Intriguing Antigua

[4stringer77]

Nice clean one in this play along.

[ilan]

Very cool. Love the bass line and that fast lick. Antigua... not so much.

If it was unfaded and had a dark rosewood fretboard, maybe it could work for me.

[Rob]

Very cool. Love the bass line and that fast lick. Antigua... not so much.

Beat me to it.

[4stringer77]

It's charmingly repulsive in a way that's perfect for punk, which is why this Fat Mike fellow likes it I'm guessing.
Some of those 78' Precision are great players. Here's another chap extolling the virtues of the 78' vintage Fender P. In fact he says it's a better bass than his 68' P.
The P is shown after 3:30. Looks like a nice natural Alder. Perhaps it was an Antigua in a former life that didn't survive the unruly mobs of pitchfork wielding and paint stripping Antigua haters like Rob and Ilan 

[BTL]

Charmingly Repulsive would be a great band name.

[ilan]

Some of those 78' Precision are great players

I have owned a couple and liked them, until I got my first early 70s P.

'78-'79 tend to be the heaviest, up to 11-12lbs and I've heard of 13lbs. '79 Jazz Basses. In my experience the heavier ones lack mids, especially those with maple necks. But wood isn't exact science.

[Rob]

It's charmingly repulsive in a way that's perfect for punk, which is why this Fat Mike fellow likes it I'm guessing.
Some of those 78' Precision are great players. Here's another chap extolling the virtues of the 78' vintage Fender P. In fact he says it's a better bass than his 68' P.
The P is shown after 3:30. Looks like a nice natural Alder. Perhaps it was an Antigua in a former life that didn't survive the unruly mobs of pitchfork wielding and paint stripping Antigua haters like Rob and Ilan 

You can count on us!

[Rob]

I have owned a couple and liked them, until I got my first early 70s P.

'78-'79 tend to be the heaviest, up to 11-12lbs and I've heard of 13lbs. '79 Jazz Basses. In my experience the heavier ones lack mids, especially those with maple necks. But wood isn't exact science.

That  period was inbred with "SUSTAIN" brass at both ends of the strings and heavier bodies including inserting rods inside the body etc.

Didn't sound any better to me just easier to do whole notes.

[Dave W]

Just say no to Antigua. It's a tone suck.

[ilan]

That  period was inbred with "SUSTAIN" brass at both ends of the strings and heavier bodies including inserting rods inside the body etc.

Didn't sound any better to me just easier to do whole notes.

A friend who 20 years ago bought my Fender Geddy Lee J (MIJ, first year, pencil neck but fortunately stable) told me that he wanted to sell because it sounds too thin. I told him to replace the BA II bridge with a standard Fender bent bridge and get all the low end back.

[Dave W]

A friend who 20 years ago bought my Fender Geddy Lee J (MIJ, first year, pencil neck but fortunately stable) told me that he wanted to sell because it sounds too thin. I told him to replace the BA II bridge with a standard Fender bent bridge and get all the low end back.

Did it come standard with the BA II?

Some guys swear by them. I never liked what they did to the tone.

[gearHed289]

Did it come standard with the BA II?

Some guys swear by them. I never liked what they did to the tone.

That was the stock bridge on the Geddy basses for many years until Fender came out with their own version.

[Dave W]

That was the stock bridge on the Geddy basses for many years until Fender came out with their own version.

My older son had one of the first version, I had it for a year when he was stationed in Korea (2003-04) but didn't remember that it had a BA II. That bass didn't have much fundamental. He sold it shortly after he got back.

[ilan]

It's not the bass as much as the BA II. It's the chrome equivalent to the Ric .0047uF bass-cut capacitor.

[Dave W]

It's not the bass as much as the BA II. It's the chrome equivalent to the Ric .00?F bass-cut capacitor.

I don't doubt that at all. Mot sure why though, something about the design must dissipate some of the fundamental. It's not heavy enough to absorb much, it's just cast zinc.