A dark day in history

[hieronymous]

I know that mine barely competes with Rami's choice collection, but I have a soft-spot for my early-'70s Telecaster Bass, especially since it's been outfitted with Alembic Activators, transforming it into the Telembic - this is actually the only Fender USA bass that I own - the other 4 (well 5 if you count the Strat) are all Fender Japan...

[hieronymous]

I know that mine barely competes with Rami's choice collection, but I have a soft-spot for my early-'70s Telecaster Bass, especially since it's been outfitted with Alembic Activators, transforming it into the Telembic - this is actually the only Fender USA bass that I own - the other 4 (well 5 if you count the Strat) are all Fender Japan (including, of course, the Alfembic!)

[hieronymous]

I know that mine barely competes with Rami's choice collection, but I have a soft-spot for my early-'70s Telecaster Bass, especially since it's been outfitted with Alembic Activators, transforming it into the Telembic - this is actually the only Fender USA bass that I own - the other 4 (well 5 if you count the Strat) are all Fender Japan (including, of course, the Alfembic!)
 

[rami]

I really love those black blocks!
 

[hieronymous]

Thanks - me too! I've been playing the Duck Dunn Sig more, but I really love the white one!

[hieronymous]

P.S. rami - could you shoot me an email? It's in my profile.

[southpaw]

My Fenders... 75 Jazz & 74 P  

[southpaw]

Here are 2 pictures of the swamp ash flame on my Jazz bass. Of course the flaming is weak by Alembic standards but pretty cool on a mid 70's Fender.  

 

[bassilisk]

My other Fenders: '76 Precision - this is the lightest bass I own.

  My '70 Tele bought new and just a few months mine, and its current incarnation- neck, tuners and covers on a Warmoth swamp ash body.



  A FrankenGeddy I put together (neck & body MIJ)

[southpaw]

Bob2, thanks for irfanview, easy to use and it worked great!  Bassilisk, your 76 P is beautiful and you said it is light weight, I guess the belief of 70's Fender being boat anchors does not apply to all of them. Your Tele bass looks cool, do you still have the original pickup in the new Warmoth body?

[bassilisk]

Yeah, I cannot believe how light it is - it actually suffers neck dive. I'm guessing it's swamp ash, but there's no way to be sure. I have spoken to other owners of extra light 70's P's so they did get through from time to time, though I'll say not very often.
 
I got that Tele as a teen and it was a time when making changes to a guitar/bass was almost automatic. The first thing that usually went was the finish - what did we know from ordering different colors? So, to condense a long road at one point I broke the wire on the coil whilst making all these changes and the pickup was rewound at the original Dan Armstrong store here in NYC - I think it was son Kent that did it. I do still have it and it does work though I haven't actually mounted it since then.
 
The Tele neck spent many years on a Koa Jazz body until I finally resurrected it with a fully loaded body I got on ebay. Right now it has a Duncan SCPB 1/4 lb'er and I'm real happy with it.

[bob2]

glad to help

[southpaw]

I don't want to forget the Frankenbass Geddy, very nice too.  Exactly what Leo had in mind; interchangable parts for the working class musician.  
 
(Message edited by southpaw on January 11, 2013)

[southpaw]

Ok Rami, I have a solution for you to share your Fender collection with us: I discovered the panaramic setting on my smart phone and it works terrific.  So line up  all your Fenders, set your phone camera to panarama, press the button while moving slowly left to right and share that wonderful collection with us.  
Oh and please do the same for your great Alembic collection, I know you have some amazing Santa Rosa Artwork too! Thanks