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Chris P.

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Pino modded his P-Bird
« on: July 02, 2015, 03:59:42 PM »
I think I posted first about it after The Who played the Super Bowl. Pino had a (Fiesta?) red Precision with two nickel Thunderbird pickups. I did some research and the bass turned out to be made by the Fender Custom Shop, but not officially. The Fender CS of course doesn't use Gibson pickups.

Today I saw The Who live. I just arrived home and it was GREAT! Pino now has a chrome mudbucker at the neck of this very bass.
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Re: Pino modded his P-Bird
« Reply #1 on: July 02, 2015, 04:23:22 PM »
I just heard the mudbucker was installed by The Bass Gallery in London.
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Re: Pino modded his P-Bird
« Reply #2 on: July 03, 2015, 12:37:09 AM »
I just started prepping my '74 P for this mod - Rick Laird style!
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Re: Pino modded his P-Bird
« Reply #3 on: July 03, 2015, 07:35:57 AM »
I wonder what the folks at Fender Custom Shop think of his latest mod.
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Re: Pino modded his P-Bird
« Reply #4 on: July 03, 2015, 09:45:27 AM »
What the heck is next ?  ;D
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Re: Pino modded his P-Bird
« Reply #5 on: July 03, 2015, 04:34:39 PM »
Peter Cook, in the form of Carlo, steps in... ;)
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Re: Pino modded his P-Bird
« Reply #6 on: July 09, 2015, 03:36:26 PM »
A mudbucker at the base of the neck on a Precision....hmmm. He always gets good tone from what I have seen and heard over the years. There must be rhyme to his reason.  I wonder if it is a TB+with the mudbucker casing?... I did see a recent video of him playing his old Fiesta Precision with just the lowly Precision pups.( The Unidentified Flying Project)
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Re: Pino modded his P-Bird
« Reply #7 on: July 09, 2015, 07:05:01 PM »
Mudbucker neck pup on a P-bass?  ... sounds familiar ...

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Re: Pino modded his P-Bird
« Reply #8 on: July 10, 2015, 07:50:31 AM »
That's how the bass was when I saw them here a few months back.
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Re: Pino modded his P-Bird
« Reply #9 on: July 12, 2015, 04:31:23 PM »
I grabbed this shot from their performance at the New Orleans Jazz Festival 2015 (cameraman never showed a good closeup of the knobs/output jack section)

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Re: Pino modded his P-Bird
« Reply #10 on: July 28, 2015, 08:00:02 PM »
That's really cool.

I'm intrigued by the pickup spacing.

I think I'd have to move them all just a bit just to be happy with the cosmetics.
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Re: Pino modded his P-Bird
« Reply #11 on: July 30, 2015, 01:53:31 AM »
I think the Tbird pickups have the Tbird spacing. They are in that bass for years. What I don't like is the chrome versus nickel.
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Re: Pino modded his P-Bird
« Reply #12 on: August 04, 2015, 01:21:01 PM »
Curious to know what they are (the 'Birds AND the MB).
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Re: Pino modded his P-Bird
« Reply #13 on: August 04, 2015, 05:15:58 PM »
Apparently Lollar offers a true chromed cover as well as traditional nickel.

I just finished up building a bass inspired by Pino's Fiesta Red P...I call it the P'Nobird.

Clever, huh?

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Re: Pino modded his P-Bird
« Reply #14 on: August 05, 2015, 12:35:38 PM »
Great name!!!!No Bird, P, Pino, a bit of Nocaster in it... Great find!
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