Yep daphne blue. I agree, I love tort but modern tort kinda sucks, and mint belongs on custom colors.
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Fender leak - American Vintage Series II is coming?
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Took my 60P to church today. It was crazily noisy due to the lights on stage. At home it’s pretty quiet. When I didn’t touch the strings, the noise was almost unbearable. I think I need to take it to a luthier and get it properly shielded.
but it looks gorgeous
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Took my 60P to church today. It was crazily noisy due to the lights on stage. At home it’s pretty quiet. When I didn’t touch the strings, the noise was almost unbearable. I think I need to take it to a luthier and get it properly shielded.
but it looks gorgeous
Shielding won't do anything against electromagnetic waves. It only helps with electrostatic interferences.
What comes through the air goes to the hot plug on your pickups, not through the ground wire. The split-coil Precision pickup is humbucker by design but some devices or antennas can spread rather unnatural waves that even an humbucker can beat.
Thay being said and the fact that I read your post a second time. If touching the string helped, then you probably had a pretty dirty electrical supply. The Pure vintage '63 pickup in your bass has a great copper plate for shielding the pickup cavity. Maybe something is badly soldered? A guitar tech can help you.
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Took my 60P to church today. It was crazily noisy due to the lights on stage. At home it’s pretty quiet. When I didn’t touch the strings, the noise was almost unbearable. I think I need to take it to a luthier and get it properly shielded.
but it looks gorgeous
It is glorious. Get the issues worked out. Should be fun. And rewarding!
From what players of the AVII Precision are describing it sounds like the new basses feature a pickup that is closer to true vintage voicing than the deliberately over-warm PV63 pickup.
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Took my 60P to church today. It was crazily noisy due to the lights on stage. At home it’s pretty quiet. When I didn’t touch the strings, the noise was almost unbearable. I think I need to take it to a luthier and get it properly shielded.
but it looks gorgeous
Perfect match!
Where did you find that pickguard? I'd like to have one with that same vintage finish
I just wanted to post an update. I recently surpassed my twentieth gig with my 1960 AV ii P bass with the swapped out American Original 60’s jazz neck. I think it’s safe to say that any honeymoon faze is over. I can honestly say that this is the most responsive, lively and growly p bass I’ve ever owner. I have vintage P’s from the 60’s early 70’s and a custom shop. None of them even compare. I don’t know what kind of pixie dust this thing has. But it’s absolutely something special.
Totally agree. What made me buy the bass is how the pickup reacts to dynamics, how piano like the tone is due to the mid frequencies content. Glad to see that its not just « honeymoon » hype.
I own an American Original 60’s jazz bass in candy apple red too . Honeymoon has not ended yet, 2 years later. Really enjoy those 2 basses now.
So this is pretty much Fender saying oops, we screwed up discontinuing the AVRI series which were the best instruments we'd built since the early 60's here they are back again? I guess you have to give them some credit for rectifying a mistake. But you'd think the 50's and 60's originals these are based on would be all the lesson anyone would need that if it ain't broke.....
The American Originals are awesome basses in their own rights. They are new classics of their own, unique basses and im sure they’ll be (or already are?) sought after . They combined the best of each era with upgraded playability. As much as I love my new 1960 AV2, I cant imagine myself part ways with my AO60’s jazz ever.
They really should be called the American Vintage Series III. This is the 3rd revamp of this line.
A flatter fretboard is definitely harder to play for me, just like a narrower nut. I don't have big hands but I need a big neck when I play bass otherwise I don't feel a connection with the low notes. So it's not a matter of technique, just a feel. For the same reason I need a slightly higher action and more relief than most. Also thicker strings.
Bigger frets make it easier to play but I guess I need a bass to fight me a bit. I know I'm not alone in this.
Bigger frets make it easier to play but I guess I need a bass to fight me a bit. I know I'm not alone in this.
I found it on reverb. Just type in “pure vintage 63” and you’ll find it.
I received my AVII J bass in seafoam 2 days ago. It came setup really nicely. I made a few tweaks to my liking and this thing plays great. No rough edges, and the fretwork is flawless. This is my first J bass as I generally just play P basses but I’m glad I finally got a J bass and this one hasn’t disappointed at all.
I have no complaints at all.
I have no complaints at all.
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Nice way to get into J basses. Congrats!
Now, I don't know if you're new into nitro finishes too or maybe you already got it figured it out, but... You know if that amp-stand that you're using got any rubber-like padding?
I say so because some of them make the lacquer react badly and screw up the finish. I don't really know what precise type of rubber/foam/plastic stands cause it, but I've seen that happen and it's horrible. A safe play would be to just wrap some cloth/towel to the stand, so the bass doesn't touch it directly.
Apologies if you already knew all of this
Nice way to get into J basses. Congrats!
Now, I don't know if you're new into nitro finishes too or maybe you already got it figured it out, but... You know if that amp-stand that you're using got any rubber-like padding?
I say so because some of them make the lacquer react badly and screw up the finish. I don't really know what precise type of rubber/foam/plastic stands cause it, but I've seen that happen and it's horrible. A safe play would be to just wrap some cloth/towel to the stand, so the bass doesn't touch it directly.
Apologies if you already knew all of this
That’s a good tip, thank you!
Picking this up tomorrow locally.
We will see. Will try before I commit.
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We will see. Will try before I commit.
Found this recent vid.
Also talks about glue on the fretboard among other factory issues. QC is not looking good.
I did also realise that I got the same case as my American Original came in rather than the Orange interior case. No sticker on guitar, no set up tools. Not sure if Fender have stopped doing this or if it is inconsistencies.
I'm a Fender player, but these things just have to be said.
Also talks about glue on the fretboard among other factory issues. QC is not looking good.
I did also realise that I got the same case as my American Original came in rather than the Orange interior case. No sticker on guitar, no set up tools. Not sure if Fender have stopped doing this or if it is inconsistencies.
I'm a Fender player, but these things just have to be said.