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eb2

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THE CLAW!!!!!!
« on: December 19, 2011, 02:40:50 PM »
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Re: THE CLAW!!!!!!
« Reply #1 on: December 19, 2011, 02:44:01 PM »
LMAO yeah I remember those!
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Re: THE CLAW!!!!!!
« Reply #2 on: December 19, 2011, 03:41:30 PM »
Weighs over 2 pounds??  There's your counterbalance for neck-divers!
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« Reply #3 on: December 20, 2011, 03:41:54 AM »
I've never seen one! Were they after market? Or standard on some models?
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Re: THE CLAW!!!!!!
« Reply #4 on: December 20, 2011, 05:31:15 AM »
whew, that is ugly!
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Re: THE CLAW!!!!!!
« Reply #5 on: December 20, 2011, 07:52:27 AM »
Aftermarket, no production model had them. Fender tried to jump on the high-mass-bridge bandwagon, but that thing was too much.
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« Reply #6 on: December 20, 2011, 08:08:38 AM »
 I seem to remember some Fenders coming through the HOG with those on, but I could be mistaken though I clearly remember seeing these and thinking wtf?
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Re: THE CLAW!!!!!!
« Reply #7 on: December 20, 2011, 08:23:28 AM »
It was made by (or for) Fender, but I think Ilan is right, it wasn't stock on any model.
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Re: THE CLAW!!!!!!
« Reply #8 on: December 20, 2011, 09:40:18 AM »
Totally remember those from the pages of Guitar Player magazine in the early 80s.  :bored:
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Re: THE CLAW!!!!!!
« Reply #9 on: December 20, 2011, 12:42:33 PM »
A very very small number of the Precision Bass Specials came with them stock.  I think to get rid of them.  They were heavy, but you were supposed to have a brass nut to counter-balance them.

They made brass thumb rests, knobs and tuners to do up your bass all wrong.
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« Reply #10 on: December 20, 2011, 01:26:33 PM »
  Yep thats what I remember P bass specials :) God I love being right. ;D
Quote from: eb2 on December 20, 2011, 12:42:33 PM
A very very small number of the Precision Bass Specials came with them stock.  I think to get rid of them.  They were heavy, but you were supposed to have a brass nut to counter-balance them.

They made brass thumb rests, knobs and tuners to do up your bass all wrong.
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Re: THE CLAW!!!!!!
« Reply #11 on: December 21, 2011, 09:16:21 AM »
There's a brass thumb rest on German eBay, also with Fender-logo engraved.
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Re: THE CLAW!!!!!!
« Reply #12 on: December 21, 2011, 04:44:37 PM »
I saw one of those abominations installed on an old Music Man Sabre, complete with matching brass nut. It didn't really change the sound, but it gave me a whole new appreciation for the understated but similar G&L bridge.
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