The Last Bass Outpost
Gear Discussion Forums => Fender Basses => Topic started by: Dave W on July 11, 2012, 09:54:08 PM
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Here (http://www.sharesnack.com/AECC967EFB5/fuiyv0q5)
A guy at the TDPRI scanned this to share. Click to view it fullscreen. You can download a zip file with a pdf if you want.
I like the way the Precision Bass is described as having a slender neck. I never heard of Nappy Lamare, whose photo is on that page. Looked him up, he may not have been a bassist. But he could strike a mean pose.
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The precision probably did have a slender neck compared to a double bass, but I doubt it was slender compared to a Hofner.
Holy Cow! The only page with prices shows $18.00 for a set of bass strings. In todays dollars that would be twice more than T.I.s or Pyramids.
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The precision probably did have a slender neck compared to a double bass, but I doubt it was slender compared to a Hofner.
Holy Cow! The only page with prices shows $18.00 for a set of bass strings. In todays dollars that would be twice more than T.I.s or Pyramids.
$147 in 2012 money. I'll never forget paying $30+ for a set of Rotosounds in the early 70s when my half of the rent on a 2 bedroom apartment was $25.
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on the other hand a set of tape wound labellas were only 8 bucks in the early seventies. ;D
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That's cool. Thanks for sharing, Dave! One of my uncles accompanied Speed West on bass when they were in the Army. Now I know what Speedy used to look like. :)
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That's cool. Thanks for sharing, Dave! One of my uncles accompanied Speed West on bass when they were in the Army. Now I know what Speedy used to look like. :)
I also noticed that steel guitarist Herb Remington is shown in the artists page toward the end (page 30-31). Herb is still around, still performing - he's in his mid-80s - and building non-pedal steels at his shop in Houston. I'm guessing most of the other artists are no longer with us.
$147 in 2012 money. I'll never forget paying $30+ for a set of Rotosounds in the early 70s when my half of the rent on a 2 bedroom apartment was $25.
Same with guitar strings. $2.50 in 1957 = 20.45 today. You can buy 5-6 sets of name brand strings for that today.
on the other hand a set of tape wound labellas were only 8 bucks in the early seventies. ;D
LaBellas were cheap back then. You could buy them at many drugstores. They were a step up from Black Diamonds.
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The bass in the pics has a pre-57 single bolt wooden tug bar, and what looks like fiber bridge saddles.
In bass strings, a high C is offered. As the Bass V was issued only 8 years later, my guess is that Leo wanted to offer a ADGC tuning, sort of halfway to baritone.
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Here (http://www.sharesnack.com/AECC967EFB5/fuiyv0q5)
... I never heard of Nappy Lamare, whose photo is on that page. Looked him up, he may not have been a bassist...
A little digging found a reference to a hand injury where he switched to bass for some time...
Nice item... downloaded, ta...
I vaguely remember paying £7 or £8 for Rotos back in the 70's; maybe less...
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The bass in the pics has a pre-57 single bolt wooden tug bar, and what looks like fiber bridge saddles.
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Could it be a prototype, or were some early 57s actually issued that way?
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Could it be a prototype, or were some early 57s actually issued that way?
I have met two people that knew Leo and claim that he he NEVER threw anything out that could be used. Makes sense in the odd serials and components.