New Fender Blacktops and.....

[Iome]

Found these pics, wonder what's going on:

a P with two double jazz pu's
http://www.flickr.com/photos/bassplayermag/5734581299/in/photostream/

A J with two P split's
http://www.flickr.com/photos/bassplayermag/5735098882/in/photostream/

Antigua...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/bassplayermag/5603853942/in/photostream/

A traktor from.....donno, think it's the english company that makes those weird Tbird knockoffs
http://www.flickr.com/photos/bassplayermag/5603277997/in/photostream/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/bassplayermag/5603859812/in/photostream/

[Chris P.]

haha, I just wanted to post this:D I already posted the new tube Super Bassmans in the amp section.

Thanks!

[Chris P.]

BTW: The Antiguas were also at the Musik Messe, but that were Custom Shops.

The 'Traktor' is from Fret-King. That one's already discussed in the 'three pick up'-thread and I reviewd one for a magazine a year ago.

[Iome]

I like the double pickup idea, but would had preferred it on the oposite bodies....
Also a Split + double J would have been cool.

[bassvirtuoso]

I wish they hadn't called that bass the "traktor", seeing as Berry Oakley's Fender "Tractor"  did not have a pickup arrangement even close to what they have. Oh well.   

[Iome]

Hey no, it's just me who called it so, i have no idea of it's real name.

[bassvirtuoso]

Oops, sorry. I own a "Tractor" bass so I got a little carried away. I love the idea of the double P Jazz, wish they would make a Lee Sklar double P Precision sometime....

[Dave W]

... wish they would make a Lee Sklar double P Precision sometime....

It would sell better than the Gibson Sklar.

[bassvirtuoso]

Shhhhh Dave, Uwe might hear you...

[PeterB]

Oops, sorry. I own a "Tractor" bass so I got a little carried away.

Little off-topic, but would like to see a picture of that! I also have a "Tractor" 

[Freuds_Cat]

Wow how confused is this bass? It looks like the Frankenstinian manifestation of a schizophrenic mind.

[bassvirtuoso]

As to keep this thread on topic, this is what a Tractor should look like:



The Fret-King model looks more like something Billy Sheehan would have done to a Jazz Bass.

[Droombolus]

Found these pics, wonder what's going on:

a P with two double jazz pu's
http://www.flickr.com/photos/bassplayermag/5734581299/in/photostream/

A J with two P split's
http://www.flickr.com/photos/bassplayermag/5735098882/in/photostream/

They've lost their freakin' marbles, that's what ..... 

[Iome]

As to keep this thread on topic, this is what a Tractor should look like:



The Fret-King model looks more like something Billy Sheehan would have done to a Jazz Bass.

That's a tractor darkstar deluxe, no mud there.

Is it me or is the pu turned back on the high strings?

[bassvirtuoso]

That's a tractor darkstar deluxe, no mud there.

Is it me or is the pu turned back on the high strings?

The original Berry Oakley Tractor had a Hagstrom Bi-Sonic, which was a single coil, so there was never any mud to begin with. Definitely not to be confused with Mel Schacher's Mudbucker Jazz Bass.

Yep, the pole pieces face the bridge. Berry had two "versions" of his Tractor, one with the pole pieces down and one with them up. The reason: he took the pickups off his Guild Starfire and mounted them on the bass so that the pole pieces would match the string spacing.