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Connecting => Swap Shop and Wish Lists => Seen on craigslist, eBay, and elsewhere => Topic started by: tmoney61092 on March 10, 2011, 05:55:47 PM

Title: Fretless Fender P bass with Alembic p/ups and electronics
Post by: tmoney61092 on March 10, 2011, 05:55:47 PM

very nice bass, some aftermarket hardware but helps lower the price :p. I'd be all over this if i hadn't just bought a bass.
 
http://cgi.ebay.com/Fender-Precision-Fretless-Bass-/320668071548?pt=Guitar&hash=item4aa94e767c (http://cgi.ebay.com/Fender-Precision-Fretless-Bass-/320668071548?pt=Guitar&hash=item4aa94e767c)
 
~Taylor

Title: Fretless Fender P bass with Alembic p/ups and electronics
Post by: jack on March 11, 2011, 06:20:08 AM

Ooh!  A maple fretboard is pretty rare on a fretless (at least as far as I've seen), I wonder how it sounds.  Anyone care to weigh in on the the pros/cons of a maple board?
 
(Message edited by jack on March 11, 2011)

Title: Fretless Fender P bass with Alembic p/ups and electronics
Post by: sonicus on March 11, 2011, 06:54:09 AM

I have an old 72 Fender Fretless maple neck / finger board on a custom solid walnut body in the stable that I picked up in 92 . I rarely play that one anymore but I can tell you that mine looks like it has a factory finish on it and therefore is completely sealed. I have always just used  flat wounds on it and kept it clean. I have considered installing Alembic pick ups in it.

Title: Fretless Fender P bass with Alembic p/ups and electronics
Post by: tmoney61092 on March 11, 2011, 07:44:39 AM

I know that John Paul Jones used a fretelss p-bass with a maple board on In My Time Of Dying live with Zeppelin, and the bassist for the band MuteMath uses one on a song called Obsolete which is an instrumental that's worth checking out.
 
~Taylor

Title: Fretless Fender P bass with Alembic p/ups and electronics
Post by: jack on March 14, 2011, 02:32:11 PM

Went for $777.77.  Probably a good price, having not seen the actual bass.  And a neat number.