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RE: [SurfGuitar101] Surf bass lines and music theory

DP (noetical1) - 17 Jan 2005 12:23:58

BW Dave:
The 1951 P-Bass (Tele-Bass) has such a simple
straightforward design. The neck has a hefty radius and its
solid maple...it's "meaty". And the "slab" body is also
mighty hefty. The through-the-body string system seems to
work well too. It all combines to produce a wonderful bass
tone. Even the one single coil pickup is cool...it's placed
midway between the bridge and neck position...it seems
ideal for both finger style and pick style playing.
Leo Fender really did groundbreaking, almost zen-like work
when his team designed that bass back in 1951. Changed the
course of electric music forever.
-dave p
--- Dave Becker <> wrote:
>
> Dave P wrote:
> >I am absolutely in love with my '51 p-bass reissue...the
> >only bass I ever played that sounded/felt better than
> this
> >bass was a REAL 1953 original Fender P-bass that an old
> >girlfriend owned...she probably pawned it by now!
> >The Japanese Fender reissues are an amazingly great deal
> in
> >my book.
>
> Dave,
> Couldn't agree more! Although I don't own one, I get to
> play one when I
> sub on bass with The West Coast Rollers. Bassist Al
> Cantey uses
> flatwounds on his and gets just tremendous booming tone
> for the Jump
> Blues and instrumental rock they do.
>
> bIG wAvE Dave
>
>
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