. They sound more polite as a result - I like the shorter scale for the ruder sound.

Harry the Filter'trons sound fantastic in a Tele. I built a Tele Thinline with a Warmoth body and it sounded great. Sold it to a friend who begged me to sell it to him! It's interesting because I ordered the body with P90 routs - Filters fit into P90 routs and you can hide the extra slot length with a pickguard or whatever. So I tried P90s and they sounded good but a bit one-dimensional. Tried the Filter'trons and all of a sudden the guitar sounded fuller, fatter, juicier - alive.
 
I had a Gretsch, and while it was a beauty, it was the only guitar I had that I couldn't bond with. Body was too big, the bigsby just threw it out of tune, and while I liked other people playing filtertrons, they didn't click with my rig.
 
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