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Post subject: Duff P-Bass with ATE circuit and 22 frets?
Posted: Wed Jun 04, 2014 10:48 pm
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Fender currently offers a Duff signature Precision with a TBX tone control and passive circuitry.

For those who know the story Fred Stuart had built a 22-fret version with active electronics and a reversed split pickup. This Custom Shop model would later become the MIJ Power Jazz Bass Special.

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Why not offer a regular production version of the Fred Stuart Masterbuilt Duff P-Bass?


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Post subject: Re: Duff P-Bass with ATE circuit and 22 frets?
Posted: Thu Jun 05, 2014 5:04 am
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Probably because it's not the bass he is best known for playing. Signature models aren't about the best instrument someone played. (not that active circuitry makes a bass better) It's about the most known. That would be the bass that Duff's sig model is based on. Signature models are a popularity contest. They aren't a talent contest, (not that Duff isn't an exceptionally talented player. I still consider him the best pick bassist in Rock) and they certainly aren't a design contest where the best or most intricately built bass wins. It's simply selling instruments based on popularity.

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