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Gear Discussion Forums => Fender Basses => Topic started by: ilan on May 29, 2012, 01:46:03 PM
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Coro's look great in white.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Fender-Vintage-Coronado-Bass-1-with-Orig-case-/251073527121?pt=Guitar&hash=item3a7525fd51#ht_500wt_1203
(http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/MjY3WDQwMA==/$(KGrHqZ,!l4E-epbkvBKBP)F(e2-6g~~60_1.JPG)
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I was in real trouble until I saw the price.
Now I'm safe.
Whew!!!!!! 8)
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I'd pay more for a I than a II. They sound better to me.
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I'd pay more for a I than a II. They sound better to me.
I've had two IIs and could never get them to sound good in a live situation. I love the look, but the sound is weak.
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It's a hell of a handsome design. I even like it in Antigua fin ...... Who's to blame, Roger Roßmeissl ?
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I think that all in all, one is better off with an old Univox 335-copy or one of the new Ibby Artcores.
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I think that all in all, one is better off with an old Univox 335-copy or one of the new Ibby Artcores.
FWIW, neither sounds like a Coronado. Aren't they both semi-hollow anyway? For better or worse, the Coronado is a full hollowbody thinline.
It's a hell of a handsome design. I even like it in Antigua fin ...... Who's to blame, Roger Roßmeissl ?
Yes.
I've had two IIs and could never get them to sound good in a live situation. I love the look, but the sound is weak.
The sound of my II was so-so. The neck dive and neck profile were bigger objections.
But I saw Jack Lawrence playing his Coro I in the Greenhornes several times over the years and he always got a good sound live. None of the phase cancellation of the II.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mr7h0qLwtXk
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There is also a white Coro II on eBay.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-1968-Fender-Coronado-Bass-II-4-String-Electric-Bass-Guitar-with-Case-/290675649861?pt=Guitar&hash=item43ad9e6d45#ht_758wt_1163
(http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/NjQwWDQ4MA==/$(KGrHqRHJB!E9!j13fL9BPS!22c3Yg~~60_10.JPG)
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FWIW, neither sounds like a Coronado. Aren't they both semi-hollow anyway? For better or worse, the Coronado is a full hollowbody thinline.
The Artcores are indeed semi-hollow, but the Univox 335-copy / Coily series basses are full hollowbodies. I'm sure that due to differences in the pickups they don't sound like a Coronado, but from what I've heard that may be a feature, not a bug. I do know there are a fair number of them in active use by gigging bassists, prices have gone up a fair amount in the last few years, but they are a heckuva lot expensive than Coronados...probably because anything that's old and says Fender on it brings silly money.
Mine:
(http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j306/apowell1/Electric%20Basses/Univox335copy.jpg)
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The Oly Coro sold for $1,200.
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And you can pick up equally good or better hollowbodies from the same era for $300+. But they don't say Fender on the headstock.
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I Love mine but I won't pay that much for one,
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They aren't crap. They just aren't that cool. Or they are so uncool that they barely are. I like them. If they were still $150 I would buy one as that is what they are worth to me. Which is to say they are worth about as much as a 60s EB-0, so they still are the same.
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Just for collector's sake, I'd pay $750 for one tops, but no more. I don't miss my two.
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A lot of semis are overrated if you ask me. This here, the Ric 4005 (I have one), many Framus basses, the Guild ones, the EB-2, not waving the Gibson flag in this enemy forum, but the Gibson LP Signature is one big exception and that probably came about by coincidence. Add the EB-650 to that list, but that is another era of course.
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But they look cool, and that's part of the appeal.
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But they look cool, and that's part of the appeal.
They do, but only with a 2x2 headstock. 4 in line just doesn't work for me on a semi.
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I even sold my 4005.... The new medium scale Gretsch is great! A lot of sounds, even for a rock band. I would like to have a Coronado just for on the couch and for vids;)
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Yep, a semi is great for couch bass purposes.
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are the pickups any good on a coronado?
a semi is great for couch bass purposes.
thats where my eb2 lives.sometimes i even plug it in.
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are the pickups any good on a coronado?
I think so. They were single coils made by DeArmond-Rowe especially for the Coronados. But they really can't overcome the other limitations of the bass. I wouldn't mind using one in a solid body.