Fender Japan Billy Sheehan tribute bass?

[Pilgrim]

lol I might be. I have always admired their rugged simplicity and certainly many of my favorite bassists have used them with great results. I still struggle any time I pick one up but that doesn't stop me from trying. My '75 walnut fretless P is about the only one I can make sound good

I'll take the opportunity to drop in a photo of my '63 Precision, bought in 1967; it has a 1972 neck on it and the flats it's wearing also date to 1972.  It's a very nice playing bass.

This is pretty easy to like, innit??

[hieronymous]

That is beautiful! Is it mocha? It almost looks bronze in the first picture. If it's mocha, then that's what we were going for with this (we missed but I still like the result):



In fact, maybe I was channeling Billy Sheehan in my own way, having gone for stereo outs, and it was the Wife that inspired my love for the Tele headstock...

[leftybass]

I think I'm just a couple away from 50 myself.

[nofi]

pilgrim, my dads 1969 ford torino was painted that color.

the inspiration for many tele necks on p basses came from a photo of bogart on the back of the BB&A record.

[Pilgrim]

Interesting - that color is a Ford metallic gold right off the automotive color charts, chosen by me in 1972.  Could be the 'zact same color.

[Andrew]

That CIJ Sheehan Tribute looks hella cool. 

[PhilT]

it varies, as many as 50 right now I am at about 35.

And there's me agonising over adding a fourth. 

[Highlander]

I've got that many in bits at the moment...

I think I'm just a couple away from 50 myself.

Young whippersnapper...

[hieronymous]

That CIJ Sheehan Tribute looks hella cool.  

I saved the pictures in case it gets sold! Here's the specs for posterity (couldn't get the Japanese to work so I'll save it in my computer):

BODY: ALDER
NECK: MAPLE - OVALTYPE, 432-SCALE
FRET BOARD: ROSEWOOD, 184R, 20FRETS
P.U: DiMarzio Model One [DP120] Model P [DP122]
CONTROL: 2VOL , 1TONE
BRIDGE: VINTAGE
TUNER: HIPSHOT D TUNER

[PhilT]

I've got a Model One I've been wondering what to do with. So I just need some P bits ....

[hieronymous]

Found this one close to the one I originally posted:

http://www.ikebe-gakki.com/shopping/goods/goods_detail.php?offset=48&category_id=2&sub_category_id=19&brand=70&view=1&count=48&sort=1&search_status=1&id=183097

This one has a regular P headstock, but stereo outs. They make references in the text to "that player" but nothing explicit, unlike the other one.

[uwe]

To me, the Attitude has become his signature bass. And you can't get more Japanese than Yamaha, can you?

[Dave W]

To me, the Attitude has become his signature bass. And you can't get more Japanese than Yamaha, can you?

It's been that way for about 20 years, right? No doubt that's why the ad copy on the Fender referred to "that player."

Old perceptions die hard. People still refer to Albert Lee as a Tele player even though he's played his Musicman signature model for about 20 years.

[uwe]

Or people moaning about Clapton not digging out his SG, Les Paul or Firebird (plus the mandatory Marshalls) for the Cream  reunion after he had crafted and perfected a Strat sound for over thirty years. To me that would have been as if he had worn a longhair wig and flared jeans with platforms.

[dadagoboi]

Or people moaning about Clapton not digging out his SG, Les Paul or Firebird (plus the mandatory Marshalls) for the Cream  reunion after he had crafted and perfected a Strat sound for over thirty years. To me that would have been as if he had worn a longhair wig and flared jeans with platforms.

Well, something was missing from that 'Reunion' IMO...maybe the correct vintage drugs would have helped.