'Bout time Fender...

MOONDOGGY · Post by **MOONDOGGY** » Thursday Jan 29, 2009

Fender finally made a 6 string bass in the form of a Steve Bailey signature- fretted and fretless (no lines):

http://www.fender.com/products//search. ... 0197401306

http://www.fender.com/products//search. ... 0197400300

I guess Steve is done with Aria. Fender kind of experimented with 6ers with the DR Heartfield line, but they were far from 'Fender' vide. Price tag is about $2500 street which is absurd. Regardless, a big step for Fender.

And just as exciting, the Steve Harris signature P bass:

http://www.fender.com/products//search. ... 0252602350

SWEET!

slackin@dabass · Post by **slackin@dabass** » Friday Jan 30, 2009

it's about time fender does something new. they've only been making basically the same damn thing for about a million years now!

i guess you gotta stick with what works!

metalchurch · Post by **metalchurch** » Friday Jan 30, 2009

That Steve Harris is tits man! What an influential player! He deserves any and all accolades that come his way. I'm so glad that some deserving players are getting their name on products.
They've been playing them for years, sometimes decades, so ya know it isn't only about the $$$ factor.

The price on that 6'er is kinda crazy, but hopefully in the coming years it will go down in price or spawn a more affordable version.
Good info here thanks

MeYatch · Post by **MeYatch** » Friday Jan 30, 2009

they should have done the slab body with binding bass for the harris signature. way cooler and more interesting.

they already pretty much made this one.

MOONDOGGY · Post by **MOONDOGGY** » Friday Jan 30, 2009

I agree. I've seen pics of Harris with the white w/ black binding Pbass and it's a classy axe! I'd take that over a lake placid blue any day. I am however a huge sucker for maple boards.

JackANSI · Post by **JackANSI** » Friday Jan 30, 2009

I know I'm going to get flak for this, but Fenders are way over priced for how they play and how many of them they crank out.

I hope Steve is getting paid a good bit of that price tag.

MeYatch · Post by **MeYatch** » Friday Jan 30, 2009

JackANSI wrote:I know I'm going to get flak for this, but Fenders are way over priced for how they play and how many of them they crank out.

I hope Steve is getting paid a good bit of that price tag.

something tells me they aren't going to be cranking too many 6 string fretless basses. Especially since most 6 string fretless players have long since moved onto other brands.

but yeah, its pretty freaking expensive.

slackin@dabass · Post by **slackin@dabass** » Friday Jan 30, 2009

MeYatch wrote:they should have done the slab body with binding bass for the harris signature. way cooler and more interesting.

they already pretty much made this one.

that's kinda what i was thinking. if they woulda released that instead of the blue... i'd probably have one by now!

metalchurch · Post by **metalchurch** » Friday Jan 30, 2009

slackin@dabass wrote:
MeYatch wrote:they should have done the slab body with binding bass for the harris signature. way cooler and more interesting.

they already pretty much made this one.

that's kinda what i was thinking. if they woulda released that instead of the blue... i'd probably have one by now!

I'll make you one.

MeYatch · Post by **MeYatch** » Friday Jan 30, 2009

metalchurch wrote:
slackin@dabass wrote:
MeYatch wrote:they should have done the slab body with binding bass for the harris signature. way cooler and more interesting.

they already pretty much made this one.

that's kinda what i was thinking. if they woulda released that instead of the blue... i'd probably have one by now!
I'll make you one.

do it!

that would be awesome.

Are you set up to do binding joe?

Post by **Ron** » Friday Jan 30, 2009

MeYatch wrote:Are you set up to do binding joe?

He just eats a lot of cheese.

slackin@dabass · Post by **slackin@dabass** » Saturday Jan 31, 2009

metalchurch wrote:
slackin@dabass wrote:
MeYatch wrote:they should have done the slab body with binding bass for the harris signature. way cooler and more interesting.

they already pretty much made this one.

that's kinda what i was thinking. if they woulda released that instead of the blue... i'd probably have one by now!
I'll make you one.

i've been thinking of getting the stuff to do it for awhile now. i want a complete flat top p bass body with no arm contour with a single seymou duncan music man humbucker in white with black binding and a p bass neck maple with black blocks... although, after cruising the warmoth site, i've been thinking about a rosewood neck with a zircote fingerboard bound in m.o.p with m.o.p. blocks. it's look soooo bad ass. no pickgaurd. tele control plate... only thing with that is you can't have a 3 band e.q. without it looking too... cluttered? with knobs.

yea... someday, i'll build it.

anyone know how to do binding? like do you do it before you paint and tape it off to paint, or do you do it after you paint?

MeYatch · Post by **MeYatch** » Saturday Jan 31, 2009

slackin@dabass wrote:only thing with that is you can't have a 3 band e.q. without it looking too... cluttered? with knobs.

concentric pots

MOONDOGGY · Post by **MOONDOGGY** » Saturday Jan 31, 2009

Here they come!!! The first one on eBay-

http://cgi.ebay.com/FENDER-STEVE-BAILEY ... dZViewItem

I don't think one of these is anywhere close to being in my future (unless I steal one)!

slackin@dabass · Post by **slackin@dabass** » Saturday Jan 31, 2009

MeYatch wrote:
slackin@dabass wrote:only thing with that is you can't have a 3 band e.q. without it looking too... cluttered? with knobs.
concentric pots

i shoulda specified, two knobs. stacked bass and treb and a volume. with a 3 way switch in between. series, parallel, coil split. i just think three knobs on that little control plate would look cluttered.

MeYatch · Post by **MeYatch** » Saturday Jan 31, 2009

do they make push/pull concentric pots? I don't know.

I've seen some P basses with 3 knobs and the output jack relocated to the side, it doesn't look too bad, beause the pickguard still has the original hole layour.

slackin@dabass · Post by **slackin@dabass** » Sunday Feb 01, 2009

slackin@dabass wrote: tele control plate... only thing with that is you can't have a 3 band e.q. without it looking too... cluttered? with knobs.

slackin@dabass · Post by **slackin@dabass** » Sunday Feb 01, 2009

sorry for the hi jack

MeYatch · Post by **MeYatch** » Sunday Feb 01, 2009

whoops, how about a tele guitar control plate?

slackin@dabass · Post by **slackin@dabass** » Sunday Feb 01, 2009

ever see the big block P bass? yea... like that but flat with binding and white. i know, i'm so picky that no company makes what i want, haha.

i think a tele guitar control plate would be too big looking. if you check the big block p bass out, you'll see what i mean. i just think they would look great in white... but then i have an un-natural attraction to white guitars and basses. i just think they look sharp.

metalchurch · Post by **metalchurch** » Tuesday Feb 03, 2009

slackin@dabass wrote: i know, i'm so picky that no company makes what i want, haha.

Step into my shoes for a little bit

I like your idea for the flat top body and binding. I always liked those features on custom guitars.
You can probably just make your own control plate, but then you'd have to get it chrome plated.
Not sure but there's probably place who dip around here.

The best thing about building your own instrument is that no one else will have one just like it. If and when you want to start on this get ahold of me and I'll offer my services free of charge.

f.sciarrillo · Post by **f.sciarrillo** » Monday Feb 09, 2009

I like the design of that bailey, and I do agree that it is a little expensive. Maybe it would be good for the collector ..