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Title: Pino modded his P-Bird
Post by: Chris P. 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.

Title: Re: Pino modded his P-Bird
Post by: Chris P. on July 02, 2015, 04:23:22 PM

I just heard the mudbucker was installed by The Bass Gallery in London.

Title: Re: Pino modded his P-Bird
Post by: amptech on July 03, 2015, 12:37:09 AM

I just started prepping my '74 P for this mod - Rick Laird style!

Title: Re: Pino modded his P-Bird
Post by: Dave W on July 03, 2015, 07:35:57 AM

I wonder what the folks at Fender Custom Shop think of his latest mod.

Title: Re: Pino modded his P-Bird
Post by: Droombolus on July 03, 2015, 09:45:27 AM

What the heck is next ?  ;D

Title: Re: Pino modded his P-Bird
Post by: Highlander on July 03, 2015, 04:34:39 PM

Peter Cook, in the form of Carlo, steps in... ;)

Title: Re: Pino modded his P-Bird
Post by: copacetic 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)

Title: Re: Pino modded his P-Bird
Post by: slinkp on July 09, 2015, 07:05:01 PM

Mudbucker neck pup on a P-bass?  ... sounds familiar ...
(http://www.billysheehan.com/photos/pics/dlr_04.jpg)
(http://www.notreble.com/buzz/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/Jon-Willis-Billy-Sheehan-Wife-Bass-Replica-angled-view-600x315.jpg)

Title: Re: Pino modded his P-Bird
Post by: leftybass on July 10, 2015, 07:50:31 AM

That's how the bass was when I saw them here a few months back.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v383/iamthebassman/IMG_1489%201_zpsi3z8koad.jpg) (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/iamthebassman/media/IMG_1489%201_zpsi3z8koad.jpg.html)

Title: Re: Pino modded his P-Bird
Post by: hieronymous 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)

(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/297/19457892520_533633cf4c_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/vDqMxw)

Title: Re: Pino modded his P-Bird
Post by: BTL 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.

Title: Re: Pino modded his P-Bird
Post by: Chris P. 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.

Title: Re: Pino modded his P-Bird
Post by: takeout on August 04, 2015, 01:21:01 PM

Curious to know what they are (the 'Birds AND the MB).

Title: Re: Pino modded his P-Bird
Post by: BTL 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?

;)

Title: Re: Pino modded his P-Bird
Post by: Chris P. on August 05, 2015, 12:35:38 PM

Great name!!!!No Bird, P, Pino, a bit of Nocaster in it... Great find!

Title: Re: Pino modded his P-Bird
Post by: Highlander on August 05, 2015, 12:40:39 PM

P'No Rouge...?

Title: Re: Pino modded his P-Bird
Post by: BTL on August 05, 2015, 02:29:44 PM

P'No...burst?

:mrgreen: