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Post subject: A contradiction in terms?
Posted: Sat Jul 17, 2010 5:16 pm
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I own and play a 1970 precision i bought in London in 1970 for £160. Now dear Leo Fender designed the Precision Bass so that double-bass players could compete for volume with the amplified guitar. The fact that it is a fretted instrument gives it "precision intonation". Therefore, how can there be a "Fretless" Precision Bass since the very element that made it "precision" has been removed? By the way, my p-bass seems indestructible and has just passed forty year's service.


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Post subject: Re: A contradiction in terms?
Posted: Sat Jul 17, 2010 5:57 pm
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pbass289847 wrote:
I own and play a 1970 precision i bought in London in 1970 for £160. Now dear Leo Fender designed the Precision Bass so that double-bass players could compete for volume with the amplified guitar. The fact that it is a fretted instrument gives it "precision intonation". Therefore, how can there be a "Fretless" Precision Bass since the very element that made it "precision" has been removed? By the way, my p-bass seems indestructible and has just passed forty year's service.


A most logical poser!

The only logical conclusion I can offer is that the 'precision' now shifts from the fingered fret to the exacting placement of the finger on the board for any given note.

On a tangent: Should only Jazz be played on a Jazz Bass?

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Post subject: Re: A contradiction in terms?
Posted: Sun Jul 18, 2010 7:39 am
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Martian wrote:
pbass289847 wrote:
I own and play a 1970 precision i bought in London in 1970 for £160. Now dear Leo Fender designed the Precision Bass so that double-bass players could compete for volume with the amplified guitar. The fact that it is a fretted instrument gives it "precision intonation". Therefore, how can there be a "Fretless" Precision Bass since the very element that made it "precision" has been removed? By the way, my p-bass seems indestructible and has just passed forty year's service.


A most logical poser!

The only logical conclusion I can offer is that the 'precision' now shifts from the fingered fret to the exacting placement of the finger on the board for any given note.

On a tangent: Should only Jazz be played on a Jazz Bass?



Jazz can also be played with a P or with a double bass :roll:

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Post subject: Names on headpieces.
Posted: Wed Jul 21, 2010 5:26 pm
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Only Jazz should be played on a Jazz Bass but it should only be used by greying older musicians, who need to sit down to play. I tried a J Bass before buying my Precision (costing £13 quid more) and thought that the only use the bridge pick-up serves is to fill the hole left were it not there.
Is it okay to play a musicmaster bass if one is a novice?
I think my original point still stands. Take the frets off a Fender Precision and it becomes a Fender Split-Pickup Fretless Bass. Right C.B.S., make a decal to fit the standard head-piece!
There is only one electric four string bass - Precision is unbeatable!


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Post subject: Re: Names on headpieces.
Posted: Thu Jul 22, 2010 4:44 am
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pbass289847 wrote:
Only Jazz should be played on a Jazz Bass but it should only be used by greying older musicians, who need to sit down to play. I tried a J Bass before buying my Precision (costing £13 quid more) and thought that the only use the bridge pick-up serves is to fill the hole left were it not there.
Is it okay to play a musicmaster bass if one is a novice?
I think my original point still stands. Take the frets off a Fender Precision and it becomes a Fender Split-Pickup Fretless Bass. Right C.B.S., make a decal to fit the standard head-piece!
There is only one electric four string bass - Precision is unbeatable!


I guess it would follow then that only Mustangs should play Mustang Basses.

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Post subject: Re: Names on headpieces.
Posted: Thu Jul 22, 2010 11:08 am
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Martian wrote:
pbass289847 wrote:
Only Jazz should be played on a Jazz Bass but it should only be used by greying older musicians, who need to sit down to play. I tried a J Bass before buying my Precision (costing £13 quid more) and thought that the only use the bridge pick-up serves is to fill the hole left were it not there.
Is it okay to play a musicmaster bass if one is a novice?
I think my original point still stands. Take the frets off a Fender Precision and it becomes a Fender Split-Pickup Fretless Bass. Right C.B.S., make a decal to fit the standard head-piece!
There is only one electric four string bass - Precision is unbeatable!


I guess it would follow then that only Mustangs should play Mustang Basses.


And only masters of jazz should play Jazzmasters. ;)


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Posted: Fri Jul 23, 2010 12:05 pm
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Good point. A fretless bass is certainly imprecise.
How can one have an imprecise Precision bass?


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Posted: Fri Jul 23, 2010 6:06 pm
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To play jazz successfully on an electric bass needs a short-scale like the Fender Mustang. Jazz is not really music but a cacophony of random semi-tones on the chromatic scale. Ever noticed that no jazz is played in C? C major is the only key to use the diatonic scale - where's the jazz in that? Roger Glover used a Precision for live work but used a Mustang in the studio.
Precision was the first and best all others are derivatives.


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Posted: Fri Jul 23, 2010 6:28 pm
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pbass289847 wrote:
To play jazz successfully on an electric bass needs a short-scale like the Fender Mustang. Jazz is not really music but a cacophony of random semi-tones on the chromatic scale. Ever noticed that no jazz is played in C? C major is the only key to use the diatonic scale - where's the jazz in that? Roger Glover used a Precision for live work but used a Mustang in the studio.
Precision was the first and best all others are derivatives.


And there you have it!!! 8)

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Posted: Sat Jul 24, 2010 9:25 pm
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Martian wrote:
pbass289847 wrote:
To play jazz successfully on an electric bass needs a short-scale like the Fender Mustang. Jazz is not really music but a cacophony of random semi-tones on the chromatic scale. Ever noticed that no jazz is played in C? C major is the only key to use the diatonic scale - where's the jazz in that? Roger Glover used a Precision for live work but used a Mustang in the studio.
Precision was the first and best all others are derivatives.


And there you have it!!! 8)


well said

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