In a Fender book I read something about someone having a 60s mahogany P. Was that a one off, did it happened more often? And what about the sound?
Sometimes I'm drooling over German Sandberg basses. They make really nice P copies. Handmade, but for prices under an USA P. They also offer nice relics and you can choose bodywoods like mahogany. I'm curious how that'll sound! (Of course it's a bit 'Fenderbird')
Kind regards,
Chris
IIRC mahogany Precisions from the 60s have turned up occasionally but never as an option you could choose.
Have you ever played an early 80s Hamer Cruisebass? Mahogany body, set mahogany neck and P/J pickups (Schallers, I think). It sounds like a warmer and blurrier Fender.
My last project bass uses a mahogany body. The fanfret neck gives it a very Gibson-like tone for the E String and G string. Kind of like having the low end of a Thunderbird, the mids of a Precision and the highs of an EB-3.
(http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b170/gweimer/basses/PC300227.jpg)
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Hey Chris did you forget about that BaCH P that I have?
It's mahogany and you've played it at the Dutch mini-dudefest...
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Patrick Dalheimer from Live used to use a 60's Fender mahogany P a lot. It's the one he's pictured with on the cover he did for BP years backs.
You'r right Basvarken! Sorry...