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Re: New Dusty Hill custom shop Pbass
« Reply #1 on: March 01, 2012, 10:21:41 AM »
i'll answer for you, NOT. to my knowledge hill has never played an ugly, beat up pos like this. hell, when is the last time he even played a fender? who buys this crap. :P
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Re: New Dusty Hill custom shop Pbass
« Reply #2 on: March 01, 2012, 11:07:58 AM »
According to the website, this is going to be Hill's bass on the upcoming tour.

I agree, though, that he always plays pretty basses.
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Re: New Dusty Hill custom shop Pbass
« Reply #3 on: March 01, 2012, 12:58:34 PM »
 I kinda like it 'cept for the flipped headstock. I am sure they will ask way to much for it being the plank that it is.
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Re: New Dusty Hill custom shop Pbass
« Reply #4 on: March 01, 2012, 01:17:16 PM »
If they'd roll it out as a Squier with a nice paint job, I'd be in line for one. I don't want one that looks like it was attached with a chisel and chainsaw.
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Re: New Dusty Hill custom shop Pbass
« Reply #5 on: March 01, 2012, 01:26:47 PM »
You guys must be kidding, have you got any idea of how long it takes to beat a bass up like that?  :mrgreen:
As a lefty player i've got so used to righthanded necks that i find it much easier to tweek the machine heads on a reversed headstock,
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Re: New Dusty Hill custom shop Pbass
« Reply #6 on: March 01, 2012, 04:48:35 PM »
Street price is a mere $4800 here.

Thumbs down on this one, at any price.

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Re: New Dusty Hill custom shop Pbass
« Reply #7 on: March 02, 2012, 04:36:33 AM »
A Squier or Mexican Dusty-bass would be cool.

Dusty plays different P's. Almost all slab bodies, almost all reversed headstocks. Some with TV Jones, some with DeArmond humbuckers and some with normal ' 51-'57 P pickups. Are those Fenders or made by Bolin or Roman?

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Re: New Dusty Hill custom shop Pbass
« Reply #8 on: March 02, 2012, 05:50:19 AM »
I like it on the face of it.
Is that supposed to be a facsimile of this one, but with a different everything?

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Re: New Dusty Hill custom shop Pbass
« Reply #9 on: March 02, 2012, 06:22:33 AM »
that's not a fender. :-\ is fender putting out sig basses that are based on some other similiar looking brand?
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Re: New Dusty Hill custom shop Pbass
« Reply #10 on: March 02, 2012, 08:29:32 AM »
It's cool in its own way, but I can't STAND fake wear and tear. That is so flippin lame. Go out and PLAY the damn thing and F it up yourself!

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Re: New Dusty Hill custom shop Pbass
« Reply #11 on: March 02, 2012, 08:33:36 AM »
It's cool in its own way, but I can't STAND fake wear and tear. That is so flippin lame. Go out and PLAY the damn thing and F it up yourself!

A friend of mine used to manage a bar which often had bands come in. One day a band was unloading prior to a show and he saw the bass player dragging a brand new American P-bass across the pavement. His parents had just bought him that bass and "it looked too nice". Little shit.
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Re: New Dusty Hill custom shop Pbass
« Reply #12 on: March 02, 2012, 08:34:38 AM »
that's not a fender. :-\ is fender putting out sig basses that are based on some other similiar looking brand?

IIRC John Bolin made some Fender-style basses for him that were based on his early Precision. So maybe we have Fender copying a Bolin copying a Fender.

It's cool in its own way, but I can't STAND fake wear and tear. That is so flippin lame. Go out and PLAY the damn thing and F it up yourself!

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Re: New Dusty Hill custom shop Pbass
« Reply #13 on: March 02, 2012, 08:40:01 AM »
I'm a fan of of the simple bass - I like a one pickup bass.  This thing in concept isn't bad but not for $4800!  IMO it's a $900 bass.

I don't think I've seen him play an actual Fender since they came back from their hiatus in the 80s

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Re: New Dusty Hill custom shop Pbass
« Reply #14 on: March 02, 2012, 12:45:32 PM »
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