Hey, I have a Series A bass that is identical to the one on the 7th picture down, the silver one with the black face plate (pick guard) in the case leaning up against the couch and I still use it to this day. I acquired it in 1989. Still sounds great. Not sure what pickups it came with, but I love it. It has great history with me as we made great music together in my high school jazz band, and I still use in church and with my current band. The only disappointing thing is that now that my styles incorporate more and more music, It would have been great if it had a low B string. I actually don't think that series A made any 5 string basses
That first one looks exactly like my very first bass, I remember putting that thumb rest on in that exact position.... if anyone that can see this is the owner, does or did the plate on the back of the neck bolts say Harley and a year (I think '96)? I'd love to be reunited with this bass :)
hey guys - I need some help. I have a series A bass. It looks like a Precision Bass, but it's missing the pickguard and the split pickups that would be mounted there. Does anyone know whether a Fender Precision pickguard would fit ?
I bought an EMG Select precision for mine because the stock pickup was so muddy. Fit right in. I also put on a Badass 2 bridge for lots more sustain and rich sound. Finally I bought a set of Washburn machine heads. Plays and soundss great!
I bought an EMG Select precision for mine because the stock pickup was so muddy. Fit right in. I also put on a Badass 2 bridge for lots more sustain and rich sound. Finally I bought a set of Washburn machine heads. Plays and soundss great!
My series a short scale precision (identical to the all black with maple neck examples shown above) has no pickgaurd, the pickups are screwed into the body with springs beneath them... this is generally the case with prescisions, even those with pickgaurd... jazz and stingrays too...
I came to own a series a short scale p bass recently when my bands previous rehersal space was closing up... there had been this beat up bass on the wall for years and no one knew who it belonged to or really paid it much attention... in the end no one claimed it so it was brought to me instead of the dump... I strung it up with flats and threw a dimarzio model p in there and now it sings! My go to basses are a vintage mustang and a vintage maple neck fender p, and a custom p with a jazz neck... this thing manages to sit right between the p's and the mustang quite nicely... really holds its own! Punchier with more sustain than the mustang, P bass like, but with shorter sustain and a thumpy short scale thing... a great sounding short scale p bass!!!
My first bass was a white Series A like the 6th photo. I would love to locate one as I hate that I sold it to fund my first "real" bass years ago. If anyone has a line on one please comment! Thanks.
A few years ago I was looking for a cheap bass on Kijiji to use as a backup and/or alt tunings. I came across a Series A p-bass copy for $90 and selected it just for the cheap price. I went to the persons house to test and instantly had 'the feels'. It just felt great to play. It has since become my main bass. The action and intonation is very good and it stays in-tune.
I removed all the electronics and replaced with a DIMARZIO MODEL P pickup and just a volume knob (no tone knob).
That recording is the updated Series A bass with an Ampeg SCR-DI Bass DI all dials flat (direct blended with a mic'd keyboard amp). Nothing else (except a Big Muff fuzz at the end).
The Fender-style pickup on my Series A bass reads14.3 kOhms resistance. Pretty hot. It also puts out a 5 mG (milligauss) magnetic field front and back. Not too healthy. Especially next to your crotch / prostate. Great sounding bass tho.
Seems to be two models: one with an exposed truss rod end & a string spacer and one with no spacer and the truss rod end under a cover. I presume the second one with the cover is the more modern model.
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Hey, I have a Series A bass that is identical to the one on the 7th picture down, the silver one with the black face plate (pick guard) in the case leaning up against the couch and I still use it to this day. I acquired it in 1989. Still sounds great. Not sure what pickups it came with, but I love it. It has great history with me as we made great music together in my high school jazz band, and I still use in church and with my current band. The only disappointing thing is that now that my styles incorporate more and more music, It would have been great if it had a low B string. I actually don't think that series A made any 5 string basses
RépondreEffacerThat first one looks exactly like my very first bass, I remember putting that thumb rest on in that exact position.... if anyone that can see this is the owner, does or did the plate on the back of the neck bolts say Harley and a year (I think '96)? I'd love to be reunited with this bass :)
RépondreEffacerhey guys - I need some help. I have a series A bass. It looks like a Precision Bass, but it's missing the pickguard and the split pickups that would be mounted there. Does anyone know whether a Fender Precision pickguard would fit ?
RépondreEffacerI bought an EMG Select precision for mine because the stock pickup was so muddy. Fit right in. I also put on a Badass 2 bridge for lots more sustain and rich sound. Finally I bought a set of Washburn machine heads. Plays and soundss great!
EffacerI bought an EMG Select precision for mine because the stock pickup was so muddy. Fit right in. I also put on a Badass 2 bridge for lots more sustain and rich sound. Finally I bought a set of Washburn machine heads. Plays and soundss great!
EffacerI wish we could upload photos of ours.
RépondreEffacerMy series a short scale precision (identical to the all black with maple neck examples shown above) has no pickgaurd, the pickups are screwed into the body with springs beneath them... this is generally the case with prescisions, even those with pickgaurd... jazz and stingrays too...
RépondreEffacerI came to own a series a short scale p bass recently when my bands previous rehersal space was closing up... there had been this beat up bass on the wall for years and no one knew who it belonged to or really paid it much attention... in the end no one claimed it so it was brought to me instead of the dump... I strung it up with flats and threw a dimarzio model p in there and now it sings! My go to basses are a vintage mustang and a vintage maple neck fender p, and a custom p with a jazz neck... this thing manages to sit right between the p's and the mustang quite nicely... really holds its own! Punchier with more sustain than the mustang, P bass like, but with shorter sustain and a thumpy short scale thing... a great sounding short scale p bass!!!
RépondreEffacerMy first bass was a white Series A like the 6th photo. I would love to locate one as I hate that I sold it to fund my first "real" bass years ago. If anyone has a line on one please comment! Thanks.
RépondreEffacerI have a series A short scale bass guitar that I would be interested in selling. It has a sunburst design and played well
RépondreEffacerA few years ago I was looking for a cheap bass on Kijiji to use as a backup and/or alt tunings. I came across a Series A p-bass copy for $90 and selected it just for the cheap price. I went to the persons house to test and instantly had 'the feels'. It just felt great to play. It has since become my main bass. The action and intonation is very good and it stays in-tune.
RépondreEffacerI removed all the electronics and replaced with a DIMARZIO MODEL P pickup and just a volume knob (no tone knob).
I used it on this recording.
https://soundcloud.com/blasonmusic/windfall
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That recording is the updated Series A bass with an Ampeg SCR-DI Bass DI all dials flat (direct blended with a mic'd keyboard amp). Nothing else (except a Big Muff fuzz at the end).
The Fender-style pickup on my Series A bass reads14.3 kOhms resistance. Pretty hot. It also puts out a 5 mG (milligauss) magnetic field front and back. Not too healthy. Especially next to your crotch / prostate. Great sounding bass tho.
RépondreEffacerSeems to be two models: one with an exposed truss rod end & a string spacer and one with no spacer and the truss rod end under a cover. I presume the second one with the cover is the more modern model.
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