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Fernandes FPM80(neck-thru P sort of)
« on: June 18, 2014, 10:38:14 AM »
Happened upon this one for a good price when the wallet was full and always wondered what they were like and wanted one.
An AMAZING-SOUNDING bass and the loudest unamplified bass ever(IMO).
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Re: Fernandes FPM80(neck-thru P sort of)
« Reply #1 on: June 18, 2014, 10:47:13 AM »
What are the pickups? When I see creme-colored P pups I assume DiMarzio, but could be anything...
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Re: Fernandes FPM80(neck-thru P sort of)
« Reply #2 on: June 18, 2014, 12:15:12 PM »
Pretty sure Tokai made the Fernandes in that era. AFAIK Tokai made their own pickups though it wouldn't surprise me if these were copies of DiMarzios.
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Re: Fernandes FPM80(neck-thru P sort of)
« Reply #3 on: June 19, 2014, 03:20:44 PM »
Purty! Good for playing James Taylor songs I bet.
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Re: Fernandes FPM80(neck-thru P sort of)
« Reply #4 on: June 24, 2014, 01:38:39 PM »
why would that be?
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Re: Fernandes FPM80(neck-thru P sort of)
« Reply #5 on: June 24, 2014, 02:17:13 PM »
Claws away... ;)
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Re: Fernandes FPM80(neck-thru P sort of)
« Reply #6 on: June 24, 2014, 05:47:28 PM »
Lee Sklar had a Precision with an added split coil pickup in the bridge position and he used it on lots of tracks with J.T.
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Re: Fernandes FPM80(neck-thru P sort of)
« Reply #7 on: June 27, 2014, 01:14:50 PM »
Quote from: 4stringer77 on June 24, 2014, 05:47:28 PM
Lee Sklar had a Precision with an added split coil pickup in the bridge position and he used it on lots of tracks with J.T.

Lee's bass has P-pickups reversed and they are also in different positions:
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Re: Fernandes FPM80(neck-thru P sort of)
« Reply #8 on: June 27, 2014, 02:07:27 PM »
IIRC he also installed a separate preamp for each pickup.
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Re: Fernandes FPM80(neck-thru P sort of)
« Reply #9 on: June 28, 2014, 07:12:23 AM »
and he can use his beard for muting  :mrgreen:
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Re: Fernandes FPM80(neck-thru P sort of)
« Reply #10 on: June 28, 2014, 07:55:03 PM »
His beard is also a handy mic stand.  :)

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