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Post subject: Fender P-bass special
Posted: Tue Oct 19, 2010 8:13 am
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Hey Y'all.
I found a 1994/95 MiM Fender P-bass special. It has the PJ pup configuration and stacked pups.
How do the pots work? They are not One stack per pup.

Also any opinions? I like it myself. I usually go for the jazz necks but this works well for me.

I found the model in a 1994 Fender Catalog,but not much else. Mine is the Brown Sunburst color.

Any info is always appreciated.
Will post pics later
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Posted: Tue Oct 19, 2010 8:34 am
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Jeff is the bomb. He sent me the manual on the Bass in question.

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Posted: Thu Oct 21, 2010 5:51 am
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You have what is known as a COWPOKE. Congratulations. Those are wonderful tone bombs. Hard to make them sound bad! Only drawback is the JAZZ neck. But if you can deal with the neck, frankly it is hard to make them sound any better than stock configuration.


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Posted: Thu Oct 21, 2010 8:29 am
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brotherdave wrote:
You have what is known as a COWPOKE. Congratulations. Those are wonderful tone bombs. Hard to make them sound bad! Only drawback is the JAZZ neck. But if you can deal with the neck, frankly it is hard to make them sound any better than stock configuration.


Thanks brotherdave awesome website you have there.
This bass is a Hon for sure. Granted,I am an old so an so I'll admit,but I will also admit I have never heard "cowpoke" in reference to bass guitar. What do you mean I have a cowpoke?

Its a blast to play,even through my little bassman 25. The only "bass" amps I have are my 1979 Bassman 10 and this bassman 25. The 10 is a 70 watt 4x10 and more for guitar than bass,to me anyway. The 25 on the other hand is a great little thumper.


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Posted: Thu Oct 21, 2010 6:06 pm
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The Cowpoke is a cross between a JP90, a Precision Plus Deluxe and a 1951 reissue. These basses were made at the Ensenade factory in Mexico for a brief time in the early 1990s.

Generally they came with a "rosewood" neck in both active and passive versions, however, I suspect that a bunch of "maple" neck Cowpokes were also made but never came into general production.


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chromeface wrote:
The Cowpoke is a cross between a JP90, a Precision Plus Deluxe and a 1951 reissue. These basses were made at the Ensenade factory in Mexico for a brief time in the early 1990s.

Generally they came with a "rosewood" neck in both active and passive versions, however, I suspect that a bunch of "maple" neck Cowpokes were also made but never came into general production.


Cool,thanks for the info.
Mine is the brown sunburst with a rosewood fretboard on a maple neck. With the axctive EQ. 2 stacked pots,1 pot is pan/volume the other is boost/cut treble/bass
Its actually pretty sweet.
I knew nothing about it. The store was calling it a JAZZ bass special. I could find nothing. I then looked at a 1994 catalog and there it was.

I sent a question to Fenders Jeff Krause and he sent me a PDF of the manual.

Fender Flat Kicks Butt. I got my first Fender in 1973 and have been going steady ever since.

So a cowpoke,wild. I have to where my S*%T kicker boots when I play it now,LOL.


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Posted: Fri Oct 22, 2010 4:58 am
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eyerish wrote:
Mine is the brown sunburst with a rosewood fretboard on a maple neck. With the active EQ. 2 stacked pots, 1 pot is pan/volume the other is boost/cut treble/bass


...such this one?

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Posted: Fri Oct 22, 2010 9:19 am
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chromeface wrote:
eyerish wrote:
Mine is the brown sunburst with a rosewood fretboard on a maple neck. With the active EQ. 2 stacked pots, 1 pot is pan/volume the other is boost/cut treble/bass


...such this one?

Image


Thats the one. The one I am getting(Its on layaway at the music store) has some dinks and doinks,but thats her prettier twins pic right there. The bridge in this photo looks different but I haven't looked at the one I am getting in a couple of weeks(since I laid her away).


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Posted: Sun Oct 24, 2010 8:02 pm
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This Cowpoke has a Gotoh high-mass bridge installed.


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chromeface wrote:
This Cowpoke has a Gotoh high-mass bridge installed.


Does the high mass bridge make a significant difference?


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Posted: Mon Oct 25, 2010 2:38 am
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they add a bit of sustain

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I've had way too much brandy to comment RESPONSIBLY but I'm NOT driving, although I do have a 0830 meeting with the NC Administrative Office Of The Courts....and those people have a terrible sense of humor...

Brother Dave's BRIDGE upgrade truisms.

1. If it is an ORIGINAL FULLERTON instrument. DO NOT DO IT! REALLY! Do NOT do it.

2. Upgrade bridges CAN add more sustain. If your bass sounds like warmed over hamster doo-doo....even more warned over hamster doo-doo is NOT an improvement.

Yay for me, I spelled improvement correctly! I hereby challenge Sir Winston to a spelling bee! No wait.....he's dead. My bad.

BUT seriously. BRIDGE UPGRADES are WAY OVERRATED!

So is a 3-way with two British chicks.....but FAR BE IT FROM ME to stop either!

British chicks are far too critical! "Is that all you've got Governor? I got better from my school crossing guard!" We Yanks are so naive!


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Posted: Wed Oct 27, 2010 10:13 am
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Only drawback is the JAZZ neck


Oooooo ....... that wouldn't bother me!
I played an A-necked '75 P for YEARS.

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Posted: Thu Mar 24, 2011 9:27 pm
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This bass is a 1994 MIM P bass special. Not a Fullerton original. So would a bridge change make much difference?
Thanks Brother

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I've had way too much brandy to comment RESPONSIBLY but I'm NOT driving, although I do have a 0830 meeting with the NC Administrative Office Of The Courts....and those people have a terrible sense of humor...

Brother Dave's BRIDGE upgrade truisms.

1. If it is an ORIGINAL FULLERTON instrument. DO NOT DO IT! REALLY! Do NOT do it.

2. Upgrade bridges CAN add more sustain. If your bass sounds like warmed over hamster doo-doo....even more warned over hamster doo-doo is NOT an improvement.

Yay for me, I spelled improvement correctly! I hereby challenge Sir Winston to a spelling bee! No wait.....he's dead. My bad.

BUT seriously. BRIDGE UPGRADES are WAY OVERRATED!

So is a 3-way with two British chicks.....but FAR BE IT FROM ME to stop either!

British chicks are far too critical! "Is that all you've got Governor? I got better from my school crossing guard!" We Yanks are so naive!


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Post subject: Re: Fender P-bass special
Posted: Fri Dec 23, 2011 12:50 pm
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I'm not much into endless sustain so I only use high mass bridge on one instrument and only then because I needed the extra saddle travel available on a Leo Quan Badword III. My favorite bridge is the Fender Original Vintage with the grooved saddles to prevent lateral string movement.


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